Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Paul Palazolo, University of Memphis; David J. Russomanno, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

’ abilities to apply theoretical andconceptual knowledge to “real-time” problem solving activities in a manner that conventionalassessment methods do not.ConclusionsThe educational value associated with the Canstruction® competition has not been limited to thecompetition period alone; instead, the period of preparation and post-project reporting hasexpanded to include a standing committee of ASCE Younger Members in the West TN branch.In addition, both professional engineers and engineering faculty members meet throughout theacademic year with the undergraduate student volunteers to plan and organize the upcomingcompetition. Changes for the 2008 Competition will include assessment measures to obtainfeedback representative of the wide range of

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; John Caffrey, California State Polytechnic University; Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

foot and then,finally, the foot bends placing the weight amongst the toes. Utilizing this idea, manufacturershave tried to recreate this motion by using bendable metals and geometric configurations. Themost common configuration is to design the back of the foot with a curve. This helps simulatethe vibrations caused by the body. A slight curve is then placed moving from the back to thefront to simulate the “rocking” motion performed when walking. Once these designs are createdinto a model, the prosthetics is made and subjected to a rigorous testing plan. The foot isconnected to a machine where it is supplied with a force and different motions to find the keystress points in the design. This process can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

creating a robot or project not tied to acompetition of some type reduced the fear factor somewhat and broke the dynamic of thedominant competitors male or female doing all the design and fabrication, planning anddirection. As an important part of encouraging young women or other groups into engineeringand science, it is important to provide opportunities for all people to create projects tied tocooperative and creative endeavors in addition to the traditional “my bot’sbetter/bigger/faster/stronger/smarter than your bot.” In this case, it meant offering projectdemonstrations of communicating explorer robots, drawing robots, dancing robots, and singingrobots. All of these prove to be as technically challenging as the more traditional

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar, Pennsylvania State University-Fayette; Taima Alhiyari, Al-Balqaa Applied University; Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Hashemite University,

Tagged Divisions

International

terms of the numberof disabled students in the engineering programs in Jordan. It is hoped that this study willprovide information which can be used to achieve the following general long term goals:1. Increasing the number of disabled students in all Jordanian Universities2. Incorporating all disabled students needs in the strategic planning of all Jordanian universities. Page 13.526.43. Encourage disabled students to join engineering programs.4. Understanding the reasons behind the lack of interest in engineering on the side of disabled students and trying to use this in a positive way.5. Understanding how much disabled students know about

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

flirting prevents progress on the design; other times, the team becomesdysfunctional as the girls and boys act as if they cannot share adjacent space. Both problems cangenerally be circumvented if the team coach can plan what has to be accomplished at each teammeeting, and proactively assigns tasks to team members.At the management level, university and K-12 administrative policies and procedural differencesrepresent major obstacles if middle school students are to leave their school, such as participatein the ToyChallenge™ National competition. Both parties must conform to strict regulationsregarding finances and personnel. Determining exactly what these regulations mandate requiresdue diligence on the part of responsible faculty members each

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

in engineering applications of nanomaterials andmacromolecules. This paper describes how the development of a Master’s program resulted in aminor for engineering undergraduates that is relevant to industrial technology.The CPS graduate program developed because the late Dr. Howard Gerhart, then vice presidentfor R&D at PPG Industries and later adjunct professor of chemical engineering at CarnegieMellon University, took the lead in approaching Carnegie Mellon with specifics of hiscompany’s needs in basic training and continuing education for technical employees. Hisrequirements fit well with existing planning by the polymer research group of the chemistrydepartment to launch a graduate curriculum in polymers and by the chemical

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Wiegley, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the necessarybalance correction forces.The Handyboard is a common 68HC11 architecture and one plan is to task futurestudents with stripping off the Handyboard firmware and developing 68HC11 nativecode for solving this problem. This also has the advantage of instructing studentsin more specific instruction sets rather than the higher level interpreted languageprovided by the RCX, NXT and Handyboard platforms.Canadian Traffic LightsAnother goal of the projects is to introduce students to new and interesting conceptsbeyond the course theory. Most embedded devices are responsible for multitaskingand frequently utilize real-time operating systems to provide task prioritization andguarantee task completion.The Rabbit semiconductor platform is used

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Lawrence Boyer, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

3.74 1.01 Worksheets 3.55 1.02 Table 2. Summary of the survey resultsWhile the preliminary results and the informal feedback from the students is encouraging, plansare being made to develop these five instruments further by adding more sophisticated casestudies, examples, and problems. In the forthcoming semester, it is planned to move beyondsimple student surveys to more objective assessment of student achievements.References1. Harris, T.A., Jacobs, H.R., "On effective methods to teach mechanical design," Journal of Engineering Education,Oct., 1995, pp. 343-349.2. Steif, P.S. and Dantzler, J.A., “A statics

Conference Session

Enhancing K12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Don Schillinger, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pedaggogy curricuulum adjustm ments Expploration Evvaluate Figure 5: 5 5 E Cyclee Model for PD Weeken ndThe iME ELT program m included 199 teachers who w participaated in the Suummer Teaccher Workshop.There weere 18 participants who completed c both a pretestt and a postteest PLAN mathematics m

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar, Pennsylvania State University-Fayette; Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Hashemite University,; Taima Alhiyari, Al-Balqaa Applied University

Tagged Divisions

International

course. 2. Listing such motivations based on their importance to the engineering students. 3. Identifying the most important and the least important motivations. 4. Exploring the correlation between students’ gender and the above motivations. 5. Exploring the correlation between the above motivations and the students based on their corresponding year.The goals of this study include: 1. Understanding these motivations within a framework that can be used as a reference 2. Furnishing information needed for strategic planning for the PE 603100 Sports and Health course itself in order to better serve students in general and engineering

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franklin King, North Carolina A&T State University; Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Our objectives are to increase the number of seniors that take the FE exam and toincrease the pass-rate of our graduates. NCEES2 reports that 55% of engineeringgraduates take the FE exam. We suspect, however, the percentage of chemicalengineering graduates taking the FE is much lower. Our goals are to get over half of ourgraduates to take the exam and for them to perform above the national average. Abouthalf of our graduates have taken or plan to take the exam during the two-year period. Forthe April 2007 exam, our pass rate was less than 100%. On average, our graduates scoredwithin 3 points of the FE passing score, which was estimated by the authors’ to be 133points out of 240 points. For the October 2007 exam, our pass rate was 100%, but

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Richard Rothaupt, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Linards Stradins, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

roboticdesign challenge along with a related research project. Students gain valuable experience havingfun designing and building a LEGO robot, but they also research a current and relevantengineering problem and present that to a panel of judges during a sporting event stylecompetition. University of Wisconsin-Stout currently hosts a regional tournament in the state ofWisconsin and is putting plans in place to be the primary host of the State FLL tournament.Another example would be the Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview Summer Campfor Girls (STEP for Girls).3 This seventh grade (girls are entering seventh grade) experience

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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Minorities in Engineering

, a famous AfricanAmerican electrical engineer who in 1882 made the electric light bulb marketable bycreating a more efficient filament that would not burn out. The program director, Dr. Barbara Christie, plans a Career Day during SECOP.The guest speakers work for engineering -based organizations and all are AfricanAmerican and Latino leaders in mechanical, civil and electrical engineering fields.Several field trips to different science and engineering-based companies exposed studentsto different career opportunities. In the past several years the field trips have includedvisiting Disney’s Imagineering, Northrop Grumman Space Park, Collision Dynamics, andBallona Wetlands. “SECOP has definitely influenced my feelings on studying

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

permit them to exercise control overthe components of their skills test. For instance, if a skill is not taught in their class, theinstructor will be able to exclude that skill from their version of the assessment tool. The overalllength of the assessment tool will be controllable as the instructor will be able to select thenumber of skills probed (the current plan is to develop questions for the top 24 skills shown inTable 1). PROBLEM #9 Shown below are 3 free-body diagrams for (1) the upper handle/jaw, (2) lower jaw, and (3) the lower handle of these pliers. Take a moment to study these FBD’s. FBD (1) FBD (2) FBD (3) The force applied to the handles of these pliers is 150 N, as shown

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, the Industrial Engineering program at SDSM&T adopted atransformative approach that focuses on developmentally appropriate integrative threadsthroughout the undergraduate curriculum. Curricular elements of the threads includetechnology enabled learning, service learning, business plans, and enterprise teamprojects. Curricular elements are placed within the curriculum to provide both anintegrative thread between the major components as well as a developmental thread forimproving complex thinking skills. The primary role of the technology enabled supportmodules is to provide the foundational scaffolding necessary to develop more complexreasoning while simultaneously attempting to address alternative learning styles. Todevelop this more fully

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Newberry, Baylor University; William Lawson, Texas Tech University; Kathy Austin, Texas Tech University; Greta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University; Thomas Darwin, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

have encountered some form of professional ethics instruction at the undergraduate levelbecause of current ABET requirements. But for graduate students coming from undergraduateinstitutions in other countries, we can neither be sure that they have received any professionalethics instruction at the undergraduate level, nor that they are familiar with the particularconceptions of the engineering profession and of professional ethics in this country.This is not of great concern for those graduate students who return to their countries of origin topursue their careers. But 45% of the approximately 140,000 engineering graduate students in theU.S. are international students, and up to two thirds of those have plans to stay in the UnitedStates to

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Stetten, University of Pittsburgh; David Weiser, Respironics; Timothy Cooper, University of Pittsburgh; Samantha Horvath, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

stored by any wordprocessor or spreadsheet under any operating system. Powered from the USB port, the BLIPprovides +/ – 5V, eliminating the need for bench-top power supplies, which are particularlyprone to failure in the teaching laboratory.Freed from laboratory equipment, students may complete some assignments in their dorm rooms,in addition to the laboratory. Currently in our fourth year and after use by more than 200students, we can report excellent results, with many students stating satisfaction in constructingand owning their own mini-laboratory. After the current semester (Spring 2008), we plan tomake PittKits and the accompanying on-line resources available to other schools, and we hope toenlist the broader community into its further

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

International

provide valuable perspectives in a properly Page 13.249.5facilitated discussion. U.S. students attending this program would also have theopportunity to ask questions to further enhance their understanding.Facilitated Discussions: In a case study taken from a paper 17, students are asked tocompare two distinct types of the innovative processes: the development of the Apple’siPod, and Intel’s plan to provide inexpensive computers to rural India. Obviously,Apple’s iPod targeted an entirely different market from the one Intel was seeking toattract. Both cases were discussed in light of people, place, product, price, promotion andprocess

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

leading the discussion. The goal is to providecontinuity between lectures and to provide anecdotal comments that reinforce what the primaryinstructor is discussing. These types of teaching collaborations require not only continualattendance in class, but regular coordination meetings outside of class. In most instances, lecturepreparation requires more effort, because one is preparing not only the lecture, but solicitinginput from the other teammate. For example, when leading a lecture the topic is prepared one totwo days early so the other instructor knows the content and a short meeting is planned to discusspoints they feel relevant to the topic and ways in which the supporting instructor can contribute.In this way the students realize the

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Akiko Kato, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universitaet Berlin

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists - at the TU Berlin in 2001, as a research assistant at SFB609 in Dresden from 2002-2004, and is now part of the Team of the MuLF (Center for Multimedia in Education and Research) at the TU Berlin). In the past three years, Olivier Pfeiffer focused on the organization and coordination of the involved teams and contributed to several other eLTR related projects. He is also involved in the planning and application of future eLTR projects at the Berlin University of Technology and the local coordinator at the TU Berlin of the EMECW3 project. His research interest focuses on the development of interactive mathematical objects

Conference Session

The Use of Computers in Teaching Mathematics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Leslie Sena, Bethune Cookman College; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; David Bethelmy, Bethune Cookman College

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

gradually from concrete thinking with the use of visual aids and hands-onexperiments to mathematical modeling and abstract thinking through its sequence of questions.Beginning modules at the lower level may be more concrete than beginning modules at a higherlevel that may start at a higher level of abstraction. Authors will contribute computationalexpertise to introduce applications through textual-graphic representations. The authors believethat the combination of mathematical rigor and visual intuitiveness will facilitate students’comprehension of complicated problems and retention of the underlying mathematical concepts.Sample module lesson planModule 1: Given below is a teacher’s lesson plan for a sample module at the algebra levelfollowing an

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

classroom at Northeastern. Reginald also served as President of the ASEE student chapter at the University of Michigan from 2005-2007. His current research is focused on the self-assembly of colloidal crystal structures for various applications. Upon finishing his degree, Reginald plans to return to industry before pursuing a position at the university level. Page 13.302.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Communicating in an Electronic Environment: Effective Teaching using Electronic Applications for Office HoursAs technologically-competent students enter college, the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rex Kanu, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 13.804.10 Figure 6. Flame resistance test of the neat Nylon 66 Figure 7. Flame resistance test of the Nylon 66 – Clay Nanocomposite (PCN)ConclusionThe approach used to introduce polymer-clay nanocomposites to students of the manufacturingengineering technology program at Ball State Univeristy seems to be effective because itencouraged the students to combine classroom information with materials from refereed journalsin an attempt to have a good understanding of novel materials such as PCNs. The appreciationof the nature these materials were further reinforced by the experiments done to elucidate theirunique properties. Another outcome of these research projects was the skills gained in planning,organizing

