Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

Interdisciplinary Collaboration," The Hybrid Vigor Institute, San Francisco 2003.[15] Borrego, M., "Discipline-Based Views of Collaboration in Engineering Education Research Partnerships," Proceedings, 2006 Frontiers in Education.[16] National Center for Education Statistics, "Digest of Education Statistics," U.S. Department of Education 2005. Page 12.714.10[17] West, M. and J. Curtis, AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006, Vol. . Washington, DC: American Association of University Professors, 2006.[18] Guba, E. G. and Y. S. Lincoln, "Competing Paradigms in Qualitative Research," in Handbook of Qualitative

Conference Session

Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the ten questions, three questions covered the firstand fourth quadrants with two questions in each of the second and third quadrants. Page 12.373.6Questions were also ranked on two separate but related scales to measure the focus of a student’stechnical work as shown in Figure 2, below. One scale was formed by level of specificity ordetail the question asked for. A high level of specificity (S) or detail required detailed technicalknowledge of the system. At the other end of this scale general (G) questions asked for anoverview of the system’s function. One would expect a student who played the role of a projectmanager to have more general

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

, where he is also Director of the Minor in Environmental Studies. He received his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and has also been a faculty member at Ohio State University.Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University Tom Ruehr is a professor in the Earth and Soil Science Department at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. He has a Ph. D. from Colorado State University. He has received the University Distinguished Teacher award, served the U.S. Department of Agriculture as national co-chairman of the committee for Agricultural Ethics and Public Policy Curriculum Development, and helped lead the U. S. Agency for International Development world conference on Agricultural Systems

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; David Marchman, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

:30pm (M-F) ANYTIME (S-S) Figure 15. Sample of a Construction Drawing Table 5 Brief Description Of The Construction Sequence Of ActivitiesTimeframe Description02-16-01 - 2-22-01 Placed median barriers southbound02-23-01 - 03-13-01 Placed median barriers northbound03-20-01 Closed Natchez Trace Parkway (NTP) Bridge & West ramps of NTP10-03-01 - 10-12-01 Placed median barriers southbound to put traffic on newly constructed inside lane (becomes shoulder when complete)11-01-01 - 11-09-01 Placed median barriers northbound to put traffic to the newly constructed inside lane

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, electronics, digital circuits, power, and facilitate understandingof electrical systems such as sensors and industrial instruments. The book should balance therequirement of math, theory, and engineering applications.VI. SUMMARY Page 12.205.12The article describes the experience of developing and teaching an electrical engineering coursein a general engineering program. It examines coverage of the electrical topics, discussesteaching approaches and encountered difficulties, and presents possible improvementopportunities. The authors believe that offering electrical engineering course(s) in a generalengineering curriculum is important. Successful

Conference Session

Engaging Uses of Course Management Systems, Blogs, and Open Source and a Database as Tools for Library Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson; Michael Fosmire; Amy Van Epps, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

.) as furnished by the mill?• When using lock wires to secure bolted connections, what are the recommended type and diameter(s) of the wire?• What is a gathering operation in forging?• In 2002, when did Daylight Saving Time begin in Europe? Answer to be date and GMT.Expert systemsExpert systems are used in many applications, particularly in business, to simulate theknowledge of an expert in a field and respond to the input of a user with suggestions based onthis expert knowledge within a narrow, well-defined domain. A system is designed to provide an Page 12.1106.4inexperienced user with information and assistance with a problem

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Jokar, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hamid Rad, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

sections: presentation and competition. For presentation, allteam members had to participate in giving a 10-min. oral presentation to the class. Three facultymembers judged all the presentations in one day and gave their individual scores to each team.An average was then taken as for the presentation score.For competition, each team ran their vehicle twice in the main hallway of the engineeringbuilding. Scores were given to the vehicles for each run and later averaged using:SCORE=15L+10V-5D-10C+20Pwhere: L: distance, measured from the start point to the end point in one direction, inch (0.1” increments) V: velocity, measured distance over the recorded time in one direction, inch/s (1 sec increments) D: deviation, lateral distance

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atin Sinha, Albany State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Program (2+2) started in the mid-80’s, with a handful of universitiesparticipating, provides students from all over the state to complete the first two years closer tohome before transferring to the junior level at Georgia Tech. Currently 14 colleges anduniversities throughout the state of Georgia participate in this program. Students also canparticipate in the Dual Degree Program (3+2), where they have to spend an extra year at ASU toobtain an additional degree in a science major upon completion of the engineering degree atGeorgia Tech. Over 90% students of ASU belong to the African American community as well asthe entire group of engineering students which currently stands at around 50. Though theprogram was primarily designed for transfer to

