Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kavetsky

led to the establishment of ONR’s NationalNaval Responsibility (NNR) Program in undersea weaponry to address S&T topics of uniqueinterest to this community. As part of the NNR in Undersea Weapons a University/LaboratoryInitiative (ULI) was established. The objective of this initiative is to develop a consortium thatwill attract, develop, and retain highly capable individuals in career fields that support sciencecritical to undersea weapons technologies. A secondary objective is to build confidence thatwithin the universities, where the Navy has had historical success in hiring new employees, thereare departments with students well suited to pursue research in areas aligned with topics germaneto the ONR undersea weapons NNR program.This

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

Dimensional Pictorials (Oblique and Isometric)Throughout the semester, the students work in groups of two to four students to prepare finaldesign drawings and reports on their projects. Typically, the students write one final report perteam during the semester. In some case the students may also build a prototype.Outline of the TSGC Design Challenge ProgramThe Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) administers the Design Challenge Program4sponsored by NASA. It is intended to provide the student teams with an opportunity to engage inscientific research, hands-on design, meeting presentations, career opportunities with NASA, andeducational / public outreach activities. It provides the undergraduate students with a uniqueopportunity to choose projects from

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

who had completed their freshmanand sophomore year curriculum were especially recruited for the program. The purpose ofengaging students in SFS early in their undergraduate career was to ensure that they hadsufficient time prior to graduation to engage in relevant and challenging research, becomecomfortable with the College’s procedures, and begin to define a focus of interest for theirgraduate studies.Based on discussions with prospective participants, all of whom were underrepresented minorityengineering students, most of them were not aware of the benefits and opportunities of agraduate degree. None of them were knowledgeable of the requirements and process foradmission, including admission to the College’s early-entry master’s programs

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

employing. This approach to curriculum bridges the gapthat exists between the classroom practices and industrial practices. This unifiedapproach would deliver students with career-bound knowledge essential for the industry.I. IntroductionIn the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department of PurdueUniversity Calumet (PUC), the faculty by choice have taken upon themselves to makethe changes, the essence of which is reflected in this paper. After a lot of deliberation thecurriculum committee agreed to make the changes to the curriculum that essentially,prepares the student to function in the market place as the System Designer. It wasrealized that the ECET curriculum should impart to the graduating student enoughexposure to pursue

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury

assessment tools. Black engineering students are highly under-representedwith respect to all engineering students and percentage of their population. It is shownthat, frequent faculty-student contact in and out of class, expressing faculty concern aboutthe students problems, especially those who miss class frequently, trying to help withtheir studies, sharing experiences and attitudes with the students, help these students toget through their rough or difficult times and move forward to achieve their career goals.The percentage increase of student overall learning performance due to personal contact,measured using the above outcome assessment tools, in turn demonstrates the percentageincrease in satisfying the ABET criteria, the desired goal

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

falseinformation; that they are experts at searching the Web; and that the large numbers of people thatuse the Web will make detection of falsehoods more likely (Thompson 2003, Profeta andKendrick 2002, Davis Herring 2001, Calvert 1999, and Tolppanen 1999). Manuel (2002) reportsthat 28% of freshman at California State University agreed that a “central internet authorityreviewed all Web information for its accuracy.” Furthermore, many students also have themistaken belief that the Web will provide all the information they may need in the course of theircollege career. Investigating their college library’s resources, whether print or electronic, neveroccurs to them. To them, it’s all on the Web, it’s all worthwhile, and it’s all free.These findings indicate

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Sherick

students in this summer’s program has donevery well in his Calculus II class, and he believes that the math prep sessions we offeredwere a big part of getting the student refreshed on Calculus so that he was able to get agood start in math.Student ContractAt the beginning of each semester, students participating in DOC sign a contract definingexpectations. The program was created to support, guide, and encourage NativeAmerican students to successfully achieve academic goals, foster career goals, developpersonal life skills, and attain leadership skills.1 Students in the DOC program arerequired to attend campus orientation, meet with their instructors, meet with theiracademic advisors, meet with the DOC staff, attend professional

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Session XX10 K12 Engineering Education Field Experience Lawrence J. Genalo, Celeste E. Ogren Iowa State UniversityAbstractEngineering faculty have offered an engineering literacy course entitled Toying WithTechnologySM to elementary and secondary education majors for eight years. Studies haveshown that students form many of their overall career and educational attitudes as early aselementary school. Schoolteachers who have an appreciation for technology will likely conveythat appreciation to their students. This will, in turn, broaden the horizons of their

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

we needed to do ? Student views material Professor clearly sees in a disjointed fashion how pieces fit together Figure 1 – Professor vs. Student View of Material PresentedIn order for STEM material to become an integral part of the student’s learning processthroughout their entire educational and professional careers, the students must, in essence, “livethe material” every day and in every course [1-5]. To make this happen, one important step is tostop presenting information in a disjointed fashion.Engineering problems are never solved by “looking up answers at the back of the book”.However, this is the exact way many engineering courses are

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

objective writing.IntroductionEngineers and scientists are called upon throughout their careers to write persuasively. Theyfrequently have to sell the reader on some idea by outlining a convincing solution to a problem.In EG 1004, Introduction to Engineering and Design, the preparation of lab reports is thefeatured writing assignment. The mastery of this rhetorical exercise is critical to our student'ssuccess, but what about the persuasive writing situation? The lab reports they write arecompletely objective documents, even constructed in the passive voice to de-emphasize theperson executing the experiment and focus on the action taken.The introduction of persuasive writing skills into the technical writing component of EG 1004has been accomplished

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Kicher; Frank Adamo; Dale Flowers

in the DFMA process will have on manufacturingoperations and the management of same. That is a constant and recurring theme throughout thesecond semester of the course. In addition, many engineers will run plants or manufacturingdivisions or even companies during their career. The second part of the course provides asignificant exposure to state of the art practices for these career experiences.The primary text for this part of the course is the Vollmann et al.6, while the software supportcomes from Emmons, et al.5. In addition, there is an extensive course pack of readings fromcurrent engineering and business publications that relate to the specific topics being studied inthe course. The purpose of these supplemental readings is to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Heenan; Hector Estrada

will subscribe to the following mission statement: The mission of the undergraduate program in architectural engineering is to prepare students to undertake the necessary design experience in the building industry to become registered engineers with a specialization in Building Architectural Engineering, and to instill in them the importance of lifelong learning, including pursuing advanced studies leading to graduate degrees.Program Educational Objectives The program will emphasize the following educational objectives: • To provide graduates with the necessary engineering skills to engage in lifelong careers as practicing professional architectural engineers who are ethical and socially

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

8examples of computing skill competency over-time. Those students who considerengineering as a career would have an opportunity to develop necessary skills in advanceof their University experience. It would seem that preparedness in any career fieldwould provide the strongest possible alliance to facilitate a successful learningexperience. Existing curriculum development has focused on relative performance acrossacademic content areas. This experiment represents a comparison between six computingcontent area categories and four grade levels of student proficiency. It was expected thatthe progress of computing skill proficiencies will be demonstrated in a positively linearcurve with a rapid slope in the later years of computing proficiency

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold Peskin; Walter Buchanan

Excelsior is predominantly an assessment-oriented school, thisorientation in the accreditation process is a welcome advance. 6. ConclusionThe ‘typical’ undergraduate college student, one who enters college straight out of highschool, attends for four years, graduates and then begins his or her professional career, isa shrinking percentage of the population. That student is increasingly being displaced bythose with more complicated life histories that may make it difficult for them to realizetheir full potential in a traditional learning environment. One of the major challenges ofthe twenty-first century for colleges is to provide the kind of support that ensures thatsuch prospective students are not disenfranchised by the hurdles of their life

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Millard

. Bored grammar school students have difficultyretaining focus in math and science classrooms, resulting in fewer high school graduates thatchoose to pursue technical careers. Unfortunately, today’s products call for advanced skills inscience, math, engineering and technology, yet the number of graduating engineers in the U.S. isdeclining in comparison to other countries such as China and India. This issue is clearly ofconcern to the competitive outlook for U.S. industry and, consequently, U.S. citizens.We need to use technology to help us address the declining number of U.S. students entering Page 10.1111.1STEM oriented fields by utilizing

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

. Page 10.359.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session ####In addition, all of the engineering women faculty actively support WE@RIT through directinvolvement in the design and administration of college-level outreach, retention, andrecruitment efforts.RIT’s Women Engineering program (also known as WE@RIT) has been in existence since 1996.The program is designed to help students achieve career goals by offering activities aimed atfostering a positive community for women within the college. As a

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carpenter

, and which speakers to use in the nextclass offerings of the course were based on these student evaluations. The questionsasked about the speakers were: • Did you think the speaker’s topic was appropriate for this class? Definitely keep the topic Keep it for now but look for something better to offer Definitely get rid of this topic • Was the speaker’s coverage appropriate? More coverage (how may sessions) Keep the same Less coverage (how many sessions) • Did you think this speaker/topic will have an impact on your life/career? Definitely Probably yes Perhaps but it is hard to say Probably no

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

ethics “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationeducation in an ongoing and proactive manner: “The active learning exercise should bechosen so that, over the course of their undergraduate career, students engage indeveloping a full range of ethical skills.Sample topics that should be considered for an engineering ethics curriculum includesappropriate behavior (Whitbeck, 2004) related to: recruitment; employment; termination;guidelines for raising ethical concerns; commission payment under a marketingagreement; gifts to foreign officials; and writing a letter of recommendation. Discussionson these types of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Powers; Mary Fran Desrochers

about instruments, programming, and data collection and analysis than if the labs were offered as canned labs • LabVIEW™ has the ability to talk with just about anything (instruments and devices)EET needs:Many Electrical Engineering Technology students will be involved with data acquisition andcontrol systems during their careers. Therefore, a strong preparation in a variety of sensors isrequired. The basic physics behind transducers for temperature, position, and force sensingelements is covered both in theory and in the lab.In addition, EET students need to work with and understand basic signal conditioning techniquesin order to make effective use of various sensors. Prior coursework that is introduced ininstrumentation

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust; David Myszka

project. Student learning occurs through these activities. • Students are evaluated solely based on their performance related to the project.The benefits of capstone design courses have been well documented4,5, 6. The mostimportant are that they prepare a technical professional for the creative solution toconstrained problems that will be come the trademark of their career. These capstoneexperiences with open-ended tasks allow entry-level graduates to “hit the groundrunning”.CompetitionCompetition is most often associated with an athletic contest. However, in generalcompetition is any opportunity, in which an individual, team or organization striveagainst others to achieve a goal, such as a victory1. Competition makes people stronger

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

10.1181.3S = Significantly Improved I = Improved N = Not at all Improved U = Uncertain Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe level of achievement can be used as a classroom and program assessment. The majority ofthe above co-op learning concepts can be mapped to the program’s outcomes. Hence, it can beused as a measure of preparing the student to have a successful career.2. Employer evaluation: In order for the student to receive a passing grade in his/her co-opassignment, the employer evaluation must be returned. A program assessment by anindependent engineer is a frank

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

June Ferrill

formally, in a variety of settings: Rice Alliance,business community groups, the student club, and other mentors with whom they may meet. Thestudent club provides speakers followed by discussion and a reception in which students caninteract with the speakers. We also have club roundtables in which students can informallydiscuss their business concepts. MBA students, Rice alumni, and business community mentorsmay come to the club meetings.Theory: A person may favor a particular learning style, but careers often call for adaptingto other styles. Four learning styles have been identified: · Convergent relying primarily on the dominant learning abilities of abstract conceptualization and active experimentation

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

graphics.) As aresult, capstone design courses are often taught as standalone pre-professional courses that owelittle if anything to the entry-level course. This is a result of lack of retention and noaccumulation. Even if cumulative, two courses cannot cover all, or even enough, aspects ofdesign anymore. Perhaps we do not need to require more courses of all students but all thoseentering a career of design should have far more than these two courses. To be fair, there aresome other specialized courses in design as well as other courses that are very relevant to design.But in terms of a trans-disciplinary approach dealing with the advances of the last decade or so,there is very little in the middle years. Indeed, if even some students who were

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leroy Oberto; Sheryl Sorby

of material1-3, however, many teachers are at aloss to provide these types of everyday examples in their classes. Further, we have found thatmany secondary teachers do not have an informed idea of what engineering is all about, and there-fore, they can not easily advise their students to pursue an engineering career. To combat thesetwin problems, at Michigan Tech we have developed an innovative degree program--the Masterof Science in Applied Science Education (MS-ASE). Through the coursework in this program, Page 7.752.1inservice teachers will be able to develop a clear understanding of the engineering profession andwill experience firsthand

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

Engineering in Fall 2001; 955 (212 CE, 423EE, and 320 ME) were identified as undergraduate students and 123 (44 CE, 57 EE, and 22 ME)were graduate students. In Fall 2001 approximately 88% of students were male. The minoritystudent population constituted 59% of the total enrollment. Hispanics are the dominant groupwithin the under-represented minorities (43% of total population).The majority of engineering students at UTSA work while attending school. A large number aremarried and support a family. Some have been out of school for several years and are pursuingengineering education to qualify for a career change. The engineering programs at UTSA havebeen instrumental in providing educational opportunities for individuals who are bound to SanAntonio

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Adams

variety of techniques to control digressive, difficult, or dominating participants, to encourage reluctant participants, and resolve conflict among participants. 4 Training faculty members on how to lead teams could be one of the most importantactivities required to make engineering student teams function effectively. Lack of trainingresults in bad teamwork experiences that hurt students’ attitudes toward teams and affect theirfuture performances and careers. According to Buckenmyer, “organizations that use teamssuccessfully spend long hours and millions of dollars training individuals to work with teams,training team leaders and training managers to manage teams.” 5 The lack of student and faculty preparation on

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

requirements serve as a foundation for such competence, the development and enhancement of writing skills must be demonstrated through student work in engineering work and other courses. Oral communication skills in the English language must also be demonstrated within the curriculum by each engineering student” - The ethical considerations (I.C.3.j.): “An understanding of the ethical, social, economic, and safety considerations in engineering practice is essential for a successful engineering career. Course work may be provided for this purpose, but as a minimum it should be the responsibility of the engineering faculty to infuse professional concepts into all

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Schreuders; Arthur Johnson

Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The Capstone Design ProcessOne major emphasis of the capstone Wizard was a process of iterative improvement. This wasimplemented through the series of design phases. Each phase represented one design cycle. Atthe end of each phase of the course, the students were required to present some documentation ofthe project’s status. This iterative process was often discomforting to the students. In mostcourses during their academic career, students have been asked to generate a product (whether adesign or a problem solution) that involved only a single iteration.There were four main design phases in the Wizard, a development of a design concept, an initialdesign proposal, a revised design

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

Semester Senior YearCourse Description: The Senior Design Thesis is the culmination of a student’s career in theAET major. Students work with a selected design instructor on an approved design project oftheir choice, from programming through design inception to compl ete final presentation of theirproject. Projects must consider architectural, engineering and planning issues, plus budgeting,scheduling, specifications and code applicability. Final portfolio jury reviews will include bothuniversity and professional critics.[6]Course Integrations:· Research and Precedent Analysis · Site Planning· Architectural Design · Master Planning· Architectural History · Interior Design

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. William Shelnutt; S. Gary Teng

started a new M.S. in EMGT program to serve technicalemployees of Charlotte area industries in Fall 2000. The students/prospective students in theprogram are mostly full-time career individuals. They need a program that has a close tie withindustry and can provide them with up-to-date real world problem solving and managerialknowledge and skills. To fulfill these needs, the faculty in this new EMGT graduate programcontinuously improves the curriculum and adds more real world components into the curriculum.Reisman2 and Abbott3 stated that student involvement in actual industrial practice while pursuingthe degree is very critical to the success of EMGT education. Smith4 showed that problemsolving skills, leadership, and teamwork ability is