Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Land

either ‘not met,’ ‘met,’ or ‘exceeded.’Values of ‘0,’ ‘1’ and ‘2’ are assigned to these answers to generate numerical scores. The samequestions are asked of all students and all faculty, regardless of their campus locations, andsurveys are conducted in each course at every campus each semester. The two faculty inputs are – (1) a self-reflective general assessment of his or her success inachieving each expected outcome, and (2) individual assessments of each student’s success inachieving each outcome. The first of these is intended as a benchmark to compare to students’assessment of the class’s effectiveness (see below). As part of the general assessment, facultyare also asked to identify the specific tasks, tests, projects, lab exercises

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Erekson; Kurt Becker; Maurice Thomas; Christine Hailey

., Shuman, L.J., Gottfried, B.S., “Do Freshmen Design Texts Adequately Define the Engineering Design Process?” Proceedings, ASEE Conference and Exhibition, 1995. 9. Atman,C. J., Chimka, J. R., Bursic, K.M., and Nachtmann, H.L., “A Comparison of Freshman and Senior Engineering Design Processes,” Design Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2., 1999, pp. 131-152. 10. Adams, R., Turns, J., and Atman, C. J., “Educating Effective Engineering Designers: The Role of Reflective Practice,” Design Studies, Special Issue on Designing in Context, Vo. 24, No. 3, 2003., pp. 275-294. 11. Koen, B.V., “Toward a Strategy for Teaching Engineering Design, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 3, 1994, pp. 193-201. 12

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lagace; Earll Murman

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education.!! could be achieved in aerospace engineering, not only would faculty be better prepared to teachsystem design, but they also would better understand the practical import of their research andteaching in their disciplinary specialties. One outstanding attempt to address this imbalance isThe Boeing Company’s A.D. Welliver Faculty Fellow Program10. This has provided over 100faculty members a summer internship to understand and reflect upon how the modern practice ofengineering can be incorporated into their academic strategy. Unfortunately, other companieshave not demonstrated the same vision to

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

catechizing or teaching how to write a sentence? But cries of dumbing down or politiciz- ing the classroom miss the point. No one cares about what is taught because that is not our charge. . . . We are in the business of creating a total environment, delivering an ex- perience, gaining satisfied customers. The classroom reflects this.40So, in a tacit arrangement, agreeable to both buyers and sellers, grade inflation serves as an ersatzproxy for the high academic achievement customers demand as part of the “experience” theypurchase so dearly.25, 34, 41 Branding has made un-inflated grades obsolete. Grades other than thehighest detract from the “best” educational experience on offer by creating unwanted unexpectedstudent-customer

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

industrial technologistsmuch along the lines of those codes that exist for engineers which have been ratified by professionalbodies such as the NCEES and ASQ (American Society for Quality). In many ways, this papercomplements and augments that argument. We agree with his position and also go further to statethat accreditation standards for industrial technology programs should clearly specify ethics in thecontent domain of knowledge and outcomes assessment. Consistently, the Certified IndustrialTechnologist examination should reflect appropriate testing of a candidate’s knowledge and skill indealing with potential ethical issues of the profession.ADDRESSING THE NEEDSThe discipline of industrial technology has had a long history of adapting to the

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

andscience, and the presence of discouraging attitudes about girls in science and engineering are allfactors whose importance is diminishing. This is not to say that efforts to remedy these issues arecomplete, just that they are making progress. In the meantime, the matriculation of girls intoengineering and engineering technology programs is not reflecting this progress, which points toother factors such as interest in and understanding of engineering. It is therefore time to furtherrevolutionize the approach to recruiting women by defining what engineering and technology areearly on in a student’s education and emphasizing those qualities that are more likely to fit withgirls’ self-image such as creativity and communication skills. This will

