Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Underlying Educational InterventionsThe Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at theNational Academy of Engineering has developed a web-based database that summarizes theavailable research on educational interventions designed to enhance student learning, retention,and professional success (see www.PR2OVE-IT.org -- Peer Reviewed Research OfferingValidation of Effective and Innovative Teaching). The website is similar to the U.S. Departmentof Education’s What Works Clearinghouse (http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/>), except thatPR2OVE-IT does not engage in extensive pre-screening of papers for rigor. Rather, we leavejudgments of rigor up to individual users of the system and focus instead on summarizing theresults of

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Titus, Purdue University; Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

alsowere required to sketch the free body diagram of their fixture and write a brief paragraph toexplain how their design would work. By separating thread friction from sealing friction,students were allowed to concentrate on measuring the friction from one area. To develop theirdesigns, students used Pro/Engineer software.The students were instructed in filling out a preliminary “pre-patent” form to document theiroriginal idea. This was done in order to familiarize students with a very necessary part of thecreative design process, formal documentation. The student designs were reviewed by theinstructor and constructive feedback was given to the student teams. A final technicalpresentation was given by the students and their communication and

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Then new teams, inwhich each team member had expertise regarding a different learning activity, were formed andcharged to rank the five activities from least- to best-aligned with formal cooperative learningprinciples. In a separate learning activity, student teams postulated the values and philosophy ofan engineering instructor who incorporates cooperative learning in his/her classes.Student teaching and research philosophies and their elevator speeches went through at least oneiteration cycle, with students receiving feedback from classmates, the course instructors, and, inthe case of the teaching philosophies, peers from the Laboratory for User-Centered EngineeringEducation (LUCEE8) at the University of Washington (LUCEE is devoted to

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

modify existing course assignments, projects, etc. as the basisfor our review whenever possible.We next identified courses which most clearly required students to demonstrate achievement ofour Program Outcomes. Faculty teaching these courses volunteered to save paper or electroniccopies of all the student work submitted (i.e., work from all students in the class) for something(an assignment, a test question, a project, a report) that the instructor believed – if completedcorrectly – would demonstrate achievement of a designated, relevant Program Outcome.Prior to beginning to write our criteria and rubrics, we decided to keep the rubrics as simple aspossible. At this initial stage we were primarily interested in whether a given sample of student

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

described through this metaphoricframework. Our students instruct the new collegians to: • set the college stage early by knowing their desired major and being adequately prepared to pursue that major; • engage a supporting cast of peers, patrons and programs to become thoroughly involved in their academic careers; • accept the role of director by assuming academic responsibility including improving time management and study habits, and • anticipate and overcome critic’s reviews in the form of external grades and internal doubts.The data suggest differences in advice given by male and female students and students fromdifferent classifications (i.e., lower division students versus upper division students

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Alok Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

theeleven outcomes a-k in terms of blooms taxonomy5. McGourtny, et. al.7 , discussincorporation of student peer review and feedback into the assessment process. Whileothers have attempted to present a serialized model based upon plan-do-check-act derivedfrom six-sigma methodology10-12, very few comprehensive models for assessment andcontinuous improvement have been published. It should be emphasized that a realisticmodel for assessment and continuous improvement must be dynamic and be able toevolve as learning and improvements take place. At the same time it should incorporatedata from various assessment tools to continuously assess attainment of outcomes andobjectives

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University; Craig Sanders, East Caroilina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

diagrams and designing discrete-state process control systems, writing, debugging, testing and running programs on PLCs, Interfacing, programming, collecting and analyzing data from PLCs.Student Experience SamplesFigure 2 and 3 presents sample setups of electromechanical systems 8, 9 lab. Figure 2shows students engaged in constructing and designing an elctropneumatic system for ashorting device. In this setup, the piston of a single-acting cylinder pushes the part offthe conveyor belt when a pushbutton switch is pressed. When the pushbutton isreleased, the piston rod returns to the retracted end position. The students realized thisexperiment using standalone pneumatic and electropneumatic components. Figure 2: Students

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University; Promod Vohra, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-931: A COMMUNITY COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMIN TECHNOLOGY – MAXIMIZING PARTICIPATION THROUGH VARIEDMODES OF DELIVERYClifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University CLIFFORD R. MIRMAN received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991. From 1991 until 1999, he was a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Wilkes University’s. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Technology at NIU. His research areas are CAD, finite-element-analysis, and kinematics, both securing grants and writing publications. Dr. Mirman is actively involved in ASEE and SME.Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University XUESHU SONG received his Ph.D. from

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ahmed M El-Sherbeeny, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Andrea E. Ware, West Virginia University; James E. Smith, West Virginia University

study labs in student achievement a programming-intensive, project-focused second semesterfreshman engineering course.Study labs in the literature Reports and studies have shown a number of advantages achieved by applying study labsin different undergraduate programs, especially in scientific majors. A recent paper describes the“I-Help” computer system, reported to effectively offer cognitive, peer-assistance to students,depending on factors including each students’ level of competence for the subject underconsideration2. Study labs have also been reported to be a valuable means of pre-exam preparation1,reducing exam and general course stress and anxiety3, reducing instructor expenses per student9, Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

• Equations required for data reduction • How data is to be presented • ReferencesAt the end of the first week students exchange lab plans, which are evaluated by their peersand returned with suggestions for improvement. Corrections and suggestions do not affectthe grade of the authors; however, if a group evaluates a lab plan which subsequently turnsout to be incomplete or incorrect, the evaluating group is penalized. While this penalty israrely invoked, it does provide motivation for students to perform a thorough review.Once a lab plan has been completed, reviewed by peers, and approved by the instructor,students have one week to perform the experiment and write a final report. At the end of thesecond week, these reports are collected and a

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cejka, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

report that the students have gainedsome knowledge of engineering, and 75% of the teachers are satisfied with the students’ learningwhile the classroom mentor is there (as reported by both the teachers and classroom mentors).The biggest impact for the school is that the students are having fun, with 90% of the teachersand 92% of the classroom mentors noting this.The teachers’ testimony to the students’ learning is perhaps the most convincing evidence thatthis program has impacted the students. One middle school teacher writes, “I think this program Page 11.718.7is extremely valuable. My students learn to problem solve in a real world setting

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

gudielines addressing various issues related to online education including syllabus writing, online course design and instruction, and facilitating class discussions, etc. An online faculty success guide for online teaching is available to all teaching faculty as well. The new faculty will also be assigned to a well experienced online instructor as a Page 11.447.6 mentor through the progression of the online course. In addition, every faculty member can also get access to the B&T faculty cyber common room, a virtual community for B&T faculty, in which the faculty member can get access to the most up to date

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bert Davy; Indranil Goswami; Jiang Li; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; Charles Oluokun; Arcadio Sincero

benchmark objectives. The 1 credit course, a with a total meeting timeof 30 hours over a 15-week semester, consisted of approximately 10-12 hours in class dedicatedto the design project, with an additional 4-6 hours in various forms of reporting. Teams wererequired to submit a written proposal and a final report, as well as make a formal teampresentation of their design.A very detailed course assessment tool was used to obtain student feedback at the conclusion ofthe exercise. This (assessment) included self and peer assessment by the students in reference tothe team design project. Students were also asked to provide detailed feedback about the qualityand relevance of lectures and the quality of instructions and specifications about the project.In

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Betz, SUNY-College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

process of design. Third, designdevelopment is usually never taught with much student writing. Faculty should think ofintroducing a journaling process so that students can record their decision making narratives.Combined with informal weekly interviews, these may be important tools for seeing beyond theinstant and error free design solutions to assess the real process behind student thinking.ConclusionThis paper should challenge the reader because what is proposed is a real transformation in thedesign development process. How do we test this theoretical idea and can we prove it? Whatdoes it mean for us as educators? Is this in-fact happening and are these the correctcharacteristics of a new process? How do we start the investigation? There are

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and toreceive training in such areas as group dynamics.The hands-on, learning-centered nature of the MIMIC project is utilized in recruiting. Highschool students are brought to campus to participate in project-related activities andexperience the technology available to the college teams, for example, rapid prototyping.High school instructors identify students/graduates as potential leadership track students.Those students are encouraged to enroll in a college strategies course, free of charge, and thenare paid to offer peer support to other technical students.Freshmen in engineering and electronics for whom English is a second language are beingassessed on language skills required for them to succeed in their technical programs. ESLstudents

