Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

points of the project, soif the report was evaluated at 60 and the students’ performance was evaluated at 90, the studentwould receive a 54 for that portion of the project grade. Most students were evaluated at 100,but a few had evaluations lower signifying that they had not fully participated in the project.Assessment Surveys and Results The results of the surveys were handled differently than the previous surveys. Previouslyall surveys were done by individuals, but this time only the first survey was individual based.The second and third surveys were completed by the team rather than separately by theindividual team members. The survey form for the first questionnaire is in Table 1 with averageresponses to the numerical questions. The

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

further. This figure is rather startling considering the fact that women compriseroughly 56 percent of the undergraduate population. Lisa Tsui, author of the aforementionedreference, gathered data from six undergraduate engineering programs that enroll and graduate asignificant percentage of women. She identified three common factors which appear to affectthis relatively high degree of success. They are as follows: ≠ More female-focused recruitment opportunities are necessary; ≠ Community outreach fosters recruitment; 1 ≠ Both recruitment and outreach efforts must include undergraduate students.1 Tsui, Lisa

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

AC 2010-196: STRENGTHENING THE U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FORINNOVATION: FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL GRADUATE EDUCATIONFOR THE NATION’S ENGINEERS IN INDUSTRY ? PART I EARLY CAREERDEVELOPMENT: DIRECT LEADERSHIP ?Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina Page 15.1106.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Strengthening the U.S. Engineering Workforce for Innovation: Foundations of Professional Graduate Education for the Nation’s Engineers in Industry ─ Part I Early Career Development: Direct Leadership ─ Part I 1. The Direct Leadership Function of Engineering in Industry

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

even millions through the thoughtful development of just a single well-designed project. As engineering educators, one of our roles is to raise awareness of both issuesand opportunities. All too often, students arrive at college with visions of designing that which isat the forefront of technology: a faster car, a longer bridge, or a next generation iPod. But whatabout the over two billion people in the world’s population who live on less than $2 a day?Visionaries such as Dr. Paul Polak, author of Out of Poverty 1 and a Distinguished Lecturer at the2008 ASEE Annual Conference, do not see this group as “poor people” but as potentialentrepreneurs and customers. Through his work in various Third World countries, Polak hassuccessfully demonstrated

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. They alsoare able to take advantage of the university’s expanding wireless network, to access the Internetwithout having to go into a computer lab. All class-related documents (lecture notes,assignments, syllabi, and software packages) are available through the wireless network.Lab Environment CharacteristicsThe laboratory for this class counts with 20 workstations that can be used by the students towrite, test and implement their projects. The workstation setting is shown in Figure 1. Figure1. Microcontrollers WorkstationAs can be seen from this figure, each workstation counts with all the hardware and testingequipment that students need to implement their projects. The equipment available on eachstation includes

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Wojciechowski, Grand Valley State University; Charles Standridge, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. This paper implements the findingsof the National Collaborative as a model pilot effort at a major university. The Masters forEngineering Professionals to be introduced at New Jersey Institute of Technology is reflective ofthe skills, knowledge and actions required for early career development in developingengineering leaders for the first stage of Direct Leadership [Levels 1-3 Engineering]. Thepostgraduate engineering curriculum has been designed as a matrix of advanced studies versusskills, knowledge and actions required for Level 3 engineering. Program emphasis is placed uponengineering creativity, innovation, and its

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

andinstitutionalize a culture of open government.”1 College campuses across the country talk(and act) to “create a culture of sustainability”2, as evidenced by eco-based residentialvillages. W.L. Gore CEO Terri Kelly speaks of creating a culture of “innovation” by“[creating] the right environment where collaboration happens naturally.”3 While it isclear the phrase “creating a culture” is fairly ubiquitous in modern society across variousplatforms, a standard connotation of this phrase is much less so. Accordingly, we definethe term culture in this work to mean “the relationships, interactions, activities, andevents involving the department, its faculty, and its undergraduate students.”As it relates to academia, culture within a department is experienced by