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

and now occurs at one-yearintervals during the fall academic term. These future data should allow us to ascertain whetherthe current results are anomalous or reflect a trend.However, even with the reduced data collection time period our results are worth discussing inlight of prior research. Our results that show a negative trend for the self-efficacy and outcomesexpectations scales are consistent with results from both Brainard and Carlin20 and Felder29. In alongitudinal study of Chemical Engineering students, Felder and his colleagues found severaldifferences between male and female students including, that female students’ (who began theirstudies exhibiting equal levels of academic ability as their male counterparts) expectations

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Laura Wesson; Bill Elmore; Norm Pumphrey; Kelly Crittenden

result of flight 2 Example is a novel answer not directly discussed in class ⇒ translated concept to related topic. 1 Example is one given in class 0 No answer or incorrect answer 5. What does “normally distributed” mean as it relates to statistics? Graph closely approximates a bell-shaped curve 2 Definition is correct 1 No mention of approximate. In other words, the answer does not reflect an understanding of the inherent nature of variability in data collection 0 No answer or incorrect answer 6. Give definitions for men, median, and mode as they relate to statistics. Mean – arithmetic

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

Reflection-in-Action”, SIGCSE’04, March 3–7, 2004, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 2004, pp.7. HTMLArea, website last accessed on June 30th, 2004, http://www.interactivetools.com/products/htmlarea/ Page 10.1186.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education8. Isong, J., “Developing An Automated Program Checker”, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Central Plains Conference on the Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Bransom, MO, The

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

reflect sound engineering design theories and processes. They are complimented by instructional guidelines for teachers and activities for fourth, fifth, and sixth grades students that align with the science curriculum and state academic performance standards. Delivered: A large variety of projects have been completed and implemented into the interactive Rainforest Room: An Air Cannon that shoots tennis balls and helps apply concepts such as force, gravity, air pressure, friction, and trajectories; A Laser Harp that uses lasers in place of strings to play notes; The Memory Basketball Game that demonstrates how memory affects learning via shooting baskets off an electronic-based backboard with and without

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mincer; David McDaniel; Laurence Caretto

Toolbox provides calculations of thermodynamic properties in an Excel™spreadsheet. Calculations may be done for a variety of substances using a flexible input format.A graphical interface calculator is available for computing individual state points and complexmodels may be constructed from cell formulas, Visual Basic code, or a combination of the two.The software may be downloaded at no cost from www.spreadsheetworld.com.DisclaimerThe views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position ofthe US Air Force, Department of Defense, or the US Government.Bibliography1 NIST Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP): Version 7.0, NISTStandard Reference Database 23, web page http

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kofi Nyamekye; Yildirim Omurtag

loop, as a generic approach to reflect the fact that when the societal need changes thePh.D. program in engineering must adapt to it. An example of a newly established, innovativePh.D. program in Engineering at Robert Morris University (RMU) in Pennsylvania that attemptsto address some of these issues has been illustrated.1.0 IntroductionIn recent years, the U.S. has lost its manufacturing base to the emerging countries, such as Chinaand other Asian-Pacific countries. For example, China has now become the “factory floorcapital of the world.” The economic consequence of the loss of our manufacturing base isenormous. Today, U.S. engineering graduates must not only compete for the fewer engineeringjobs in the U.S., but they must also compete

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

difficult adjustment for students. Students are concerned about content coverage in a PBL environment,21, 24, 26 which is also reflected in our survey. Another reason for students’ frustration might be the newness of students’ roles in PBL.28 The shift of students’ roles requires the students not only to adjust their own learning style but also to redefine their roles in the learning process.29-30 On the positive side, Schultz-Ross and Kline27 found that students’ discomfort and dissatisfaction levels decreased significantly by the end of a course. Our study confirmed the reports from other fields that students considered PBL to be effective in enhancing their confidence in judging alternatives for solving problems,30

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.90, no.4, Oct. 2001, pp.491-497. Page 10.792.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education9. Wankat, P.H., “Reflective Analysis of Student Learning in a Sophomore Engineering Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.88, no.2, April, 1999, pp.195 -203.Biography:WADDAH AKILIWaddah Akili has been in the academic arena for over 35 years. He has held academic positions at DrexelUniversity, Philadelphia, Penna (66-69), at King Fahd

