Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

graduate and undergraduate engineering students. Job and long-termcareer opportunities for recent graduates involved with the energy program are also discussed.Lastly, a discussion is included regarding what changes and additions that are planned for theenergy program at Lawrence Tech to keep the program vibrant and adapting to the ongoingknowledge and understanding needs of today’s engineering graduates.1) BackgroundIn the early spring of 2003 Lawrence Technological University (also known as Lawrence Tech)submitted a proposal to NextEnergy (a nonprofit corporation created by the State of Michiganwith the mission to support and promote alternative energy within the State of Michigan) andwas awarded one of five $100,000 grants in early summer 2003

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pedro Renato Acosta, University of Texas, El Paso; Rafael Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

curricula have not stressed theimportance of improving student creativity skills.The design process has become a fundamental aspect required to attain a desirable output interms of quality and functionality when developing a product. According to Ulrich2, “A productdevelopment process is the sequence of steps or activities that an enterprise employs to conceive,design, and commercialize a product.” Same principle applies to the design process which isused to build a product by generating ideas and concepts according to customer specifications.The design process described in the book Engineering Design3 is covered in four main phasesbeing the planning and task clarification, conceptual design, embodiment design and detaildesign. During the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

reported at the 2010 ASEE National Conference [4]. Those interested in the details of thefinal plan can look at the 2010 summary paper, which describes the curriculum as we are nowdelivering it. For the course Infrastructure Engineering, there were two key evolutions between2008 and 2010. First, the course was given considerably greater definition, including theaddition of a course description and course objectives and power generation and distribution aswell as network modeling were added to the course content. Second, it was decided thatInfrastructure Engineering would become the second course in our 3-course engineeringsequence, which is taught to non-engineers, mostly humanities majors. This second decision wassignificant in that it basically

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.S. Chen, Miami University; Steven Elliott, Miami University, Department of Economics; Mark Boardman, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

how do design a course from the ground upwith a goal not only of creating a high quality learning experience for the students, but to do sowith an eye towards the goal of meaningful assessment. As it turns out, the class is reasonablywell planned out in terms of leaning objectives and outcomes that feed into and support those Page 22.192.14objectives. Our challenge into the future is to more carefully document and asses this process.Fortunately a number of institutional resources exist and to which we have access to address thisimportant goal. In essences what is a serious shortcoming currently is easy to address.Another series of lessons

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Denise Miller, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth J. Brauer, Northern Arizona University; John Sharber, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

cognitive principle of automaticity, by which well-learned processes takeless of the individual’s limited cognitive capacity, thus leaving more capacity for other tasks,such as learning new concepts or problem-solving.[4,5] Lastly, our system offers rapid feedbackand an optimal level of difficulty (not too easy nor too hard), characteristics which canpotentially produce the state of optimal cognitive functioning that psychologists refer to as“flow”.[6]We are continuing to enhance these modules. We have reworked the questions in the op ampmodule to make the questions more focused on single steps in the solution process. We aredeveloping additional modules on Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws for dc circuits andworking on plans for modules in ac

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

completed a post-test atthe end of the semester. This provided a baseline for comparison with the proposed hybridoffering. The plan was to repeat the process with the 2009 offering of Senior Design I.However, the portions of the lectures were to be presented on-line using Blackboard.Introductory course material, team oral presentations and guest speakers would continue to useclass time. At the end of the semester, a post-test of the hybrid model would again beadministered. A comparison between the growth from the 2008/2009 group and the 2009/2010group could show the effectiveness of a hybrid class that could replace much of the lectureportion of senior design. Even though there was a difference in the number of lecture topics inthe two semesters

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport; Omar Abuzaghleh, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Table/Index No Application Cluster Everything management Partitioning MySQL Cluster7 Shared Nothing Parallel plan User defined Yes partitioningAs shown in Table 2, MySQL cluster is the only Parallel and Distributed DBMS that supportFedora Core Operating System. Therefore, we installed MySQL cluster 7.0.13 on Fedora Core 12Linux. In addition, since MySQL Cluster employs shared nothing architecture, each node owns itsmemory and storage area for the instance. MySQL cluster has three different nodes: (1)management nodes: manage the entire distributed database in the cluster, (2) SQL nodes:coordinate SQL query requests, and (3

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University; Emre Selvi, Muskingum University; Ferdinand Avila-Medina, Ohio State University, Newark

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

a planned frequently returns time reads most of no eye contact. Page 22.831.12 conversation. to notes. report. Encourages Encourages Avoids or audience audience Reluctantly interacts discourages active interaction. Calls interaction. with audience. audience on classmates by

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

tocollaboration between academic and student affairs can be attributed to background and training;a habit of isolation; differences in language, culture, and theoretical bases; poor communication;organizational structures, goals, and priorities; and a lack of mutual understanding.19,20 Truecollaboration requires understanding the culture, language, and organizational characteristics aswell as philosophical and programmatic approaches. It will also involve identifying the roles offaculty and student affairs staff in student development and the opportunities for interactionbetween the two units,21 and joint planning, implementation, and accountability, and institutionalcommitment.22 The purpose of collaborative partnerships between academic and student

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda A Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William F. Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

characteristics of an effective leader 90.0% 92.3% 91.6%Conduct a thorough job search 80.0% 75.8% 82.6%Conduct a professional job interview 85.6% 81.3% 89.7%Develop a plan for PD, life-long learning, grad.school and licensure 87.5% 82.4% 85.8%Example 2: To address the retention of our female student population, we organized three all- Page 22.858.4female events specifically tailored for female engineering and technology students. We invitefemale engineering executives to present on topics found important among female students in

Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

how they will proceed and eliciting ideas on what the company might feel is the directionthat they want the process to follow. Gantt charts will explain to the sponsor how they plan toproceed and deadlines that will be met to complete the project.With the focus of the semester’s work ahead clearly in the minds of the team members, they cannow forge ahead to start the design process. The designs they choose to investigate will bediscussed, detailed, rejected, and confirmed. Communication will go on continuously among theteam members. When they have formulated the best designs for their project, they will take thosedesigns back to the industrial sponsor and again present their findings. They will make cleararguments for the designs they have

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration and Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet; Nick L. Wilson, Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

participate in the curriculumdevelopment process. The team met several times on campus, and the participation by industryprofessionals made the curriculum relevant to the industry. Also, the industry partnersappreciated the direct response by the institution on meeting their need. The company Presidentalso facilitated several plant visits for faculty members. After each plant visit, the curriculum gotadjusted and became more relevant to industry. Faculty members saw the industry need and jobopportunities for their students, and the industry professionals saw the commitment from facultymembers. The program description and the plan of study are available at the Purdue UniversityCalumet’s Department of Engineering Technology website.3 While the

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Daniel Forciniti, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

; 3) coaching through deliberate and planned feedback to guide students performance as they move from novice to expert level, and 4) fading of support, by removing the existing scaffolds as students become more competent;This redesign activity focused on both classroom activities and the development of supportingmaterials that students could use outside the classroom. The process started with identifyingclassroom activities that match various stages of the cognitive apprenticeship and, when neededredesign them to better address the goals of each stage. Page 22.891.3For some of these activities, we developed supporting materials

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

-librium equations. For continuity, these two sections were given the same problems, but the ex-ams were carefully controlled, so students in the second class did not have access to exams fromthe first class.Linear regressions were conducted to see if any of the factors had statistically significant correla-tions with the grades on the final exam in the three areas. The plan was to use the model shownbelow: Page 22.974.4 y = μ + β1x1 + β2x2 + β3x3 + β4x4 + β5x5 + β6x6 + β7x7 + β8x8 + β9x9 + εwhere the terms are: μ is the grand mean βi are the regression coefficients x1 is the student GPA (normalized 0 to 1) x2 is WWU physics (0) or CC

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

engineering skillsc. My interest in learning the subject matter of the courses.d. My commitment to being involved in community issues as an engineer.e. My ability to address complex, open-ended problems (typical of community projects)f. My ability to write and speak credibly as an engineer.g. My understanding of the value of teamwork in addressing community issues.h. My ability to plan and carry out a project for the community.i. My school pride.j. The likelihood that I would drop out of engineering.k. My view of the engineering profession in a positive way.21. Did your service-learning project(s) lead you to further action (for example,volunteering) with the community agency or organization your worked with, or thetopic/issue you worked on

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes. (Houghton Mifflin Co, New York, 1999).AppendixQuiz Sample I.Quiz #3, Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Score ____________Name_________________________________________________ Page 22.988.6 1. Why might different definitions of quality be problematic for an organization that is seeking to improve? 2. Among the various definitions of quality discussed thus far, what common threads are there among the various definitions? 3. Explain the tradeoff between the cost of quality failures and the cost of improving quality as described in class? What is the

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Larry Milliken, Drexel University; Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University; Eleanor J. Goldberg, Drexel University Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

members teaching the course, involves a combination ofactivities, some already in place and some that may be implemented in future terms. In mostsections of the course, each student is required to write a paper on a project exploring the historyof a particular technology. A unique approach to integrate group learning among students isenvisioned even though students are not required to work in a group setting. Other sections of thecourse have an assignment involving group work, and a different mix of library learningactivities may be chosen for those sections. Below are brief descriptions of the planned activities.Current activitiesDirect instruction by librariansDuring each quarter when the course is taught, the humanities and social sciences

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth V Noren, University of Idaho, Moscow

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

or strongly agreed that the laboratory assignmentsadded value to the class and be kept as part of the class. Development of formal assessmenttools are planned for future courses.Present and Future workThere are several activities being conducted in the Spring Semester of 2011 to determine if andwhere the board will be useful in the EE curriculum at the University of Idaho. The board isbeing used in a junior level electronics class. Experiments utilizing the board are beingdeveloped for a introductory freshman level electrical engineering course. It is also being usedfor a senior design project for an engineering outreach student.Table I. Data from a classroom assessment.1 A total of 14 students participated in the survey

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Xing, Tuskegee University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Heshmat A. Aglan, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Blackboard Inc. helped the instructor to set upusernames and passwords for all students and resolved some technical problems on downloadingand running BML on different platforms since students’ personal mobile devices differsignificantly from each other. Before the instructor gave each lecture, he informed students onany updates on the BML and help students to resolve any problems they may have. Studentswent through the BML materials with the instructor together in class briefly. Students can accessthe electronic lecture notes, announcements, syllabus, and assignments with due dates. Due tothe difficulties of setting up the mobile technology environment, other functions in the BMLwere not used but planned for the Spring semester of 2011.Evaluation

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Mainul Kader Faruque, North Carolina A&T State University; Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

been investigated include the pulsed laser deposition process and themagnetron beam sputtering process. University students as well as community participants havedirectly been involved in the fabrication of thin-film composites, multilayered structures andnanowires. Materials under investigation include magnetic nanoparticles, Ni-TiN-Nimultilayered structures, and TiN nanowires. The participants also gained experience withadvanced structural and property characterization techniques including X-Ray diffraction, fieldEmission Scanning Electron Microscopy and Physical Properties Measurement Systems.Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars have traditionally been trained and mentored by theauthors, but careful planning and grant-writing has

Conference Session

Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College

Tagged Divisions

International

additional integrated applications. Since thesystem is using LogiCreate, many applications may be added to meet stakeholders’ needs while stillproviding a single sign-on environment (http://logicampus.sourceforge.net/). This would reduceredundancy and add flexibility to the system, while maintaining the ease of access to multipleapplications.3. Dokeos: Dokeos is the Open Source alternative for Enterprise Learning Management, Administrationand Education around the world. An DL and CMS web application, Dokeos development is aninternational, collaborative effort. It focuses on user friendliness, simplicity, and consistency. Dokeoshas many tools and is light and flexible. The 2.0 release (planned January 2011) will make us morestandard-compliant (W3C

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Marcella K. Minster, Oregon Institue of Technology (Student); Irina Demesko-Prosnik, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Culler, D.E., The Turning Assistant: Automated Planning for Numerical Control Lathe Operations, Ph.D. Dissertation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, December, 1994.2. D. T. Ross: Structured Analysis (SA): A Language for Communicating Ideas. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-3(1), pp. 16-34.3. Engineering Workforce Commission, Engineering & Technology Enrollments: Fall 2007 (Washington, DC, 2008). Viewed at http://ewc-online.org/data/enrollments_data.asp, on Jan. 12, 2011.4. Feldmann, Clarence G., The Practical Guide to Business Process Reengineering Using IDEF0, Dorset House Publishing, New York, 1998.5. Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., http://www.idef.com/, accessed on Feb. 15, 2011.6

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael K. Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 22.1117.11The teacher of the class also completed a survey that indicated she had positive feelingsregarding the module. She commented, “I love that students determined acceleration due togravity instead of just giving them another number to memorize – great way to derive the value!”Planned changes to the module include providing more guidance / training for the teachers in theuse of digital cameras to collect video.ConclusionsMost low cost, digital cameras on the market today allow for the collection of video and havesufficient capability to capture accurate position versus time data. Coupling these widelyavailable and easy-to-use cameras with free video editing software provides a method of dataacquisition that has a very low entry

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca N. Macdonald, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

career choices.2 Theintegration of mathematics, science, and engineering is central to high school reform efforts thatstrive to prepare students for both college and career opportunities in engineering.17 This processcan be immediately applied following a science experiment without need to acquire lesson plans,expensive equipment or supporting materials. This paper discusses the development andimplementation of a scientific and engineering classroom activity and assesses the effectivenessof the activity by presenting response data collected from the participants.MethodologyIn this study engineering design is used in two high school science courses as a problem solvingtool that parallels the scientific method. A standard chemistry/physical

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

understanding of the 0.56 technical world16. My motivation for teaching science is to educate scientists, engineers and 0.56 technologists for industry17. In a science curriculum, it is important to include planning of a project 0.4718. How important should pre-service education be for teaching DET? 0.3819. DET has positive consequences for society 0.50Factor 2: Familiarity with DET20. How familiar are you with DET? 0.6621. Have you had any specific DET courses outside of your pre-service curriculum? 0.4822. How confident do you

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Additionally, in a relatively dense network scenario, the maximum aggregatethroughput of 3 times 7.11/30.8 Mbps is likely to be seriously impaired. To aid the WLANperformance on a factory floor, it is thus advisable to take the following two measures: applymeans to combat the increased delay spread (in case of IEEE 802.11b) and (for all IEEE 802.11systems) carefully plan the frequency layout and access point placement.The newly emerging ZigBee technology has been designed specifically for sensor data andcontrol information at low data rates. ZigBee supports long battery lives. Nothing can be said yetabout the robustness and effectiveness of ZigBee. Yet for low-bit-rate applications in industrialenvironments, ZigBee seems to be a promising approach

Conference Session

Manufacturing Process Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

to use the floor spaceoccupied by the cost center if the common cost to be allocated is utilities, which is fairlyproportionate to the floor space occupied by the equipment.To do this, we look at the layout of the shop which is shown in Figure 6. Figure 7 shows how thetotal utility costs are allocated to each cost center or equipment based on the area occupied. Thetotal cost of maintaining the equipment is the total of the allocated utility cost plus the mortgagecost for each piece cost center as shown in Figure 8. To correctly allocate the total costs based onthe hours for which the facility is planned, we need to have come up with an estimate on the Taktrequirement for each cost center or piece of equipment, which is shown in Figure 9.Next

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

GUI Interface of Vibrating String Demonstration from Wolfram Research These kinds of programs provide many benefits: improve the learning process of Page 22.1371.9students, facilitate the students in completing homework assignments and projects, enableinstructors to provide better learning environments, improve course delivery throughmore emphasis on modeling and interpretation of engineering problems, demonstrate keyprinciples and solutions interactively and visually, and many others. The author has alsostarted implementing these interactive tools and programs in the course delivery. Thefuture plan for the course include increasing usage of

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and fuel. It did requiresignificant planning and preparation on the part of the faculty advisors. It also required severaldedicated lessons out of the beginning of the capstone design. While the cost in time wassignificant, both the faculty advisors and the students agreed that it allowed the design team toachieve greater efficiencies of learning and produce a much better final product.The structured learning experience at the beginning was initially viewed by the students asencroaching on their design time. Once they became involved with working on the hardware,they quickly realized how valuable the experience was. The lab experience relieved some of theanxiety and later frustration that had been experienced in the past.This year, the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Hodge, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students ask for additional information about assignments developedin the fashion explored in this paper. Many have visited the systems and are able toadd person experiences. Overall, the technique discussed in this paper is a usefulapproach and a good addition to an engineering educator’s tool kit.References1. http://www.enwave.com/downloads.html  2. http://www.enwave.com/district_cooling_system.html 3. http://maps.canurb.com/cases/toronto.pdf 4. http://www.toronto.ca/environment/initiatives/cooling.htm 5. http://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com 6. http://www.mytorontomeeting.com/Visitor/Plan-Your-Trip/A-Green-City.aspx 7. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0830/p13s01-stgn.htm 8. http://www.toronto.ca/environment/initiatives/cooling.htm 9. http