Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher M Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

with robotics, college,STEM majors, and being an underrepresented student. The goal of this program was to getunderrepresented student interested in going to college and majoring in a STEM discipline.Project Lead The WayOver the summer there was a two part program, Project Lead The Way (or PLTW) , that bringsteachers into the institute to learn different teaching methods and styles in attempt to get them toincorporate the knowledge gained in their lesson plans. PLTW is a STEM education innovatorin middle and high schools across the country. One set of teachers come in one day and anotherset visit another day2. One of the highlights of the program is that it allows faculty todemonstrate different teaching methodologies and it also allows

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Michael Korman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lonny G. Simonian, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Contracting Contracting Contracting Contracting ConstructionSubject Construction Construction Construction ManagementMatter Management Management ManagementProject Construction Construction Construction No textbook No textbookControls Planning and Planning and Planning and Scheduling – Scheduling – Scheduling – The The The Associated Associated Associated General General General Contractors of Contractors of Contractors America America of AmericaConstruction

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the evaluation of applicationmaterial submitted by the candidates (e.g., cover letter, formal application approved by theschool principal, scholastic record, vita, statement of interest, strength of letters ofrecommendation, commitment to develop and integrate hands-on engineering activities in thecurriculum, etc.). The finalists are informed of their selection in the program and asked toprovide a signed commitment to attend the program. A meeting of the project personnel andselected teachers is conducted to plan the summer program and facilitate teacher-mentormatching. Table I summarizes various recruitment and selection activities. Table I: Summary of Recruitment and Selection Activities January Web announcement

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles

received her PhD from the University of Louisville and is Director of Assessment in the College or Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education at NC State University. Within the College of Engineering she serves as the coordinator of ABET and other accreditation processes, acts as an assessment & evaluation resource/consultant to faculty in different programs, develops and implements assessment plans, and serves as the primary educational assessment data analyst on the Dean’s staff. A particular interest is in helping faculty to develop and implement classroom-based assessment and action research plans to establish the effectiveness of instruction

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

venuesappropriate for the proposed paper. Several examples will now be presented.A tenure stream faculty member served on an institution’s diversity task force assigned todevelop a plan to help promote diversity at the institution. As part of their work, a number oftask force members attended a two week long diversity workshop in the summer highlightingways to incorporate diversity issues into the classroom. The faculty member used the methodspresented in the workshop in his own teaching, obtained student feedback, and prepared andpresented a paper for the ASEE Annual Conference.11 Page 15.849.3A newly tenured faculty member served on a university’s global

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Paula Quinn; Jill Rulfs; John Orr

project objectives, overall organization, and budget aspects are presented in [2].Organizationally, this project is complex, involving WPI faculty, graduate and undergraduatestudents, WPS elementary teachers and principals, and five grade levels in three schools inacademic year 2004-05. The graduate fellows in the program devote full time in the summer andhalf time in the academic year to their K-6 activities, which include substantial time in theelementary classrooms as well as development (and often delivery) of lesson plans onengineering topics.Undergraduate students may participate in two ways: as fellows with duties similar to thegraduate fellows, but with a reduced time commitment, or as part of their regular academicprogram for academic

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

all contributed to the project.American Carolina StampingAmerican Carolina Stamping served as a sub-contractor for prototype fabrication and assemblyon selected designs. Strengths were in mechanical and HVAC fabrication. Flexibility to take onthe project while maintaining current levels of demand for other committed products wasprovided. The long term goal of the project is regional economic development and the creation ofadditional jobs. Upon selection of the most viable prototype designs, scale up and costprojections, and establishing vendor contacts became the responsibility of American CarolinaStamping.Milestones and ResponsibilitiesMilestones and responsibilities of team members were identified during the initial planning ofthe project

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder

knowledge of engineeringas a career through an understanding of the pervasiveness of engineering in our world; and toprovide an appreciation of engineering as the creation of things for the benefit of society. In thispaper, we examine the planning, implementation and assessment results associated withdeveloping a 12-week, hands-on, engineering design-focused ninth-grade elective course.Additionally, we discuss how a partnership between a newly developed urban public highschool, engineering graduate students and faculty, and enthusiastic high school students andparents can make a significant impact on the knowledge of and interest in engineering amonghigh school students

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineering proposal consisting of a problem statement, project objectives, preliminary B.O.M and a plan of action. This is due one week after the project is assigned. 2. Project Progress Updates: The students provide a weekly update to the instructor and their team either via email or through pre-scheduled meetings. Altogether 9 updates are required. In these updates the teams are required to communicate the following: a. What happened the past week? b. What will happen this week? c. What are the major issues the team is facing? 3. Project Report: At the end of the term the teams submit a comprehensive project report. This report provides the details of how the project is executed. It

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

keepimportant issues in the minds of faculty. It is has become an important avenue ofcommunication among faculty to discuss and think about issues related to teaching, learning andassessment. It has also helped in assisting new faculty assume their roles as educationprofessionals, getting them thinking about learning and assessment at the beginning of theircareers, and helping them to understand the teaching philosophies of our department.Faculty WorkshopsEach year, between fall and spring semester, the department conducts a faculty retreat. In thisone- to two-day retreat, departmental business that can’t be addressed in a normal one-hourfaculty meeting (e.g., strategic planning, budgets, etc.) is conducted. For the past three years, ahalf-day of this

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Mauricio Castillo, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan, California State University, Los Angeles; Keith Moo-Young, California State University, LA

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

to bringing the campus experience to the students viainformal discussions and videos and increasing their awareness of STEM-disciplines and careersthrough research-related classroom activities, to reach their parents we are planning to have anIMPACT LA Open House this year. The Open House will have tours of the research labs,hands-on activities, and informational sessions about undergraduate and graduate opportunitiesand STEM careers.Many studies have also stressed the importance of role models and mentors.4,5 During thesecond year of our program we actively sought out women and Hispanic graduate students toserve as role models. Figure 2 shows that since the start of the program, over 45% of thefellows have been Hispanic. Of the nine 2009-10

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Page 15.133.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Alternative Energy, an Introduction for EngineersAbstractThe purpose of this course is to give undergraduate engineering students opportunity to exploremultiple types of alternative energy sources and reflect on the implications of the implementationof a particular energy source. Lifecycle planning, engineering and management of particularforms of alternative energy sources such as wind turbines, photovoltaic, geothermal along withmany lesser known sources were researched by the students. The format of the course wasstructured such that each student had a unique topic area to research and present to the class thebasics of a given energy source along with current

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

company or office.During the two theoretical semesters all ECEM-partner universities follow the educationalframe which has been fixed during a number of common planning and organizing meetingsThe topics or contents of all these modules are similarly oriented to the education ofmanagerial skills in the very civil engineering context. They are not necessarily the same butthey are similar or at least equivalent. The contents of the modules are clearly described ateach partner university and have been agreed to by all involved partners during the regularmeetings and by the respective academic boards. The written descriptions are part of therespective examination rules.The common educational consensus is to speak of equivalence. By this consensus

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 24.448.2industrial sector which requires serious planning and control. The planner should plan theproduction processes so that they operate efficiently with minimal operating cost. Aaccording tothe International Facility Management Association about 25% of total industrial cost is theenergy cost1. The main objective of the energy management is to reduce the total operating costwithout compromising the safety and comfort. European governments have published guidelinesto successfully integrate energy management without sacrificing the production, safety andcomfort2, 3. In the United States, the Energy Star® is the largest program defining low-energyhomes. Homes earning Energy Star® certification use at least 15% less energy than

Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

engineers may use different words,there are many similarities between the ISP and the process that engineers use in design.Engineering design extends beyond the scope of ISP, but nonetheless, the skills used in ISP aredirectly applied when engineers approach a design problem. Author proposed that librarians canassist in preparing engineering students by framing information literacy around the engineeringdesign process. For example, Kuhlthau’s task initiation is a similar process to task definition,problem scoping, and creating a plan of action (see Table 1). Table 1. Alignment of SAPSS Categories and Information Search Process Stages ISP Stages Assessment

