Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

the importance ofinstilling this behavior in society, it is critical that engineering educators and researcherscontinue to seek out effective approaches. This article reviews the quest to find such anapproach in a redesigned industrial engineering course at Montana State University (MSU).Literature ReviewThe literature investigating how college students in general and engineering students in particularcan learn and apply the concepts of ethics is considerable. While some writing laments the lackof ethics focus in current engineering programs,6,7 most continue to seek more effective ways toincorporate ethical training into engineering education.7,8,9 Why are engineering educators sofocused on this soft skill? Of course, there are the external

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and approaches. While studying as an undergraduate I hadtaken classes in civil engineering materials, transportation engineering and pavement design,which provided me a working knowledge to preparing me for career. The clinics expanded myunderstanding of the material and introduced me to new material like reclaimed asphaltpavement, warm mix asphalt, modified binders, which typically aren’t discussed in detail inclass. Furthermore the clinics provided an opportunity to hone my soft skills by writing projectreports and presenting our research and designs to our clients and other professors. Byperforming hands on testing and analysis as an undergraduate I gained a deeper understandingof testing results which has helped me extensively in my

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Pitts, Northeastern University; Steve McGonagle, Northeastern University; Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

-assessment and a leadership capabilities framework linked tointeractive leadership laboratories (LLabs). This is part of a curriculum that also includes theteaching of best practices in effective product development and the scientific principlesunderlying major engineering disciplines. Experience-based practice and mastery of methods isgained via the Challenge Project, an intense, tightly-scheduled, deliverable-orienteddemonstration of human leadership, project and resource management and engineering problemsolving.The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL), in the graduate school of engineering atNortheastern University, targets the development of the soft skills, organizational awareness andtechnical agility key to mastering leadership in an

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, RIMES, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

professional recognition and be valued for their hard analytical and creative abilities and soft skills and multi-disciplinary education and research.5. IMSE Graduates will collaborate and generate benefits for their communities, profession, and the world.7, ASSESSMENT RUBRICSChapter 8 of the GRCSE provides guidance for developing assessment rubrics to ensurethat graduate programs achieve their intended outcomes.Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)The 2011 formulation of a Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Matrix for programassessment that would meet the requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges andSchools (SACS) represents the formal organization of the understanding as to howprogram courses and activities contribute

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

objectives vs others.The experiment gives students exposure to Instrumentation, Models, Experimentation, and DataAnalysis (objectives 1-4 of Feisel and Rosa8). The use of a guitar string as the vehicle forlearning allows the students to develop Psychomotor (the ability to actually touch andmanipulate the device) and Sensory Awareness (objectives 8 and 12, respectively.) The exercisealso helps reinforce “soft skills that are so important in professional practice: Safety,Communication, Teamwork, Ethics (objectives 9 – 12). Tuning, fret positioning, the tone controlcircuit relate to Design (objective 5). Finally, although not intentional, students will sometimesget exposure to objective 6: Learning from Failure. The portability and affordability

Conference Session

Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Homework assignments are not graded but must be worked thoroughly by the studentsto prepare for a follow up quiz given to the students in one week upon receiving the relatedassignment. This approach of assessing student's knowledge has been tested for severalconsecutive years and proved to be very effective in student’s comprehension of a subject taught.The other assessment tools used in the EM course are the midterm and final examinations, andstudents presentations. Due to globalization, the development of the student soft skills isbecoming an integral part of the curriculum in most universities. In most of classes offered in theSchool of Technology at Michigan Tech, students are required to research and present atechnical journal paper on topics

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Page 23.1317.5heavy metal‟s creation and evolution, and combine that with the expansion and perception of thegenre in America and around the world. In this way, the course represents many of the tenets ofliberal education promoted at the university at which it is offered: the arts, humanities, socialcommentary, global culture, communication through music, science and technologicalinnovation. It is one of only a few courses at its home university that legitimately bridges thegap between STEM fields and the “soft skills” that have become so valued in industry. There isno math used in the course, and as such the audience spans majors from engineering to art toeducation to business.The five course outcomes for this course are:1. Students will

