Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

made for this study:  IIT students would show relatively strong evidence of forward inferencing  Successful forward inferencing would be associated with high ability, as reflected in cumulative grade-point averages (CGPA)  Forward inferencing is a sufficient, but not necessary, marker of problem solving ability.The reasoning for these predictions is as follows. The first prediction was made because of theintense engineering training programs at IITs, the second prediction was made because of thedeep conceptual knowledge required for successfully applying forward inferencing, and the thirdprediction was made because of the possibility of successfully solving problems without usingforward inferencing.ParticipantsA U.S. sample

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University; Theresa Vitolo, Gannon University; Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University; Barry J. Brinkman, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

,deposited, or canceled), and unmet need. SEECS PIs, as mentioned in the recruitment section,send a handwritten note to those students who have not applied. This mailing takes places inearly march since the deadline for applications is March 30th. The selection of the cohort takesplace during the first two weeks of April. Awarded students are notified via email. Thesestudents are instructed to make a deposit as well as enroll in the seminar.5 DemographicsThrough these recruitment efforts, the cohorts have been filled with mostly regionally-basedstudents reflecting the demographics of the School of Engineering and Computer Science atGannon University. For the basic demographics of selected major, distance from the school,high school GPA, gender, and

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

website features as theyexist at the time of the ASEE meeting.Figure 1: Sample Log-In Page. Page 22.1107.4Figure 2: Sample Video Scenario Page (top and bottom).AcknowledgementThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation via grant DUE-1036255. Opinions Page 22.1107.5expressed by the authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the policies of the NationalScience Foundation. Appendix PI Interview Questions for Project Management and Change

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holli Burgon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

sometimes from disparate sources, inthe service of creativity. This process, with subsequent feedback from public display andpersonal reflection about the creative process itself, broadens one’s experiences, providingfurther material to stockpile and archive.Creativity may be our most important human skill. In one sense of the word, to be creativemeans that one can make something, a fundamental human impulse. When we make a cake, drawa diagram, or a write a proposal, we create. We all create, making things that did not exist before.Creativity is also one of our most valued characteristics. In another sense of the word, to becreative means to be imaginative or original. We celebrate exemplary creativity at art galleries,concert halls, sports arenas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Length of time working with communities on service learning projects of engineered works for directly influences usage and diversity of sustainability concepts 39; sustainable performance evident in reflective essays from students in senior design who worked on LTS projects7 Leadership [ASCE BOK3] Students’ have stronger understanding of leadership and skills to motivate others to achieve a common vision 19,21,35 Creativity; Open ended nature of many LTS projects with vast array of non- Creative Design technical and technical constraints forces students to be creative to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University; Lisa Stapley Randall, Arizona State University; Alison W. Smith, SRP

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

for education, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Page 22.1238.14 Appendix A Renewable Energy Internship Assessment (Year 1)1. List two renewable and two nonrenewable energy resources. Renewable: a) b) Nonrenewable: a) b)2. What are two factors that enable us to use water as a source of power? a) b)3. In one or more sentences describe what solar energy is?4. List two materials that absorb heat and two materials that reflect heat. Absorb: a) b) Reflect: a) b)5

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; John Birch III; Mehrdad Faezi, Manchester Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

electrical switch • Measurements using a dial caliper and micrometer • Basic stamp microprocessor (writing music by translating notes to frequencies) • Electrical circuitry using breadboards • US Coast Guard AROW program – water robotics • Hydrogen powered fuel cell cars Page 22.1233.5Program EvaluationThe Engineering Challenge for the 21st Century Program has a very comprehensive evaluationwhich is to be completed by each participamt on the following three (3) criteria: 1) Course Evaluation 2) Instructor Evaluation 3) Student’s/Teacher’s ResponseThe following illustrations reflect the evaluation compilation of the student

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen P Kelley, Northeastern University; Steven Thomas McGonagle, Northeastern University Gordon Engineering Leadership Program

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

College of Engineering. Using students work experiences, she instructs students in the development of career portfolios to illus- trate their skills and achievements to potential employers. She also currently serves as a consultant to the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program at Northeastern University where she is writing curriculum to develop and expand students’ leadership skills in the workplace. Karen has presented on a local and national level at the Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration and the American Society of Engineering Education on a variety of topics including, Co-op Reflection, Electronic Portfolios and Cre- ative Job Development. In fall, 2004, Karen was also awarded the Camp Dresser and

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Georgia Institute as Technology; Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

EducationTraditionally, the main objective of engineering ethics courses has been to foster awarenessof and to stimulate reflection on the special responsibilities of professionals in technologicalfields. A well-established method to pursue this learning objective is to provide students withcase studies from engineering practice. The case studies typically focus on common ethicalissues such as taking a bribe from a vendor. However, a key problem with standard cases isthat they usually describe the ethical problem in such a fashion that renders it as beingsomething that is too simplistic. The more obvious the wrongdoing is, the easier it is todetermine what should have been done. Thus, there may be no true ethical ―challenge‖presented in the case.Clearly, the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for thisquestion was: more rigorous (3 Points), similar in rigor (2 Points) and less rigorous (1 Points).Students were also asked to comment on whether the level of rigor of the class was view as apositive or negative. The remaining questions about specific perceptions of the profession werescored on a five point Likert scale with five points being most agreeable. For these questions,students could also provide a “Don’t Know” response that was coded as a null value. Allquestions were coded so that higher values reflected more positively on the transportationprofession than lower values. For all questions, improvements in the students’ perceptions of thetransportation field are indicated in final survey values that are higher than the initial

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

meeting is fortwo 50-minute periods which is twice that for a lecture-based course, reflecting the hands-onpracticum nature of EDSGN 100. At University Park, our facilities for the course allow for oneof the weekly meetings to be in a typical technology classroom with a computer tied to aprojector, and flexible seating with tables and chairs that can be moved around. Another class isin a room that has lab benches designed for each team to have a bench and two computers. Thisroom, called the “design lab,” also has a main computer with projector, as well as testing andmeasurement equipment. Adjacent to it is a workshop with woodworking tools that students canuse to make prototypes. This workshop also has a rapid prototyper that students can use

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Emily George Hardee, Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering; Lizette D. Day, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

STEMnotebooks in their classrooms as each student’s record of his/her own learning. Very little wasavailable at the time about STEM note booking but as an engineer, Ms. Parry knew theprofessional practice of engineers keeping documentation of their work. This combined with thethen available research on science notebooks in elementary schools (Ruiz-Primo and Li)provided the basis for training. To model the process, Ms. Parry gave each participant their ownSTEM notebook and gave feedback each evening on the day’s prompts and reflections. Furtherinformation on STEM notebooks is provided later in this paper.Teamwork was another topic of the training. One of the most important aspects of working andthinking like engineers is working in teams. Initially

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Paula G. Leventman, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Assessment (“What Challenging 16have you enjoyed about the HTT&T projects?” and Boring 4“What suggestions do you have to improve the Sense of 18experience for the future?”) elicited comments about accomplishmenthow satisfying it was to see changes in code reflected *Number of students – out of a total ofin the response of the instruments and a desire to see Page 25.46.12more hands-on projects. 29 – who checked given response

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Osama M. Jadaan, University of Mount Union; Tsunghsueh Wu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Yan Wu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Esther N. Ofulue

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

delivering sub-microliter samples toelectronic MEMS devices. This combination will open MEMS to uses in agriculture, such as:real-time monitoring of the health of crops and herds; early pathogen detection; and tracking andidentification of agricultural products as they move from the farm to the consumer. viThe nanotechnology market, while not at the level yet of MEMS, is expected to surpass it in thenear future. This is reflected by the large investments by both government and industry. TheU.S. Federal Government, through the National Nanotechnology Initiative,vii provides $2.1billion toward nanoscale research in 2012.viii State governments have added hundreds ofmillions more,ix and have launched at least 25 statewide initiativesx in

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

,students have talked to local companies to get major discounts on the tools and equipment theyneed. Some students are beginning to take independent studies and bring their own tools andminor equipment to start projects in which they are interested.D. Implementation of a Skylight to a BuildingTubular Skylights are energy efficient high performance lighting systems that are cylindrical inshape and are designed to light rooms with natural sunlight. A small clear collector dome on theroof allows sunlight to enter into a highly reflective "light pipe" that extends from the roof levelto the ceiling level. The light pipe is coated with a silver mirror quality finish that allows the fullspectrum of sunlight to be channeled and dispersed evenly into a room

