Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar G. Nespoli, University of Waterloo; Harry Tempelman, Hitachi Construction Truck Mfg Ltd.; Ryan Spencer; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

groups. The development of teamworkskills was also identified as a learning outcome (but not explicitly assessed, other thanobservations of the groups working in class). A third learning outcome was for the students toexperience the difference between theory (from the textbook) and practical application (how itwas actually done in industry, in this instance) in designing a braking system.A case plan was generated, per the development process referenced above, and this plan waspresented to the industry partner. Background information was provided by the industry partneron their brake design, including their specification, standards used for design, calculations used

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University, (first, corresponding author)

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Executive Committee and Govern-ing Board for four years, as the Vice-President of Publications, member of the Finance Committee, theLong Range Planning Committee, and Technical Activities Advisory Board during 2004-2007. His pastactivities include serving as the Chair of the Power Engineering Education Committee, as the Regional 6Representative and Seattle Student Chapter Chair. At the Technical Committee levels, he chaired severalsubcommittees, working groups and task forces. He was also the Vice-Chair of the 1992 Summer Powermeeting. At the IEEE level, he represented the PES as the TAB Periodicals Committee member. He hadalso served as the Seattle Section Chair, and the Student Branch Advisor.In 1996 he received the Outstanding Power Engineering

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Lemoine, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; James Sells, San Jacinto College, Central Campus; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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Two Year College Division

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s University in Austin. Smith serves as the project coordinator for the $1.8 million productivity grant awarded to Texas from Lumina Foundation for Education to plan methods of making the opportunity

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J. Kowalski, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design to others,keeping the project on target and dealing with setbacks, and producing a well tested and crediblesolution to the problem. Individual students may receive grades lower than the rest of their groupfor repeated absences from group meetings, poor teamwork, late assignments, or failing tocontribute constructively to the design process.Table 1: Grading scheme for Capstone I and IIItem % Capstone I % Capstone IIProject Management Plan 10Presentations 20Reports 10Final Report 15Design quality 40 35Design project management 10Weekly progress reports

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

, we hope to provide other educators in both science andengineering with useful tools to assist them in developing and/or enhancing the use of writingwithin their own classrooms.IntroductionABET accreditation requirements emphasize the importance of “soft” skills in planning andachieving excellence in engineering education. In addition to “hard” knowledge, engineersneed to experience and understand “communication, teamwork, and the ability to recognizeand resolve ethical dilemmas.”[1] These skills are powerful when combined with awarenessskills involving “understanding the impact of global and social factors, knowledge ofcontemporary issues, and the ability to do lifelong learning.”[1] What is the most effectiveway of incorporating this into

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

International

their studies. Other, more traditional, universities offersimilar short-format courses on a limited basis: typically between semesters (often calledintersession) or during the summer months. Such short sessions provide students with anopportunity for a greater role in planning their total program. Students have the chance to enrichtheir course of study, reduce the overall time spent in school, and decrease their regular courseload by careful selection of such short-term courses. The authors’ home institution, USD, is oneuniversity committed to short-term opportunities with a three-week intersession term in Januaryand a variety of terms in the summer months6.USD is also strongly committed to global competence through the internationalization of

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang Gong, Beihang University, Beijing, Institute of Higher Education; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qing Lei, Beihang University, Beijing

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

framework.Compared with FEHP-US, FEHP-CN was newly launched in September 2002, the 50thanniversary of the founding of Uni-CN. In China, numerous engineering-oriented universitieswere founded around early 1950s due to the policy of restructuring of universities and colleges.On the one hand, it was an appropriate time to summarize previous practices of engineeringeducation programs as Uni-CN stood on the milestone of 5 decades; on the other hand, inspiredby the“985 Project”, a number of honors programs had been launched or planned to launch byother engineering-oriented universities in China since then. Hence, Uni-CN took the advantage Page 22.346.5of the