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

John L. Krohn

follow, and regurgitate, in the report. Reports wereexpected to be, more or less, formal laboratory write-ups with a summary, introduction,procedures & set-up, results, and conclusions sections.This arrangement was continued for many years until shortly after the conversion to outcomesbased ABET assessment and the establishment of the student outcomes. As many others likelydid, the department struggled with defining performance criteria and assessment methods formany of the “soft skills” outcomes, but, among the more technically based outcomes, outcome b)always caused the most consternation. Initially, the department chose to put more emphasis onthe second part of the outcome “to analyze and interpret data” and only superficially

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

designing engineering solutions under cultural constraints waspositively impacted in ways that would not change over time.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the U.S.-Brazil Partnership Program and the U.S.Department of Education, as well as the Brazil Ministry of Education for the funds that Page 23.643.15have supported this educational experience.Bibliography1. Del Vitto, C. (2008) Cross-cultural ‘soft skills’ and the global engineer: Corporate best practices and trainer methodologies, Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 3(1) 1-9.2. Downey, G., Lucena, J., Moskal, B., Parkhurst, R., Bigley, T., Hays, C., Jesiek, B. Kelly, L

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abby M Kelly, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Roger Michael Hoy, University of Nebraska; Evan Curtis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Angela Kaye Pannier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Richard R. Stowell P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

, businessand soft skills, and teamwork, specifically with diverse and interdisciplinary groups2. Anemphasis on these skills as well as a more rapid method of developing them is needed within thesenior capstone design sequence.Like other universities, we have found that our traditional approach to the teaching of capstonedesign is not addressing all of the challenges discussed above. As a means to begin to addressthese issues, our department implemented a two-week rapid design challenge (RDC), similar tothe challenge developed by Bucknell University1. The RDC was adapted to better suit our needsand initially implemented in the spring of 2010. The challenge has been conducted four timesand critically evaluated after each semester. Here, we present our

Conference Session

Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech.; Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Qaiser H Malik, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan University

Tagged Divisions

International

://4h.missouri.edu/resources/materials/docs/LG732.pdf35. Shank, P. (2005). The value of multi-media in learning. Adobe Design Center. Retrieved from http://www.adobe.com/fr/designcenter/thinktank/valuemedia/The_Value_of_Multimedia.pdf36. Pulko, S. H., & Parikh, S. (2002). Teaching “soft” skills to engineers. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 40(4), 241-54.37. Brint, S., Cantwell, A., & Hanneman, R. (2008). Two cultures: Undergraduate academic engagement. Research in Higher Education, 49(5), 383-402.38. Carini, R. K., Kuh, G., & Klein, S. (2006). Student engagement and student learning: Testing the linkages. Research in Higher Education, 47(1), 1-32.39. Ewell, P. T. (2002). An analysis of relationships between

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley

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Design in Engineering Education

, 26(3), 27-39.25. Committee on K-12 Engineering Education. (2009). Summary. In L. Katehi, G. Pearson, and M. Feder (Eds.), Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (pp. 1-14). Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.26. Bamberger, Jeanne. 1991. The laboratory for making things. In D. Schon, ed., The Reflective Turn: Case Studies in and on Educational Practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.27. Kumar, S. and Hsiao, J.K. (2007). Engineers learn “soft skills the hard way”: Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 7(1), 18-23.28. Tsang, E., Van Haneghan, J., Johnson, B., Newman, E. J., & Van Eck, S. (2001). A report on

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; Hamid Shahrestani, Florida International University, BME; Michael Edward Brown, Florida International University; James Dennis Byrne, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

typicallydone at the end of the semester (term). The Capstone Design experience can be a convenientopportunity to teach Professional Skills (sometimes referred to as the “soft skills”)23 that may notmake it into more traditional lecture courses. Engineering design is where these professionalskills are most important. These have often been difficult skills to assess. There may be as manyways to offer the capstone design experience as there are engineering programs. To give newprograms ideas, groups have reported on the specific elements of their own capstone designcourses10, 14, 22.Assessment tools for evaluating program learning outcomes are freely available9, 13, 28 and we inthe BME program at FIU have developed our own process and tools for the

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet ; Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Graduate Studies

Professor of Or- ganizational Leadership and Supervision, and former Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies in Technology. Professor Colwell writes frequently on the topics of soft skills in technology education, and on issues of graduate administration. Page 23.375.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Design, Development and Implementation of a Master of Science Degree in Modeling, Simulation, and VisualizationAbstractThe School of Technology at Purdue University Calumet designed, developed and implementeda Master of Science Degree in Modeling, Simulation, and