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

INTERVENTION METHODAbstract The work presented in this paper is based on a certain type of intervention strategy tothe traditional college homework practice presented at the recent ASEE Conference inVancouver [Akasheh and Davis, AC 2011-565, ASEE Conference, Vancouver, 2011]. Followingthe modern cognitive theories of learning and motivation, the intervention strategies proposed inthat preliminary showed potential to restore the effectiveness of homework as a learning toolwhich in turn reflected on better student academic achievement and attitude. Following similarstrategies, this work seeks further validation of the influence of such interventions on studentlearning outcome. It also tests these interventions in different courses and in different

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part II: Novel Curriculum Development and Project-based Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lynda M. Coulson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Nickel Superalloys”,Business Case for Addressing Cabin Odor” and “Variation Study of Human Controlled ProcessesCompared to Computer Controlled Processes”.Since students come from operations, product design, research and development, productsupport/customer service, the projects selected reflect that diversity.The directed project approach is unique given its focus on solving existing problems, improvingexisting processes or creating new processes that will enhance an organizations function in a waythat impacts the financial results in a positive way.Relative to the overall program, it is also important to note, that although the curriculum wasslightly modified, the courses selected came from courses already created in the university’straditional

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

comments to their peers. Feedback ranges from informational questions such as“when will you be testing” to critical evaluation such as “the statement of purpose conveyedmixed feelings about deciding to pursue graduate school.” Research on learning, particularlyonline learning, confirms that requiring students to comment on other’s work increases theimpact of each assignment by providing context, models, opportunity for reflection, practice, andfeedback[8, 9] .The first online assignment that students complete is a self-introduction. Students and staff areasked to upload a photo to their profile so that everyone knows what they look like. This processof creating a social presence (or electronic personality) is an important part of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Shannon Rist, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

thefuture. During thesefocus groups, the Incident Cardteam will use the Describe an incident in the workplace that occurred within the first six months toCritical Incident three years after you’d first started working.Method (CIM) [3] to Does this incident reflect (check one):gather data on jobs  Where you successfully performed a job task that you’d learned about in school?and tasks that are  Where you were unsuccessful in performing a job task because your engineering education hadn’t prepared you to do it?essential forengineering. CIM What were the general circumstances leading up to this incident?involves gathering

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

flow ofinnovation which is reflected in their definition: innovation is the multi-stage process wherebyorganizations transform ideas into new/improved products, services, or processes, in order toadvance, compete and differentiate themselves successfully in their marketplace (p. 1334).Given the recent emphasis on the word innovation, some warn that it risks losing its meaning bybecoming a buzz word. The author of The Myths of Innovation, Scott Berkun, suggested that theword has been overused and warned people to stop.9 His rationale was that Einstein, Ford, da Page 25.1259.3Vinci, Picasso, and Edison rarely said it and people use it as a cop

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

curriculums to create room for students to do research.Such a structure will enable students to present their research in a variety of forums at the local,state, or national level. Some examples of undergraduate research are provided to reflect on thecurrent status of undergraduate research in construction engineering.IntroductionIn January 1999, I came across an announcement concerning research opportunities forundergraduates in civil engineering and geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame.The announcement said, “During the summer of 1999, we will again be offering outstandingundergraduates the opportunity to participate in the research of the faculty.” I had received asimilar announcement the year before.During the last several years

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bernick

”described in section 2. In the snapshot the plot on the left shows the second quadrant polelocated at the point -0.5 + j in the s-plane. The corresponding filter gain is shown to the right.At the bottom of the figure are shown the current values of the pole real part and the filter Q. Inthe animated clip the pole moves toward the imaginary axis. As it does so the gain curve peakrises and becomes sharper reflecting the increasing circuit Q. Using a mouse to control theslider at the bottom of the screen the pole can be moved back and forth with correspondingchanges in the gain curve and the Q. Watching the clip gives the observer a “feel” for thesignificance that the filter pole position has on frequency response. Figure 3

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Dobson; Fazil Najafi

the use of brick and mortar libraries as well.We recommend Copernic, a search engine which mounts locally. This program performs a meta search of manyengines and reports results in a very easy to use form. Searches may be refined and repeated to reflect new materialsin changing environments.Our critical reading quiz is under development. This will be generated with a suite of Java program from Half bakedsoftware.com, called Hot Potatoes. This software generates a variety of quiz styles suitable for posting on theinternet. The results of this software are very clean and professional looking. The product is free if the productsgenerated by the program are freely available. Otherwise the price is nominal.To test the effects of our program, we

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Pease; Edward Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Maurice F. Aburdene; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

and assessment, classrooms with flexible seating that facilitate cooperativelearning, and supportive informational technology.Facilities Stein and Hurd 4 note the following:"For the most part, college-level instruction is not now organized around the principles ofcooperative learning. Assignments, textbooks, the examination system, and even the physicalarrangements of many large classrooms reflect a more individualistic conception of learning." They are correct about physical arrangements, and it is certainly true that not allteaching/learning spaces are conductive to good cooperative learning techniques. The BucknellCatalyst team recognized this at the beginning of the project, and was able to secure funding forthe construction

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Krchnavek; Shreekanth Mandayam

/compliance (EMI/EMC) situations. Skills developed in this course were used in theEEMAG 2 course and will be used in subsequent Digital II, Wireless Communications and VLSIDesign courses.III. The Second Seven WeeksIn the second half of the semester, students tackle time-varying electromagnetic fields. A subset oftopics is chosen from the areas of transmission lines, plane waves, metal and/or dielectricwaveguides and possibly antennas. Electromagnetics has the luxury that many current, real-worldapplications occur at the macroscale level and thus lend themselves to designing, building, andtesting. For example, the PCI data bus, common in most desktop computer systems, relies uponthe reflection of waves traveling down a controlled impedance printed

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Haag

introducingconcepts from mainstream economics so that engineers are better prepared to work in freemarket commercial environments. Page 5.245.4Acknowledgment and Disclaimer The author owes a large debt to numerous colleagues at the New York State Departmentof Public Service who helped him learn the concepts discussed in this paper; however, theopinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of eitherthe New York State Public Service Commission or the New York State Department of PublicService.Bibliography1 nd Wellington, A. M., The Economic Theory of

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

understanding of engine function, performance, emissions, and design constraints through their design projects reports and presentations. • Students will demonstrate their ability to use the thermal sciences in the analysis and preliminary design of engine systems by creating a thermodynamic model of a spark ignition engine and through their design reports. • Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interactions of technology and society through reflective essays and their reports on the ethical and societal impact of the regulation of small engine emissions. • Students will demonstrate effective team skills though successful completion of multiple team-based tasks and during in-class project sessions. • Students

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson

) • Anisotropic metals • EtchantsTYPES OF OPTICAL MICROSCOPES: (pg 292) • Lighting (BF: bright field: light comes down the optical path and reflects off spec) • DF: Light originates at an incident angle external to the optical path. • P: Polarized light is generated by a grating next to the source. (Anodize, isotropic) • λ: UV, Fluorescence, IR • Interference: generates straight fringes on a flat specimen (two ray source).MICROGRAPH FEATURES: (pg 435) • Grains (ASTM E112), Shapes, Statistics, Phases, Volume Fraction (ASTM E562) • Example structures: Ferrite, Pearlite, Cementite, Page 5.680.6

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hajrudin Pasic; Gregory G. Kremer; Bhavin V. Mehta

these student deficiencies, leading to a situation where some students just “getthrough” the engineering mechanics courses without developing a real “feel” for dynamics.Further, the focus of Engineering Mechanics textbooks on simplified problems that can be solvedby hand does not truly prepare students to solve real-world dynamics problems. We believe thata student-centered learning environment would be a valuable addition to entry-level engineeringcourses, and that this learning environment should be problem-based for motivational purposes,should involve interactive visual displays of inputs and outputs to improve visualization skills,and should stress active learning paired with forced reflection to increase student understandingof good

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred S. Andrawis

; Page 3.556.3notice the threshold current level as a function of the diode temperature; use a Michelsoninterferometer to convert frequency variations into intensity variations; observe and measurelaser's relative intensity noise and chirp using a Lightwave Signal Analyzer.Experiment 7: Fiber Optic Communication DevicesObjectives:1. Experiment with multi-mode bi-directional couplers.2. Build a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM).Procedure: Measure the splitting loss of a bi-directional coupler; observe reflection effectson coupled optical power; construct a two-channel wave division multiplexer using graded-index (GRIN) rod lenses and a wave length selective filter.Experiment 8: Fiber Optic Communication System IObjectives:1. Build a