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

failureprevention and experiences in offering the redesigned course for three semesters: fall 2009,spring 2010, and fall 2010. Redesign follows the framework suggested in Wiggins andMcTighe1:  First, develop the learning outcomes for the course. Learning outcomes state expectations for learning in terms of what students will be expected to demonstrate.  After the learning outcomes are developed, the faculty member designs the plan through which student achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed and evaluated.  Finally, after the assessment plan is developed, the faculty member designs the learning activities and content delivery that will support student development with respect to the learning

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Women in Engineering

female audiences, efforts to institutionalize programs from thebeginning, and seeking opportunities to build early on-campus partnerships. This paper willreview successes and lessons learned as the project nears its halfway point, including feedbackfrom formative assessments, as well as plans and adjustments for years two through four. Inaddition, the paper contains recommendations on aspects of the program that can be adopted byother institutions.BackgroundLouisiana Tech University is a medium-sized state university with an increased emphasis onhigh-quality interdisciplinary research in key focal areas over the last 20 years. The College ofEngineering and Science emphasizes and utilizes an interdisciplinary, team-based model in allaspects of

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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First-Year Programs

on writing and critical reading; planning, preparing, and revising informative and persuasive communication; adapting writing for intended audiences; grammar, usage and style; critical reading of prose models in the sciences and humanities; using information resources; videotaped oral presentations; collaborative writing using computers.”Along with these “standard” goals for composition classes, the university also sets the goal ofimproving retention and academic support for new students, particularly for under-representedgroups in the STEM fields. These high expectations pose a challenge for a two-creditcomposition class. In order to meet these challenges, the instructor for this class has beenengaged in a continuing Action Research

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Ewert, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Iron Range Engineering; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College

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Design in Engineering Education

organizing group was running out of momentum when a publicly fundedopportunity arose.In northeastern Minnesota there is an ore deposit mined by several mining companies. Aregional governing agency is tasked with planning for and allocating the tax imposed onthe mining companies for each ton of ore removed from the earth. In response toregional industry's need for a more educated workforce and in an effort to createeconomic development, the agency partnered with the organizers of this model and twopublic higher education institutions, a community college consortium and an ABETaccredited state university to establish a new project based engineering curriculum. Acurriculum whose educational objectives include preparing an engineer with the

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, consisting mostly of developing teacher expertise.Understanding and planning for the transportability of educational interventions is beingemphasized by funding agencies at the national level. The aspects of transportability specificallystudied in this paper include usage history and current adoption information, the VirtualLaboratory Project’s perceived sources of effectiveness, barriers to implementation andadaptations made during the implementation process. This paper is a subset of a largerinvestigation on student learning in virtual laboratories. Artifacts of implementation and teacherand student perceptions were the primary data sources for this investigation.Thus far, the Virtual Laboratory Project has been adapted to high school, community

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

students in theirmemos. The process resulted in the organization of each learning point being groupedaccording to a similar expression of learning points within the following categories: 1. Design Process: Problem solving, project planning, iteration, requirements definition, methodology 2. Teamwork: Understanding ones own and others contribution to an effort 3. Communications: documentation, presentation, communication with team, customers, vendors, experts, etc. 4. Technical Knowledge: Learning about specific technologies such as machines, circuits, optics, controls, statistics, electromagnetism, etc. 5. Critical Thinking: applying theory and abstract concepts in practice

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Kehinde Abimbola; Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott

. http://www.qualitymatters.org 3. K. Ladeji-Osias, “Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2005. 124

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Radian Belu

power generation and steady progress in powerderegulation have created increased interest in environmentally conscious distributed generation.Of particular interest are alternative energy distributed generation (AEDG) systems such aswind, photovoltaic (PV), and fuel cell (FC) power generation with near zero pollutant emissions.These generation devices can be used in stand-alone configuration or be connected to the electricgrid. Given the rapid progress in AEDG development and utilization, there will be a great needfor trained professionals with adequate knowledge in this area to be able to plan, design and 127operate AEDG systems, evaluate their performance, and evaluate their impact on power