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

International

whichstudents were grouped according to major—or as closely as possible—and required to provide aminimum of six full, double-spaced pages conforming to the Journal of Engineering Education’smanuscript requirements20 and a simplified version of IEEE style.21 For paper 2, studentsanalyzed the ethics and communication of engineers and managers involved in the Challengeraccident and another ethically problematic disaster related to the group’s major(s). The secondpaper assignment remained largely unmodified. However, instructional methods pertaining topaper 2 were modified to accommodate student needs. In GE 3513, I and the other instructorsprovide students reading packets on the Challenger shuttle disaster and show them videodocumentaries related to the

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; John R. Duncan, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

category, four emergent themes were identified. Besides familyinfluence, the other three are Faculty/TA support, teaching quality, and department environment.Faculty/T.A. SupportThe vast majority of the participants cited their positive experience with both faculty membersand T.A.’s. One industrial engineering persister had regularly attended the professor’s officehours in the reliability engineering class, and found that he would “stay extra just to help” her. Page 12.1614.14And consequently, she “did well on the homework,” understood it conceptually, and “did well onthe test as well.” There are, however, several students who didn’t feel they

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

PhenomenographyPhenomenography is the empirical study of the qualitatively different ways in which aspects ofthe world are experienced. That is, it involves mapping phenomena, or the relations betweenpersons and aspects of their world31. It is a qualitative research approach first used in the originalwork of the Swedish researchers Ference Marton32-34, Roger Säljö35, 36, Lennart Svensson37 andLars-Öwe Dahlgren38 in the mid-70s. Phenomenography was initially developed to investigatelearning among university students, leading to identifying the ‘surface’ and ‘deep’ approachesthat are widely known in education circles today32. Phenomenography appeared in its own rightas a research approach for describing people’s experiences during the early 1980’s (see forexample

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, P. D., and Fortenberry, N.L. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase 1.” 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, Session 1630. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.[4] Moore, P. D., Cupp, S. M. and Fortenberry, N.L. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase II.” Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO: ASEE/IEEE, 2003.[5] Bjorklund, S. A., and Fortenberry, N. L.. "Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices -- Phase III." 2005 ASEE Annual Meeting and Exposition, Portland, OR,, Session 3630. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2005.[6] Ouimet, J.A., Bunnage, J.B

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

design technical detail w ba w su at al rro nk er l un di ng s

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lee Anne Cox, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University

Academy (USMA) while teaching two coursesin engineering mechanics: Statics and Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials. Subsequently,case studies have been integrated into courses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham(UAB) and Cleveland State University (CSU). Some of the ways to use case studies and a suggested format were reviewed in Delatteand Rens11. These include: • Introductions to topics – use the case to illustrate why a particular failure mode isimportant. Often the importance of a particular mode of failure only became widely known aftera failure – examples include the wind-induced oscillations of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge andthe failure of Air Force warehouses in the mid-1950’s that pointed out the need for

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fadi Kurdahi, University of California, Irvine; Judy Shoemaker, University of California, Irvine; John LaRue, University of California-Irvine

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the program outcomes, where I = Introduced, R = Reinforced, and A =Assessed.The curriculum map was developed from our individual course outlines, recently updated by the Page 12.448.4faculty coordinators of each required course. An example of a course outline is included in theAppendix. Course outlines include both the course outcomes (CO’s) and the program outcomes 3(POs) associated with that course. Each faculty coordinator rated the degree of relationshipbetween CO’s and POs using the following rating scale: S = Strong, M = Medium, or L = Low.The collected information matrix

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Webb, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Slack, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hanus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2007-983: INTEGRATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEAMWORK,DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS INTO ACAPSTONE DESIGN COURSEJoseph Hanus, University of Wisconsin-MadisonJeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison Page 12.929.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integrating the Development of Teamwork, Diversity, Leadership, and Communication Skills into a Capstone Design CourseAbstractThe development of teamwork, diversity, leadership, and communications (TDLC) skills in ourprofessional domain is critical to our engineering education program and profession. We solveproblems in teams which are

