Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Anthony Shreve, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V. Ernst, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

. Previous studies involving this coursesuggest that students had multiple strategies for making use of the online resources related toasynchronous video lectures, and that these strategies had implications for learning outcomes onsummative measures in the course 1-5.The researchers are studying the efficiency of knowledge transfer between concepts presentedwithin the online solid modeling demonstrations and submitted student work. For this research,data was collected from students who were enrolled in two sections of the course taught by thesame instructor. Data were collected and analyzed to better understand when students viewed thesoftware demonstrations in relation to when they submitted assignments. The analysis involvedassessing student work

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Barnes, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

choice, or fill-in-the-blankformats. Each question was worth 10 points, up to a maximum of 50 points per Page 22.1454.5assessment. There were also two SM exercises that coincided with each lesson andevaluated the amount of near transfer and far transfer experienced by the participants.These exercises are referred to as near transfer SM exercises and far transfer SMexercises, respectively. Both types of SM exercises were scored out of 100 pointsaccording to predetermined evaluation criteria.Two experimental conditions were present within this study: 1) a treatment condition(n=60) that received access to one full video, one partial video, and one design

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University; AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

performed by gender.BackgroundSpatial skills are important for a variety of careers. Smith (1964)1 identified at least 84 careerareas for which spatial skills are important. Spatial skills, and in particular the ability to rotateimages in one’s mind, are especially important for technical fields such as engineering (Maier,1994)2. Studies have shown that spatial visualization skills are a factor in the success ofengineering students. Gimmestad (1989)3 found that students’ spatial visualization skills were astronger predictor of success in an engineering design course than math ACT scores orexperience in a high school shop or drafting class. Blasko et al. (2004)4 found that incomingspatial skills predicted 20 % of the total variance in course grades

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

, the spatialskills course was re-designed from a 3-credit lecture-based quarter course to a 1-credit lab-basedcourse. Students “failing” the PSVT:R were encouraged to take the spatial training course asbefore. Over time, the student grapevine began endorsing the benefits of the course and graduallythe enrollment consisted of about 60-70% of those failing the PSVT:R. In 2004, a secondlongitudinal study found that students who “failed” the PSVT:R but took the course had highergrades, retention rates, and found it easier to learn solid modeling than students “failing” thePSVT:R but choosing not to take the spatial training course (Sorby18). In this second longitudinalstudy, grades were examined in a number of foundational courses including

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

projects are not dependent upon theuse of a specific CAD software package. The course description states that students should havea background in ―calculus, linear algebra, introductory computer programming, and ability toutilize a solid modeling CAD system.‖ The students’ level of CAD experience in the most recentoffering of the course is depicted in Figure 1 (n=16 students). Note that some students take thecourse with little or no CAD or solid modeling experience, in spite of the catalog prerequisitesand the instructor’s statement of expectations at the beginning of the course. ME593 Students' CAD Experience Extensive experience

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Economy

, PV or wind, is to 1. outline the technology required for that mode, PV or wind, 2. comment on the costs associated for the components and installation, 3. show how to obtain meteorological data for that mode, 4. comment on some of the assumptions made with the data, 5. comment on the performance expectations for the system: losses and expected life, 6. summarize how to compute the captured energy from the system.After the methods to compute energy are established, other key financial inputs needed tocompute the internal rate of return are identified: 1. review the federal tax credits and state rebates available for residential PV and small wind systems that will offset the cost of installing the systems, 2. sources of

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce V. Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Engineering Economy

resulted in better student retention and improvedattention during the course. There is evidence of improved student performance in facultyevaluations.Using the Tablet PC instead of whiteboards, overheads, and blackboards allowed the ENGR 315instructor to: (1) face students naturally and continually while solving equations; (2) producecash flow diagrams more precisely and efficiently; (3) eliminate interruptions and distractionscaused by physical transitions between whiteboard and projector screen; (4) quickly introducecolor during live presentations that further improve understanding of concepts and classroomdiscussions; (5) facilitate student note taking through CART CMS posts that improveorganization and elaboration; (6) accommodate student

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Paul J. Componation, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

and Surveying (NCEES). The 2011 NCEES calculator policy14 limits the typesof calculators to five types: 1. Casio FX-115 (the FX-115 MS, MS Plus, MS SR, and ES are permitted) 2. Hewlett Packard HP 33s 3. Hewlett Packard HP 35s 4. Texas Instruments TI-30 (models TI-30Xa, TI-30Xa Solar, TI-30Xa SE, TI-30XS Multiview, TI-30X IIB, and TI-30X IIS are permitted) 5. TI-36 (models TI-36X II and TI-36X Solar are permitted)These are the only models that are acceptable for use in the exam. However, the HP 33s and theHP 35s are programmable calculators, and can be programmed to function as a TVM calculator.Thus NCEES does not specifically prohibit TVM calculators, but it does limit them to 40% ofthe approved

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodney W. Trice, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics

engineering leaders from across the United States and abroad and to prepare themfor work in technical fields. As evidenced by employers’ interest in our graduating engineersand consistently high rankings by its peers and national news magazines, Purdue University doesa good job of imparting technical knowledge to its students. However, while technicalcompetence is necessary, it is not a sufficient condition for the engineer of 2020 to be successful,as noted in a recent NAE document,1 and as acted upon recently in the College of Engineering.2Within the engineering and scientific community, it is difficult to overestimate the importance ofacting with high ethical standards in global, social, intellectual and technological contexts.When this attribute

Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

experimental design. In the present studythe posttest-only two-group randomized experimental design conditions applied and hence the t-test was used.In fall 2005 an undergraduate course on “Transportation Systems and Management” was taughtusing the traditional lecture method. This course was used as the control group. In fall 2010 anexperimental group was taught with ethics counting for 10% of final exam grade.Twenty case studies17 involving problems that are commonly faced in engineering practice, asshown in Appendix 1, were taught throughout the course following the principle of “InterruptedCase Method”. The instructor reviewed several appropriate courses of action for each casefollowing the moral developmental theories of Kohlberg and Piaget18. The

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

; 35-37% of environmental engineers before themodule vs. 77-79% after the module. About 40% of the students incorporated sustainability intotheir definition of civil or environmental engineering; this seems to indicate that the students hadintegrated sustainability into their identity of these engineering disciplines. Based on statementswithin the final essays, more of the environmental engineering students seemed to recognizesustainability as an ethical imperative than the civil engineers. The results indicate that a 1-creditcourse can positively impact students‟ attitudes and awareness toward developing a sustainabilityethic.BackgroundSustainability has been recognized as an imperative by the engineering community,21 withspecific inclusion

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

widely used and is well validated,but it, like many of the other measures, is designed for the business environment and does nottranslate directly to the engineering context.Our ultimate goal as educators is to develop our students’ ethical reasoning skills and equip themto guide themselves through the complexities of today’s global, team-based engineeringprofession. As a significant step in achieving that goal, our project has aimed to 1) developinstruments to measure individual ethical reasoning and team ethical climate, 2) track the growthof these constructs in student populations, and 3) identify methods for developing educationalinterventions and teaching materials to help students develop these skills.This project is a collaborative effort

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Steve Harrist, Oklahoma State University; Scott D. Gelfand, Oklahoma State University, Department of Philosophy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Inventory Report, will help the student engage in reflection inorder to determine what sorts of situations the student might find ethically challenging. Thestudent will then develop a personal plan (Adaptive-Strategies Report) addressing what strategiesthey might use in order to increase the likelihood that they will act ethically in challengingsituations (that is, the situations arrived at while developing the Personal Inventory Report). TheAdaptive Strategies Report will help the student: 1) recognize when an ethically challengingsituation; and 2) act ethically in ethically challenging situations (that is, apply the strategiesdeveloped for the Adaptive-Strategies Report). The products of this exercise – PersonalInventory Report and Adaptive

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Penn State University; Duarte B. Morais, North Carolina State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Ethics

(UCD) is an approach to design that grounds the design process ininformation about the people who will use the product. UCD processes focus on usersthroughout the planning, design and development of a product25. ISO 13407: Human-centreddesign process is an international standard informing many UCD methodologies. This standarddefines a general process for including human-centered activities throughout a development life-cycle. The four activities that form the main cycle of work include: 1. Specify the context of use: Identify the people who will use the product, what they will use it for, and under what conditions they will use it. 2. Specify requirements: Identify any business requirements or user goals that must be met

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

international development.The Humanitarian Engineering program at the Colorado School of Mines defines it as: "designunder constraints to directly improve the wellbeing of underserved populations" [1], whereconstraints are not just physical and economic, but also environmental, legal, political, cultural,and ethical. As illustrated by Burnham [2], the emerging field of humanitarian engineering hasgreat potential for addressing many of the world’s problems, especially, we believe, if such workcan be carried out sustainably in a way that fully engages the local people, considering them aspotential resources (not problems), and recognizes their inherent nobility and worth. If thesuccess of such organizations as Engineers Without Borders is any indication

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

courses for inner city residents are certainly not anew idea. However, the majority of these courses have been focused on preparing highschool students for science courses 1-3 and on resources to support the teachers thatinstruct these students 4. Usually, these courses focus on introducing basic scientificconcepts and laboratory skills. Many formal adult education programs exist (i.e.continuing education) that are committed to a formal agenda (i.e. a diploma or degree). Ifthere are programs offered that provide access to the academic institutional approach toteaching and learning for underprivileged/disadvantaged/inner city adults they are notwell advertised.BackgroundThe Science 101 course at the University of British Columbia provides an

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

ways to deliver information literacyinstruction to engineering students. However, there are only a few examples of using a realworld situation or problem to introduce information literacy skills to students. Macklin describes a method for teaching information literacy using problem-basedlearning.1 He explains that this “… teaching strategy takes everyday situations and createslearning opportunities from them.” Snavely writes that, “Librarians collaborate with instructorsto set up problems and questions so students will participate in their own discovery andlearning.”2 Kesselman and Sherman helped to develop an interdisciplinary course with facultyfrom Communication, the library school, and Food Manufacturing Technology.3 Studentsworked

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Annette Berndt, University of British Columbia; Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Carla S Paterson, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

librarians andinstructors would benefit from gaining insight into how best to prepare students for a globalworkplace with unknown constraints and limited information resources.IntroductionSince the mid 1990s, information technologies have become ubiquitous in the workplace, in thehome, and in academe, and the subject of information literacy has become central to discussionsof pedagogy. How information literacy has been variously manifested among the academicdisciplines has, in turn, become the focus of recent research. Kerins, Madden, and Fulton 1, forinstance, compare information-seeking behaviours of Irish engineering students and Irish lawstudents. Ercegovac 2 has gone on to posit that more work needs to be done on ascertaininginformation-seeking

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry A. Thompson, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. When this occurs, librariansare stretched over too many subject areas and thrust into disciplines in which they have little orno expertise, resulting in a decrease in the quality of reference service. While a smalleruniversity, or one in which the subject matter is more uniform, might be able to provide qualityreference service with one reference desk, Virginia Tech found it impossible to do. The presentconfiguration, consisting of two subject based reference areas, seems to be the ideal model forour situation.1. Meldrem JA, Mardis LA, Johnson C. Redesign Your Reference Desk: Get Rid of It! ACRL Twelfth National Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005:305-10.2. Nolen DS. Reforming or Rejecting the Reference Desk: Conflict and

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-529: THE VISUALIZATION OF DATABASE SEARCH RESULTSJames A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University James A Van Fleet has been Librarian for the Sciences and Engineering at Bucknell University and a member of ASEE ELD since 1989. He has served the Engineering Libraries Division as Membership Directory Editor and Newsletter Editor. Page 22.1515.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The visualization of database search resultsAbstract:Edward Tufte describes the visual presentation of quantitative data as “envisioninginformation.”1 A number of databases, from Google

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Baratta, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

poorlyattended. Without the immediacy of an assignment and a specific topic to research, studentsoften fail to acknowledge the relevance of the activities, and are unable to develop transferableskills.To address these issues, engineering faculty and librarians associated with the University ofToronto, a large research-intensive Canadian university, have collaborated on the design of anactivity that integrates information literacy into the curriculum and provides a more rigorousprocess for instruction. Key principles that informed the activity include: 1. Introducing students to the physical library and encouraging alternatives to internet search engines for information discovery; 2. Integrating the library session into the curriculum and tying it to

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Parker, University of Manitoba

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

: Using the Liaison Librarian Model to Integrate Information Literacy into a Faculty of EngineeringIntroductionThis paper will update our earlier work on an integrated approach to information literacy[1] . Our initial goal was to integrate information literacy into a technical communicationcourse in the Faculty of Engineering and to explore whether two pedagogical outcomeswere achievable within this framework: first, instantiating the benefits of an engineeringresearch report in a field where applications and design exigencies are paramount and,secondly, determining whether engineering research skills – far from being “short-termcompetencies,” as some would suggest [2] – are valuable additions to a student’s learningrepertoire