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ravi Shankar; Francis X McAfee; Michael Harris; Norman Silva; Georgiana Carvalho

help other faculty members.Notes: 1. Graduate courses have been used so far to develop new components in the areas of the semanticweb, and data acquisition & signal processing. These will become building blocks for future one-yearprograms as described above. These define new and challenging areas that smart phones will findincreasing applications in. 2. During the spring ’12 semester, we have planned to offer concurrentcourses in engineering, graphics, business, and an application domain (social science) for students inthose individual disciplines. However, the idea is to facilitate students’ cooperation and collaborationacross these disciplines to develop more realistic and authentic applications. 3. The students and /or theirparents have

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shih-Liang Wang

Universityhas a course website on Physics 207 Energy and Society [13]. Professor Frank Leslie of FloridaInstitute of Technology has a course website on ENS 4300 Renewable Energy and the Environment[14].References[1] Energy Systems and Sustainability: Power for a Sustainable Future, by Godfrey Boyle, Bob Everett and Janet Ramage, Oxford University Press, 2004.[2] Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy, by John Randolph and Gilbert Masters, Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008[3] Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options, by Jefferson Tester, Elisabeth M. Drake, Michael, Driscoll, and Michael Golay, MIT Press, 2005[4] Renewable Energy (2nd edition), by Boyle, Godfrey, Oxford University Press, 2004.[5] Introduction to Energy, by

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ying Yu

encouraged students tofrequently interact with each other and thus helped create better learning communities.The author plans to continue to design more and refine the current ConcepTests. It is alsoimperative to gauge students’ performance improvements quantitatively, which is thenext step in the near future.References:1. http://www.turningtechnologies.com/2. Mazur, E. 1997. “Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual. Englewood Cliffs”. NJ: Prentice Hall.3. C. Crouch, J. Watkins, A. Fagen, and E. Mazur. 2007. “Peer Instruction: Engaging Students One-on-One, All at Once”, Reviews in Physics Education Research, Ed. E.F. Redish and P. Cooney.4. M. K. Smith, W. B. Wood, W. K. Adams, C. Wieman, J. K. Knight, N. Guild, T. T. Su. “Why PeerDiscussion Improves

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electronics." B.Sturgeon "The weather balloon project attempted by my EE380 class in the Spring semester of 2010 was an exciting and adventurous one to say the least. While planning and designing the pods to go up with the balloon, I felt like everyone put more effort into their projects because it was such a real-world application that we could see actual results from." T. Wagler "The launch of the Balloon Project was exciting because all the work put into the projects was put to the test. The balloon was sent on its flight across a few counties, and a 'Storm Chasers'-like pursuit followed. Recovery of the projects turned out more difficult than expected, but after extracting the data from the

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Tyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

inelectronics, computer networking, design, application and troubleshooting to combine theirinterest in building a project. The results show that the students learned tangible lessons fromeach topic. The students that worked on this project enjoyed the hands on experience and beingable to implement it in a real life situation in a classroom setting. Feedback from the studentsindicates that they were enthusiastic about implementing the concepts learned from ComputerNetworking and Microcontroller courses. However, this project was completed as part of therequirement for Advanced Networking course. I am planning to implement this concept in myother courses also. This concept gives an opportunity to our students to think outside theacademics and implement

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

university reorganization has also given us the opportunity to rethink the content ofour PFF seminars to better deal with the many other changes that are taking place in universityand college engineering programs. These include the rise of the field of engineering education,changes in the undergraduate experience such as increased emphasis on research, changes in theacademic engineering job market and in the importance of post-doctoral positions for thosestudents who are focused on a research career in academia, increased emphasis onentrepreneurship, both for faculty and for students, and ongoing challenges related to funding,especially for state universities. Here we describe our plans for modifying our traditional PFFprogram to better prepare

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

management. Thismodule will include a tour of the Greensboro Solid Waste Transfer Station and Landfill. Thistour will give them the opportunity to see the items that could be recycled that are sent tolandfills. Using this traditional foundation for solid waste management and disposal, studentswill conduct a recycling audit for the campus. The two week module will include an analysis ofrecycling activities and the development of a plan for recycling on campus or a case study suchas recycling and disposal of Hurricane Katrina solid waste.Assessments 1. Index of Learning Styles Survey (ILSS) 2. Student Assessment of Learning Gains Instrument (SALG) 3. Student Reports/Presentations of Green Building Module 1, Water recycling (Module

