Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Koonce, Ohio University; Valerie Conley, Ohio University; Cindy Anderson, Ohio University

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Women in Engineering

institutions.This study examines factors associated with community college female faculty members’academic career success and employment outcomes in STEM fields using secondary data fromthe 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF).IntroductionWhat is academic success? This paper looks into a specific group in higher education, femalefaculty teaching STEM topics at two year schools. This work is part of a larger NSFADVANCE grant looking at the overall success of said faculty. In that project, national data willbe used to develop a success measure, and faculty will be interviewed to assess the quality of themeasure and to identify factors to success not captured by national surveys like NSOPF.A crucial part of that research is building a success

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Two Year College Division

experience to enter the high technology workforce upon completion of BS degree; and5. Perform a regular and thorough assessment of the ET2 program that will be used for the contract reporting purposes and also will be an integral part of our standard program review process.In August 2008, NSF awarded us a four-year grant from its S-STEM program to support the ET2Transfer Scholars1. In support of this project, the university will contribute $50,000 to ensurethat continuing ET2 scholars have financial support after the grant expires and help themgraduate on time. This support indicates the university’s enthusiasm, a firm commitment ofservice to our EET students, and an endorsement of the goals and objectives of the ET2 program.For AY 2008-9, the

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

ComputerEngineering and Construction Project Management. It is adding postgraduate degreeprograms, including a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management. The decision toopen operations in Dubai was contingent on several conditions: a requirement that theproject be self-sustaining, not use taxpayer money, not drain resources from the maincampus, and not utilize foreign investors to underwrite the campus.Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai is offering master’s degree programs includingElectrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Networking and SystemsAdministration. These are currently offered as part-time study programs in evenings andon weekends. Undergraduate programs in engineering are expected to be offered startingin 2010.United Arab

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

repeatedlyobserved that most of the fresh graduate Engineering Managers generally enter an organizationnot just as a traditional hardcore engineer, but also as project managers, technical sales people,systems engineers, systems analysts, and so on (Abel, 2005; Farr and Kotnour, 2005). As aresult, the competencies of a typical engineering manager should extend well beyond thetraditional engineering skills to technical and managerial skills as well, and with the blurringboundaries between engineering/technology and management, these overlapping roles can proveto be very important for an organization to remain relevant in the modern economy.The rapidly growing importance of engineering managers in the industry has in turn led to agrowing importance of EM

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach; William Sullivan, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

universityprovided. The resources that were available were the professor, the textbook and in addition theonline resource shell containing threaded discussions7, online lectures, tutorials, homeworkassignments, assigned readings, exploration projects, library research, role-playing exercises,and online depositories for works and electronic portfolios8. There were also pretests9 andpractice tests which are considered resources but were also in the assessment category. Thestudent can take a pretest and if satisfied with the score, submit it for evaluation.Framing question Pretest Evaluate Pretest Select Resource As an alternative, the student can use the pretest as a resource for determining the level of theircurrent

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jonathan Hicks, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University

Jonathan Hicks, is an undergraduate student in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He obtained an A.S. in information technology from Vincennes University. The concentration of his classes at Vincennes included web page design and computer programming. He is currently pursuing a B.S. in computer and information technology with a concentration in information systems. His activities include being a resident assistant, a member of an acting ensemble, and a member of the Minority Technology Association. Under the advisement of Monica F. Cox, Ph.D, and Jiabin Zhu, he has conducted research on a project that explores the effectiveness of engineering graduate courses in reference to

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

this learning curve resulting in a series ofshort videos with subsequent incorporation into the curricula.In this study, the use and effectiveness of video in a modified ‘traditional’ introductory castingcourse is explored. First, specific video equipment is listed, and the creation and editingprocesses described. Then the videos were used in casting classes, and the students wereallowed access outside of class.A positive educational impact due to the videos was evidenced by instructor and studentfeedback. A casting operations metric was presented, with measures including time-on-taskanalysis. A more rigorous assessment of educational impact was implemented in a spring course.IntroductionMotivation for this project was to improve both the

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

the CurriculumIn order to further this effort we needed to incorporate LEED and other ‘green building’ conceptsinto architectural and construction curriculum. While many programs have introducedenvironmental sustainability lecture courses into the curriculum, we have decided to makesustainability central to the mission of our upper level design classes. It is through problemsolving design projects that students best learn to research, understand, analyze, and apply theirknowledge of sustainable concepts. More than ever, leading design and construction firms arelooking for recent graduates that can help them create the environmentally sensitive buildings thepublic demands.This new focus on building better buildings has meant great potential

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

AbstractThis paper reports the results of the development and implementation of hands-on laboratoryexperiments in a newly developed laboratory for a two-semester undergraduate course inInstrumentation and Measurements in Mechanical Engineering. The course, designed for theundergraduate junior level, was a two-semester course for a total of four credits, and it took placein conjunction with a one-hour classroom lecture in mechanical engineering. A modified versionof this approach, however, can easily be used at all levels of the mechanical engineeringcurriculum. An important component to the process involves the utilization of a two-semesterlong, open-ended project (OEP) that required the students to come up with creative approaches toproblem solving

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

more likely to report interest in being an engineer on the post-survey than control students. They were also significantly more likely than control students toreport interest in and comfort with engineering jobs and skills, and to agree that scientists andengineers help to make people’s lives better.IntroductionEngineering is Elementary (EiE) is a research-based curriculum project focused on creatingcurriculum units covering topics in engineering and technology as a supplement to core scienceinstruction. The curriculum aims to increase student knowledge and skills related to engineeringand technology. Each EiE curriculum unit is designed to build on and reinforce one science topicthrough the exploration and development of a related technology

Conference Session

Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

; and to secure the national defense.” (NSF Act of 1950). The NSF Grant Proposal Guidesuggests several ways that this criterion can be met. One of these is “by advancing discovery andunderstanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning”. In response, researcherstypically describe the number of students involved in the research project as evidence. Anothersuggestion by NSF is to broaden dissemination to enhance scientific and technologicalunderstanding. Here, researchers often describe plans to present research results in formatsuseful to students, scholars, members of Congress, teachers, the general public, etc. In otherwords, it is common for researchers to point to activities that involve student education asevidence that there are

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

she assists with assessment and data analysis for ongoing CETL projects. Her masters thesis involved an investigation of caffeine and cognitive fatigue. Her current research involves the topics of workaholism and overwork.Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Lydia Soleil is the Assistant Director for TA Programs and Graduate Student Development in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Previously, she was at the University of California, Irvine working with graduate students in various capacities: Associate Director of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, First Year Initiatives (undergraduate and

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Goldade, University of North Dakota; Tessa Haagenson, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota; Mike Mann, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Dr. Salehfar has worked as a consultant for the New York Power Pool, electric utilities and coal industries in the State of North Dakota, and the North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC). Dr. Salehfar has very active and externally funded multidisciplinary research projects. He is currently working on a number of projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Some of the projects that he has worked on include alternative and renewable energy systems, fuel cell technologies, power electronics, electric drives, neuro-fuzzy intelligent systems, electric power and energy systems, power systems reliability, engineering

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

fractions.Students picked up a remote on the way into class. Each student was assigned a serial numberthat they used as a personal identifier to log onto the system so that their identity wasindependent of any specific remote. Remotes were returned to the instructor at the end of class.Questions were projected from an overhead LCD in the classroom. Quizzes consisted of tenmultiple choice or numeric value questions, projected in turn on approximately 1 minuteintervals for simple recall questions, 2 minute intervals for comprehensive questions, and moreas appropriate for analytical questions. The entire set of questions was repeated for review, andthen requests for additional time on specific slides were taken from the class. When studentswere satisfied with

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

, and mentoringin innovative science and engineering curricula designed to make use of constructivistapproaches to teaching and learning. Two universities, a science center, and a teacher educationinstitution collaborated in delivering project services to schools. Through intensive professionaldevelopment, teachers engaged in science inquiry lessons, learned about and practiced theengineering design process (EDP), and interacted with science and engineering faculty to bolstertheir science content knowledge in life and environmental sciences. Preliminary findings fromthe pre and post tests of treatment group teachers indicate that participants significantly increasedtheir content knowledge in specific life science topics and concepts involving

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

will be required toscroll backward and forward during the lecture. The backward scrolling can be to fill in a tableor chart, or may be to refer to previous calculations as the problem builds. This backwardscrolling sometimes causes confusion with the students. The students feel as though the materialis jumping around. These cases are where using two tablet PCs and two projectors allow for amore seamless presentation.By using two tablet PCs and two projectors, it is possible to continuously project the table orprevious calculations. This allows the instructor and students to refer to the intermediate stepson the other screen that is being controlled by the second tablet. The two course deliverytechniques discussed here will use software that is

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kevin R. Lewelling

developingexcitement about the profession1,2,3. Involving these students in one-on-one learning experiencesbenefits the learner4 and educator. The student benefits from seeing how the instructor and otherstudents think about and solve problems. The educator benefits by effectively using their timebudgeted for student critical learning interactions and research with resulting greater productivityin completing project tasks.Goals addressed by using TLMs are (1) implementation without major course changes allowingwide spread adoption, (2) encouraging peer-to-peer interactions, (3) no requirement of expensiveor additional equipment, (4) ease of modification for different course topics. Additionally,TLMs should accommodate different learning styles and possess

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

environment are of a persistent nature and can be viewed and accessed byavatars controlled by people throughout the world via the internet, thus providing thepotential to interact with an international community. In addition to other educationalsuccesses, undergraduate students at Penn State Abington have been utilizing SecondLife for several years and have successfully constructed a variety of projects (includingfurniture, robots, etc.) and virtual exhibits.Several case studies which demonstrate the successful application of Second Life in thearea of design and modeling will be presented below, including several educationalprojects at Penn State Abington. The basic building and scripting tools provided inSecond Life will also be outlined, and the

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

teaching on construction topics. Other than bringing students to a site under constructionfor every construction method discussed in class, which is not feasible, instructors rely onsupplemental visuals. Visual aids include: drawing construction materials and details on theclassroom blackboard, images on PowerPoint slides, images from textbooks, class projects suchas creating a digital visual dictionary, and videos. Gangwer notes that, ―With the influx oftechnology, visual learning and media literacy are perhaps more critical that they have been atany other time in history, it is essential for teachers to explore the world of technology, wheretheir students reside, in order to teach the way the students are learning.‖7However simply adding a video

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Robert Avanzato

environment are of a persistent nature and can be viewed and accessed byavatars controlled by people throughout the world via the internet, thus providing thepotential to interact with an international community. In addition to other educationalsuccesses, undergraduate students at Penn State Abington have been utilizing SecondLife for several years and have successfully constructed a variety of projects (includingfurniture, robots, etc.) and virtual exhibits.Several case studies which demonstrate the successful application of Second Life in thearea of design and modeling will be presented below, including several educationalprojects at Penn State Abington. The basic building and scripting tools provided inSecond Life will also be outlined, and the

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

teaching on construction topics. Other than bringing students to a site under constructionfor every construction method discussed in class, which is not feasible, instructors rely onsupplemental visuals. Visual aids include: drawing construction materials and details on theclassroom blackboard, images on PowerPoint slides, images from textbooks, class projects suchas creating a digital visual dictionary, and videos. Gangwer notes that, ―With the influx oftechnology, visual learning and media literacy are perhaps more critical that they have been atany other time in history, it is essential for teachers to explore the world of technology, wheretheir students reside, in order to teach the way the students are learning.‖7However simply adding a video

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

Tagged Divisions

International

Pennsylvania State University. He teaches traditional surveying and mapping courses as well as introductory and advanced courses in Geographic Information Systems, Photogrammtetry , and Remote Sensing His previous work experiences include surveying activities in Africa, England, South America and the Caribbean. He has also worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat of Great Britain, where he served as technical advisor to the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica on infrastructure development. He also consulted for the World Bank on various projects in Peru and Tanzania. Dr. Derby is an active member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, and since 2005 he has served on the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Douglas Howe, Portland State University

AC 2010-1169: STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD INQUIRY-BASED EXERCISESIN UNDERGRADUATE LAB COURSESGerald Recktenwald, Portland State UniversityRobert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeJenna Faulkner, Portland State UniversityDouglas Howe, Portland State University Page 15.1111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Attitudes toward Inquiry-Based Exercises in Undergraduate Lab CoursesIntroduction This paper reports on work in progress for a Type 1 CCLI project. The primary focus of theresearch project has been the development of a series of inquiry-based demonstrations andlaboratory exercises appropriate

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alongkorn Pimpin, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

Tagged Divisions

International

, sacrifice for common good.To reconcile all of these different graduate attribute models as well as attempt to relieve theburden on departments to formulate, interpret and implement processes, the Faculty ofEngineering also create their own common graduate attributes to generally conformed to that ofTQF, Chulalongkorn University, and Washington Accord. They are concerned in 13 attributes[19] as shown in Table 2.IV Curriculum Structure and RevisionThe general aim of the mechanical engineering program is to ensure students’ understanding oftheoretical principles, through exercises, experiments and design projects, to provide studentswith ability and confidence in solving practical problems and designing mechanical systems. Thetotal credit of 2002

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Kumar Manoharan, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and has worked at Temple University and AT&T Bell Laboratories. His research interests focus on researching innovative practices to integrate teaching, research, and outreach both locally and globally (www.litee.org). He has published more than 150 papers in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has won awards for research and teaching from the Society for Information Management, iNEER, Decision Sciences Institute, American Society for Engineering Education, Frontiers in Education, and the Project Management Institute. He is the editor of the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Edginton Bigelow, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

relationship between engineers and the characteristics so desirable of prestigious careers:working to better society and working to improve lives. It is likely that once this occurs, moreyoung people might consider pursuing careers in engineering. In particular, it is thought suchcareers might especially appeal to females and others who have not been well-represented intraditional engineering fields. A report by the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project foundthat “High school girls believe engineering is for people who love both math and science. Theydo not have an understanding of what engineering is. They do not show an interest in the field,nor…think it is ‘for them.’”5 The same report suggests that this may have to do with thedisconnect between

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Differences in these results may be dueto different emphasis placed in the two studies on in- and out-of-class engagement.Goodman’s measures emphasized engagement in out-of-class activities, such as inactivities sponsored by a Women in Engineering Club, while most of the questionnaireitems in the engagement variable used here, involve in-class behaviors such as serving asa leader in a group project in an engineering class.The single most important message from this research is that attending to elements of theeducational experience, such as students’ perceptions about the competition for gradesand respect shown by peers, have more impact on women’s than men’s persistence, butthey play a significant role in both. Institutions that focus on altering

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Oliveira has taught several classes in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State University, and at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Dr. Oliveira current research interests include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and engineering education. She has authored or co-authored 13 archival journal publications and 32 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy that is funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of Education. Dr

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Cheng Chen, Meiho Institute of Technology; Yi-Chien Lin, Meiho Institute of Technology; Ron Chuen Yeh, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

programs.Statistic data in 1998 from Ministry of Education showed that there were 110 instructors ofprofessional faculty including six professors, 76 associate professors, six assistant professors and22 lecturers from departments of information management and departments of businessmanagement. With completing a phased mission of ten-year production automation project by2000, Taiwan-Ministry of Education made a plan of educational development in integration of e-manufacturing and e-commerce to operate in coordination with a scheme of productionautomation and e-business carried out by The Executive Yuan in order to educate talents forlogistics, cash flow, business flow, service flow, and information flow. Further more, there werethree EC-related graduate

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Christina White, Columbia University; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

University and is the senior coordinator for Design, Technology, & Engineering for All Children. Her research is in engineering education with a focus on humanitarian engineering, design, diversity, and the NAE's 21st century grand challenges. She has earned her M. Ed from The University of Texas at Austin. Contact: ckw.columbia@gmail.comKristin Wood, University of Texas, AustinRichard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin Dr. RICHARD H. CRAWFORD is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his