Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venetia Dover, Howard University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Viara Quinones, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

) professionals is significantly disproportionate to minority representation inthe U.S. general population and workforce, thereby impacting the current pool of primarilyWhite male STEM professionals’ ability to meet the rapidly changing demands facing theengineering industry. Instead, the U.S. must increase the numbers of women and minorities(defined for the purpose of this study as African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans)that earn degrees in STEM fields not just at the baccalaureate level, but at all levels1.Minorities, particularly African Americans, are showing an increase in enrollment andsubsequent degree attainment in science and engineering (S&E)1. Data from 1987 and 2000show an increase in the percentage of S&E degrees awarded

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Michael F Young, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut

within theconstraints of a graded university course. Our work to evaluate these games is ongoing and includes questions abouttypical moral reasoning measures (DIT2 and EERI) as well as the impact on the quality of student think aloudreasoning, their conceptual development as indicated by concept maps, and their overall interest and engagementwith game play as experienced as playful and thought provoking. The workshop, in addition to describing andproviding instructional guides to the games, will provide some preliminary results from this evaluativeresearch.References[1] J. S. Brown, A. Collins, & P. Duguid, “Situated cognition and the culture of learning”, Educational Researcher,Jan-Feb, 1989, pp. 32-42.[2] J. Lave, & E. Wenger

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, MSOE; Steven Reyer, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

are often intuitors, though,and occasionally do not see why just presenting the mathematical result is not sufficient. Thismay be particularly true at MSOE, where our students are accustomed to courses that comprise Page 14.1131.6both lecture and lab experiences.Finally, thorough communications between the faculty teaching the two courses is necessary, sothat those concepts that students found difficult in the DSP course can be further addressed in theanalog course.Bibliography1. S. Williams, J. Mossbrucker, S. Reyer and O. Petersen, “A Forward Looking Electrical Engineering Curriculum,”ASEE North Midwest Section Meeting, Univ. of Wisconsin

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mouna Nakkar, University of Sharjah

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,” SIGBED Rev., vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1-4, 2005.2. J. O. Hamblen, "Using a Low-Cost SoC Computer and a Commercial RTOS in an Embedded Systems Design Course," IEEE Trans. Education, vol. 51, no. 3, Aug. 2008.3. K. G. Ricks, D. J. Jackson, W. A. Stapleton, “An embedded systems curriculum based on the IEEE/ACM model curriculum,” IEEE Trans. Education, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 262-270, May 2008.4. A. Hoover, "Computer Vision in Undergraduate Education: Modern Embedded Computing," IEEE Trans. On Education, vol. 46, No. 2, May 2003.5. A. Bindal, S. Mann, B. N. Ahmed, and L.A. Raimundo, “An undergraduate system-on-chip (SoC) course for Computer Engineering students,” IEEE Trans. Education, vol. 48, no. 2, May 2005.6. G. Martin

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

4 individual tasks. Thetasks and the student(s) who was in charge of each task is shown in Table 1. Students worked ontheir assigned tasks individually and met at least once a week to present their work to the wholeteam for discussions and suggestions. Table 1: The task distribution Task # Task description Student(s) 1 Microcontroller selection, interfacing, and software 1 CmpE/EE 2 Solenoid driving circuit 1 EE 3 Sensor interfacing 1 EE 4 Kicking mechanism and driving system

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon, University of Iowa; James Stoner, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

focus area, or pursue a tailored program of study as permitted by the policies of the major program.In the final curriculum guidelines adopted by the Faculty in June 2001, the above generaldescriptions of ways to package the 21 s. h. of flexible electives were adopted asrecommendations, rather than requirements. Each program was given the freedom andresponsibility to develop its own “Elective Focus Area” procedures and specificguidelines, according to their own disciplinary requirements and constraints.Between May 1999 and June 2001, the College Curriculum Committee worked on thedetails of the proposed new core curriculum, in close consultation with the Departmentsof Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry and prepared a

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College; xiuhua si

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

transfer class;concurrent with thermodynamics. In this paper, we present a non-iterative method students canuse to solve multiple effect evaporator problems using a free add-in for Microsoft Excel.In a typical multiple effect evaporator homework problem (Figure 1) the feed conditions andflow rate (F) are given. The overall heat transfer coefficients (Ui) are assumed to be known. Thedesired final concentration (x1) is specified as well as the pressure (or equivalently, thetemperature) of the saturated steam used as the heat source (Ps). Additionally, the pressure inone effect (usually the last) is specified (P3). The task of the students is to find the amount ofsteam that must be fed to the first effect (S), the unknown liquid and vapor flow rates

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Linda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Stiber, University of Washington, Bothell; Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico; Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University; Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Harvey Thornburg, Arizona State University

. Energy, D MOD 5 : Music ASU Local Assessment A ≠ collaborations among students using scripts. Synthesis, MOD 4 Software S MOD 6 : Arts and Media, Modules/Demo Evaluation S ≠ instructors to monitor student simulation steps. MOD 7 : DSP/FPGA, E MOD 8a: Ion

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Ron Lasser, Tufts University; Katie Su, Smith College; Sarah Pedicini, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

survey link were asked, in addition to completing the surveythemselves, to send a link with the survey to their students encouraging them to take the studentsurvey too. Hence, respondent pairings of faculty and students were expected. Figure 6 showsthe numbers of students associated with a given faculty member or a group of faculty from thesame department, for those faculty and students who clearly reported their discipline; each circleon the chart represents one set of students with its respective faculty member(s). As is clear fromthe figure, the majority of faculty responses are connected with 0-4 student responses, though afew faculty members had 19 or more students from their class(es) respond

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

spacebarriers. Since our goal was to deploy about 100 identical LAMP servers, we didn’t need theflexibility of a full Virtual Machine Monitor that emulated the hardware. We turned to a morescalable solution that we discovered was being used by a local web hosting company: OS-Virtualization using Virtuozzo by SW-Soft (now Parallels).In this paper we will first give a brief history of the use of the term “virtual machine” from theearly 70’s until the present. We explain the different models that have been implemented underthe term and how usage of the terms seems to have stabilized recently. We then look at oneapproach in greater detail, OS-Virtualization (sometimes called OS containers), or creating avirtual operating system interface rather that a

Conference Session

Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nurdan Beyenal, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University; Paul Golter, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

pressure head at 1 b) velocity head at 2 is much greater than velocity head at 1, and pressure head at 1 is much greater than pressure head at 2 c) y1 should be equal to y2, because pressure at 1 is equal to pressure at 2, and velocity heads are equal d) E1 is not equal to E2, because velocity head and pressure head at 1 are greater than velocity head and pressure head at 2 Page 14.58.7Appendix B. The worksheets given to the students.CE 351 Water Resources Engineering Fall 2008Worksheet #1: Hydraulic JumpName(s

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

Legislature in 1912, was originally known as the New York State School ofAgriculture. Initially, the College offered afour-year agricultural program. In thedecade following its founding, additional courses and programs were added in agricultureand ornamental horticulture. In 1920, the regular four-year offering was limited to athree-year program. During the depression years, the curriculum was reduced to twoyears. In 1946, to fulfill the increasing need for technically trained men and womenduring the post-war period, industrial-technical programs were added. In 1948, thecollege became a unit or the newly established State University of New York. In the1950’s the curricula of the Industrial-Technical Division emphasized practical aspects ofthe various

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Drake; Ottis L. Barron; J. Douglas Sterrett

design team. Although initiated before therelease of a 1994 ASEE report 2, the new program parallels the recommendations contained in the report. 3 4Ideas fi-om Keen and a March 1995 workshop are being incorporated into a two-course freshmansequence initially offered in the 1995-96 academic year. These courses are the first of several that incorporatedesign projects, reports, and presentations in an effort to produce better prepared graduates. An oflen heard complaint fi-om fist and second year engineering students is “I’m studying all of thismath and science-when will I get to do some engineering?” ~s comment maybe a clue to the cause of thehigh attrition rate of entering engineering students

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertram Pariser; Cyrus Meherji; Yuqin Ho

. Page 1.202.3---- ~fixij 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘s,,,H13#

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Yan Zhu; Youlu Zheng

includes two 486PC, anotherincludes a Sun 3/110C workstation, a 386PC and a 486PC, and the third contains several 386 and 28C PCs. A network’s physical layer defines the physical link between computers and networks. This is primarilythe network interface card (NIC) required in each connected computer and the cables needed to interconnectthe NICs. The computer may then function as a file server, workstation, or gateway to a network or othercommunication device. In this network, four types of Ethernet NICs are used: • A S-bus Ethernet card for the Sun 3-110 workstation. • An SMC Elite 16 Ethernet card for a 486 running BSD4.3Net2 UNIX. • NE2000 network cards for a 486 PC running LINUX and 286 PCs running DOS. • Two