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie L Taylor, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ofclashing beliefs. For example, gender marks a moment of potential unknown, or reaction todifference. More specifically for this study, the engineering discipline is commonly characterizedas masculine, privileging hard science, objectivity, rationality, hegemonic ideology, and evenmale bodies.7 This is in juxtaposition to humanities, a more feminine discipline where scholarsengage in “soft” science, teach “soft” skills, and embrace subjectivity, emotionality, and femalebodies.5 Due to the merging of two cultures in an effort to have multidisciplinary education,different through the representation of gender is illuminated.Difference Discourse The concept of difference is important to examine because it helps us torecognize what is not “standard” or

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Lucia Howard

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. New York: Sage. 104-137.38. Del Vitto, C. (2008) Cross-cultural ‘soft skills’ and the global engineer: Corporate best practices and trainer methodologies, Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 3(1) 1-9.39. Lowell, L., Salzman, H., Bernstein H., & Henderson. E. (2009). Steady as She Goes? Three Generations of Students through the Science and Engineering Pipeline, Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.40. National Science Foundation, Chapter 2: “Higher Education in Science and Engineering,” Science and Engineering Indicators, 2010; accessed Dec. 24, 2010, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/c2/c2s2.htm#s4-1

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Daniel D. Frey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

), there seem to beenough data to support the thesis that a design course or something that contains many of itselements—including projects, teams, written and oral communication—can produce positivechanges in engineering student retention rates.In terms of other measures of potential benefits of first-year design courses, little data areavailable. Purdue’s EPICS program reports that students regarded teamwork, communication andtime management and/or organization as “the three most valuable things . . . learned” fromhaving taken the EPICS course30. The skills acquired here are the “soft” skills that ABET’s EC2000 is trying to promote. These results are quite consistent with—and supportive of—theanecdotal data heard from most teachers of such

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2013 GSW

Authors

Lana Rings

-Cultural ‘Soft Skills’ and the Global Engineer: Corporate Best Practices and Trainer Methodologies”, Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 1-9.3. Chubin, D. E., May, G. S., Babco, E. L., 2005, “Diversifying the Engineering Workforce”, Journal of Engineering Education, January Vol., pp. 73-86.4. Artemeva, N, 1998, “The Writing Consultant as Cultural Interpreter: Bridging Cultural Perspectives on the Genre of the Periodic Engineering Report”, Technical Communication Quarterly Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 285-299.5. URL: http://enr.construction.com/toplists/InternationalDesignFirms/001-100.asp6. URL: http://www.devex.com/en/news/top-international-development-engineering-firms-a/64263.7. Kampf, C., 2002

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #8159”Doing Engineering in the School of Letters & Science: Adding a Manufac-turing Line Design Project to a Writing Program Class for Engineers”Mr. Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis Brad Henderson is a faculty in writing for the University Writing Program (UWP) at University of Cali- fornia, Davis. Henderson holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly State University SLO and a Masters in Professional Writing (MPW) from USC. Currently focusing his career on engineer- ing writing and soft-skill education, he has worked as an engineer and engineering educator for Parker

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helena Isabel Scutt, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a spatial skills workshop. Sincethere are several types of spatial skills, choosing one that is especially relevant to a class activityor concept and giving students a chance to practice that skill is a way to gradually build spatialskills.Regarding the emphasis on communication skills, using the typical communication or writingexercises but situating them in the context of a science or math activity can introduce the ideathat these so-called “soft” skills are necessary in the hard sciences. In fact, with the nature ofboth topics, a spatial skills exercise could be combined with a communication skills exercise.Further development of these four “Skills to Emphasize” also lies in research. A potentialdirection for further research is

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

define what “professional skills” means and which skills fit into thatcategory, varies widely. When it comes to clearly defining the term “professional skills,” mostresearchers provide a list of included skills rather than defining the category. Even the lists ofskills that fit into the category of professional skills vary. As noted by Colwell, “if one were toask educators in…engineering…what is meant by the term ‘soft skills’, there would likely besome consensus on the list, but each educator asked would probably have a different list (p.3)”.10 Despite the variation, many authors representing practicing engineers 9, alumni ofengineering programs 11, and engineering educators 7, 11 agree that the following skills areprofessional skills

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering