Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Anderson, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

students to think throughthe solution, plan their approach, and develop in-depth problem solving skills rather thancharging directly and often blindly into and through the problem solution. Andes utilizes fourmental models, problem statement, graphic representation, variables lists, and mathematicalmodel, and requires users to develop each of these mental models (graphical representation isoptional). Andes includes an equation solving tool although users can also solve the equationsoff-line. A research project conducted on some 330 students approximately one-half of whom Page 15.848.3were in a control group, resulted in a 3% (1/3 letter grade

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

. Thedress is business casual which sets the tone for the week, relaxed yet professional. This week waspivotal to the Welliver Program as it allowed the Fellows to meet and develop the necessaryteam spirit for required team research projects. During this week the Boeing staff hadicebreaker exercises to help the Fellows learn about each other, informational presentationson topics such as the Welliver Heritage, Boeing organizations, and Boeing’s universityaffiliations. Administrative procedures such as the Boeing ID card and being issued a Boeinglaptop computer were also accomplished. Field trips were taken to the Boeing St. Louis site andto a Cardinals baseball game. The week was entirely too short but the goal was accomplished.All Fellows felt

Conference Session

Business Meeting

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

7:00 – 8:15 am Multidisciplinary Design Constituents 2271 8:30 – 10:15 am Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects (co- sponsor: Design in Engineering Education Div.) 2471 12:30 – 2:00 pm Experiential and Service Learning 2561 2:15 – 4:00 pm Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non- Engineers (co-sponsor: Liberal Education Div.) 2571 2:15 – 4:00 pm Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation 2671 4:30 – 6:00 pm Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Meeting Wednesday, June 25 3171 7:00 – 8:15 am

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Head, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

enrolled in theirGK-12 program; an NSF initiative that partners graduate student “experts” with K-12 teachers.The study found that teachers who were enrolled in the program reported that the hands-onaspect of the program was important in helping them apply science and math principles.17A similar study was conducted on Project STEP at the University of Cincinnati, which partnersundergraduate and graduate students with middle and high school teachers.18 This study foundthat teachers reported Project STEP as important to them for content support, especially forkeeping them up-to-date on current technology trends.18 These teachers also noted that beingenrolled in the program was a motivator for them to teach and learn STEM content.18These studies have

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) laboratorysubproject.Fig. 3. Concept of the thermoelectric engine or an inverse Peltier device. Electric current due tothermal diffusion of opposite charge carriers forms a closed loop.The sketch of the corresponding laboratory project (solar cell + Peltier device) is given below:IntroductionPart I Equivalent circuit of the solar cell 1. A very primitive photovoltaic source (a LED) 2. Equivalent circuit of the solar cell (measure LEDs in series/parallel with the DMM)Part II Single solar cell versus solar panel 1. Measuring solar cell geometry parameters - a 1-3W c-Si solar panel (~$25 per bench) 2. Solar cell performance at the laboratory bench a. Preparation of solar panel contacts b. Measuring open

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the PCB designfiles to the fabricator for a quotation. Good fabricators typically review the uploaded Gerber filesfor design errors and often suggest changes to the layout design. The PCB is fabricated uponagreement of any changes or revisions.In most cases, the engineer will not be intimately involved with the actual fabrication process butinteracts with the fabricator. The primary challenge faced in this project was to create anenvironment that simulated an industry-like atmosphere for PCB design. In many instances, thefabricated PCB is altered by the fabricator after consultation with the original designer to reducecost and/or to increase performance. An additional constraint was the departmental budget: itwas cost prohibitive to allow

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aloundeth Oupraxay, National University, San Diego, USA; Mudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA; Patrick Olson, National University, San Diego, USA

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Engineering and Technology, National University, San Diego, USA. He is a lead faculty for MSc in Database Administration and MSc in Computer Science programs. Dr. Wyne has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering and B.Sc., in Electrical Engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised over 50 graduate and undergraduate projects. Dr. Wyne is with the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA for more than 8 years and is currently serving as a program evaluator for Computer Science Program and Information Systems Program. In addition, he is a guest editor for a journal, associate editor and serving on editorial boards for four international journals

