Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Beverly K. Jaeger, Northeastern University; Stanley M. Forman, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

-assessment in most sections of the course. Students weregiven a survey early in the semester (Appendix A) that focused on their perception of engineersin society and familiarity of human service organizations (n=512). The second survey (AppendixB) was given at the end of the course, with similar questions to reveal whether there had beenany shift in attitude (n=436). Here are selected results and discussion:Table 1. Familiarity with the following human services areas, 1=not familiar Æ 5=very familiar Human services Before After Statistically significant? Housing Aid 2.27 2.63 Yes, p

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

chapters.Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, CharlotteKimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Warren is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNC Charlotte. She con- ducts research in the area of geotechnical engineering with a specific interest in earth retaining structures designed with geosysnthtic (polymeric) materials. She conducts large, full-scale field experients that are highly instrumented to monitor and analyze the behaviors of civil engineering structures. In the past few years, Dr. Warren has also recieved funding to conduct engineering education research with the goals of 1) working in a multi-disciplinary team to increase the retention of engineering

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Renée S. DeGraaf, Lansing Community College; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Sarah J. Stoner, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Claudia E. Vergara, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

in PAL sessions; and session scheduling,including times and locations.Table 1: Number of students impacted by the PAL program to date. Spring Fall Spring Fall Semester 2009 2009 2010 2010 # of students enrolled in PAL supported 149 1358 1024 1442 courses # of unique PAL participants 95 167 153 215 Page 22.1148.9 # of unique PAL participants as a 63.8% 12.3% 14.9

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

experiences.IntroductionTraditional engineering curricula are no longer adequate for training modern-day engineers.Today’s engineers are expected to be creative, bold, technically well-versed team players to meettomorrow’s challenges in an increasingly complex and risk-averse global environment.1 Inresponse to these needs, engineering programs have begun a shift toward new curricula andpedagogies that have been demonstrated to be effective in building both technical and non-technical skills crucial to solving authentic problems in real-world environments. One such newcurricular and pedagogical practice is Project-Based Learning (PjBL). In addition to developingboth technical and non-technical skills,2-3 PjBL has been shown to develop meta-cognitiveabilities, as well as

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Demetrius Caldwell, Michigan State University, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering; Kyle P. Foster, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering, Michigan State University; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr, Michigan State University; Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

and Recruitment Coordinator (2006-2007) Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering at Michigan State University Publications None NSF Grant Serving as Program Manager for MSU on National Science Foundation NSF 03-520; Michigan Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (MI-LSAMP); under the direction of Mary Sue Coleman, Ralph Kummler, Levi Thompson, Edmond Tsang and Thomas Wolf. This award is effective September 1, 2005 and expires September 1, 2010. Will continue in the same capacity for Phase 2 of this grant effective September 1, 2010-September 1, 2015 Other Affiliations National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) Re- gion C Chair, February 2010-present 2009

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie J. Parish, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

discussed, as well as aresearch plan for analyzing the effectiveness of the course adjustments.IntroductionThe problem of retaining students is pervasive throughout all of the engineering disciplines.1, 2Within the aerospace community, the impact of an aging workforce is a cause for alarm withrespect to both the national economy and national security.3 Several U.S. governmentcommission reports have investigated the problem, one observing4, 5:The industry is confronted with a graying workforce in science, engineering and manufacturing,with an estimated 26 percent available for retirement within the next five years… Clearly, thereis a major workforce crisis in the aerospace industry. Our nation has lost over 600,000 scientificand technical aerospace

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Elizabeth Carruthers, The Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, The Ohio State University - EEIC

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First-Year Programs

Page 22.1592.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Use of FLUENT Software in a First-Year Engineering Microfluidic Design Course Carruthers, B.E. and Clingan, P.A.AbstractCurrently, the integration of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is typically only seenin higher level courses at the undergraduate level (1) (2) (3). In this case, students are equipped withthe basics of fluid dynamics from their core classes, which allows them to focus on theimplementation of such problems and the rote mechanics of operating in the CFD environment(4) . This approach, while helpful in preparing students for industry, robs them of a

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew A. Carr, U.S. Naval Academy

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First-Year Programs

, humanities and social science. This common coreprogram feeds to any of the Academy’s 22 academic majors. Midshipmen select their choice ofmajors in the spring of their freshman year and then commence courses in their major program inthe fall semester of their sophomore year.course designThe overall 75-hour course time budget is summarized in the table below: Topic or Subtopic Hours 1 Course Orientation and Administration 2 2 Engineering Drawing – Hand Sketching and SolidWorks 1 8 3 Intro to Thermal Fluids w/ Lab 5 4 Intro to Mechanics w/ Lab 5

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Lawrence J. Carter, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

the largest ever reported foreducational interventions”8.The learning improvements delivered by formative assessment persist even when studentsrather than the instructor carry out the assessment. In fact, in some situations considerablegains can be made by replacing instructor assessment with peer assessment. Gibbs9 describesa compulsory second-year engineering course where the format was two lectures and onetutorial a week. At the tutorial students worked on problem sheets which were marked bylecturers and handed back each week. The average exam mark (Table 1) was 55%. Numbersincreased and the lecturers no longer had time to mark the problems. The average exam markwent down to 45%. In an effort to restore standards, peer assessment was

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron L Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University; Cory R. Davis, Oklahoma Christian University; Robert Andrew Stevenson, Oklahoma Christian University

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First-Year Programs

rewritten to integrate the LEGO Mindstorms® NXT robotics kitaddresses trigonometry. This modified assignment requires students to navigate a maze ofknown configuration using the autonomous robot shown in Figure 1. This robot, equipped withtreads, effectively rotates about a point allowing precise turns. This ability is critical if thestudents are to effectively use trigonometry to compute a path through the maze that will miss allobstacles.The students begin by first calibrating both the linear and rotational motion of the robot. Thiscalibration process, implemented using the LEGO MINDSTORMS® NXT-G programminglanguage, is accomplished by systematically determining the duration the motors must beactivated to move a specific distance and to turn a

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Judith A. Garzolini, Boise State University; Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University; Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Susan Shadle, Boise State University; Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) retention efforts at Boise State. She functions on campus as both the project coordinator for a $1 million grant from the Na- tional Science Foundation and the Idaho Science Talent Expansion Program (STEP), and as the first ever campus coordinator for STEM retention. Garzolini has a long term professional interest in increasing the participation and success of students in STEM fields. Throughout her career, she has provided extensive professional leadership and service to the Society of Women Engineers at the national level, and in 2007 was national society president. Garzolini has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Wayne State University and an MBA from UC

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

) students at Portland State University bought a copy of the Arduino Inventor’s Kit thatincludes an Arduino and a variety of electrical components and sensors sufficient for much of thecurriculum described in this paper 24. Figure 1 shows the 2009 version of the Arduino called theDuemilanove (“2009” in Italian). Features identified in the Figure 1 are described in Table 1. The Arduino platform has excellent technical performance, especially considering its lowcost. The A/D components can read up to 7 channels of data at speeds sufficient for a broadrange of applications. It has 14 channels for digital input or output, which enables control oflogic (on/off) signals. Five of the digital output channels can be configured for pulse-widthmodulation

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Amithraj Amavasai; Jyothsna Kavuturu

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

conceptswere correct but incorrect calculations in one step resulted in a failing grade. By breaking aproblem into steps and concepts and rewarding success at each step, students were encouraged tocomplete a problem and ask for help if they did not remember an abstract concept or equation.This paper describes a method for rewarding students for levels of knowledge during the finalexamination of a transportation engineering course.Kolb’s learning style theory 1 identifies four types of learning styles: (1) Concrete Experience(feeling), (2) Active experimentation (doing), (3) Reflective Observation (watching), and (4)Abstract Conceptualization (thinking). While every student has some component of each of thesefour learning styles, there is usually one

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy L. Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl F. Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

related issue of rigor can influence Page 22.1714.2student writing at the graduate level.Technical Writing versus Scholarly WritingGenerally, engineering and technology undergraduates come to graduate education withexperience primarily in technical writing skills. Although not everyone will agree with thisdefinition, technical writing has been described as a marriage of the task of effectivecommunication with the task of technical communication.1 The mechanics of writing (i.e.,format, structure, grammar and syntax), and the technical substance (i.e., analysis andinterpretation) are both important, so that the results of scientific inquiry are

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Daniel P. Bumblauskas, University of Missouri, Columbia; Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida

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Graduate Studies, Student

industry related toengineering education or as faculty members, it is the responsibility of these individuals to helpdefine the future direction of the field.It is reassuring to see that as the field has grown, so to have the number of students participatingin engineering education research, reform, and practice. A clear indicator of increased studentinterest has been the steadily growing student membership of the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE). According to the June 2010 report to the ASEE Board ofDirectors, student membership in ASEE has risen by 32.6% in five years, surpassing the numberof life members (Table 1).1 According to Dwight Wardell, ASEE Membership Department Head,the student membership continues to surpass life

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; F. Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

are also presented in the paper.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. In section II, we present a brief discussion onthe different learning approaches that are out there in practice. Section III describes theandragogical model for adult learning. In section IV, we present our proposed framework forproject based learning including objectives, design, and grading policy of the course. Section Vpresents the student learning survey. Benefits of a residency class are discussed in Section VI.Finally, section VII summarizes the paper with some concluding remarks. II. Topic-based learning, problem-based learning, and project-based learningYousuf et al.1 define topic based learning as the mode of instructional delivery and

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Paul Tallon, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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Graduate Studies

communicateeffectively‖[11].What engineers need to experience and know, in addition to ―hard‖ knowledge, is ―process-oriented skills and awareness-oriented skills‖ [1]. Process-oriented skills include―communication, teamwork, and the ability to recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas‖ [1].These skills are powerful when combined with awareness skills involving ―understanding theimpact of global and social factors, knowledge of contemporary issues, and the ability to dolifelong learning‖ [1]. But what are the most effective ways of incorporating process andawareness-oriented practices into engineering curricula already crowded with necessary science,math, and disciplinary courses? How can engineering schools, which must ensure that theirstudents graduate with

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; John A. Nychka, University of Alberta; Roger Graves, University of Alberta

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Graduate Studies

everyone to contribute their own best ideas and practices. Recommendedbackground reading 1,2. 1. Review current research on how students learn to write: Roger Graves - Director, Writing across the curriculum, who has assisted with the design and teaching of several writing courses for graduate students in other faculties on campus, and is available as a resource to all instructors for undergraduate teaching. 2. Teaching exercises for research groups and graduate students: Several exercises are proposed for group meetings where students learn how to take apart a journal paper and put it back together to uncover the argument structure and logic which lie beneath the surface. 3. Constructing a compelling

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University; Joe Orczyk, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

of study has proved to be challenging for the students. Only 30% of the students havefinished in five semesters. Just over half (53.3%) of the students have finished within sixsemesters. All of the students have finished the coursework within the five semesters. In everycase it has been the uncompleted directed project that has kept the students from graduating ontime. Another negative trend is that once the students complete their coursework and take a breakfrom the directed project, they have a difficult time restarting the directed project. See Table 1which shows the Completion of Directed Project statistics for the students who have finishedtheir coursework. Table 1 - Completion of the Directed Project Program

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig T. Evers P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

discussing their own country’s ethicaldifferences. Each case study also included a written analysis. In addition, each student wasassigned a research paper covering the cultural aspects of ethics and professional responsibilities.The same group of students composed both classes. Six of the students were from Minnesota,one from Florida, and one each from Bangladesh, Colombia, India, Nepal and Nigeria. Page 22.1661.3In the Ethics course, we discussed topics ranging from reckless neglect of worker safety (NorthCarolina poultry plant fire and the Imperial Sugar plant explosion) to unsafe design of theworkplace (SL-1 nuclear reactor explosion in Idaho

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

participants were identified through networking channels of theresearchers. The aim for participants in this case study was diversity in background,experiences, and years in the workforce currently at the University of Michigan. We selectedthree participants to include in this work so that we could discuss the depth of each of theirexperiences. Key demographic data for each participant is given in Table 1. Table 1. Demographic Data for Study Participants Years in Pseudonym Gender Age workforce Current Status Andrew Male 33 7 Third year Ph.D. student Brenda Female 38 5

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

; strategies for balancing work and personal life; and what it means to besuccessful in today’s global society.Student learning outcomes include 1) assembling a professional portfolio, 2) generatingstrategies for success in career advancement, 3) networking with career professionals, 4)developing a career strategic plan, and 5) relating their career goals and skill sets to variousinstitutional missions and values, company cultures, and expected job functions.Assessment of learning outcomes occurs through both formative and summative formats.Formative assessment is based on student responses to weekly discussion questions focused onthree key areas: items of interest or significance based on the session topic, actions or strategiesthey will implement

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

(Yes/No)_______________________________________________________________________Evaluation by graduate students Formal course evaluations for the first three semesters of the independent, fallproposal and the first two of the collaborative spring proposal appear in Table 3(nextpage), a tabulation of our standard university course evaluations. These two writingcourses fair well compared to our other department graduate courses (including reactors,transport, thermodynamics, and applied mathematics) and to the 1-5 absolute standard ofour evaluation scale. Given the apparent initial hostility of new graduate students towardtechnical writing, these end-of-semester evaluations represent a significant achievement.Importance of feedback

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag K. Srivastava, Washington State University; Soumya K. Srivastava, Washington State University; Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Noel N. Schulz, Kansas State University

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Graduate Studies

of campus, funding availability, information forCurricular Practical Training, and graduate school expectations. These responses from currentstudents were contrasted to alumni responses. The survey findings presented here are based onlyon the engineering student subpopulation of the respondents.Influential factors in choosing a school: In this section of the online survey, respondents were asked to rank the set of possiblefactors that most influenced their decision to apply to a particular university with 1 as greatestinfluence and 10 as little or no influence. Below were the options given to survey respondents: 1. University recruitment effort 2. Correspondence with graduate school/professors before arrival 3. Funding

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wes Stone, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

portion of the laser micromachiningresearch complemented the courses he took as an undergraduate, the exposure to lasers andpiezoelectric materials provided a broader exposure to the field. The ET students in this programare exposed to sensors that use piezoelectric materials, but they do not get the opportunity tomachine those materials in the laboratory. Page 22.1652.3Overview of Laser Machining CenterAcquired from Oxford Lasers in England, the Oxford Lasers Micro-Machining Center (seeFigure 1) was introduced for precision machining and part marking of materials ranging frompolymers to high-tech super-alloys. Figure 1: Oxford

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

question: how do professional non-traditional students engage with a doctoralprogram? Participants were selected using criterion sampling from a single doctoral programand they were interviewed. These professional non-traditional students described theexperiences they bring to the doctoral program and reactions to those experiences from theiracademic colleagues. Open coding is used to identify common themes. The results of this studyare that professional non-traditional students (1) come with a more developed habitus andsubstantial capital, which (2) prepare them well for the program, and (3) significantly affectstheir engagement during their PhD program. These results position the participants‘ experiencesat the partial union of their human

Conference Session

IE Technical Session I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Industrial Engineering

in the player’s methods of play.These games often mimic the situations with which a player would already be familiar in order to Page 22.1636.2help immerse players. These known situations in the game are used by developing a simplemechanic that will respond as the player expects. These high level skills correspond to the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (CognitiveDomain) developed by Bloom and colleagues5. Bloom et al.5 defines a hierarchy of six levels: 1.Knowledge- repeating memorized information; 2. Comprehension- paraphrasing text, explainingconcepts in jargon-free terms; 3. Application- applying course material to solve

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip R. Rosenkrantz, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Industrial Engineering

project preparation course, and a capstone course in quality. The results also havemajor implications for lifelong learning for engineers and are compatible with the teachings ofothers such as Taylor, Deming, Senge, and a study by Ernst & Young.The objectives of this paper are to:1. Share executive survey results and findings2. Demonstrate that the spectrum of leadership can be modeled by Hayes’ ―Six Stages of Quality System Implementation‖ and parallel versions of it3. Demonstrate how the Six Stages of Quality System Implementation were used to redesign courses in the industrial and manufacturing engineering curriculum to strategically integrate lean, six sigma, statistical quality control, and quality tools.4. Show that there is

Conference Session

IE Technical Session I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Industrial Engineering

together, hence, can often lead to clarity and reduced confusion in students’minds. It also helps reinforce the underlying principle. Definitions of buzzwords, e.g.,definition of supply chain management from the Institute for Supply Chain Management,are sometimes challenging for the instructor and students, because they tend to be verylong. At the same time, buzzwords are usually, by design, opaque and mysterioussounding. Hence, the instructor has to adopt the middle path by making the meaningtransparent and at the same time using only a few words for defining it.Survey questions: The following survey was given to students after they are madefamiliar with the definition of a buzzword. 1. Do you use buzzwords in your resume? 2. Do you believe

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

interfaces is an order of magnitude more thanthe simple architecture of parallel and serial ports. At the same time, the serial and parallel portscontinue to enjoy significant application in industrial control and embedded computer systems,in situations where low cost, low speed and single device communication is needed. Thissituation has given rise to the challenge that we not only need to continue teaching the paralleland serial port concepts, but also introduce the USB and Bluetooth interfacing andcommunication concepts in our courses.In this paper we present a survey of the teaching material (section 1), hardware considerations(section 2) and laboratory project demonstrations (section 3) that we have developed and used inour capstone course, to