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Weaver; Mark Strauss; Jenna Caldwell

identified that contribute to thisunderrepresentation. These include: 1) Lack of role models for students with disabilities, 2) High schoolteachers’ inadequate knowledge of accommodations readily available at the college level; 3) Poor to little highschool to college transition planning for students with disabilities; and 4) univers~y faculty;s lack ofexperience in recruiting of and providing accommodations to students with disabilities. Introduction In the 1960’s and 1970’s federal legislation was enacted that drastically changed the educationalopportunities for children with disabilities. Prior to this, it was common for children with disabilities to begrouped together in segregated

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby; Beverly J. Baartmans

Score (S. Dev.) (S. Dev.) (S. Dev.) 10.00 Males I 15.45 25.45 (4.00) (3.38) Table 1 Students were also asked to fill out a formative questionnaire at the end of the course. Overall, the studentevaluations were favorable. The textbook itself had a rating of 4 on a 5-point scale. For the instructional aidsused in the course, the students overwhelmingly approved of the use of

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Gloria Rogers

occurred. Step 3. Develop performance criterion(s) for each objective. The performance criterion(a) defines the level of performance required to meet the objective. Since performance, such as critical thinking or valuing life-long learning, is often not directly assessable, indicators of performance must be sought. If we can find evidence or indicators that the desired activity is taking place at the expected level, we can say we have met our performance criterion and thus, achieved our desired outcomes. Step 4. Specify assessment methods to be used for data collection for each of the objectives/criterion. It is important to note that this is a simplification of the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantine A. Ciesielski

minimum with proper control being exercised by the meeting leader. Interruptions to meetings should be minimized by prior planning and by instructions to participantsand associates regarding the importance of the non-interrupted flow of the meeting. Wherever possible,allow no interruptions except for a clear emergency. Hold messages for delivery at coffee breaks and lunchtime. Holding the meeting outside of and away from normal operating facilities will help minimize externalinterruptions. The meeting leader controls the meeting. He/she should state early on the objective(s) of themeeting. The meeting leader should keep the meeting on track with the agenda. He/she should resist“hidden agenda” ploys. The meeting leader should keep

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Moser; Michael Bluhm; Allan Goodman; Sarah Lynn Garrett

until senior design and capstone courses to show them. By nottapping -ihto the students motivational core at the beginning of their university educatio~ we have missed one ofour best educational opportunities. Using our architectural engineering program at Kansas State University, we have developed,implemented and tested a new model of an integrate~ application-oriented curriculum. Our department focussesprimarily on undergraduate educatio~ with two large B. S. programs (330 students in architectural engineeringand 240 students in construction science and management). We have a large number of faculty who havereturned to the classroom afler working in the engineering and construction industries(1). We are in our finalyear of a three year

Conference Session

Hands-on Approach to Teaching: Computers (3532)

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth D. Fogg, United States Air Force Academy; George W. P. York, United States Air Force Academy

displays and LEDs to display the contents all of the buses and registers. Weintroduced VISICOMP to our students in the Fall of ‘95 with very favorable results. INST. BINARY HEX OPERATION ONE WORD INSTRUCTIONS NOP 0000 0 NO OPERATION NEG 0001 1 NEGATE THE ACCUMULATOR (2'S COMPLEMENT) NOT 0010 2 COMPLEMENT THE ACCUMULATOR (1'S COMPLEMENT) RAR 0011 3 ROTATE ACCUMULATOR RIGHT TWO WORD INST. - SECOND WORD IS I/O PORT OR IMMEDIATE VALUE OUT 0100 4 OUTPUT ACCUMULATOR TO ADDRESSED P ORT IN 0101 5

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

). Page 14.1368.31 Drs. Elizabeth G. Creamer, Peggy S. Meszaros, and Carol J. Burger, all of Virginia Tech, served asprincipal investigators on the grant.While the original sample was more balanced, loss of institutions agreeing to participate in thestudy between the time the grant proposal was written and the year of implementation of thedata collection, resulted in 5 high and 3 low enrolling institutions in the final sample.Data collection procedures occurred in two phases within a six-month window. During the firstphase, an institutional liaison identified by the dean of the college/school of engineering at eachsite worked with one of the principal investigators to negotiate human subjects clearance and toprovide contact information for all

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Additionally, campus administrators andfaculty members might use these findings to demonstrate the value added of [summer]undergraduate research experiences.ConclusionAccording to results presented here, students are not only exposed to a faculty mentor and theresearch process, but well-designed experiences that engage students in the doing of researchyield additional outcomes such as increased research self-efficacy.Bibliography1. National Science Board. (2006). Science and engineering indicators 2006 (Two volumes). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation.2. George, Y. S., Malcom, S., Campbell, P. B., Kibler, T., & Weisman, J. L. (2008). Changes in the annual number of underrepresented minorities: New enrollees in STEM graduate