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

communicated to the workers? How is quality defined by the organization? What are the customers’ expectations of quality from the organization? Do these expectations of quality actually match with the definition of quality in the Page 15.989.8 organization? Are the ISO 9000 standards being addressed?Topic Five: Your Supervisor’s Choice- The topic of this fifth paper is selected in conjunction with the intern’s supervisor. Typically the supervisor has insight into an area or project the company would like to explore or document.G. Conclusions1. Significance - Describe how the

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Myers, Ohio University; Ben Stuart, Ohio University-Athens

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

In this writing course, undergraduate engineering and technology students will learnabout the legislative, regulatory, and policy-making processes that will frame developing andexisting technologies. Course content includes the theory, structure, and function ofgovernment as relates to engineering and technology public policy at the state and federallevel. The course also includes a writing intensive, project-based learning component in whichthe student will have the opportunity to evaluate energy, bio-medical, or other engineering andtechnology public policy from the standpoint of usage, regulation, environmental and societalimpact of the technology, economic analysis, the public perception of the technology, and thepredictions for the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

SystemAbstractWe have previously created and beta tested a workforce-relevant, research-based scoring systemfor use with engineering student presentations across multiple contexts. Since then, we havesystematically validated, refined, and tested the rubric in a five-step process described in somedetail for this paper. First, we tested the face validity and usability of the instrument via thecollection of additional feedback during focus groups and interviews with: faculty possessingexpertise in scoring system design, faculty with experience in engineering design projects thatinvolve student presentations, and additional faculty from a variety of backgrounds. Second, weused this feedback to reduce overlap and complexity in the scoring system items. Third

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rene Reitsma, Oregon State University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Initiative and has led the TeachEngineering digital library project from its inception. In 2004, she founded the ASEE K-12 Division and in 2008 received NAE’s Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. Page 15.189.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Are French Fries and Grades Bad for You? Conflicting Evidence on How K-12 Teachers Search in a K-12 Engineering Digital LibraryAbstractThe TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineeringcontent for K-12 teachers to use in

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

School District. Thus we can makemore data-driven decisions, scale cost-efficiently and identify long-term school partners thatneed and want to co-invest in the Family Science Courses. Ability to support the Family ScienceCourses is measured by parent response and administration’s efficiency (e.g. the time taken torepair computers). The map can be accessed from www.IridescentLearning.org, “About Us”,“Impact” and “USN Map Project”. We also use a poverty map from United Way to determinewhether we were operating in the high poverty areas.We work with partner schools in order to recruit families by showing videos from previousFamily Science Courses at Back to School Nights and parent meetings and by sending invitationletters to the parents. An

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

computer software packages for technical problem solving appropriate to the Electronics engineering technology discipline. 7. Demonstrate technical competency in electronics, circuit analysis, digital electronics, electronic communications, microprocessors, and systems. 8. Integrate knowledge of the functional areas of electronics engineering technology. 9. Demonstrate the ability to analyze, apply design concepts, and implement systems as appropriate to electronics engineering technology. 10. Participate effectively in groups, and apply project management techniques as appropriate to complete assignments. 11. Demonstrate an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas; Christa Hestekin, University of Arkansas; Bradley Dearing, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

for the Technology Education Association of Illinois and served on the Board of Directors for the past 12 years. He is active in professional research and publications, as well as continuing work towards professional development, state and national standards and curriculum projects. Page 15.1286.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 UASPP: Three Years of Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities Shannon G. Davis1, Bryan W. Hill1, Carol S. Gattis2, Bradley M. Dearing3, Christa N. Hestekin4 and Edgar C

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Christina White, Columbia University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy

the workshop and the PHLIpS Method. Overall the workshop feedback was verypositive and avenues for improvement to the PHLIpS Method also resulted.IntroductionMany professor are aware that active learning is a more effective approach than traditionalengineering lecture courses1 but they often lack the tools and time necessary to implement activelearning in their classrooms. As part of an NSF CCLI Phase II project, completed in 2008, theauthors developed, tested, and validated active learning products in the specific domain ofengineering mechanics 2. Over 25 active learning products (ALPs) were created anddisseminated as part of this collaborative effort. In addition, a general and repeatable approachto developing the active learning products