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

knowledge base for effective teaching of mathematics includes pedagogicallyfunctional knowledge. Mathematics content development experiences should encourageteachers to connect concepts across a variety of mathematical content areas, connect themathematics they learn with the mathematics they will teach, and reflect on teachingwhile engaged in learning[5]. Teachers tend to teach mathematics in ways that areconsistent with how they learned mathematics[9-11]. Consequently, teachers needopportunities to reconstruct their understanding of mathematics content and expand theirviews of what understanding mathematics involves through curriculum and instructionalapproaches that are similar to those which they will later use in their classrooms[6

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Snehamay Khasnabis

projectevaluation, a number of analytic tools have been developed, each with a specific set ofcharacteristics8,9,10: • Cost Effectiveness (C/E) Technique • Benefit Cost (B/C) Ratio Technique • Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Technique, and • Pay Off Period (PP) TechniqueThe four techniques identified are associated with four Measures of Effectiveness (MOE’s)designed to reflect the degree to which a set of mutually exclusive alternatives are expected tomeet their economic goals. The (C/E) technique essentially identifies the project with the leastcost per unit benefit, while the (B/C) ratio technique is directed toward designating the projectwith the highest benefit per unit cost, both at a specified interest rate. The IRR

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman

. Page 10.1084.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationConcepts that students seem to find the most difficult:When one captures (digitized) data from a physical model, there is noise in the data. Somepoints will not be exactly on the true surface and points will not be purely planer. In order toconstruct curves which represent cross sectional data on the surface, these curves must be bothfair and at the same time accurately reflect the surface geometry. The Microscribe digitizer isonly accurate to +/- .009, the physical model may or may not be perfect and the locations wherethe points are taken

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

isnecessarily broad, this is considered healthy. The keywords reflect both current concerns(e.g. assessment and ABET) and continuing concerns (e.g. teaching and design). Thus,according to Wankat, “the journal appears to be publishing papers of concern toengineering educators5.” Clearly, in the past 10 years, as the lack of research on theissues of K-12 education reveals, K-12 issues are not even on the engineering educator’s“research radar zone.”Recently, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has embarked on anambitious effort to promote and improve K-12 engineering and engineering technologyeducation. In the last three years the ASEE has created a new K-12 division dedicated toK-12 engineering education, created a guidebook for high

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

split (or not sure) whetherthey wanted to study at college to be an engineer. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 indicates theystrongly did not want to be an engineer and 5 indicates that they strongly did, the average studentresponse was 3.3, with a median of 3, and a standard deviation of 1.1. At the end of the week,their opinion did not change considerably with an average score of 3.2, a median of 3, and astandard deviation of 1.2. This result is not surprising since one week is unlikely to change theirinterest. More time and reflection would be more likely to decide on a career in engineering. Page 10.855.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Gerhart; Andrew Gerhart

internal efficiency, turbine flow efficiency, mechanical efficiency, andelectrical efficiency.) The overall efficiencies used range from 5% to 50% with 5% increments.The 112 isentropic turbine cases with the 10 turbine/generator efficiency cases gives 1120 cases.Finally, the RC thermal efficiency can be determined. The steam generator (boiler) efficiency isunknown and was assumed to be 85%. Calculated thermal efficiency ranged from 0.01% to1.8%. Based on the experience of the authors, typical experimental thermal efficiencies rangefrom 0.05% to 0.2%. Combinations of parameters that yield calculated efficiencies in the rangeof 0.05% to 0.2% most closely reflect the actual performance of the RC. These results indicatethat the parametric study does

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

. An assessment of the REU program basedon student comments and feedback is discussed in Section 4. Closing remarks and plans forimproving our future offering of this REU program are given in Section 5. Page 10.187.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education2. Literature Review: Product Dissection and the UMR Design RepositoryFew would argue that engineers are more likely to be active rather than reflective learners6, andthe benefits of “hands-on” educational activities such as product dissection