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Head, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-phasemodel to create a sustainable program that empowers teachers to gain independence in teachingin these previously unfamiliar content areas.IntroductionThe Tufts University Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP) is an outreachprogram designed to assist K-12 teachers in integrating engineering and technology across alldisciplines.1 The program was founded in 2001 as a response to the incorporation of engineeringand technology into the Massachusetts’ Science & Technology/Engineering CurriculumFramework.2 The additions to the framework placed new responsibilities on teachers who hadlittle previous engineering and technology experience. K-12 teachers are not necessarilyexpected to become experts in each field they teach, but are

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

most misunderstoodand yet most useful tool in HVAC systems engineering”. It is easy to misinterpret cataloginformation on fans since they often rate fans by their maximum flow rate and/or maximumpressure output. These specifications do not actually have much value for selecting a fan for a Page 15.37.2particular application. In fact, neither of these values will ever be realized in a real application Figure 1 – Operating Point of a Fan Figure 2 – Operating Point of a Motorbecause the maximum flow rate requires zero back pressure and the maximum pressurerequires zero flow. The actual operating point lies somewhere between these values

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Harms, Stevens Insititue of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

likely (4) to use this module again. Previous ASEE papers have shared detailedfindings on teacher impact and student learning.1, 2Five online short courses have been developed to provide teachers with the backgroundknowledge needed to insure successful implementation of the instructional modules and toincrease their experience in online collaboration. The courses deliver content through readings,videos and interactive assignments. Participating teachers engage in discussions that focus onstrategies for implementing the modules within their classrooms and in collaboration with otherschools. Three of the short courses; Core Concepts of Systems Engineering, Reverse Engineeringand Home Lighting for Developing Countries were piloted in November and

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

education experience and the speed at whichstudents would acquire necessary skills and concepts. In a skills intensive course such asMET257 ‘Casting Processes’, many ‘millennial’ students (1) are ill prepared. Specific skillsinclude operational safety (e.g. use of PPE) and operations (e.g. sand preparation, molding).The content of MET257 contains basic foundry processes such as ‘green sand’, and haslaboratory exercises in an on-site green sand foundry. A typical foundry process includesmanagement of the sand, as well as many tools (e.g. patterns, flasks) and equipment (e.g.furnaces, crucibles, test equipment). Overlaid on this complex environment are real safetyissues. A significant amount of time is allocated to both skill development and related

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Brian Downs, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

respondents or 46.3% reported five or more courses. Respondentswere then asked to list the top three CAD/modeling/CAM/animation software packages used attheir educational institutions. This question was answered by 49 respondents or 87.5% of thetotal respondents. The variety of responses given by respondents covered programs dedicated tovarious disciplines within the field of technical/engineering graphics education (see Table 1). Page 15.100.5Table 1 Top Seven CAD/Modeling/CAM/Animation Software Packages used in Technical/Engineering Graphics Courses Software Frequency (n = 49) Mean %* AutoCAD

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

structured and analytical techniques ofdecision making in industry and technology. The MS Tech students study one technical track insufficient depth to appreciate its methodologies and fundamental unresolved questions, andacquire a basis for life- long learning. Required courses for the program are established in: 1)Technology core, 2) required technical courses in the track area, 3) elective courses combiningbreadth of subject matter with specific study in depth, and 4) MS directed project focused onapplied research. Hands-on experience of cutting edge technology and the applied researchexperience are essential parts of MS in Technology program. Currently, the MS program isoffered in two tracks that are: 1) Information Technology/Advanced Computer

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Jose Yanez, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Ernesto Gramsch, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Roberto Santander, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Cecilia Richards, Washington State University; Robert Richards, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

International

manufacturing methods is enormous. For thisreason, many facilities and programs have been developed in educational institutions inthe US to introduce students to microfabrication methods [1-5]. Educating bothundergraduate and graduate students in microfabrication and batch manufacturingmethods is commonly seen as key to promoting US economic competitiveness, bycontributing to the talent base required by industry and by enhancing publicunderstanding of one of the key technologies shaping the industrial world.While many microfabrication facilities can be found in US colleges and universities,information about such facilities in educational institutions in Latin American is sparse. Itappears that extremely few such facilities exist and that very few Latin