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okechi Egekwu, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

event-driven applications thatreact intelligently to accurate real-time information.4Most enterprise management systems (Enterprise Resource Planning, Inventory Systems, andSupply-Chain Management Modules) are all process-driven. They are not agile and always reactlate after an event has occurred. A shift to an event-driven enterprise management system wouldmean that business applications would only run when an event triggers it instead of eitherrunning all the time or at specified intervals. It will be challenging and cost prohibitive for theindividual user (company) of RFID systems to develop the robust RFID network components ofthe type that have been described above. The encouraging development is that individual systemsdevelopers and

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

achieves this goal by creating exceptional and memorable interactive events throughout the Chicago land area ranging from Interactive Summer Outings and Amazing Races to Deep Skills Team Building Events. No matter what the occasion, WCF accommodates your every need by matching and customizing its programs to fit your unique mission and objectives while providing you with a hassle-free planning experience. Windy City Fieldhouse creates, organizes and leads your group on an exciting and creative “ Mission Impossible” Scavenger Hunt and/or Amazing Race taking place at locations such as downtown Chicago, Lincoln Park, Navy Pier, suburban resorts, museums or amusement parks. Groups first

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brooks, Temple University; Asher Madjar, Temple University; William Miller; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Thefinite elements are actually complete rings in the circumferential direction, and the nodal pointsat which they are connected are circular lines in plan view. Because of axisymmetry, the three-dimensional problem reduces to a two-dimensional case similar to a plane strain problem.Tensile stresses and strains were taken to be positive, and compressive stresses and strainsnegative. For each element the four nodal points were numbered in the clockwise direction. Eachnode has two degrees of freedom.Displacement FunctionsThe two displacement components in a solid continuum varied as complicated functions ofposition. A number of approaches, including power series and Fourier series expansions, have

Conference Session

New Tools and Techniques for Information Literacy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

recorded directlyinto the grade book.At first, the author planned to incorporate a quiz into the video itself. Camtasia software allowsquestions to be inserted into a video which can even be reported directly into a BlackBoardcourse’s grade book. However, four videos would mean four tests, each of which would have tobe connected to each BlackBoard course’s grade book. It was determined to separate the testfrom the videos. The solution was simply to create a test directly in BlackBoard’s test manager.The test was then exported and sent to each faculty member. While some professors are usingthe test as part of their grade for the class, others are using it simply as a tool to see if thestudents have watched the video.Measuring the EffectivenessIn

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Patricia Hogan, Suffolk University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

thing at a time. Design challenges help studentsdevelop skills in planning, construction, and testing”. As research indicates, the practice ofdesign projects generated engagement and excitement among students which is not alwayspresent in science classrooms. Several research initiatives showed the positive impact of designbased learning on student’s enthusiasm about the science content. 15, 9, 24Based on the research about learning science concepts through engineering design approaches,we think that engaging students in engineering projects that present them with real life problemsshould provide students with a rich learning environment for application of textbook scienceknowledge.MethodsTo determine how the work on this wireless sensor

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

questionscould anticipate student troubles, align the content with student interests and connect the studentswith the material. The development of the progressive reading log still faces several challenges and thereare a number of areas for improvement. The first being a direct assessment of both the local andlong-term influence of the reading log on student learning. To address this, a coordinated effortwith other sections, taught by different faculty, is planned so that pre- and post-assignmentquestionnaires can be distributed to probe student understanding of concepts and evaluate studenttextbook use. Another focus area for the development of the reading log is the transition to theself-constructed reading logs. Within the reading log format

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Seybert, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

general program questions require the studentsto understand general education courses versus major requirement courses, number of drop-credits allowed, specific program graduation requirements, the appropriate sequence of coursesin mathematics and physics, and other program related issues. The students become familiar withthe university web sites that provide information to help them plan and complete their educationaccording to university requirements. After some teamwork, a class discussion is used toclarifying why certain courses should be scheduled over others, or why one student’s schedulewill differ from another even when enrolled in the same major with the same semester standing.In the individual exercise, each team member is required to