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos

classesconstitute the second component of our curriculum development efforts, and the focus of thispaper. .The CTML-I class will serve as the entrance point to our proposed curriculum. In this course anumber of our PIs will instruct the students on machine-learning techniques developed throughtheir current research and how it relates to other machine learning approaches. The approachtaken here for CTML-I is to create a course that is enthusiastically taught by the principalinvestigators (since it will always be relevant to their machine learning research), will reflect theever changing research interests of the machine learning community (the topics in this class will

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Mayes; John Bennett

Review of all of its programs, a number of peerinstitutions and knowledgeable experts were interviewed to gather information about “bestpractices” in the field of assessment and accreditation. This article summarizes data collectedfrom telephone interviews with thirty-three individuals from twenty-seven institutions. Twentyquestions asked respondents about their measurement methods for objectives and outcomes(advisory board input, alumni surveys, senior surveys, portfolios, FE exam, etc.), methods forengaging faculty and rewarding ABET coordinators, degree of college oversight, and methodsfor ensuring that a continuous improvement process is in place. The resulting data reflect a clearcommitment to assessment and continual improvement on the

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

Functional Roles on Engineering Student Teams: Preludeto Assessment.”Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Barra, R. (1993). Tips and techniques for team effectiveness. Barra International, New Oxford, PA: BarraInternational.2. Belenky, M. F., Clenchy, G. M., Goldberger, N. R., & Tarule, J. M. (1986). Women's ways of knowing: Thedevelopment of self, voice and mind. New York: Basic Books.3. Fullilove, R., & Treisman, P. U. (1990). Mathematics achievement among African American undergraduates atthe University of California Berkeley: An evaluation of the math workshop program. Journal

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

along these hints for successfulteaching.6 The teaching hints, which can be categorized into four areas - organization,preparation, practice, and rapport - were developed after review of the journals7 and thediscussions of common experiences at their respective universities during the year followingETW. The journals not only recorded each member’s thoughts (material, methodology,perceptions, attitudes, etc.) as the week progressed, but also provided insight into possible hintsfor successful teaching. ETW is about learning and practicing new skills, internalizing methodsfor successful teaching, and developing as teachers during the week. The journals served as avehicle for reflecting about this developmental process. The hints listed in the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

other than studyingwhile other students in other majors seem to have plenty. It was assumed that students who were willing to live this life and wanted to be anengineer had a well developed understanding or definition of engineering. When the students ofthis study were asked to reflect back and discuss these definitions we found that most studentssimply did not know what an engineer does. This is interesting because these students havestated that they wanted to be an engineer. For example, Anthony was asked what is yourdefinition of an engineer; Anthony replied, "I don't know if I really have a definition." Manystudents just don't know. For many students we heard comments that were very similar tocomments made by Rachel, who said "I

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons

comments listed on the observation form completedby the classroom teachers. These comments were used as part of the overall software assessmentand reflect both the positive and negative aspects of the software and its use. The fourth gradeteacher returned only a single email response to the software instead of the standardizedobservation sheets.Grade 1 Teacher Comments: • “The software is very engaging. The vivid colors and animation make it an environment that the students really want to explore. They like the ability to turn the music on and off since some students work better with noise and others work better in quiet.” • “Some of my students had trouble logging on to the software when they first started. Once I showed

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven P. Thomas

and interprets those experiences to help individuals make sense of theirown career decisions and experiences (Farmer, 199712; Peterson, Sampson, Reardon, & Lenz,199642; Tyson, 200145).The study of career development of women has become increasingly important, as thepercentage of the labor force that is female has increased (Gutek & Larwood, 198720). As morewomen enter the labor market, the focus has shifted from “women oriented toward homemakingversus careers” to “traditional versus nontraditional careers and identifying career patterns ofwomen” (Gutek & Larwood, 1987, p. 17820). This shift reflects the changing career expectationsof women in information technology. Women have entered the labor market in larger numberand are more