Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

institutions to take full advantage of Page 12.1451.3 their academic years and to better understand and practice their full responsibilities, rights, and privileges as citizens of this country. SAAB provides an opportunity for itsmembers to work in the community with other younger Black males in need of guidanceand direction. To accomplish its goals, educational and cultural activities are offered toall student participants. Services such as tutorial assistance, career planning andcounseling, cultural and social activities, personal development opportunities, communityservice and service learning, and spiritual enrichment

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Karen Hollebrands, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 12.374.5were much more comfortable after basic skills became rote to them. In today’s elementaryclassroom, “spiraling” curricula such as Math Trailblazers (in use in our county) cover the basicskills, but, if a child misses a part of the “spiral,” they could find themselves at a disadvantagewhen applying the concept later.This need to reinforce basic skills, combined with the parents’ expressed concerns about theirability to help their children, resulted in our plan to develop and implement both an elementaryand a middle school family math event. The elementary version was first implemented inOctober 2005 at a local rural elementary school which is not a part of the RAMP-UP project.The event, coordinated by the project director and a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

would have to make it to help direct other people, so all through your career, those are real-world decisions they have to make on what do I work on now, where do I commit my resources to, and how that can, how the whole thing impacts the schedule, the design process, all of those things.”All instructors observed the challenges of staying on schedule with regards to the design. Simpletasks take longer than expected, and the plan does not usually allow leeway for unexpectedproblems or events. One instructor stated that students “probably need to experience failure” inorder to understand how difficult design is.Varied views of role of instructor in service-learning programThe instructors saw their role in service-learning

Conference Session

Design for Special Services

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

final exam anymore.We have also hypothesized that the list leads to a reduction of anxiety for students. We plan toinvestigate this further, but it appears that students who have exam anxiety feel a reduced senseof stress when they are able to see in advance the words that will appear on the exam. It mayalso be beneficial for students with learning disabilities because it gives them time to familiarizethemselves with the words in advance.Perhaps one of the most useful aspects of the list is that we can now word questions on the examusing the precise language we want to use without regard to our students’ current vocabulary Page

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics, diversity/international issues, environmental issues/sustainability, medicine and bioengineering. • Personal Development – stress management and other wellness issues.This course is a particularly good class to do problem-based, cooperative activitiesbecause it addresses the goal of giving students engineering

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education-HDL

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Gribschaw, D/EECS, USMA; Paul Patterson, D/EECS, USMA; Bryan Goda, USMA

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

class time in whichthe instructor has set aside time and planned the lesson to provide instruction specifically on theCAD/E tool. We refer to informal instruction as those occasions at the start, middle or end ofclass where an instructor spends a couple of minutes providing simple direction or guidance toassist students in learning or using the CAD/E tool. This may occur as a result of a surveyresponse, in response to a question a student had during additional instruction/office hours, or asa result of a question before or during class. An example of informal instruction that could resultfrom the survey would be to show the Active-HDL help index at the beginning of the next classperiod. We learned in our Master Teacher Program that addressing

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia; Benjamin Kidd, University of Virginia; Ping Guan, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

to create a series of ecological, modular and affordable house prototypes. Our goal isto demonstrate the environmental and economic potential of prefabrication, and to challenge themodular and manufactured housing industry in the U.S. to explore this potential. In the contextof this multi-year project, an interdisciplinary group of architecture, engineering, landscapearchitecture, historic preservation, business, environmental science, planning and economics Page 12.1076.2students are participating in the design, construction and evaluation phases of the project. Threeprototypes are being developed for Piedmont Housing Alliance, and one for

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Donnelly, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

into graduate STEM fields,• Develop an evaluation model to investigate the effectiveness of partnershipsThe SEAGEP strategic plan was guided by the eight design principles to expand highereducation capacity described by BEST 14: institutional leadership, targeted recruitment, engagedfaculty, personal attention, peer support, enriched research experience, bridging to the next level,and continuous evaluation. With regard to institutional leadership, it has been shown thatsupport from top officials is crucial for the initiative to be successful. 1,15 With this in mind,commitment to the goals of the alliance was secured from top officials at each of the partnerinstitutions, providing the foundation upon which the collaboration has been built. A

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World / International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Dees, Middle Tennessee State University; Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

International

hydrogen electrolysis unit 2. Electrolysis purifies water and separates the hydrogen from the oxygen 3. Hydrogen is displaced into a metal hydride tank to solidify 4. Hydrogen is then converted to a gaseous state through a process which will allow the hydrogen to be used directly by the truck.With a lighter vehicle and more sophisticated equipment, his hybrid hydrogen truck could travel300 miles. Ricketts plans to make a 600-mile trek across Tennessee. “Making the trip across thestate on only sun and water as the power sources should, I believe, have as much impact as theWright Brothers flying the first airplane,” Ricketts said. “My hope is that we make this an annualevent, and every year, somebody will do it faster, more

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

-accreditation was not requested. Nonetheless,the campus visit assignment process was completed with a very strong set of PEV andinstitutional matches.However, one could naturally conclude that PEV “recruiting and planning” for the appropriatenumber of annual program accreditation visits is not an exact science, and is only known whenABET issues its roster to ASEE for PEV assignments. On the other hand, ASEE can be pleasedthat our role did not start in 2005-06, when the corresponding number was 18 (rather than 13)institutions. With our experience in the interim, ASEE will be better able to handle theuncertainty in the task in 2011-12 with 20 institutions currently listed. Since this was the firstcycle for ASEE, the ASEE AAC leadership wisely arranged

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

an article, 1 pointfor distributing it, 2 points for their questions, 2 points for the summary and 3 points for leadingthe discussion. Given that there were more weeks in the semester than students in the class, theinstructor initially planned on leading the discussions herself during the remaining weeks. Afterthe students signed up during the first week of class, the extra weeks occurred late in thesemester. As the semester progressed, several students expressed a desire to lead an additional“Fabulous Friday” as a way to earn extra credit for the course or to improve their performanceover their first “Fabulous Friday”. Students were given the opportunity to do another “FabulousFriday” for up to five extra credit points. For the two students

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

technical lead is usually the faculty advisor, unless this faculty doesnot possess the expertise needed to conduct the project. The technical lead meets with the entirechapter once weekly for 2-4 hours to address engineering design issues, and conduct workshopsto prepare students for travel. This person also actively advises the student project manager andapproves the final student design. The technical lead should also travel with the team to supportstudents in onsite design changes as needed.Faculty (and professional) technical mentors: Additional faculty are recruited as needed to giveguidance to the students during the project design phase.Student project manager: This is a student who oversees the entire project including design,planning

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

various episodes of Star Trek, from TheOriginal Series with Captain James T. Kirk and company, through The Next Generation, withCaptain Jean Luc Picard. Students learn how to methodically approach tough ethical decisionsin their current lives as students, and in their future professional lives. This course helps themto identify, understand, and examine their moral values, and especially to plan actions that areconsistent with these values. In group and class discussions, the class explores the currentthinking on the responsibilities of engineers to society, community, family, and themselves, aswell as addressing issues that are relevant to their lives as students. Emphasis is placed onapplying key concepts to realistic problems and on developing

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

author implemented more lectures in which heutilized the board more effectively. Doing so, he believed that this modification improved boththe student learning and instructor’s rating. Finelli et al.6 also noted that student feedback has themost positive impact of all on student ratings on teaching.Geometric design of Transportation facilitiesBoth graduate and undergraduate senior students were enrolled in this course. The mainobjective of this course was to teach the students the principles pertinent to the planning anddesign of transportation facilities and their applications in the design of functional and safesystems to satisfy the demands of the transportation industry. No laboratory tests were conductedin this course. Contrary to the

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Vonda Walsh, Virginia Military Institute; H. Francis Bush, Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Anthony English, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

that our learning is maximally effective for cause-and-effect relationships when delay is minimized, but that our psychological tolerance for delay ismuch higher. This conflict between competence perception and objective reality impactsuniversity information technology infrastructure and pedagogical software design. This isespecially the case for the emerging field of long-distance web education. These studies exposeflaws in perception-based assessment of these areas. Continued studies are planned to assesscategory-specific differences such as age, gender, and major.IntroductionThe use of web-based learning tools is continuing to increase today as well as the promotion oflong-distance learning and assessment1. Many standardized tests, such as

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Lunt, Brigham Young University; Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps; David Wood

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

conference proceeding with the lowest ranking was SIGMetrics. The acceptancerates ranged from a high of 70% (CISSE) to a low of 12% (SIGMetrics). All of the conferenceproceedings used peer review, and all were open to externally-submitted papers. This study was intended to open the topic of ranking scholarly outlets in informationtechnology; it was not envisioned as a complete or final study. Additionally, the list ofpublications and conferences studied was by no means complete, but was intended to provide agood place for a more complete study. Plans for future research include seeking the fundingnecessary to complete a study with many more respondents from academia as well as from thepractice of information technology. It is envisioned that

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

emphasized.As an implementation path, we would most likely develop and offer one or two courses peryear. After three or four years, having tested, refined and proven the courses, we could makemulti-disciplinary design “required” (i.e., every student takes one design elective).Gathering More Information from ConstituentsBefore returning to constituents to gather more input, we developed a detailed plan forchoosing and testing the final alternative. In July 2006, a team of six from MSU participatedin the Engineering Educators Leadership Institute sponsored by the National Academy ofEngineering’s Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education.20 Theteam included the authors of this paper, the dean of engineering, the assistant dean

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

assessment will be fed back into future workshops.At present, workshops are planned for 2007 and 2008. Rubrics for scoring case analyses werediscussed in the 2006 workshop as part of the assessment module. The case study binder is also being developed as a book through ASCE Press, with ananticipated publication date of late 2007. The book will roughly follow the Table 1 outline, withadditional cases developed.Summary and Conclusions Engineering failures have had a substantial impact on practice. The study of failure casescan improve civil engineering education and make it easier to include discussion of professionalpractice issues (as mandated by ABET and the ASCE BOK). A considerable amount of failure case study information is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

the students to explore how existing fatiguetheory might be modified to accommodate the effects. The overall results were positive. Manystudents asked insightful and relevant questions regarding the incorporation of shot-peen data.The students were less effective at developing a plan for creating a graphical output useful forthe client. They seemed either unwilling or had difficulty in placing themselves in the role of theclient, and had trouble understanding what they would want to aid in the design of shafts. Lastly,the exercise seemed to take the majority of students more than the three hours to complete. Page 12.668.8Because an overriding

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; Shreepud Rauniar, Drexel University; Horacio Sosa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of this type of control, a batch processing requireshighly sophisticated PLC programming and engineering. Figure 7 shows the control circuits for integration of PLC sequence with a robot andmechanical systems for a simulated process through the Internet. The control is planned fora logical system by labeling inputs and outputs. The students have to make sure that thesequence programming is in agreement with the logical system and the required electriccircuit is connected with the interconnect wiring to the Yamaha RCX40 controller, as wellas the input and output modules. The material handling system uses a diaphragm-typevacuum cup as it provides large suction force for small suction volumes. The FESTOsuction cup, with a diameter of 15

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; David Lange, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

educationaloutcomes closely followed those of ABET20007. Interestingly, prior to ABET2000,ABET criteria explicitly required the inclusion of ½ year of study of humanities andsocial sciences. The explicit requirement is no longer the case. ASCE is currentlyworking on revisions to the BOK and plans to publish a second edition to the BOK inearly 2008.As argued in the first portion of this paper, the technical component of the education offuture civil engineers needs to be supported by math, natural science, humanities andsocial science. Presented on Figure 1 is a graphic that attempts to capture this centralidea. Technical Depth Technical & Professional Breadth

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priti Bhatnagar, Daniel Webster College; Christopher McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Chad Hebert, Daniel Webster College; Sonja Crowder, Daniel Webster College; David Guo, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-world applications, and communication skills. Theformation of the CDIO Initiative was a response to feedback from industry surveys whichcommunicated that although today’s engineering graduates are technically competent, theygenerally need one to two years of additional training before they are ready to function asengineers. Some of the common weaknesses cited are communication skills, including graphics,the ability to work in teams, and design skills. This paper will present a plan for a five-semesterconcurrent engineering design sequence, as well as an expanded use of design experiences incore engineering courses. Students will present an aerodynamics CDIO project that enhancestheir understanding of the effect of planform shape on finite wing

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Institute of Technology, currently serves as Technical Communication Course Coordinator. She teaches writing, public speaking, and humanities elective courses to engineering and science students. Her graduate work in rhetoric and literature was completed at Penn State, and her recent research often focuses on engineering and workplace communication.Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Julia M. Williams is the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, and ABET have appeared in the IEEE Transactions on

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Fig. 4. Here, thehorizontal axis denotes the item numbers described in Table 7, and the vertical axis denotesthe average rating by the students. This feedback from the graduating engineers helps tomeasure the success of the design course in preparing the students to perform as a successfulmechanical engineer, and also tells about the areas which probably need more attention. FromFig. 4, it can be seen that, according to the student response the ME Capstone Design Coursewas very successful in training the students for Teamwork, Communication, etc, but probablyneed more work in Design for Safety, Environment, Project Management Tool, etc. In future,it is planned to conduct the same survey among the alumni working in different industries, tohave

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Mattila, Michigan Technological University; Ke Li, Michican Technological University; James Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy

), “Construction Labor Motivation”, A-2, P5-9, Rep. of the Constr. Industry Cost Effectiveness Proj., New York.10. Maloney, William F., (1983) “Productivity Improvement: The Influence of Labor”, J. Constr., Engrg. And Mgmt., ASCE, Sep., 109(3), 321-334.11. Borcherding, John D. (1977). “Participative Decision Making in Construction”, J. Constr., Engrg. And Mgmt., ASCE, December, 103(CO4) 567-575.12. The Associated General Contractors of America, (1994), “Constrcuction Planning & Scheduling”, Pub. NO. 1107.1, P31, 2nd Printing, Alexandria, VA.13. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001–04. www.bartleby.com/65/. July 20, 2006..14. Rodda Chris (2001), “The law of diminishing (marginal) returns

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis

analysis ofKolb’s Learning Styles Inventory, and qualitative individual interviews with a sample of studentswho made the decision to leave engineering. Differences between retained and not retainedstudent scores in one of the combined scores from the Kolb Learning Style Inventory werestatistically significant for students majoring in Mechanical Engineering at The University ofMemphis. Retained students had a stronger preference for abstract conceptualization, whilestudents that were not retained preferred concrete experience. Future plans seek furtherexamination of these findings through refinement of the study instruments combined with repeatdata collection and expansion of the methodology to include data from three other engineeringinstitutions

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Miles, United States Military Academy; C.M. Chewar, United States Military Academy

subject. The plans for class instruction werereinforced through homework assignments and then tested on exams. Two multi-part projects(labs) involved applying various concepts learned in the class in a design fashion. It was atypical introductory course, in that the book presented problems which sometimes requireddesigning and implementing a solution, but which all had a definitive right answer that thestudents could shoot for. The two labs were larger problems that involved more effort from thestudents, but also had an approved solution that was non-negotiable. With the intention of concurrently redeveloping and teaching the course, we looked forimprovements that could be made to invoke a deeper learning experience. For the first half

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students isaddressed by frequent contact opportunities for the faculty through this and other components ofthe outreach program. The second factor is addressed by including hands-on activities in thelesson plans and providing opportunities for the students to work on exploratory projects and toparticipate in ongoing research projects. A companion paper in this conference specificallyaddresses this aspect (Lin et al. 2007). The third factor is addressed through individual or smallgroup mentoring. In fact the faculty team made every effort to do all that and has been successfulin retaining the students in the program and sustaining their interest in STEM areas.Some of the challenges we faced in the camp operation are discussed below. These are

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Morton, Western Washington University

multiple memorymaps.In Western’s junior-level course, students are introduced to D-Bug12 resident on the target forthe first five labs. This simplifies the task of writing the programs and introduces them to asimple command-line resident debugger – a tool they are likely to encounter in industry. Thenonce they are introduced to the required startup code, they jump to using the D-Bug12 monitoron the POD. From that point, all of their labs are programmed into target flash and are essentiallyfinal products. As Freescale develops a better CodeWarrior interface with the new serial monitor,we plan on transitioning from the D-Bug12 POD to the serial monitor POD.Software Tools and Teaching MaterialsIn addition to the 9S12UB hardware, Freescale has done a

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Linda Nook, Riverview High School; William Massolio, Riverview High School; Robert Liming, Riverview High School; Nancy Smith, Riverview High School; Susan Pantling, Riverview High School; Rodeny Jones, Riverview High School; Jan Davis, RIverview High School; Judy Meksraitis, Riverview High School; Effa Beauette, Riverview High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(plan to) attend college. Page 12.84.10 Table 2 School environment relationship to student=s VPA talent (Analysis addresses students with VPA talent only)PARENT SURVEY Total IB TE magnet Genera HSVPA students 48 27 (56.3%) 12 (25.0%) 9 (18.8%)VPA students/total 48/129 27/45 12/38 9/46students in program (37.2%) (60.0%) (31.6%) (19.6%)VPA activities occur mainly: At school 30(62.5%) Away from school 12 (25.0