2007 survey survey Student Learning and Motivation in questions questions Computer Engineering12 Delivering Core Engineering Journal of Fall pre-post test focus groups Concepts to Secondary Level Technology 2008 Students Education Page 15.22.7Table 3. Reviewed Articles Listing both Qualitative and Quantitative MethodsPaper Paper Title Journal Date Quantitative QualitativeNumber
could result in success at the undergraduate level.ConclusionsFrom this initial effort in the special topics course in computer engineering it is recognized thatadditional work must be directed toward the integration of self-reflection, self-regulated learningand problem solving technologies into all courses across the engineering curriculum. Inaddition, an effort will be made to reinforce many of the skills discussed in the freshmanuniversity success course which include time management, study techniques, critical thinking,note taking, textbook reading, and examination preparation. The importance of these topicsbecame apparent in the self-reporting by the students and in certain instances their lack of use orunderstanding of their self
AC 2010-647: THE TECHNICAL, PROCESS, AND BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONSFOR ENGINEERING DESIGN – A 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVEWilliam Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. William R. Michalson is a Professor in the ECE Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he performs research and teaches in the areas of navigation, communications and computer system design. He supervises the WPI Center for Advanced Integrated Radio Navigation (CAIRN) where he is developing a Public Safety Integration Center focused on the integration of communications, navigation and information technologies for public safety applications. His research focuses on the development, test, and evaluation of systems
AC 2010-1362: EXPERIENCES FROM AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ANDSTAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND SOME STILL UNSOLVED MYSTERIESSabina Jeschke, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) Sabina Jeschke holds the chair for “Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA)” at RWTH Aachen University, department of mechanical engineering, and is director of the “Center for Learning and Knowledge Management (ZLW)” at RWTH Aachen University. Together, this twin-institute ZLW/IMA forms a scientific institution with currently more than 50 junior and senior researchers, 15 staff members and about 100 student coworkers. In academic education, ZLW/IMA is responsible for the computer science education of
”, NACME Research Letter, Special Edition, NACME, Inc., New York, NY.[9] Crain, R.W.and Prouty, R. (1994). “Community College and University cooperation in engineering and engineering technology in the State of Washington.” Frontiers in Education Conference, 1994. Twenty-fourth Annual Conference Proceedings. IEEE: San Jose, CA.[10] DeBerard, S., & Spelmans, G. (2004). Predictors of Academic Achievement and Retention Among College Freshmen: A Longitudinal Study. College Student Journal, 38, (1), 66-80.[11] Durkheim, Emile. (1961). Suicide, trans. John A. Spaulding and George Simpson. New York: Free Press.[12] Guiffrida, D. A. (2003). African American student organizations as agents of social integration. Journal of
AC 2010-1776: DOES CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING MATTER: PATTERNSOF ERROR IN SENIOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS PROBLEM-SOLVING INSTATICS?Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University Tameka Clarke Douglas is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech). Before coming to UTech, Tameka was a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She was a George Washington Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Engineering Education, Purdue University. Her primary research interests are studying communities of practice and difficult concepts in science and engineering.Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of
a Catalyst to Learning by Scientific Methods,” Journal of Quality Technology, Vol.31, no.1, pp.1-29.16. Ring, S., (1987), “A Highway Design ‘Capstone’ Course for Senior Engineering Students,” Proceedings, 1987 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, pp.1598-1600 Page 15.999.15
% of Latino studentscompleted a degree or certificate within six years, compared to 27% of Caucasian students, and33% of Asian students.For Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, lower success and retentionrates for minority students are observed at both community college and university levels Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 133resulting in underrepresentation of minority groups in these professions. For instance, whilecomprising almost 25% of the U.S. population, African Americans
examples of theeducational approaches they used to build students’ interdisciplinary competence, wedemonstrate how this evolution in our thinking occurred and explore its significance forresearchers and educators.MethodsThe P360 study took its inspiration from the National Academy of Engineering’s report entitled,Educating the Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century11, which identifiesthe attributes and skills engineers will need to maintain U.S. technological and economiccompetitiveness. The NAE report envisions the workplace of the near future as one of dynamictechnological change that requires an understanding of complex societal, global, and professionalcontexts. Among the attributes described by the Engineer of 2020 report
. Prior to joining the Department of Engineering faculty at East Carolina University, he served on the faculty of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Florida College of Medicine. In addition to his academic appointment, Dr. Bedenbaugh serves as Chief Technology Officer for Cranial Medical Systems, Inc. Page 15.105.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Team-Based Nerve Cuff Simulation Project in a Third Year Foundations of Biomedical Engineering CourseAbstractA nerve cuff simulation group project was used to introduce first semester juniors to
Hodges, K., 2007. Students’ perceptions of Terrascope, a project-based freshman learning community. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 16(4), 349-364. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10956-007-9046-63. Epstein, A.W., Mire, B., Ramsey, T., Gareis, K., Davidson, E., Jones, E., Slosberg, M., and Bras, R., 2010. Terrascope Youth Radio: Engaging urban teens in a unique university-community partnership. Submitted to: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2010. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. Page 15.640.13
andadministrator familiarity with the UPC in particular. Administrators will be expected tocontribute to their travel costs from non-project funds.Project StudentsStudents targeted for participation in this project will be young professionals and/or recentgraduates from four-year baccalaureate or diploma engineering or technology or relatedprograms. Those with career aspiration in technology-based international corporations orbusiness will be most likely recruits. Specific efforts will be made to encourage female andotherwise under-represented participants in the engineering and technology professions.Providing of project recruitment materials to the numerous specialty organizations focusing onthe recruitment of women and underrepresented populations will
AC 2010-2185: ENHANCING THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHEXPERIENCE IN A SENIOR DESIGN CONTEXTFarrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston FARROKH ATTARZADEH earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming, operating systems, digital logic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He has developed a concept referred to as EMFA (Electromechanical Folk Art) as a vehicle to attract young students to the STEM fields. He is the Associated Editor for student papers at
and providing students with remote access to software and hardware resources. Thepaper outlines a comprehensive architecture of the eDesign portal that integrates the traditionalcourseware technology with remotely-accessible hardware-in-the-loop simulation,eCollaboration, and virtual classroom and learning community. The required hardware andsoftware for implementing the eDesign architecture are detailed, and a preliminary assessment ofusing the eDesign portal for a second-year design course is discussed.1. IntroductionThe industry has shown clear interest in harmonizing technological expertise amongst varioussocieties, which further facilitates outsourcing resources. In the current engineering world,design of complex systems involves
worthwhile"9, related to the engineering discipline9, the difficulty of beginningwith very open-ended problems4, and choosing "modern and emerging technologies with whichmost of the students would have some familiarity"10.Research Questions and Reviewed ArtifactsTo better answer the questions "Does project selection impact outcomes in capstone courses?"and "What aspects of projects positively impact capstone outcomes?" data archived from ABETevaluation activities at a large, public research university were reviewed. This data includedwritten and oral project reports, rubric-based evaluation of the reports by faculty and outsideevaluators, written project descriptions given to students, and scores from rubrics used forproject demonstration evaluation
Engineering department.James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte James M. Conrad received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He is currently an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and as an instructor at North Carolina State University. He has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South
AC 2010-61: A RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR MANAGING STUDENT DESIGNPROJECTSHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His interests include Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, with a particular focus in control systems. Page 15.84.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Risk Assessment Tool For Managing Student Design ProjectsAbstractMany design projects done by undergraduate students carry a high degree of risk because of inex-perience. In many cases students tend to ignore the
AC 2010-194: THE FIRSTE DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUMJoan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington Joan A. Kowalski earned both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering from Penn State University. In 1987, she joined the faculty at the Penn State New Kensington Campus, where she has advanced to the rank of Senior Instructor in Engineering. In 1999, she assumed the role of Program Director for the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Program. She co-founded the Females Interested in Reaching for Science, Technology and Engineering (FIRSTE) Program in 1993 and continues serving as a co-director. This program is designed to attract high school females towards
AC 2010-29: AN ALTERNATIVE RIDE - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ANDFACULTY AT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY DESIGN A HYBRIDELECTRIC BUSSteven Fleishman, Western Washington University STEVEN FLEISHMAN is currently an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Western Washington University. He joined the Vehicle Research Institute at WWU in 2006 after spending twenty years in automotive drivetrain R&D. Steven.fleishman@wwu.eduEric Leonhardt, Western Washington University ERIC LEONHARDT is the Director of the Vehicle Research Institute and teaches courses in powertrain, vehicle design and gaseous fuels. He is working with students to develop lightweight vehicles
, 2010 Real-Time Video Transmission from High Altitude Balloon: an Interdisciplinary Senior Design ProjectAbstractWith engineering students facing increasing distractions, it has become more and morechallenging to design and create attractive means to recruit and retain them. In the paper wepresent an interdisciplinary senior design project with collaboration of electrical and mechanicalengineering students which attempted to transmit real-time video from a high altitude balloonfrom 100,000 feet altitude. Through this experience, students have learned principles ofintegrated engineering technology, and sharpened their skills in cooperative learning, effectivelearning and team work. The learning outcome of this
AC 2010-1441: RAPID MANUFACTURING OF A HANDS-ON LEARNING DEVICEKimberly Warners, Western Michigan UniversityBritney Richmond, Western Michigan UniversityAdam Eaton, Western Michigan UniversityAndrew Kline, Western Michigan University Associate ProfessorBetsy Aller, Western Michigan University Associate ProfessorEdmund Tsang, Western Michigan University Associate Dean Page 15.1012.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Rapid Manufacturing of a Hands-on Learning DeviceAbstractRecent efforts to interest K-12 students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) have increasingly focused on experiential education
AC 2010-817: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE CAPSTONEPROJECT TEAMS AND THE SELECTION PROCESSStephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette received his BS, MS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Technology Management Program in the College of Engineering. His career has included executive R&D management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical devices with over fifteen US patents issued in a variety of surgical fields including General Surgery, Plastic Surgery
students follow the system engineering process to implement the MAME project. In theconcept development phase, students use prototyping and visualization technologies to build aconcept model and use case models. These models will serve as the fundamental basis of projectdevelopment. After the team and NASA technical expert review the requirements, students workon the preliminary design phase of the project. For the preliminary design, students choose thedesign platforms and finish the design of data schema. They also need to complete workflowmodel and interoperability analysis. NASA technical expert review the preliminary designreport. Based on review results, students improve their preliminary design. Next, in the finaldesign and fabrication
AC 2010-1370: LEARNING FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY RELATEDCAPSTONE PROJECTSYuyi Lin, University of Missouri Page 15.835.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Learning from Energy Conversion Related Capstone ProjectsAbstractStudents’ capstone-design projects are more and more focused on renewable energy generationand conversion due to ever-increasing energy consumption and a concern for environmentalprotection. The initial challenge arises from the first step in any design process -- how to justifyworking on energy-related topics given severe constraints on time and other resources in atypical capstone project. Since many topics and problems related to renewable energy
engineering, mathematics and science contexts. He has worked to develop advanced learning experiences with technology include serious games, simulations, and digital manipulatives.Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University Dr. Masataka Okutsu is a Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. His research background is in astrodynamics and space mission design. He co-instructs an aerospace-design course, in which our experimental serious game was introduced in the fall-2009 semester.Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University Daniel DeLaurentis is an assistant professor in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. His current research
Geographic and Land Information Systems (GLIS) Board. He is also a member of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), He currently serves on the executive of the Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) of ASEE. Page 15.33.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Geomatics Engineering Curriculum for Enhancing the Professional Capacity of the Graduate Surveyor at the University of Lagos, NigeriaAbstractAdvances in land surveying technology and instrumentation now make it possible for lessqualified surveyors to produce
. Page 15.1251.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The rapid development of Computer Science and Information and communication Technology (ICT) courses at higher education institutions in Afghanistan Abstract The development of computer science and ICT courses within the higher education institutions in Afghanistan has been discussed in this paper and the main reasons behind such success have been highlighted. Recommendations have been made to integrate ICT within mainstream education and to improve and develop the education of other science, engineering and technology subjects within the Afghan universities, which will be crucial for future development in the country. 1
AC 2010-2250: SENIOR DESIGN: A SIMPLE SET OF REPORT OUTLINES ANDEVALUATION RUBRICSRegina Hannemann, University of Kentucky Page 15.1058.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Senior Design: A Simple Set of Report Outlines and Evaluation RubricsAbstractTo evaluate student performance in design courses is a challenging task. There are manydifferent tools available and there are also a variety of tools being described in the literature.Most of these research papers focus on specific topics such as self/peer evaluation, choice ofteams, choice of projects, and other very self contained aspects of design courses. This
AC 2010-1327: WATER TURBINE: IMPROVING A PROJECT FORREINFORCING MACHINE COMPONENT DESIGNHarold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy MAJ Harold Henderson graduated as an Armor officer from the United States Military Academy in 1998. He has served in the U.S. Army in the United States and Iraq. He holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University. His research interests include unmanned ground vehicles, energy harvesting, instructional technology and distance education. He is currently serving as an Instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point.Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy
AC 2010-15: ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNINGMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional, national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member of