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

teaching.Facilitate and Support Faculty in Acquiring Relevant Practical Experience: Encouragefaculty members, particularly the young, to get involved with the practice in their locale, anddevise equitable system(s) that allow faculty to gain the engineering experience they desperatelyneed, in order to keep up with new developments in their areas of specialization. Thus assertingthe view that engineering faculty “with practical experience under their belt” would, in general,make better teachers. Administrator (deans, chairs, and decision makers in general) shouldinvestigate ways for helping new faculty members gain industrial experience by spending asemester on-site at a cooperating industry, using summer release time to work within industry, or

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of the design throughout the various stages of the process, leading to a product that is validated against design requirements 2. Design systems in a team environment where multiple disciplines or ME specialty areas are used. 3. Understand the ethical responsibilities associated with the mechanical engineering profession. 4. Prepare formal written design documentation (e.g. memos and technical reports) and present effective oral presentations. 5. Utilize a variety of sources in researching the field(s) and concepts appropriate to the design and benchmarking (e.g: US Patent and Trademark Office, vendor catalogs, Thomas Register, library, and Internet). 6. Utilize modern engineering

Conference Session

MentorNet

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susannah Sandrin, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Karen Showers, Wisconsin Technical College System; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Jennifer Chou-Green, MentorNet; Carol Muller, MentorNet; Laurie Mayberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Isla Yap, Maui Economic Development Board

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Amin Karim, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1883: FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP AND TECHNICAL CURRENCY: 2007STATUS REPORT ON A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY FACULTYAhmed Khan, DeVry University Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a senior Professor in the EET dept. at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optic Communications, Faculty Development, Outcomes Assessment, and Application of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Education. He teaches Wireless Engineering, Network Engineering

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, it is not about the technique, it is about understanding the theories from thesciences of learning and teaching that will allow the technique to be powerful. Engineeringeducators could greatly help each other by discovering the overarching characteristics that canguide instructors in their artful choices of implementing these new methods.Works Cited1. Greeno, J. G., Collins, A. M., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Cognition and Learning. In D.C. Berliner & R. C. Calfee (Eds.), Handbook of Educational Psychology (15-29). New York: Macmillan Library Reference.2. Krantz, S. G. (1999). How to teach mathematics (2nd ed.). Providence, RI: American mathematical Society.3. National Research Council. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Giannelli, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Maria Tahamont, Rowan University

agility: while we have used BME and ECE as novel and existing areas,respectively, the approach can easily be modified and implemented by any engineering program,on any novel content – and then be updated for other emerging areas as they appear – simply bysuitable choice of experiments. 4. Implementation Our proof-of-concept implementation of the proposed approach includes a total of eightexperiments to be incorporated into the ECE core curriculum, along with a new technicalelective with its own project(s). Depending on the specific class and the complexity of theparticular laboratory exercise, the experiments can take anywhere from 1 week to an entiresemester of 15 weeks. We should re-emphasize that an important objective of our effort

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, n.1, January, 2005, pp. 103-119.2. Stiebitz, P., et al., “Multidisciplinary Engineering Design at RIT,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, session 1387.3. Walter, W., et al., “Redesigning a College-Wide Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at RIT,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, session 1382.4. Bailey, M., and DeBartolo, E., “Using the Experiential Learning Model to Transform a Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Course,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.5. Howe, S., and Wilbarger, J., “2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, #1781.6. Amon, C., et

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan; Andrew Kim, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

modules, starting with the heat module (with electronic thermometer),and then working closely with teachers to use the modules in their every-day “in-school”classes. Another goal will be to provide “take-home-to-study” materials for students.Similarly, teacher education programs will help teachers learn about microsystems so they can“spread the word” to their students each day. Teacher education initiatives will include timefor teachers to modify modules to fit their individual teaching styles and classrooms, perhapsthrough Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) supplements. WIMS-based curriculumdeliverables will include numerous educational modules that when combined should lead totextbook(s).Evaluations of Pre-College Summer ProgramsFor most

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin; Thomas Milner, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

teacher and student(s) are separated by physical distance, and technology(i.e., voice, video, data, and print), often in concert with face-to-facecommunication, is used to bridge the instructional gap.”2With the growth of distance learning programs, many question its appropriatenessand effectiveness. Research indicates that it can be as effective as traditional face-to-face instruction when the principles of good instruction are applied. That is, DEcourses are effective when technology and methods are aligned appropriately,when there is student-to-student interaction, and when students receive timelyfeedback.3 It is, however, the unprecedented range of technologies that causesmany institutions to select the technology first thus resulting in