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

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

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

Collection

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

Collection

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

Collection

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

Collection

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

Collection

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