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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”particularly true for computer-oriented technologies that are strongly influenced by Moore’sLaw, but the effects are also present in other technology disciplines. This constant updating canbe an onerous burden and distract faculty from other responsibilities and opportunities in theirscholarly work and teaching. The emphasis placed on applications of principles in technologydisciplines means that not only does course material need to be revised frequently but laboratoryassignments and project work needs to be revised. In senior and graduate classes in technologydisciplines, where the technology being taught often reflects state-of-the-art practices in industry,this could require

Conference Session

Advice for Dual-Career Couples

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Hyer; Catherine Eckel; Margaret Layne; Elizabeth Creamer

workgroup members and at a university-wide workshop sponsored by Advance in January 2004, thework group chose as its first project to develop written guidelines for dual career hiring atVirginia Tech.Like many land grant universities located in a rural setting that offers limited employmentopportunities outside the university, Virginia Tech had been working to accommodate facultyspouses and partners on an informal basis but did not have a formal policy or procedure in place.In order to attract and retain an outstanding faculty and achieve its goal of becoming a top 30research institution, Virginia Tech recognized a need to take a more coordinated approach todual career hiring. The first step in developing the guidelines was to collect information

Conference Session

Re-energizing the Mid-Life Professional

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Reid

problems, show how capable you are to management, and boost your selfesteem in the process. For example, because of the skills you have demonstrated as a librarian,you could be chosen to head a task force that involves university policies. In the government orprivate industry you could be transferred to another division to take advantage of yourmanagement and problem solving skills. When you return to your original job, you’ll have atotally different perspective of yourself and the organization, and be re-energized to dosomething new and exciting.Take advantage of a sabbatical and travel to a foreign country for your research project. Learn tospeak a foreign language and live with a local family in the country of your research. M.Hubbard, the

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi; Andrew Rose

of Pittsburgh atJohnstown. Dr. Murad was a visiting assistant professor at Bucknell University and had overseas teachingexperience. He also worked as a highway project manager for Acer Freeman Fox International (HyderConsulting). Dr. Murad received M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toledo in 1987and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Toledo in 1994. His teaching interests includetransportation, highway design, and pavement design and management. His research interests includehighway safety and pavement management systems.ROBERT MARTINAZZIRobert Martinazzi, P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University ofPittsburgh at Johnstown. He received his B.S. degree in Aerospace

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Hug; Jason FitzSimmons

modules to be dynamic, interactive, and adaptable to different contentareas and specific instructor needs. Deciding to use Flash also allows the web modules to beused on any computer platform and the Internet3.Pilot Study The pilot study for the web module was conducted in an undergraduate geotechnicalengineering course. This setting was chosen due to one of the author’s background ingeotechnical engineering and his doctoral research emphasis in engineering education. Thespecific engineering course for the pilot study was selected because one of the authors and theprofessor have collaborated on other innovative teaching methods in engineering education. Theprofessor actively consults on high profile engineering projects and is a world

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationSome time is included for instruction on pedagogy and IT, though most of the time is dedicatedto collaborative work within project teams and to each teacher participant developing anInstructional Framework (IF). As described in the LRC, teachers implement their IFs in theirclassrooms over the next year.Teachers who implement their IFs are allowed to return for the next summer session, which isalso for three weeks on campus and within the structure of two graduate courses. Collaborativeteams continue their work with further instruction as needed. Teacher participants

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

fall. The studentswere asked to complete a detailed time management schedule for the spring. The fall speakerwho had talked to the Scholars about time management was brought back in the spring to give afollow-up session. The students were amazed to see how much time they really had left beyondtheir scheduled time for attending classes, studying, working, eating, sleeping, commuting, andgetting ready time.A major project for the spring was to have each student write a good resume. This wasparticularly difficult for freshmen as they tried to focus their resume on college level activities inwhich they were just beginning to participate. An excellent Career Service representative metthe NACME Scholars twice to help them improve their resumes and

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Briar Schumacher; Jon Leydens; Donald Elger

, and making a recommendation for a manager.It is not surprising that participation emerged as the seminal component of a learning system.Most people state that they learn best by doing. Engineering professors attribute significantvalue to their participation in research, professional practice, and in teaching of others. In theliteratures of teaching and learning, the concept of participation is emphasized. Inquiry methodsand problem-based learning are based on the idea of authentic participation. The Teaching ForUnderstanding pedagogy developed by Project Zero at Harvard is founded on the notion thatunderstanding is the ability to carry out a performance that demonstrates one’s grasp of a topicand at the same time extend it (Blythe, 1998

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Physics Social Sci All Other Discipline Selected by Students Leaving Engineering Figure 3. The percentage of students graduating in selected disciplines of those selecting each major upon leaving engineering (N=2,883 female, 8,022 male).Estimated Probability of Success as a Function of Gender and GPAThe multi-category logistic regression models bear out a significant interaction effect betweenGPA and gender variables. Parameter estimates yielded by the models enable us to formulate thefollowing projected probabilities of having each of the three graduation outcome for female andmale students respectively, as a function of student’s gender

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Ramsey-Idem; Sally Pardue; Kristine Craven

Engineering A Future at Tennessee Technological University Kristine K. Craven, Ph.D., Sally Pardue, Ph.D., Karen Ramsey-Idem, Ph.D. Tennessee Technological University/ Fleetguard, Inc.Abstract Engineering A Future (EAF) is an outreach program for girls in the 5th through 8th gradeheld at Tennessee Technological University (TTU) on the Saturday of Engineer’s Week. Thisprogram started in 2003 with an enrollment of 73 girls and was repeated in 2004 with 137 girls inattendance, the projected number of participants for 2005 is between 300 and 320. The girlscome to the TTU campus for the day and experience a number of group and individual activities.The basic format for the program includes

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

between these two groups of students andhave continued the practice because the students due appear to enjoy and thrive in theenvironment. Engineering 101, 160, and 170 are multi-section courses at ISU; however,we offer ABE specific sections for our students that are primarily taught by ABE faculty.This strategy not only enables us to cluster our students into one course, it also allows usto adjust the curricula to include topics and projects of particular interest to ABEstudents. Agricultural Engineering 110 is an experiential introductory course that isunique to our department and was described previously8. Tutoring for math and physicscourses is also provided for AE LC participants.Link with the English DepartmentThe link between the

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nalini Bhushan; Glenn Ellis; Eleanor Ory

approach supports a deeperunderstanding of AI, while making philosophical issues that interest teenagers accessible throughinteractive explorations of machine intelligence. In addition to the concept map, we also presentexamples from a K-12 AI curriculum that is being designed around the concept map.INTRODUCTIONLego Mindstorms robotics kits have become a well-established tool for teaching artificialintelligence (AI) in the K-12 classroom1, 2, 3. There is also increasing interest in using roboticsand AI to change how children learn. For example, in Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms,Erwin writes “Dr. Papert [LEGO Professor of Learning Research at the M.I.T. MediaLaboratory] and his colleagues aren’t just developing hardware and software

Conference Session

Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kaplan

]. Page 10.642.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 3 of 13FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source SoftwareA project was started in June 2112 under the European Commission regarding FOSS. Due tothe inconsistencies with the English word “free,” the French “libre” was added. Essentially, theproject studies FOSS and commissions reports [16].Proprietary SoftwareProprietary software is code that is not open; the users do not have the rights as defined in OSS.Certainly then it is not free (FOSS) as that would

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaishalee Naruka; Stephen Raper; William Daughton

all about.The next question was: “How well does the degree prepare them for success in industry, and dothey compete well with traditional engineers in their industry environment?” Although most ofthe Engineering Management student participants believed that the degree was preparing themvery well with some real life experiences as they worked in teams and did a lot of group projects,most accepted that they have only heard that Engineering Management students get jobs quicklyand they excel in what they do. To get a more reliable and first hand response, inquiry turnedtowards alumni. Two typical alumni responses to this question are given below: "I feel that EMAN [Engineering Management] gives its students the necessary skills and

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN IntroductionIt has been accepted that Engineering Technology courses should include some hands-onactivities such as labs, projects, etc. In the field of energy management, energy audits have beenused effectively to provide hands-on experiences. An energy audit, also known as energysurvey, energy analysis, or energy evaluations, is a process that examines current energyconsumption of a process or facility and suggests alternative ways to cut down energyconsumption and/or costs. One aspect of the energy auditing process is to collect specific data ofa process or a facility. Measuring temperature, flow rates (of heat, liquid, and air

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Robert LeMaster

majors will be to their advantage. Not all engineering courses can be set-up foron-line presentation. Care must be taken when selecting and developing courses for on-linedelivery. Courses that allow the student to navigate through the information with the text andminimal interaction with the instructor are the best candidates for success. For example, coursesdealing with engineering management and other business based aspects of engineering would bemost appropriate for this method of instruction. Engineering management, engineeringeconomy, project management, and quality engineering are a few that could be developedwithout difficulty. (Many universities currently offer courses in these subject areas.) Thesecourses would be attractive to the

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Robert LeMaster

majors will be to their advantage. Not all engineering courses can be set-up foron-line presentation. Care must be taken when selecting and developing courses for on-linedelivery. Courses that allow the student to navigate through the information with the text andminimal interaction with the instructor are the best candidates for success. For example, coursesdealing with engineering management and other business based aspects of engineering would bemost appropriate for this method of instruction. Engineering management, engineeringeconomy, project management, and quality engineering are a few that could be developedwithout difficulty. (Many universities currently offer courses in these subject areas.) Thesecourses would be attractive to the

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

have done it before.Student Performance EvaluationsStudents were evaluated based on a more traditional seminar class rubric. The syllabus outlinedthat class attendance was necessary for them to learn the material. Role was taken each classperiod and participation recorded by the second instructor. Each student was allowed oneunexcused absence, and further absences resulted in a zero for the day. The overall semesterbreakdown was as follows: Class Attendance & Participation: 25% Homework & Lab Reports: 50% Final Project/Poster Presentation: 25%Experimental PreAssignments (individual) were out of 50 points and lab reports (team effort)were graded out of 100 points. For the preassignments, 25 of the 50 points were

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlotta Berry

and RLCcircuits. The introductory circuits course covers DC circuit analysis including Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’slaws, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem, operational amplifiers and RC, RL, and RLC circuits.This course is presently taught in a lecture-style format with three major projects. Two projectsinvolve PSpice simulations and one final project involves writing a computer program to solve atypical engineering circuit analysis problem. PSpice is a simulation software package used toanalyze DC or AC circuits. The circuits laboratory includes traditional experiments that buildcircuits on the breadboard that must be evaluated using Ohm’s law, Thevenin’s theorem, meshanalysis, nodal analysis, and differential equations. The laboratory groups

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

cultivation. Additionally, early civilizations utilized water systems for thedevelopment of cities. For example, the Harrapan people of the Indus River Valley developed city-wide drainage systems to collect rainwater, and all houses had indoor plumbing and toilet facilitieswith connected sewer systems. Peoples during this time period also constructed crude rafts andboats, but over time developed highly sophisticated ships and barges. For instance, the Egyptianstransported great quantities of massive stones on the Nile River in order to construct the pyramids.During Classical Civilization, which lasted from approximately 500 B.C. to A.D. 500, and centeredon the Greek and Roman Empires, many large-scale public works projects were constructed ascities

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

reading assignmentover the material to be covered. Reading assessment quizzes are then administered toindividuals and teams to assess their level of preparedness as well as to identify areas ofconfusion (similar to Readiness Assessment Testing (RAT)). In practice, these quizzes areweighted relatively heavily to further encourage students to actually read and prepare. Followingthe preparation period, a cyclical application period is used to provide in-depth materialcoverage. Individual assignments (homework or projects) are completed by the students outsideof class, while in-class time is divided between lecture and team exercises. The team exercisesare gauged to present increasingly complex ideas and challenging exercises as the moduleprogresses

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Kramer

succeed in their selected field of study16. When faculty adhereto traditional grading practices (such as the imposition of curves), they have a differential impacton women students. Faculty differ in their views of, strategies for, and success at creating an atmosphere thatfosters learning.12 The subject matter of projects and problems, the fit between pedagogical andlearning styles, and classroom "climate" have each been discussed as influences that affectretention, particularly the retention of students of color and women students. Faculty practicesfrequently mentioned in the retention literature include: the use of study and project groups,exam construction, time pressure on tests (and tactics for neutralizing it); incorporation

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Conrad Newberry

brings science,economics (cost and financing), production, material selection, ascetics, form, function, humanfactors, logistics, operations, deployment, disposal, and every other facet of the project to an Page 10.56.7acceptable need solution. Acceptable solutions are usually sought because optimal solutions Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ©2005 by C.F. Newberry. Published by the American Society for Engineering Education with permission.often cost more than they are worth – although optimal solutions tend to satisfy the “scientific”sense of order

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

ispossible through the proper use of instructional technology. Sound innovative? Sounds new? Notreally, these types of techniques have been used for many years at the United States MilitaryAcademy and probably at most schools at the turn of the century. Hands-on models were oncethe corner stone of every class in mechanics, but many classrooms today are only equipped witha textbook, a chalkboard (if lucky), and a computer projection system. Is this enough? No! Howcan faculty return to a style in today’s classrooms that is more conducive to student-centeredlearning? This paper will present the daily classroom activities in a basic Mechanics course (andother courses as well) that greatly improve the quality of the instruction and student

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lason Watai; Arthur Brodersen; Sean Brophy

Engineering Education"Figure 2. The STAR Legacy CycleB. Significance and relevance of The STAR Legacy Cycle to the engineering practiceIn order for engineering lab courses to be developed following the challenge-based STARLegacy Cycle, it is necessary to relate the cycle to the engineering process. The cycle was firstdeveloped to organize instruction and manage learning activities and resources in a classroomsetting. It has never been implemented in engineering lab course design8. So an objective of thisstudy has been to evaluate the appropriateness of the Cycle in a practical engineering lab course.Analyzing the cycle for significance and relevance to an engineering process revealed that itcoincided with the engineering project development process

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons

meet the resultant requirements by thesoftware written.It is likely that most educational software undergoes the traditional software life cycle of (i)requirements analysis, (ii) design, (iii) construction, (iv) testing, (v) installation, (vi) operation,(vii) maintenance, and (viii) retirement1. However, it is not always certain that the product istested by and for the correct stakeholders in the educational system. The software herein is anupdate of a product called Math with Montague (MM); it was initially a senior project on recordat Bethany College in West Virginia. The original software was intended for use as skillspractice software based on the West Virginia state standards for mathematics. It enjoyed limitedsuccess when presented at

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricio Torres; Matthew Stephens

offering suggestions and by making specific technical suggestions. This is a more hands- on and in some cases more directive role than most consultants I know take when working on organizational change projects. As Bill Constantino puts it: “Very simply, when people are in the process of dramatic change, they need a continuous resource Page 10.730.16Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ⓒ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education whom they can trust to guide them through the change. Without this resource, there is a high likelihood

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Anthony; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

evaluations of instructor and course are valid. Students can therefore beasked for their evaluation of achievement of specific class outcomes. This can then be assessedby a panel (of faculty and/or external reviewers) to see if they are achieving program outcomes.Another approach is to take advantage of the senior project. A high percentage of programsrequire students to complete a major project in the last semesters in the program. By design theproject includes most of the skills the students have acquired throughout the program. This thenis a natural candidate for assessing outcomes. This can be done by multiple assessors (severalfaculty) who are looking for achievement of several outcomes. This can also be supplementedwith assessment by external

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bodner; Deborah Follman; Mica Hutchison

sources of self-efficacy beliefs: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, socialpersuasions, and physiological states. Understanding. The factor listed most frequently by students as influencing theirconfidence in success in ENGR 106 was their ability to learn or understand the materialpresented in the course. Further, the concepts of learning and understanding appear to affectmen and women to nearly the same degree. Few students indicated being affected specificallyby understanding or lacking an understanding of homework assignments (“I am understandingthe work more than I did before so my confidence level is higher.”), lab tasks (“Some of the labsfeel very rushed and are finished when I don't really understand how.”), projects

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Henderson; Gerald Gannod; Barbara Gannod

6 VIII. Embedded Systems 6 IX. Compilers 5 X. S/W practices 5 XI. Analysis 3 XII. Licensing/Copyright 2 XIII. Project management 2 XIV. IT 2 XV. Technical communication 0 XVI. Business 0 XVII. International