Conference Session

Implementation of Experiments in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benxin Wu, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

beenfound that many students feel that the class is a little bit boring, and one of the reasons is that theclass does not have an experimental section, and the students do not have the opportunities to seeand/or practice what they have seen in the lecture notes or textbooks. For example, during thefinal official evaluation of the class organized by the university, some students commented:• “This course is only theory based. Student can not have any practical knowledge about the different machining process.• “Student should have the opportunity to do practical manufacturing project.”It has also been found that the attendance rate became lower as the class went on, and in somecases it even dropped to below 30%, implying the lack of the

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Alleman, Purdue University; Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana; Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Brett Gunnink, Montana State University; George List, North Carolina State University; Roger Smith, Texas A&M University; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

– Synthesis), Outcome 8 (Problem Recognition and Problem Solving;Level 4 – Analysis), and Outcome 15 (Technical Specialization; Level 5 – Synthesis).The ten participating programs were asked to identify the various types of master-level programs Page 14.3.8they offer. Five different graduate level pathways were identified: a master of science (MS)with thesis, an MS without thesis but with a scholarly project, a master of engineering (MEng)with a scholarly project, an MEng with only coursework, and other options not listed. For eachmasters-level program offered, the ten programs were asked to assess the achievement level oftheir masters graduates

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

their teaching. Even though classes were taught in Dari, westill found that we were able to conduct an adequate assessment and provide useful instructorfeedback. Spending time in the classroom provided us with different ideas for our classroom andgave us some insight into what works and what does not work. Teaching the seminar and seeingthe new faculty members’ excitement and desire to do more inspired and reminded us to exudethe characteristics which make teachers great in our own classroom.Bringing Relevance into the ClassroomAnother great part of this experience was that in a developing country like Afghanistan,infrastructure development is a huge mission for the nation. At NMAA, there were numerousongoing construction projects on the

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Professional Engineer, who is inresponsible charge of a project. The appropriate utilization of the CE Technologist in the civilengineering industry can help to correct what appears to be a poor utilization of labor that occurswhen P.E.s are performing common analysis tasks such as slope stability or surface water run-offcalculations for several days or weeks of the month. There is no need to have a P.E., or even tohave passed the F.E exam, or to have had courses in Calculus III and a third science to properlydraw a flow net, or to make bearing capacity calculations, or to size a reinforced concrete beamand select the proper reinforcement. Granted, in many offices such analyses are often done byentry level civil engineering graduates, or engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

research projects while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of power electronics, motor drives, power quality and clean power utility interface issues.Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston FARROKH ATTARZADEH Dr. Attarzadeh is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming, digital logic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Program. He is an Associated Editor for student papers of the Journal of Technology Interface (http://engr.nmsu.edu/~etti/). He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983.Miguel Ramos

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Renee Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

learning to determine if we haveachieved these desired outcomes. We believe that one very fruitful approach is to focus onmodels and modeling, especially the development and use of model eliciting activities or MEAs8-10 . We propose that this construct, developed initially by mathematics educators, can be both animportant learning intervention, as well as a research tool, and can be tightly coupled with otherassessment tools. To that extent, under funding from National Science Foundation (CCLI Phase3) - Collaborative Research: Improving Engineering Students’ Learning Strategies ThroughModels and Modeling - we are leading a seven university study to do exactly that11. Below wedescribe the MEA methodology, provide an overview of the project, and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aman Yadav, Purdue University; Gregory Shaver, Purdue University; Peter Meckl, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

), 375-381.6. Cowan, D. (2006). Adopt a building project: Utilizing the existing (case studies) to teach construction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL.7. Yadav, A. "Video Cases in Teacher Education: What Role Does Task Play in Learning from Video Cases in Two Elementary Education Literacy Methods Courses?" Doctoral Dissertation, Michigan State University, 2006.8. Lundeberg, M A, and A Yadav. "Assessment of Case Study Teaching: Where Do We Go from Here? Part I." Journal of College Science Teaching 35, no. 5 (2006): 10-13.9. Lundeberg, M A, and A Yadav. "Assessment of Case Study Teaching: Where Do We Go from Here? Part 2." Journal of College

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

from knowing a student who is the first in their family to leavetheir small town to attempt a bachelor's degree. Rapport with students can begin to be built asadvisors bridge their own experiences to what the students will soon be experiencing.Questioning the student about why they are choosing their major also allows the advisor to selectappropriate exploration routes. If a student says they are choosing a discipline like engineeringbecause they love math and its applications, then the advising can direct students to findindependent research projects or summer programs where they will be exposed to these types oflearning. Finally, a complete student background can be done by filling in information about thestudents academic background on

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Stice, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-16, 28-30, 48 (1967).7. Keller, F. S., personal conversation, 1973.8. Eric V. Thompson, “A Brief History of Major Oil Companies in the Gulf Region,” Petroleum Archives Project, Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies Program (APAG), University of Virginia (no date). Available at http://www.virginia.edu/lgpr/APAG/apagoilhistory.html.9. Robert V. Droz, “Standard Oil: 1961,” July 12, 2001. Available at http://www.us- highways.com/sohist1961/htm Page 14.96.5

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Hacker, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Winny Dong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mary Lucero Ferrel, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

project is attempting to change the culture of the campus inorder to increase the number of women faculty in STEM and to help further the careers of thosealready on campus. Mentoring Circles have been created to allow networking among a smallgroup of women and reduce the burden on any individual of implementing such a program.IntroductionMentoring programs have been implemented to improve the retention and increase the success offaculty at many universities, especially for women in the male-dominated fields of science andengineering.1, 2, 3, 4 A number of different models have been used for the mentoring programsincluding the traditional dyadic relationship of a mentor and protégé, referred to as the groomingmentoring model, a less-structured

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, United States Coast Guard Academy; Michael Plumley, United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

above discussions of entropy and 2nd law control volume selection are generally well received the author still sees the projection of a physical meaning to entropy as one of the greatest challenges in Thermodynamic instruction. References [1] A.C.Foley(2007)Escape from Carnot : A new way to introduce the mysterious property, entropy. ASEE 2007 National convention, Hawaii AC 2007-233 [2] Cengel. Y.A, Boles M.A (2008) Thermodynamics an engineering approach. Chapter 7, p395. 6th Ed. Mcgraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-352921-9 [3] A.C.Foley (2006) Applying the ‘catch all’ general control volume and the Reynolds transport equation to improve thermodynamic instruction.. ASEE National

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, the operation ofour own Course Management System (CMS) as a fee-based self-sustaining business operation,our ongoing applied research projects for the mining industry and defense agencies, ourpartnerships with other colleges, universities, industry, and government, the creation of our ETAL fundraising unit, and the operation of the shop CART store.The vision of CART is to become a highly respected resource for innovative engineering andemerging technologies in the discovery of advanced research and design of applications thatdrive our economic viability, solve industrial problems, and strengthen economic security andnational defense.Our specific mission is to produce outstanding financial returns by providing efficient andeffective research

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuju Wu, Southeast Missouri State University; Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University; Xiaobing Hou, Southeast Missouri State University; Charlie Wallgren, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

trunk configuration,2.5 WLAN segmentWireless LAN is an integral part of the lab. Integrated service routers that provide both wiredconnections and wireless access capability are used. The students in wireless networking classes(undergraduate and graduate) perform laboratory experiments beyond the range of the integratedtelecommunications laboratory, considering that lab and project activities involve the wirelessLANs covering buildings or even the entire campus.2.6 Wired Data Network segment (Room 218)This segment was the first TCN networking lab. It features fifteen computer stations, eachequipped with two computers. Other networking devices include fifteen Cisco routers, nineCisco switches and one 3com switch. The devices are used by the

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mitchell, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

 process    Design in its many facets is the heart of the Architectural Engineering  AE  profession    All the tools of mathematics  the sciences  communication  and the varied analytic methods of the disciplines in which our students specialize are chosen to support and enhance the design process and product    (ow we teach design for Architectural Engineers is the subject of a year long study that ) ve undertaken as a sabbatical project   )n the literature there are many papers addressing specific aspects of design classes  particularly freshman and capstone design  as well as some looking at the entire curriculum   There is also a vast literature about general engineering design  addressing everything from the latest theories in the learning

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Burger, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

they would select the same university if they had to do it overagain provided some context for understanding which environmental elements might facilitateretention of female students in particular. Undergraduate students at these institutions describedthemselves as self-starters and acknowledged some competition to get good grades, but theyagreed that their institution has a culture where students are encouraged and respected for takingthe initiative to seek out needed expertise. Interviews with administrators and faculty at the highinstitutions identified priorities for interdisciplinary and team-based projects. Placing theseelements as priorities in the instructional experience may aid retention, communicating to thestudents that no one is

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

amount of active consulting that was reportedwas relatively small in relation to their academic responsibilities. Among those that wereactively performing consulting services, all reported that they are asked to join theprojects because of expertise they could provide to the project team. Furthermore, mostreported that as a means of continuous professional growth they were only willing toaccept challenging consulting projects. Several individuals discussed professionalpractice as a means for them to maintain connection with industry practices and a way tobring examples of actual projects into the classroom. The value of classroom discussionsrelated to actual projects that the faculty member had worked on was a repeated themeidentified in the

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Brian Linhares; Sharifa Happy; Hossein Rahemi

illustrate the various benefits that the components of the robot, such as sensorsand moving mechanisms, power sources, and the composition of green elements can benefit afield of crops (Figure 2). With the use of laser sensors, we will accurately measure the height ofthe crops by scanning the crops in an angled projection. This then allows for the robot to selfadjust its height to the height of the crop.The ultrasound sensor will be detecting if there is something in front before mechanisms areactivated. Controls will be using GPS guidance systems. Pullers, blades, and a conveyor belt willbe the rotating systems, grabbing, cutting, and extracting the crops inside the robot. The soilsensor will be a panel collecting and analyzing the soil components

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sandeep Dilwali

technology continues to be a national issue. It is projected that there will be shortfallof the people needed to fill positions in science, technology and engineering and math(STEM) related disciplines for the next several years. Unless some significant steps aretaken to address this issue, this shortage will continue to grow to undesirable levels. Students coming out of high schools have major decisions to make in terms ofchoice of careers, and many postpone that decision to while at college or later. A largenumber of students begin college with a choice of major as “Undecided”, and hope thatfew years of college education will place them in a better position to be able a make aninformed decision. Also many students are concerned that the

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Keerthi Takkalapelli

, building peer network for group study and design projects, obtaining a mentor, and becoming an ASEE chapter officer were ranked 1 to 4 respectively, among the activities. 2. The student membership improved by 144% because of the top 4 activities. 3. t-tests and ANOVA tests indicated that the top 4 activities increased interest on ASEE at a statistically significant level of 0.01.RecommendationsEach year, student interest may be changing. Therefore, a preliminary survey needs to beconducted for adding new interests and removing insignificant interests from the list. Programsshould be scheduled and implemented representing the issues. Energies and resources should bespent according to the weighted priorities of the

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Paul Blowers

be built asadvisors bridge their own experiences to what the students will soon be experiencing.Questioning the student about why they are choosing their major also allows the advisor to selectappropriate exploration routes. If a student says they are choosing a discipline like engineeringbecause they love math and its applications, then the advising can direct students to findindependent research projects or summer programs where they will be exposed to these types oflearning. Finally, a complete student background can be done by filling in information about thestudents academic background on grades, extracurricular activities, courses taken, and workexperiences. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Keerthi Takkalapelli

, building peer network for group study and design projects, obtaining a mentor, and becoming an ASEE chapter officer were ranked 1 to 4 respectively, among the activities. 2. The student membership improved by 144% because of the top 4 activities. 3. t-tests and ANOVA tests indicated that the top 4 activities increased interest on ASEE at a statistically significant level of 0.01.RecommendationsEach year, student interest may be changing. Therefore, a preliminary survey needs to beconducted for adding new interests and removing insignificant interests from the list. Programsshould be scheduled and implemented representing the issues. Energies and resources should bespent according to the weighted priorities of the

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

credit to the originality of others and acknowledge indebtedness whenever: 1. Directly quoting another person's actual words, whether oral or written; 2. Using another person's ideas, opinions, or theories; 3. Paraphrasing the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of others, whether oral or written; 4. Borrowing facts, statistics, or illustrative material; or 5. Offering materials assembled or collected by others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgment.8 Page 14.1056.3Causes of the problem: ignorance or competing demands?Some learners fail to follow academic integrity standards because

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

presentedworkshops at a regional conference on September 2007 and 2008. Around 250 and 280 (in 2007and 2008, respectively) teachers from the state of Quintana Roo (Mexico) were engaged in a 3-day summer conference, during which they attended several distinguished lectures and seminarsincluding the How People Learn framework6, 7, 17, active and cooperative learning13, and aworkshop where they performed and learned how to teach five Alimentos Divertidos experimentsand an engineering teaching kit (ETK), using foods as tools to facilitate engineering and sciencelearning.For over 10 years, professors from UDLAP have been working with the company CalizasIndustriales del Carmen (CALICA) on a community service project whose main objective is toprovide teacher

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

process byproviding additional experience, with different audiences and forums. For example:1. Develop presentation skills:Through industrial training, the author has developed his presentation skills, including how to: ≠ Adapt his teaching/training approach to match the characteristics of the audience (i.e. experience, age, gender) ≠ Project his voice (speak with passion and clarity) ≠ Provide work related examples of industry concerns and solutions to promote interest, participation and learning ≠ Expertly respond to student questions dealing with industry concerns ≠ Speak with confidence on his area of expertise ≠ Improve his speech fluency ≠ Use of humor to defuse tension and promote interest2. The importance

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Andrew Morozov, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students were recruitedbased on their high likelihood of completing an engineering major, roughly a quarter of theinitial sample was lost during the four years of the study due to students switching out ofengineering.11 With some data collection methods (e.g., individual interview, the design tasksdiscussed in this paper) being very resource-intensive, project limitations also resulted in a lowersample size for some methods in some years.In its original form, data analyzed for this paper were drawn from a set of handwritten responsesto an engineering design task. In the task, participants were asked to design a method to allowpedestrians to cross a street at a busy intersection. Specifically, they were given 15 minutes torespond to a sequence of

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Iskander, University of Utah; Paul Gore, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1733: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EXPRESSED AND MEASUREDINTERESTS IN ENGINEERING-RELATED FIELDS OVER A 30-YEAR SPANTiffany Iskander, University of Utah Tiffany Iskander is a first year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Utah. Her research interests are focused on the expressed and measured gender differences and areas of interest in college bound students.Paul Gore, University of Utah Paul Gore is an Associate Professor and Student Success Special Projects Coordinator at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the academic and career success of adolescents and young adults. Prior to his current position, Dr. Gore was the Director of Career

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

. , an Step 13 Locate and open the appropriate evaluation assignment with a discussion board deliverable, a submission tool (e.g., email, discussion board, drop project assignment with a due date several weeks box, survey, quiz) in WebCT. away). Step 14 Use WebCT tool interface to submit evaluationStep 7 Review the list to determine the number and nature assignment content and return to Step 5 until all of interaction evaluation activities for the week (e.g., nodes are examined. an online quiz). Step 15 Return with goal

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nipul Patel, Purdue University, North Central; Bryan Marshall, Georgia College and State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

utilization by consolidating demand forunderutilized services. Each of the smaller companies would have an individualdemand for certain services such as tech support maintenance. They would need toemploy a minimum number of people to provide the service and enough excess tohandle peak demand. By pooling these services, resources would likely be larger thanan individual company’s resources but smaller than the sum total of the individualgroups. Also by averaging the demand of several projects, peak resource requirementscan potentially be minimized. For example, if a company has daily need of 20 units ofcomputing power but a peak of 50 units on certain days of the year. They would haveto be capable of handling the 50 units plus some margin for error at

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HongLi Luo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

applications ≠ Know the fundamental lossless compression and lossy compression techniques ≠ Know the current image compression and video compression standards ≠ Know the basic technologies in designing adaptive multimedia applications ≠ Know the different protocols for multimedia transmission ≠ Write a simple Internet networking application using socket programming ≠ Know the current peer-to-peer multimedia networking applications ≠ Gain hands-on experiences on multimedia transmission technologiesTo accomplish these objectives, the course is composed of lectures, homework, laboratoryassignments, literature readings and course project. Hands-on laboratories are mainly designed tohelp students get familiar with the multimedia compression

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research in ET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Denton, Purdue University; Nancy Denton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Engineering technology facultymembers have many reasons to participate in the industrial certification exam developmentprocess.Nancy: My involvement in the Vibration Institute’s industry-based certification program began when I took a couple of their certification examinations. I did so to establish more credibility in a highly practice-oriented field, while gaining a better understanding of what MET students should study to be competent in vibration-based machinery monitoring. The reliability field has been growing and evolving. Project opportunities regularly arise that require full understanding of rotating equipment, its vibration signatures, and related data acquisition concerns. Maintaining technical currency and ensuring my