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glenn R. Blackwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

International

mandated by the Bologna Declaration in 1999 and are part of a strategic plan for creatingan integration of the higher education systems in Europe by the end of the year 2010. The ECTSis an important part of this overall effort since its intent is to allow students to transfer creditsamong the diverse universities in different European countries. The countries involved in theEHEA are not limited to, nor all-inclusive of, member countries of the European Union (EU).The process leading to the ECTS has been reasonably well accepted by European systems. Asnoted by the European Students Union (1), “The three-cycle system (bachelor, master, anddoctoral degrees) and the ECTS are among the prime examples of successes of the BolognaProcess…”One significant

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Wesley Francillon, Ph.D., Connectiuct Community College; John Birch, The Birch Group, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

fromother PBL initiatives is that it prepares students to not only learn critical thinking, entrepreneurialand relevant technical skills, but to also enter the workforce with professional skills includingteamwork (including virtual teamwork), leadership, project planning, understanding behavioraldiversity, communication skills and social networking experiences. In addition, academicpartnerships with industry, medical hospitals and government entities like NASA, theDepartment of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard using real world applications, havebeen proven to engage diverse populations, in particular women and minorities. Because of thereputation developed by the LSSL Program, start-up entrepreneurs have solicited the LSSLProgram to have

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

instrumentation and measurement typically have two objectives: 1)introducing the students to essential and modern engineering instrumentation and 2) developingthe ability of students to plan, execute, and analyze engineering experiments. The projectdescribed in this paper encompasses all of these objectives and introduces students to practicalaspects of control systems. The multi-week laboratory exercise requires the students to interfacewith laboratory hardware and modern instrumentation with only limited guidance from theinstructor. The self-guided problem solving approach to instrumentation gives students a deeperunderstanding of the nuances and complexity of developing and implementing multi-componentinstrumentation systems. Additionally, the

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanaz Mahmoodi Takaghaj, University of Calgary; Chris Macnab, University of Calgary; Sharon Friesen, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

goal-oriented tasks. In the next phase of the program we plan to be more specific that creative design solutions will be rewarded, as long as they don’t clearly violate a specific regulation. The girls all appeared to be having a great time, not only competing in their own event but also in soaking up the atmosphere of robotics enthusiasm. The teachers who accompanied the students confirmed that the students had great time, learned a lot, and both teachers and students expressed the desire to keep the program running the following year. 4 Results In order to gage the effectiveness of the program we provided surveys to the teachers, who administered them to the students after obtaining parental permission. We twice administered the survey, once

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

co-curricular academic enrichment model that includes “academic planning, community service,family involvement, academic enrichment, hands-on engineering activities, career advising, fieldtrips, competitions and workshops.”3 MESA programs represent an innovative way of linking aco-curricular learning environment to mathematics, engineering and science programs within theformal public school setting to enhance STEM education of students.The first MESA program was founded in 1970 at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland,CA with a membership of 25 students. MESA's aim was to develop academic and leadershipskills, raise educational expectations, and instill confidence in California students from groupsthat were historically underrepresented

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University; George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Frank Miceli, Asheville Bucombe Tech Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

401/402 Theme Tools Application Introduction to Synthesis of Synthesis of ET, Deliverable Design Tools Curriculum Subjects EE, and ECET Engagement Curriculum Project SubjectsCourse Introduction to Scientific Method Creativity Proficiency in alloutcomes Project planning introduced outcomes Intro. To Design Problem Solving Sustainability

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Cao, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

more, the virtual simulator development gains students interest andmotivates student in learning robotics. It allows more lab-type of learning. Some homework canalso be readily verified using the virtual robot. For future teaching plan, the developenvironment will be open to students‟ choice. Other engineering tools, such as simMechanics,ADAMS will be considered for dynamics and control design purpose.References[1] T., Hakan; G, Metin; B, Seta, “Hardware in the Loop Robot Simulators for On-site and Remote Education in Robotics”, International Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 22, Number 4, August 2006 , pp. 815- 828(14).[2] Costas S. Tzafestas, Nektaria Palaiologou, “Virtual and Remote Robotic Laboratory: Comparative

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning