Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

Tagged Divisions

International

comprehensive, residential liberal-arts and sciences branch campus inthe Arabian Gulf, set to open in 2010, is in a class by itself. The NYU/Abu Dhabi projectwill see a flow of professors and students between New York and Abu Dhabi, allowingseamless transfers.The NYU/Abu Dhabi project thus meets several needs of the US university, andsimultaneously addresses a major goal of Abu Dhabi, to be identified as a hub ofknowledge transmission and creation in the region, as well as attending to the need tobuild human capacity in its citizens and its significant expatriate population. Page 14.318.3US engineering programs in the Middle EastSeveral US engineering schools

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Saddler, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

acquisition) was used to exploredoctoral student socialization7. The main research question guiding this study was: What contribution does research collaboration with a faculty member play in thesocialization of doctoral students in engineering committed to a career as a faculty member? Thefollowing sub-question guided the overall research question: What do doctoral students inengineering learn about faculty careers through their research engagement with faculty mentors? Page 14.1064.3 For purposes of this study, faculty mentor was defined as the person who collaboratedwith the doctoral student on a research project and who the doctoral

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JungHun Choi, Ohio University; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton; Kenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

related to the Mechanical Engineering Technology Page 14.1200.9(MET) and Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) fields. Both courses need to be offeredsimultaneously in order to demonstrate how the Mechanical and Electrical EngineeringTechnology fields can be integrated and jointly applied to solve “real world” engineeringproblems. Both courses have common laboratory and project components. The nature of theprojects is electromechanical, for example, a garage door with an electrical opener. In theMechanical Systems course, students will design the mechanical components of the garage door.The electrical aspect of the project, that is, selecting the

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Reniz Moosa, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

AC 2009-419: VIRTUAL WALK THROUGH OF A BUILDING FOUNDATIONSYSTEM USING GAME ENGINEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor in the Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and a Ph.D. in Civil

Conference Session

Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ristroph, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Engineering Economy

wide range of projects. This is crucial to setting the discount rate, par-ticularly in smaller companies that still use payback or similar measures. A concise coverage canuse Thuesen’s approach5 of: • explaining the investment opportunities curve of capital budgeting, and • noting that investments with higher internal rates of return tend to be selected first, • so differences among mutually exclusive alternatives generally increase or decrease funds available to marginal projects having an internal rate around MARR, Page 14.552.6 • and then showing that selecting the alternative

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shi-Jer Lou, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; C. Ray Diez, University of North Dakota; Hsi-Chi Hsiao, Cheng Shiu University; Wen-Hsiung Wu, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences; Shu-Hsuan Chang, National Changhua University of Education

Tagged Divisions

International

: senior high school girl students, STEM, attitude Page 14.120.2 I. Introduction In an era of ever-changing technology, American education authorities found that theelementary and high schools could not provide their students with necessary knowledge andskills of science and technology. Since 1980s, America has aggressively been improving thecurriculum of science, engineering and mathematics. Therefore, in 1985, AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) launched a long-term project called“Project 2061” that committed to reform science, mathematics and technology education. Theplan made

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Brown, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

Page 14.714.6assessment process, suggests that the ICPT program has a strong potential to have significantbenefit to students and tutors. It appears that students see tremendous value in the tutors and thattutors learn from their experience. More research is needed to investigate the efficacy of thisprogram on important student outcomes. Two new research projects on the WSU ICPT havealready begun, one focused on the impact of the program on student social capital, and the otheron peer tutoring and students’ self-efficacy in mechanics.Social capital consists of the resources embedded in social networks that are accessed bymembers of that network. Initial results of the project on social capital indicate that studentsview the ICPT program as an

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert D. Homolka

LOThypothesis determines the strategy the fielder uses to catch a fly ball by following a path thatwill keep the optical trajectory projection angle constant, this is equivalent to keeping the ration(tan cx)/(tan B) constant.13Carol Rodino, a New Jersey mathematics instructor and author of the book Fantasy Baseball andMathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers, Parents contains hundreds of math formulas thatcover algebra, measurement, data analysis, probability and problem solving to calculate thenumber of points and the team with the most wins.14Mathematician Michael J. Bradley, Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass spent timestudying the geometry dimensions in baseball including the five sided home base and thebaseball “diamond” which is a square

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

architect and a professor at the University of Illinois. She has reported that shecan heat her 1,200-square-foot house, called the ‘Smith House’ [21] with “10 100-watt lightbulbs.” [22] There are now four Passive Houses in Urbana IL, with a total peak heating load foreach house of about 6600 Btu/hour. Typical homes built to meet the 2006 International EnergyConservation Code would use about 38,000 Btu/hour, or six times as much. [23] At this timethere are less than a dozen documented passive houses built in the United States, the largestbeing a 4,500 square feet farmhouse on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. [24] Other locations of PassiveHouse projects in the United States are in climates as varied as Duluth, Minnesota; PortlandOregon and Taos, New Mexico

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

selection of a Leanassessment tool, a preliminary visit out to the facility, execution of the assessment, and analysisof the results from the assessment.4.1 Selection of a Lean Assessment ToolThe first stage of this research project was to select a Lean assessment tool to use in theevaluation of the current level of Lean at MRAS. Different assessment tools were compared andcontrasted to meet specific requirements. The decision criteria were created based on theusability of the assessment tool, metric, familiarity with MRAS, detail, and affordability. Thesefactors were used as a benchmark for the selection process.The Lean assessment tool selected for this study was Strategos Lean assessment tool developedby Quarterman Lee at Strategos Inc. Several

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

the opportunity to learnhow a computer works from the inside out. Finally, we feel that the approach of having eachstudent construct his or her own working computer instills a real sense of accomplishment andself-confidence and provides an unusual skillset to attract potential employers. While further incremental changes to the course (notably, the creation of part kits as wellas streamlining of some labs) are needed to provide a smooth, polished course in Drexel’sdemanding ten-week quarter timeframe, the basic course as outlined here has great potential toinspire enthusiasm for engineering and digital design among Drexel’s AET students. Another major benefit of building a course around a complex project such as this is thatthe

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jeanne Radigan

intern and hold them accountable for projectdeadlines. Training should be provided and only projects that are accomplishable should beassigned to the intern. Successful internships involve the intern in the project planning stage andexplain the rationale behind each task assigned to the intern [29]. The university must have a contact point for the employer. Most often a faculty memberhas the primary management responsibility, but some schools have an internship director orplacement officer in charge of overseeing the program. Faculty are compensated in a variety ofways for managing interns, with 31% of them awarded teaching load credit for managing theprogram, 23% with extra pay and 13% with course load reduction. 28% of faculty

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kurt Colvin

identify desired results -> determine acceptable evidence ->plan learning activities was repeated for every topic and module in Aero 510. The output of thisprocess is tightly-packed, efficient teaching plan with lecture, reading and support materials thatsupport the learning objectives.DiscussionIronically, this method of curriculum development follows an abstracted systems engineeringprocess: clearly identify the requirements, and then plan all subsequent activities to verify therequirements will be met. Backward design establishes what an instructor wants to achieve (therequirements), determines the acceptable evidence to prove those requirements are met(verification) and directs the development activities accordingly (project planning

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lora Goodwin; Brian P. Self; James Widmann

instruction were used in thesecourses. We will call the first group the Active Learning (AL) sections taught by two differentinstructors and the second group the Traditional (Tr) sections taught by a single instructor. TheAL sections utilized collaborative learning and Model Eliciting Activities (MEA’s), where the Trsections were taught in a more traditional lecture format.The AL sections were specifically given MEA’s as a part of their coursework to see if theywould have an impact on student’s gained conceptual knowledge throughout the quarter. MEA’sare new teaching tools being developed which use project-oriented assignments that aim topromote real-world application of engineering principles. Their focus is to use student’sconceptual knowledge to

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Geon S. Seo; Eniko T. Enikov

280Properties and Micro/Nano Technologies for Biological Systems” in Fall semesters 2005 and 2007at the University of Arizona. In both semesters, students learned the same topics and performed thesame design term project based on a microcantilever sensor. However, in 2005 they designedcantilever sensors and simulated their deflection using computer programs such as ANSYS,SolidWork, and MatLab, and in 2007 the students fabricated their own cantilever sensors andperformed the experiment on deflection measurements with them. Table 2. The results of surveys. Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Questions (Answer: 1 - 10

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bruno Osorno

problemLectures-We posted lectures in WebctTM at least four days in advance. Students had a chance toread the lecture and print it. Two very important observations came to light; one that students didexpect to see the material in advance and two that students would print the notes. Handwrittennotes were acceptable because ElluminateTM and SmartboardTM allowed us to write on top of thenotes; consequently we have Image, Sound and Editing (ISE) all real-time. Ideally you want toupload the power point images provided by most textbooks and then use ISE.Expectations- Partlow and Gibbs [4] found that online courses should be relevant, interactive,project-based, and collaborative and should, furthermore, give learners some choice or controlover their learning

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

the opportunity to learnhow a computer works from the inside out. Finally, we feel that the approach of having eachstudent construct his or her own working computer instills a real sense of accomplishment andself-confidence and provides an unusual skillset to attract potential employers. While further incremental changes to the course (notably, the creation of part kits as wellas streamlining of some labs) are needed to provide a smooth, polished course in Drexel’sdemanding ten-week quarter timeframe, the basic course as outlined here has great potential toinspire enthusiasm for engineering and digital design among Drexel’s AET students. Another major benefit of building a course around a complex project such as this is thatthe

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

selection of a Leanassessment tool, a preliminary visit out to the facility, execution of the assessment, and analysisof the results from the assessment.4.1 Selection of a Lean Assessment ToolThe first stage of this research project was to select a Lean assessment tool to use in theevaluation of the current level of Lean at MRAS. Different assessment tools were compared andcontrasted to meet specific requirements. The decision criteria were created based on theusability of the assessment tool, metric, familiarity with MRAS, detail, and affordability. Thesefactors were used as a benchmark for the selection process.The Lean assessment tool selected for this study was Strategos Lean assessment tool developedby Quarterman Lee at Strategos Inc. Several

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

seemed to be areasonable amount of time to request graduate students to leave their research projects,travel to a location in the country, and focus on these communication skills. Becausewriting critique sessions require significantly more time (both the time to read themanuscripts and the time to discuss the manuscripts), we decided to provide feedback onthe writing in a different manner from what Simula had done in 2008. Once we established the scope of the workshop, we needed to secure funds. Themain portion of the funding was needed to provide a conference site with lodging andfood for the participants. While we decided to require the graduate students to providetheir own transportation to the conference site, the lodging and food

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Eric Scott, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

engineering issues, use of electronicportfolio (e-portfolio) for instruction, and a mechatronics initiativedesigned to introduce multi-disciplinary engineering concepts to engineering freshmen. In the 2006-07 academic year, TabletPC-based instruction was introduced in this course. In Fall 2007, DyKnow, a classroominteraction software package, was implemented to develop a participatory learning environmentin EngE1024. A number of assessment (formative and summative) activities are beingimplemented in EngE1024 as part of the DLR project to evaluate the learning experiences offreshmen. Typically, about 1700 freshmen take this course every year with about 1400 in the Fallsemester. In the Fall semester, the EngE1024 teaching team typically involves five

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

effectiveness of their teaching. Finally, a learning environment mustbe community-centered, one in which students are provided opportunities to learncollaboratively.There are many efforts underway within STEM education to move away from traditional lecturemethods of delivery towards more novel methods designed to engage the students in the learningprocess.9-12 In many cases, these methods are taking the How People Learn concepts fromtheory to practice. The highlights of two specific programs, Project Galileo11 and VaNTH12follow.Project Galileo has developed two novel pedagogical approaches: Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time Teaching. These approaches are designed to provide students “with greater opportunity forsynthesizing concepts while instructors

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

graduated 600,000 and India350,000 (U.S. Department of Education, 2006).The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2005) projects that by 2010, 50 percent of all U.S. workerswill be women. This projection, plus the growth in the science and engineering labor force, andthe shortage of technically skilled workers show the importance and need of having womentraining to become scientists and engineers. Unfortunately, women have been and continue to bea minority in engineering related fields. In 1971, only 0.8% of the bachelor’s degrees earned inengineering were obtained by female students. In 2006, the number went up to 19% (U.S.Census Bureau, 2005-2006). Despite the increase in the number of women obtaining degrees inengineering, women are still

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Page 14.60.2introduction to each philosophy. In Phase II, students are given a set of ethical issues andasked to address those issues as these philosophers might have done. For each issue, astudent would use one persona’s perspective, thinking as Aristotle about one issue and asBuddha about another. In Phase III, each student would write a paper for submission to aprofessional journal or conference.Once trained, tutors would be assigned as ethics consultants to undergraduate engineeringdesign teams. At Drexel, there are freshman and senior design projects. The tutors wouldwork with those teams on matters of ethical concern. Eventually, we hope to expand thisprogram to other disciplines within the curriculum.Introduction Recently, a

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

developed and are now available for largeand small computers. However, they are not used with the same extent in teaching andlearning difficult subjects of engineering such as electromagnetics. Our approach isdifferent and it is based on the following ideas:≠ The general-purpose symbolic packages (in our case, Maple) are used to do actualsymbolic calculation and to analytically solve the electromagnetic field equations.≠ The approach is project-oriented, in that the students are asked to solve new problems,based on models elaborated by the teaching staff.≠ The students' activity is finalized by scientific reports containing text, formulas andgraphics, while full advantage is taken of the evaluation and visualization capabilities.≠ The students are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; James Corkins, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University; Jacob Schroeder, Clemson University; Hanjun Xian, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

platform. However, they do not Page 14.592.5report any results from a traditional control group.In three related studies20-22, group dynamics and performance between teams of studentscommunicating over the Internet (experimental) were compared with teams of studentscommunicating in a traditional face-to-face manner (control). Whitman et al.20 reported thatstudent teams in the experimental group performed equally as well on a final project as studentteams in the control group. But, teams in the control group indicated higher levels of satisfactionwith various measures of group dynamics. Kirschman and Greenstein21 reported higher levels

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, The University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

would ideally lead to good grades (positive feedback) which in turn leads to increased motivation and ultimately more learning.5. At a local scale, complex systems are in a constant state of flux Within complex systems, the local relationships among agents are constantly changing and agents themselves are changing their roles or moving into or out of the system in short periods of time. In other words, there is considerable, varied activity at a local scale. Within engineering education there is much happening at a local scale within a single day or even an hour. There are students in class listening to lectures, working on homework, conducting research on a topic for a project, working in the computer lab, writing papers

Conference Session

Structural Education Methods

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrzej Zarzycki, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Figure 17 Brick project; irst, freshman(design thinking) becomes revealed, and consequently, studio assignment by Maurice McDonaldsolidiied into tangible design criteria. As such, designthinking can be scrutinized and validated with more objective criteria. With the introduction ofcomputational tools, we create an opportunity for individuals with less experience to navigateintuitively through design problems with more conidence. Technology, in this case, enables thedemocratization of specialized and complex knowledge by bringing computationally intensivetasks into a visually accessible working interface. While this might create a false conidence insome individuals, leading to design errors, the ‘democratic’ quality of digital simulation

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

(Brainard and Carlin2). According to the National Research Council in 1998, the inadequaciesand inconsistencies of collection and maintenance of evaluation and retention data are majorhindrances to projecting future manpower needs and identifying problems in the sciences field.Without access to consistent data which predicts success, engineering programs lack the abilityto pinpoint deficiencies within their academic program and keep talented students. In addition toincreasing attrition rates within engineering majors, another problem faced by departments isattracting talented high school applicants. Felder et al.5 in their study on longitudinal engineeringperformance and retention found that both the increasing difficulty of attracting high

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State University, and at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Dr. Oliveira current research interests include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and engineering education. She has authored or co-authored 13 archival journal publications and 27 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy that is funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator, and serve as panelist