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Alina Duca, NCSU

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

performance, pre-requisiteknowledge and skills. Page 15.239.2IntroductionThe mathematics knowledge and skills gap encountered by undergraduate engineering studentswhen they enter engineering courses requiring the use of mathematics abilities which weretaught in the three semester calculus sequence has been well documented 1, 2, 3. However, there is'widespread agreement among academics and practicing engineers that a good grounding inmathematics is essential for engineers' 4. The challenge facing the engineering instructor is howto bring all students up to mathematical mastery level as quickly as possible at appropriate pointsduring the semester when

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

nanotechnology cluster offering a complete range of functionalities in formation, energy,construction, environmental, and biomedical domains [1].Nanotechnology as a unified discipline has started receiving much attention after theestablishment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in early 2000. This majorinitiative resulted in significant funding for research in nanoscience and technology in the USAthrough a number of government agencies led by the National Science Foundation (NSF). TheNSF has also helped establishing nanoscience and engineering research centers at severaluniversities across the USA [2]. The university-based research is now generating significantintellectual property (IP) which is the basis for new startup ventures. In

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

required for Engineering Levels [1-3]; b) Part II addresses theOrganizational Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [4-6], and; c) Part IIIaddresses the Strategic Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [7-9]. The overallanalysis sets the foundation for building a coherent professional graduate curriculum and dynamiceducational process reflective of how experienced engineering professionals learn, grow, and create newtechnology in industry. This paper addresses Part II: the Organizational Leadership Function, Skills andActions that engineers must learn and develop from Group Leader, Functional Area Manager, SystemsEngineer through Technical Program Manager Levels [4-6

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Eichhorn, SUNY Oswego; Cara Thompson, SUNY Oswego; David Vampola, SUNY Oswego; Fritz Messere, SUNY Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

work avaluable reference for a very wide academic audience.1. IntroductionAdequate communication skills constitute a requirement for engineering program accreditationby ABET and an essential component of an engineer’s professional function. However, inmodern days, communication has exceeded its traditional verbal and written aspects.Technological advances in presentation, computers and the rise of the internet have allowedcommunication to incorporate presentation, technical, graphical, media, and artistic concepts aswell as communication techniques targeted to different audiences.Engineering curricula are already overburden and difficult and must conform to manyeducational and institutional constraints. Most states or institutions impose a

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

times to complete the laboratory tasks, they seemed to beenthusiastic about it and enjoy the challenges. Further effectiveness of this hands-oncurriculum is demonstrated in terms of student feedback, student performance in thecourse, and ABET outcomes assessment.2. Laboratory EquipmentThe course had 2.5 hours laboratory component to go along with two 50 min. theoryclasses. The students were given laboratory tasks during these lab sessions where theymanufactured different objects using a variety of equipment shown in Figures 1 – 12.Brief information about these equipment and the objects students made using them isgiven as follows.Figure 1 is a picture of stereo lithography (STL) equipment that uses a photosensitiveresin exposed to a computer

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

worked well, what did not work well and should be changed, what was omitted and shouldhave been included, and what was included and should be eliminated.We made the decision not to promote the course actively in the first offering, thinking that asmall enrollment while we tested the structure and content would be most appropriate. Webelieved that the course would populate, probably in the range of 8-10 students, in both theengineering and science disciplines. In fact, only five engineering students enrolled in the course(1 MS Chemical Engineering, 3 MS Civil Engineering, 1 PhD Manufacturing Engineering), andone of them, the doctoral student, dropped out after the first week. Additionally, only one of theremaining students had any professional

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

addresses the skills continuum in three main parts: a) Part I addressesthe Direct Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [1-3]; b) Part II addresses theOrganizational Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [4-6], and; c) Part IIIaddresses the Strategic Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [7-9]. The overallanalysis sets the foundation for building a coherent professional graduate curriculum and dynamiceducational process reflective of how experienced engineering professionals learn, grow, and create newtechnology in industry. This paper addresses Part III: the Strategic Leadership Function, Skills andActions that the engineer must learn and develop at Director of Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fundamental changes starting with a comprehensive review toanalyze the course content and assessment results obtained from previous years. During thisprocess, some limitation factors were discovered such as- 1) The course contents were mainlytargeted for electrical engineering major, neglecting other engineering disciplines; 2) Too muchemphasis was placed on circuit analysis techniques with no “real world” context provided; 3)Laboratory activities were step-by-step and focused on verifying lecture content rather than ondiscovery of concepts; and 4) Computers and state-of-the-art simulation software were not usedor underutilized. Based on these observations, the course was revised with a completely new setof lab experiment focused on verifying