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

successful leaders achievegreat improvements in their operational activities and customer satisfaction. As such, the needfor Six Sigma belt certification and training has increased significantly in recent decades. Gygiet al.1 indicated, “In certain corporations, Six Sigma proficiency on your résumé is now aprerequisite to moving into a management position.” This movement has led manyundergraduate and graduate engineering students with management aspirations to seek out SixSigma training during their formal studies. Unfortunately, acquiring Six Sigma training throughpopular means (professional quality organizations or private consultants) is costly,geographically challenging, and oftentimes the timing is incongruent with academic schedules.Given

Conference Session

Frontiers in EM Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen A. Raper, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

middle of the state in a rurallocation with a very limited manufacturing base. Thus, the program would have to reach out andgo to industry partners rather than bring problems into a laboratory environment.The department knew a course which met ABET requirements must be developed and added tothe curriculum in the form of a core, required course taken during the last semester. As statedabove, significant challenges to development of this course existed. However, the departmentused the ABET requirements as the primary catalyst or driver for change.1 The department reliedupon the ABET constituent driven approach to overcome at least the cultural, personality, and

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

is a course-based graduate program that can be completed on a fullor part-time basis and draws on the expertise of both the Faculty of Engineering and AppliedScience and the Faculty of Business Administration. The completion of twelve courses results ina Master of Engineering Management, or MEM, degree. The program consists of five coursesoffered by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, five courses offered by the Facultyof Business Administration, and a two-course project. These courses are shown in Table 1.To be eligible for the program, applicants must have a Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor ofScience degree in an engineering discipline from a university of recognized standing, with acumulative B-average. The three

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura; Susana Vegas, Universidad de Piura; Reynaldo Villar, Universidad de Piura

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

to those that did not take partof one.1&3 Page 22.1321.3Figure 1 shows the process that a student has to follow from admission to the first semester atfour prestigious private universities in Perú. As shown, these universities offer certain kinds ofremedial programs to help the students perform better in their undergraduate studies.Nevertheless, there is no literature related to those experiences that help universities judge iftheir programs are effective. Introductory Fail

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H. Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University, West

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Page 22.1383.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching Design of Experiments using the Mouse FactoryIntroductionThe American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)1 defines engineering managementas “the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing andcontrolling activities which have a technical component.” Quality-related activities are widelyaccepted as an important field of engineering management. In today’s global and highlycompetitive business environment, high quality products and services are a necessity. Quality isone method in which organizations compete2. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)3,4has conducted competency surveys and

Conference Session

Frontiers in EM Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

. Online delivery has been selected as a strategicinitiative, which resulted in the establishment of an Online MS in Engineering Management thatstarted during the Fall of 2009.Scope:This study is an extension of the work presented in Ozelkan and Galambosi[9,10], who studiedpreferences of engineering and EMGT students towards online learning techniques. They haveshown that student preferences vary depending on the engineering discipline, and EMGTgraduate students are one of the most interested in online learning. The current paper focuses onthe faculty perspectives instead, and tries to answer the following three research questions: 1.What are faculty’s preferences for different online teaching techniques?; 2. What is theperception of faculty

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

process. The students are given a specific design task; currently the design task has beento build a walker robot.Course DescriptionThe current format of the course contains three components: (1) The use of a commercialParametric Modeling package. Currently the SolidWork software is used. (2) An understandingof the available new technology, such as using a Rapid Prototyping (RP) machine and using a 3Dscanner. (3) The designing and building of an actual product to further reinforces the conceptsand principles learned. By integrating the project into the 2nd half of the course, the insights andstrengths of using the available new technologies can be better observed.The course is structured in a 2-3-3 format (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab, 3 credit

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

private Page 22.1458.3sources. 2011 ASEE Conference, Vancouver, BCFor the engineering and technology fields, post-secondary educational programs there are severalsources of information for an administrator to refer to provide programs with acceptableenrollment levels. The outlook for engineering jobs is positive for the next ten years accordingto the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1 and salaries for engineers are typically in the $80,000 to$100,000 per year range4. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and theBureau of Labor Statistics provide information which may be used to determine the best