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; La Verne Abe Harris, Purdue University; Mary Sadowski, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

be administered again at the conclusion of thecourse, to see if spatial skills are improved through other course activities, making the additionaltreatment modules unnecessary for this class. Finally, it is recommended that the study bereplicated with more balance in participant numbers in the treatment and control groups, andmore balance in pretest measured spatial ability between the control and treatment groups. Page 14.868.8 Bibliographic Information1. Sorby, S., Wysocki, A. F., & Baartmans, B. (2003). Introduction to 3D Visualization: An Active Approach. CD- ROM with workbook. Clifton

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dugan Um, Southwest Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

anentire spectrum of research experiences from design, data collection, analysis, to charting,illustration, presentation of experimental results. Course surveys at the end of the 2005 springsemester revealed that majority of students desire to take a subsequent class focused more onadvanced semiconductor fabrication and MEMS technology.Bibliography[1] S. A. Vittorio, “MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, October 2001, pp 1-11.[2] M. Mehregany and S. Roy, “Introduction to MEMS,” 2000, Microengineering Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, CA, Aerospace Press, AIAA, Inc., 1999.[3] J. Dorsch, “MEMS: Tiny Parts Face Tough Technical Challenges,” Semiconductor Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8., August 2001.[4] S. Borini, M

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland; Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Materials

2006-410: DEMONSTRATION OF CIRCUIT DESIGN USING RANDOMNESS,EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SELECTIONGlenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland Glenn S. Kohne is currently associate professor of engineering science at Loyola College, Baltimore, MD. He received an M.E.S. from Loyola College in 1981 and a B.S.E.E. from the University of Maryland in 1970. His research interests include computer science, digital signal processing, and education.Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland Mr. O’Donnell is a senior electrical engineering student at Loyola College in Maryland. He has studied abroad at Monash University in Melbourne Autralia. He has experience as a Hauber research grantee and as an intern at

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Fisher, MVCS Science Advisor

overall impact of such activities the MVCS club participated in is hard toquantify, but student feedback and graduation statistics show there has been some effect.On student surveys, a majority indicated that these activities had increased their interestin pursuing science or engineering fields after they graduated from high school. Manysaid just participating in such endeavors had at least made them aware of what thesefields were all about. As far as actually influencing students to go into college majors inthe science, math and engineering (S, M & E) areas, the following table shows on howmany of the student participants entered university programs after their graduation fromhigh school.Graduation data from MVCS over 10 years showing number

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and Controls Laboratory while concurrently working on the NSF Engineering Education Grant. Page 11.479.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 DEVELOPMENT OF VISUALIZATION TOOLS FOR RESPONSE OF 1ST AND 2ND ORDER DYNAMIC SYSTEMSAbstractStudents often enter a Dynamic Systems course with no real background or exposure to many ofthe concepts used to define “non-static” systems. The material is often a significant departurefrom the previous material covered, and the vernacular/terminology is very new and unfamiliarto the students. Nomenclature and concepts such as poles, zeros, s-plane, and others cause

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Joseph Zorychta, University of Virginia; Elizabeth P. Pyle MBA, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, theprograms available to students clearly developed the skills and knowledge necessary for venturecreation. There seemed to be a gap between the cultivation of skills and knowledge for newventure creation and the engagement of students in actual new venture creation.Looking more broadly, this phenomenon does not seem to be limited to the University ofVirginia. According to data, the number of entrepreneurship programs offered at institutions ofhigher education has been skyrocketing since the 1970’s [1–3]. However, there has beeninsufficient evidence to support that an increase in traditional curricular entrepreneurshipeducation leads to an increase in venture creation [4,5]. As of 2012, approximately 2,100colleges and universities in the United

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep B. Deshpande, University of Louisville and President, Six Sigma and Advanced Controls, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

100 papers and eight books including the most recent, P. B. Deshpande, Roberto Z. Tantalean, and M. A. Bhalodia, Process Control and Optimization (estimated 2017), P. B. Deshpande, Six Sigma for Karma Capitalism, 2015 (amazon), and P. B. Deshpande, PhD and James P. Kowall, MD (Neurology, Internal medicine), PhD (Theoretical Physics), The Nature of Ultimate Reality and How It Can Transform Our World: Evidence from Modern Physics; Wisdom of YODA, 2015 (amazon) all published by his consulting firm Six Sigma and Advanced Controls, Inc. The latter two books are meant to serve as texts in the course(s) on the science of external and internal excellence. Pradeep is a recipient of several awards including Donald P. Eckman