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Natalia Salies, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

pursue higher education and careers in theSTEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Rice Universityundergraduate and graduate engineering students (mentors) volunteer weekly withunderrepresented high school students (mentees) at three Houston public schools to solve aspecified engineering design problem. The design project mechanism allows mentor/menteerelationships to form naturally, and thus opens up communication regarding college, financialaid, and futures in engineering. Perception and Environment Surveys (P.E.S.) are administered tothe mentees at the beginning and end of the DREAM program, each semester, in order to gaugementee knowledge of college admissions, financial aid, careers, and long-term earning

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

hemisphere” visual attributes to reduce theinfluence of the symbolic “left hemisphere” [27].The ability of the cognitive architecture to retrieve information through “distalaccess” [26] of the symbol system, where the processing of one symbol evokes furtherprocessing of other symbolic structures, is significant in terms of teaching andlearning in technology education. The construction of a mechanism or pedagogicstructure to help students maintain, access and transform symbolic structures that arenot immediately driven by sensory input or motor output has significant implicationsand has the potential to transform teaching and learning in areas such as design,problem solving and communication graphics.MethodologyThe approach for this research project

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

overall critical thinkingprogram, how this relates to ABET outcomes, and the critical thinking goals of the Introductionto Engineering course. Section three describes the critical thinking instructional component ofthe Introduction to Engineering course, including changes made based on analysis of previousyears implementation. Some conclusions and future directions for the ENGR 100 course arediscussed in Section four.2. A critical thinking agenda for the School of Engineering.The i2a initiative is a broad and comprehensive multi-year plan to improve the overall criticalthinking abilities of students that spans general education courses, discipline specific courses,capstone projects, and community engagement1. Dr. Joe Hagerty, of the Civil

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betty Harper, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Penn State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

highest degree offered (bachelor's, master's, or doctorate), andtwo levels of "type of control" (public or private). The total sample of 32 four-year colleges anduniversities was “pre-seeded” with nine pre-selected institutions. These included six case studyinstitutions that were participants in a companion project (Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A360-degree Study of Effective Engineering Education23) and three institutions with generalengineering programs. Since one of the six case study institutions offers only a generalengineering degree, three institutions with general engineering programs were purposely selectedfor the sample. Penn State’s Survey Research Center selected 23 additional institutions atrandom from the population within the

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

decreases, our actual cost per hour increases. 8. We are on a true, Toyota Production System “Lean Journey,” which we began in July this year. We are at the midpoint of Phase 1, the first six months of an expected three-year project. So far we have made great strides considering the short time. If we achieve target of 15% cost and lead time reduction by the end of January our Lean consultant will be assigned the next phase in this Die Factory System. 9. Use of digital product definition and model based definition to drive the manufacturing process and inspection, development of automation to assist in readying models for manufacturing and entry into ERP system. 10. Many items have already

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

method for publishing that could eventually generate rev-enues similar or greater than those for textbook authors without the need to locate a publisher anddo all related activities, such as promotion. It also eliminates the need to maintain page counts oradhere to traditional book formats. In simple terms it allows us to spend our time generating con-tent as academics, share it with people freely, but still generate income from our works. Page 15.67.7References1. Jack, H, “Engineer on a disk”, http://engineeronadisk.com2. MIT Open Course Ware, http://ocw.mit.edu3. Merlot Open Textbook Projects, http://taste.merlot.org/opentextbooks.html4

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

instrumental in merging Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society into the ASEE.In addition, Dr. Pariser Co-Founded 5 venture companies, and as a management consultantsuccessfully catalyzed over $100 million of new shareholder value in client businesses. Bert ledcross-functional client teams in projects to find and capture value-creating profit and growthopportunities. Bert received a PhD, MS from Columbia University and a BS from MIT inElectrical Engineering. bert.pariser@tcicollege.edu Page 15.852.10

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Susan Heller-Zeisler, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

7the teachers, they area valuable resource as to what worked and what did not to encourage themto study science and engineering. Additionally, since SURF students are involved in researchwith NIST scientists they are often in the process of learning about how science is done and arereadily able and willing to explain what they are learning. SURF students who volunteer to meetone-on-one with the teachers are usually easily able to explain their project, demonstrate someexperiments, and show off their labs in ways some of the NIST scientists have long ago movedbeyond.When NIST staff (i.e. scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, etc.) and SURFstudents volunteer to participate in the NIST Summer Institute one-on-one visits they are

Conference Session

Alternate Energy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Santiago; Hazem Tawfik; Yeong Ryu; Kamel El-Khatib; Devinder Mahajan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ourfuture work.Impact in Engineering Technology EducationEmerging technologies such as those involving alternate forms of energy are expected to play amajor role in modern engineering technology curricula. The results presented in this paperinvolve expertise from multidisciplinary teams in our school of engineering technology; inparticular, technology of fuel cells, control systems, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, andsoftware applications. Major parts of this work were performed as student projects by the firstauthor who is a student in the school of engineering technology. Namely the student wasinvolved in setting up the fuel cell system, developing code for control algorithm and dataacquisition, and running the experiments at Brookhaven National

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

sends critical information within thehospital premises. There is still wide scope future expansion of this project in the medicalfield. For example, other vital parameters of the patient such as blood pressure andtemperature can be sent remotely to the nurse desk or directly to the doctor’s computer tomonitor the patient’s health condition any time.Bibliography1. K.J. Ayala, “The 8051 Microcontroller “, 3rd Edition, Microcontrollers Pros Corporation, 2004.2. Single –Chip Low Cost Low Power RF Transceiver CC1100 Data Sheet, Texas Instruments, http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc1100.html, May 2009.3. Atmel AT89S8253 is an 8051 based Full Static CMOS controller Data Sheet, Atmel Corporation, http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

F. Carl Knopf, Louisiana State University; Kerry Dooley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

(incomplete module) which writes measured and reconciled values on a figureembedded within the Excel file. Improved versions of the modules were utilized in Fall 2006,and the average solution time decreased to 5.9 hr. Most recently (2009), overall studentsatisfaction with the project was scored 4.8 in the Spring, and 4.9 in the Fall (0-5 scale). Theseare well above (by at least a full point) historical scores for a lab class at LSU. The experimenthas been independently evaluated by the LSU Cain Center for STEM Literacy and studentfeedback shows that this module is considered the best of all the junior lab experiments and theone most representative of an assignment for a beginning engineer.Junior Year (2nd Semester): In the second undergraduate

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, United States Military Academy; Daniel McCarthy, United States Military Academy; Michael Kwinn, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

(US Army) is an Academy Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has a B.S. degree from USMA in Organizational Leadership and an M.E. degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. He also holds a PhD in Management Science (System Dynamics) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include systems design, new product development, system dynamics, decision support systems, project management and curriculum development. He has taught and served as the course director for numerous engineering courses in Systems Design, System Dynamics and Production Operations Management. He

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

whatever we wanted; really to do whatever we wanted. So I joined Bell Laboratories. My department head said, “Steve, you can do whatever you want. It doesn’t even have to be physics. All we ask is that you don’t go to a high-energy accelerator and do high-energy physics, because that would be hard on the stockholders.” (My thesis project, and when I was working as a post-doc, addressed a high-energy physics problem.) He said, “And by the Page 15.1189.5 way, don’t do anything immediately. Spend six months. Talk to the peoplearound the labs, and just keep an open mind.” This was a devastating experiencefor me

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

curriculum development effortsonto the institutionally recognized reward system – typically published research and grants.The goals of this research project and report are more modest. They are to reliably evaluate some Page 15.1109.2current practices, using recognized educational theoretical bases so that the current situation canbe understood in an instructional design context and key indicators of the design process can beidentified and that methods of improvement can be based on a correct understanding of theinfluences at work in the process. A deeper understanding of what is happening will create afoundation upon which future designs or

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(CCLI) program of NSF.The CCLI project is limited to the implementation of an “Introduction to Infrastructure Engineer-ing” (hereafter referred to as ‘I2I’) course, which is intended to serve as the first CEE course forundergraduates in the Civil and Environmental Engineering degree programs. The developmentwork for the I2I course is the subject of this paper. The authors are the principal investigator andco-principal investigators for the CCLI project.Development of the I2I CourseThe first step taken by the authors in developing the course was to formulate learning objectives.Specifically, the objectives of the course are that after successfully completing the class, studentscan: • Describe five subdiscipline areas of civil and