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace Martindell Catanach III, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christopher Stephen Smith, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

across Page 24.612.2the tops of the leaves. The rake needs to have a method whereby the customer can applydownward pressure with only one arm. Usual rakes need to have two hands; the one hand downthe rake shaft usually applies the pressure.This is truly a learning experience where the students learn to develop a product without anyoutside influence. Each student in the class goes through the engineering design process anddevelops a prototype. The students learn how to individually brainstorm a product by workingthrough the plan. They identify customer needs, brainstorm concepts, sketch their concepts, anduse a concept screening matrix to decide

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

true, for example, because all costs related to the above finance organization are rolled up to a single functional manager.  Efficient use of collective experience and facilities.  Institutional framework for planning and control. Under this type of organizational structure, planning as well as control is administered from a single functional stovepipe at the division level.  All activities receive benefit from the most advanced technology. In this type of structure, great strength comes from focusing at the top the most state-of-the-art Page 24.335.4 methodologies, technologies, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

bedeveloped during the grant period. The first one of these, Geometrical Optics, is being createdand is planned to be offered in winter 2014 to a small group of students for the first time. Thecourse includes three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. The development of theremaining core courses is scheduled to be completed by fall 2014.c) Development of the Optics and Photonics LaboratoryIn fall 2012 the College was able to assign a dedicated room to house the Optics and PhotonicsLaboratory, which was previously located in the same room as the Electronics Laboratory. Thishas been extremely helpful in preparation for adding the new AAS PLT program which requiresmore equipment and more space. Currently the equipment in the photonics lab

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Lance Pirtle, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Jessica E Ruyle, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

importance for individual college departments who need to maintain asufficient level of students. Between the years of 2004 and 2008, the number of undergraduatestudents enrolled in the University of Oklahoma’s School of Electrical and ComputerEngineering (OU-ECE) dropped from 387 to 246. This alarming trend led to the creation of acorrective action plan to increase OU-ECE undergraduate enrollment numbers. In 2013, OU-ECE undergraduate enrollment numbers rose to 428, as shown in Figure 1. This 74% increase ina five year period was achieved due to several factors that were planned, which are described inprevious work.4, 5, 6 Outreach to students in grades 6 to 11 was an emphasized effort. Eventhough enrollment increases would not be seen quickly with

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

industry. The projectPrincipal Investigators will share their knowledge and expertise in digital logic curriculumdevelopment by offering this professional development opportunity to interested facultymembers at similar institutions as part of the dissemination plan. II. Faculty WorkshopThe goal of this workshop is to combine technical information from the vendor training withpractical curriculum planning and strategies for developing courses like those developed atMichigan Tech University under this project. The participating faculty members learnintroductory material on the impact of teaching engineering technology students relevant skills inhardware modeling and FPGA design. In subsequent sessions, the faculty members learnfundamental concepts

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

background of the students.Initiation of the club was difficult initially due to the lack of funds but through the support of theSchool of Science and Technology faculty and staff, funds were raised to begin club activitiesFall of 2004.Student RetentionFollowing is a list of activities performed by the club to enable female student retention. Someare in the planning phase since a large amount of funds is required to implement them. • provide a comfortable work environment for these minority female students where they can find computers to work on, books to reference, tutors to help them out when they need it, and female faculty who are available to advise and mentor them as needed. • Provide an

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanchana Jayasuriya; Doreen Thomas

-yearfaculty-funded post-doctoral fellowships” (Jayasuriya & Thomas3), and as described in “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Jayasuriya & Thomas3, this was incorporated into the Faculty Diversity Plan as well as theFaculty Operational Plan for 2003.Independently (at about the same time), and in spite of positive discrimination being illegal inThe Netherlands, five positions for women were established at the University of Groningen.The fellowships, which were named in honour of Rosalind Franklin were sponsored by theFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Groningen (Nosengo4). There