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

learned, and the improvements needed to use this new capability.IntroductionThis paper considers the opportunities opened by electronic presentation1 of engineering coursematerial. As course material gets completely converted, and classrooms become reliablyequipped with electronic presentation facilities, instructors are finding significant changes. Thetime spent in drawing and writing on the board is saved, freeing the instructor to focus on thestudents. What was covered in a 75-minute lecture before, is now covered in 30.A ‘safe’ option is to stretch out the lecture and add more examples and discussions. The downside is that many students are already put to sleep by the normal pace of lectures, which is set toaccommodate the student needing the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaRuth McAfee, State University of New York-Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook; LaRuth McAfee, State University of New York-Stony Brook

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Page 11.1147.3been modeled around similar successful graduate programs at other schools as well as theundergraduate programs at UMBC. From these programs, the authors found certain componentsto be especially important in supporting minority students before, during, and after graduateschool. These components are: preparation for graduate study (GRE and application support);graduate program selection (factors to consider); graduate admissions (changing how faculty doadmissions); summer bridge programs (student bonding and assessment of academicpreparation); peer support (with advanced students in one’s discipline and throughinterdisciplinary opportunities); faculty mentorship and advising (from one’s research advisorand from other faculty

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

are often lacking in the fullness of details that real systems provide.Meaningful communications are also difficult if there are no consequences tied to theeffectiveness of the communication. Over the past four years we have been examining anumber of approaches for using remotely located experiments to overcome thesedifficulties. More recently we have restructured our approach to also emphasizecommunications skills.To provide the learning-by-doing experience we used the Green Engineering themeexperiments of the on-line laboratory facilities at UTC. To emphasize thecommunications aspect, WSU students were paired with other WSU students forconducting experiments. By working with their classmates peer pressure is brought tobear to encourage full

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Liberal Arts: A Technologist’s Guide to history, Literature,Philosophy, Art, and Music The Existential Pleasures of Engineering The Introspective Engineer Aftermath: A Novel of Survival The Civilized Engineer Blaming Technology: The Irrational Search for Scapegoats This exemplar has not been duplicated: the industry engineer is an uncommonauthor among the small group of engineer-authors writing today. Nonetheless, the “grandview” of engineering which Florman provides, illustrated through his willingness toexplore aspects of history, philosophy, music and the fine arts places engineering in amultitude of contexts. Florman’s earliest book, Engineering and the Liberal Arts, introduces each of thelatter

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

discussion among theauthors, 32 papers were retained for the review. Fifteen of the articles were classified ashigh priority, eight priority, and nine low priority. Fifteen articles were obtained fromengineering education conference proceedings, 12 from engineering education-orientedjournals, four from design-oriented journals, and one from a communications journal.The complete set of articles retained for this review is identified in the bibliography.Most articles described techniques in assessment and their use in the classroom. A sampleof these purposes includes the use of standardized measures to assess content knowledgein design4; peer reviews, self assessments, and oral reports, all used to evaluate studentperformance as team members and

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Boser, Illinois State University; Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

written exams, oral exams,embedded questions in exams and assignments, portfolio analysis, papers/writing samples,simulated activities/case-studies, capstone projects, videotapes of student's skills, inside/outsideexaminers, and internship experiences.7 With all of these instruments, the student’s knowledgeand skill can be directly measured. Since it would be beyond the scope of this paper to provide ananalysis of all the direct measures of assessment that are available, the focus will be on those thatwere used at the authors’ department. Course tests and examinations are perhaps the most commonly used direct assessmentmeasure. Most courses use tests to measure student progress, therefore they are readily available.Assuming that the tests

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

to experience the traditional peer-review process that generally precedes scholarly publication.This paper documents efforts pertaining to two such ACTION projects that the primary authorhas supervised since the inception of the program at UMES. The first of these projects titled:CAD assisted Assembly and Programming of Mobile Platforms involved undergraduate students,Mr. Uditha Poddalgoda and Ms. Whitney Smith through the Complete Research Cycle in the fallsemester of 2004 and spring semester of 2005. Ms. Amy Jarret, Mr. Omar A. Omar and Mr.Aaron Redden forms the undergraduate student team for the second project titled: ExploringMechanics of Material Principles using ProMechanica and MDsolids Software Packages. At thetime of writing