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Patricia Pena, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Tagged Divisions

International

foreign engineers available, the export of jobs is then driven bytheir lower cost. For example, eight young professional engineers can be hired in India for thecost of a single engineer in the United States4.The implications of these numbers for the engineering students of today are twofold: (1) studentsof today face much more international competition for jobs than they have in the past, and (2) aspracticing engineers they are much more likely to have to work with engineers from all over theworld. In order to prepare our students for this new environment, it is necessary that weeducators modify and improve their preparation. It is no longer enough that our students betechnically competent, they must excel as leaders, communicators, and

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

skills, project management, engineering ethics and other relatedskills.1, 2 This paper focuses on the assessment of the curriculum improvement from these threenew courses.Various methods have been reported in the engineering education literature to assess theeffectiveness of the curriculum improvement. Dempsey et al. 3 presented using senior mini-projects instead of traditional senior capstone projects in electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum assessment. Ricks et al. 4 used student perceptions of their abilities and quantitativemeasures of student performance using both written assignments and laboratory assignments toevaluate the effective of a new embedded systems curriculum. Gannod et al. 5 described the gapanalysis and its impact on

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Page 15.42.2learned.Factors Influencing Capstone Design CoursesMultidisciplinary capstone design projects represent an integrative opportunity in a student’seducational journey as they transition from engineering education to practice. While capstonedesign courses can (and should) be challenging for students, assessment in the context of designprojects for instructors is especially challenging. This is due in part to the multiple learningobjectives involved which broadly include teamwork, communication and the design process.Figure 1 identifies many of the factors that have the opportunity to influence capstone designprojects. Noise Parameters • Team

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Gary Perks, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

systemsrequiring custom printed circuit boards. The majority of electrical engineering programs teachbasic electronics laboratories using solderless prototyping boards and circuit analysis usingsimulation software such as PSpice. There is a different skill set needed to design a prototypecircuit as compared to designing and implementing an actual electronic device using PrintedCircuit Board (PCB) tools and techniques.1, 2 To fill the gap, several universities started todevelop electronic manufacturing laboratories and offer courses for electrical and computerengineering students.1, 3-9 But all of these courses are upper-division and most of them are Page

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anouk Desjardins, École Polytechnique de Montréal; Louise Millette, École Polytechnique de Montréal; Erik Bélanger, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

to address the need for theinstitution to offer project courses. The Sustainable Development Capstone Project also providedan opportunity to address several graduate attributes desired by the CEAB2. These attributesinclude :1) Design :“An ability to design solutions for complex, open-ended engineering problems and to designsystems, components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate attention to healthand safety risks, applicable standards, economic, environmental, cultural and societalconsiderations.“2) Team work and multidisciplinary work :“An ability to work effectively as a member and leader in teams, preferably in a multi-disciplinary setting. “3) The impact of engineering on society and the environment :“An ability to

Conference Session

Alternate Energy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rongrong Chen, IUPUI; David Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI); Afshin Izadian, IUPUI; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Theintended outcome was to prepare our students with the multidisciplinary skills needed to meetthe challenges of the fast-growing energy economy.Following are examples of some of the hands-on projects used to introduce renewable energycourses to engineering technology students. Although the objectives for each individual projectwere different, the presented examples share common practices, including:(1) Students achieved a basic understanding of hardware or control systems by taking the coursesrelated to the assigned projects or/and conducting literature searches.(2) Students learned how to define specifications of hardware or control systems from the facultymembers with expertise in the field.(3) Students designed experiments to meet their project

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

are often overlooked or assumed by people espousing newteaching methods. But they are things that are necessary for faculty to do to connect with theirstudents. Other researchers have discussed some of these points, but often include suggestionsthat are more time-consuming than desirable for new faculty in a research environment.1-4 Kim5has some excellent suggestions that are echoed in this paper, but this paper provides additionalsuggestions. The suggested actions are things that build up the respect that students have fortheir teacher, and it is necessary for a teacher to have the respect of the students in order toconnect with and teach their students. So as to not add further work to the faculty member, thesepractices require little or no