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wipplinger

Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education regions of India in question, using the International Building Code and the Bureau of Indian Standards Code; and drawing conclusions about their adequacy. In addition, we will examine the possible effects of local construction practices on the given design and, if these effects render the design unsafe, suggest possible alternate designs.”Plans for two simple one-story structures were provided by Dr. Hausler for analysis. The plansrepresent the typical house layout for the region and are basic one-room houses with minimalwindows and doors. The common construction material in the area is

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Cahill; Joshua Peschel

&M University. Theinstructional framework is outlined within the following six core domains: 1. Learning Challenges and Learning Objectives 2. Authentic Scientific Inquiry 3. Embedded Information Technology 4. Assessment and Learning Products 5. Learning Experiences with Instructional Technologies 6. Strategic Planning for Implementation Page 10.181.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education The material and techniques presented here are to serve as a series of

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Goodwin

related to theirleadership role in a student organization.All students were paired with an upperclassman who served as their mentor for the semester. Afinal report of three to five pages summarizing the journaling and the reflection that took placethroughout the whole semester was due at the end of the semester. Students were also asked towrite out their personal philosophy of leadership, and their leadership action plan that includedfour sections: (1) how did they plan to apply certain leadership theories and concepts; (2) theirobservations of various leadership and participant roles that they engaged in throughout thesemester (styles, differences, team and group effectiveness: what worked, what didn’t work, andwhy); (3) their plans to use the

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gaston N'Guerekata; Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

in severalcountries including Japan, Germany, South America and Canada. It is popular because it canhave an impact on virtually every aspect of education and can be used as a resource forinstructional strategies, a framework for planning staff development, a structure for planningcurriculum, and performance assessment such as reflection logs, portfolio, performance tasks,and rubrics, features that may not be included in traditional teaching approaches2. Attitudes and perceptions affect students’ abilities to learn. DOL 1 indicates that a keyelement of effective instruction is helping students to establish positive attitudes and perceptionsabout the classroom and about learning. Helping students acquire and integrate new knowledgeis

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

Page 9.284.3member’s contribution to the outcome. This exercise requires team planning, which entails an “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” ATOMIC POPCORN understanding of the individual strengths. The The objective of the Atomic Popcorn exercise is to team not only plans but also implements theirremove the pot of toxic popcorn from the confined area specific skills to achieve the goal of thewithout spilling a

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Hanlon; John Hill; Bryan Goda; Lisa Shay

, but this necessitates coordination at theinstitutional level and cooperation between programs, including the non-engineering programsthat are not seeking ABET accreditation. Recently, the seven programs at USMA receivedhighly favorable reviews by the EAC and CAC and our program planning and assessment systemwas cited as a model of best practices. We present USMA’s planning and assessment system,both at the institutional level and at the program level, using the Electrical Engineering programas an example.2. Institutional Level The institutional-level practices used to prepare for the visit were a refinement of USMA’sexisting assessment program. The Academy as a whole already had an assessment model

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

insight into all phases of graduate study, and can be agreat resource for students seeking employment after attaining their terminal degree. They canhave incredible demands on their time between teaching, research, and service activities. Evenso, most find time to answer the myriad of questions posed to them by students related to widelyvarying subjects. Try to respect the precious nature of a professor’s time, and be succinct whenyou are seeking information.Faculty sabbaticals/retirement/deathSabbaticals are usually planned well in advance (at least a year), so adequate notice should bepossible – check with elder graduate students to find out who has recently gone on sabbatical,and who may be due for one. You may have to plan your research

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

semester long course. Upon returning to campus there is usually a classperiod reserved for discussion on the plant’s manufacturing processes, operational strategies,shop-floor philosophy, etc.There are also two projects associated with the course as follows:Project 1. Manufacturing Processes. Students are divided into teams of four and assigned a setof processes. At the end of a two-week time period, each group presents details of the assignedprocesses, evaluating the assigned manufacturing processes from the perspective of processplanning for manufacture of a product. Each group is also assigned the responsibility fordeveloping an information packet on one set of manufacturing processes.Project 2. Development of a Manufacturing Engineering Plan