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

forconsistent grading and serves as a guide to students when writing the lab. One significant time-saving technique was to make this grading sheet available on the course web site, and require itsuse as the laboratory report cover sheet. Thus, I did not have to print out copies of the gradingrubric and attach them to each student’s report.I have often resisted using a grading rubric. If the rubrics were very prescriptive and detailed, Ifelt that the report degenerated into a “fill-in-the-blank” report. It left no room for studentcreativity, imagination, or even thinking. On the other hand, using a very vague and open-endedrubric resulted in the best students scoring well; this of course isn’t necessarily a problem, butdoes not provide the weaker

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, including designing and starting up aresearch program and getting it funded, attracting and managing graduate students, finding andworking with appropriate faculty or industrial collaborators, planning courses and deliveringthem effectively, writing assignments and tests that are both rigorous and fair, dealing withclassroom management problems and cheating and students with a bewildering assortment ofacademic and personal problems, doing what it takes to learn about and integrate into the campusculture, and finding the time to do all that and still have a life. Figuring out how to do all these things is not trivial. Robert Boice studied the careerdevelopment of new faculty members and found that most of them take between four and fiveyears

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

experience, explained that herinability to learn the new material quickly had the strongest influence on her confidence incourse success, leading to the development of negative efficacy beliefs. I’d have to say how fast I learn [the material affects my confidence in succeeding the most]; because some people seem like they just catch on so, like so quick. And I’m just kind of like slow or something ‘cause I can’t like figure it out right away. Um, like in lab, we always have to write these scripts and like I can do it eventually - but some of the people will be done like ten minutes later; they’ll be like, “Are you done?” I’m like “No!”, ‘cause it just like takes me more time to do stuff and . . . aah - it’s

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

’ educational experience, broadened their perspectives, served as community outreachforums and integrated experiential learning with academic programs. Students work in E-teamsand write NCIIA proposals to commercialize innovative product or university/research labdeveloped technology.This paper describes a unique course series in Systems Engineering (SE) Entrepreneurship.Innovation in product/service design and commercialization that enables entrepreneurship can besuccessfully leveraged by applying SE principles/ techniques which parallel entrepreneurshipsteps such as Customer Requirements Engineering and opportunity recognition; Project/QualityEngineering, Decision/Risk Analysis, Systems Modeling, Engineering Economics and businessplanning, Systems

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Engineering Systems at Florida Tech have greatly enriched thestudents’ educational experience, broadened their perspectives, served as community outreachforums and integrated experiential learning with academic programs. Students work in E-teamsand write NCIIA proposals to commercialize innovative product or university/research labdeveloped technology.This paper describes a unique course series in Systems Engineering (SE) Entrepreneurship.Innovation in product/service design and commercialization that enables entrepreneurship can besuccessfully leveraged by applying SE principles/ techniques which parallel entrepreneurshipsteps such as Customer Requirements Engineering and opportunity recognition; Project/QualityEngineering, Decision/Risk Analysis

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

4 programming assignments where the students write a packet sniffer program. The first three programs build on each other and have the students decode the packets they get from an isolated network. The fourth program has the students writing code to send spam email. The figure below shows the test bed network used for CprE 530. 10/100 Hub Router 10/100 Hub Campus Network IDS Filter Spock Bones Scotty Borg (file server)CprE 530 Test bed Network. Page 11.757.62. CprE 431: Basics of Information System Security Textbook: Security

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Northrup, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

changes to the requirements were made inthe past two years. This author believes, as mentioned in the introduction, that higher levels ofintegration require higher levels of interdisciplinary interaction. Page 11.766.4The main requirement change was the addition of an automatic trailer release mechanism. Thesolar powered vehicle was required to tow a 6-lb. trailer for 1/3 of the race and automaticallyjettison the trailer. The idea was that the computer engineering student would write a programto keep track of the distance traveled and send a signal to the electrical engineering student’scircuit board to control a relay that, in turn, would power

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, prediction of the effects of materials processes, and designof experiments to determine the feasibility of engineering tasks. To attain success on theindividual examinations, students must demonstrate that they can synthesize fundamental contentknowledge and critical thinking skills, and apply these to unfamiliar situations based on real-world problems.Peer-assessment, self-assessment, and self-reflection on learning processes are emphasizedthroughout the semester. Teaming skills are assessed through peer- and self-evaluations at theend of each project. In the teaming evaluations, students provide a numerical rating forthemselves and their teammates, and they write self-reflective comments on teaming-relatedlessons learned during their project