Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

program. It is important to note that the intent ofCapstone Design program is to reflect the technical excellence and expertise of thedepartment while providing a variety of project types and challenges for the students. TheIndustry Partner program and projects are an important component of program but are notintended to be the sole source of the projects for student consideration.Capstone Design Projects Course ObjectivesThe senior design projects are developed with the support of local industry, interestedfaculty, student organizations, and interested students. The projects reflect the academicintegrity and excellence of the Mechanical Engineering department. A committed facultyand Industrial Advisory Board are instrumental in this process.It

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Morton, Western Washington University

. Most of our course outcomes have not changed withchanges in technology. Many of the fundamental concepts remain the same. However, there arechanges that truly reflect fundamental changes:Outcome: Understand decoders and memory expansion techniquesChanges: We do still cover the basics of bus interfacing and memory expansion. However,because we use microcontrollers exclusively and there no longer is an accessible bus system, thisarea has been deemphasized. Approximately, 8 hours of material down to the equivalent of threehours.Outcome: Competency in assembly language programming and programming tools including aprogramming editor, assembler, and debugger.Changes: This outcome has become essential. In the distant past, it was ok to have students

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

learning to occur: 1) Active Experimentation (protoboards, simulations, case study,homework), 2) Reflective Observation (logs, journals, brainstorming), 3) AbstractConceptualization (lecture, papers, analogies), and 4) Concrete Experience (laboratories, fieldwork, observations). This project is investigating the impact on student learning outcomesproduced by incorporation of the Mobile Studio pedagogy in courses that will be delivered usingthe Kolb cycle to sequence the courses’ activities as follows: 1. Students are introduced to topics and are then asked to formulate hypotheses and plan/perform experiments to determine the validity of their intuition. 2. The students relate their outcomes to real-life applications and provide a sense as

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Md Hasanuzzaman, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the BlackBoard or WebCT systems. The immediatefeedbacks will not only help learners to contemporaneously reflect on their learning, but alsocontribute to reflection by educators on the overarching learning design. It has been founded byBrosvic et al. that when confronted with previously encountered quiz questions on the finalexamination, a significant improvement in retention will be achieved if the students were initiallyprovided with immediate feedback rather than delayed feedback or no feedback, and even greaterretention when provided with multiple attempts on the initial encounter.To make it easier to use CAPE-authored learning experience, the eLMS platform can betransparently embedded into BlackBoard and WebCT systems. Therefore

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

available to both the student and their Page 12.528.10Faculty Coordinator. This will be of use in counseling the student and helping them toself-reflect upon the previous term’s practical learning experience. Additionally, FacultyCoordinators will have access to the student’s evaluation of the work term. Differentialsbetween the supervisor and the self-evaluation should provide indications of perceptiveerror on the part of either the student or supervisor. While the Faculty Coordinator willhave to engage in a credibility evaluation at this point, the information provided willcertainly identify areas of concern for the individual. Over time, it will be

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Biezad, California Polytechnic State University; Joon Kim, Lockheed Aircraft Co

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

by much of their academic experience in the classroom. The link betweentheory and practice may be spoken, but it is seldom experienced, for many of our students. Itis well known that all education9 is deficient that does not present a proper balance betweenexperience and reflection, and this type of imbalance is especially unfortunate when it occursin technical fields. As shrinking budgets put increasing pressure on undergraduate laboratory education, and as agreater percentage of students enter the curriculum without practical experience in mechanicsor a familiarity with tools and tooling, there is a strong need to expose aerospace engineeringstudents to these realities of the aviation workplace, a workplace that traditionally has

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Robert Ofoli, Michigan State University; Dennis Miller, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

engineers is their problem-solving ability. Indeed, ABETcriteria5,6 reflect this since at least five of the eleven outcomes relate directly to problem-solving skills. Many engineering curricula have focused strongly on providing students athrough grounding in the basics of a given discipline as delivered through lecture. Asteady slide ruled by “content tyranny” to increased reliance on “lecturing about” moreand more technical material is a common symptom of the huge amounts of information inthe engineering disciplines. Yet with so much content to master, we as faculty frequentlyforget that effective problem solving is predicated on integrated understanding oftechnical material.Froyd and Ohland7 emphasize the need for integrated engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, USMA; Grant Jacoby, USMA; Lisa Shay, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

take the class because they believe that using robotics as a teaching tool fits theirlearning style; robotics not only assisted learning, applied properly it inspires students to learn.Nevertheless, there are various learning styles, they vary from person to person, and most peoplehave many of them. McKeachie reflected that too many teachers think of students as a Page 12.1174.4featureless mass; too many rarely vary their teaching methods, thinking that the method bywhich they were taught is best for everyone [4]. However learning styles are preferences andhabits of learning that have been learned and everyone is capable of going beyond the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Laura Bradbury, Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto

experience. Typically, curriculum mapping would be completed by course instructors,however through student participation in the process, it was estimated that a more relevant view of whatis actually learned by the student would be produced. Through reflections from the student, instructorsand program administration responsible for curriculum organization and delivery, this paperdemonstrates the benefits and challenges of student-led curriculum mapping and how results can be usedto improve the overall student learning experience in an engineering program. The benefits specific to aninterdisciplinary curriculum, in which courses are developed and delivered by individuals from variousdepartments, are also addressed

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Matthew Pfannenstiel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Douglas Alvine, Alvine Engineering; Clarence Waters, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

and manufacturing presence in the United States and Stanford’s GraduateSchool of Business and School of Engineering. The program objective is to provide memberswith the latest developments in manufacturing and design. The success of the current industry-sponsored courses has caused interest in the program to spread to other areas of the campus1.Similarly, the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado utilizesthe principles of Hands-on Engineering. In the Integrated Teaching and Learning program(ITL), creative, team-oriented problem-solving skills are emphasized. The curriculum isdesigned to reflect the real world of engineering by being relevant to the needs of society andstudents alike. The ITL also functions

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

reflection about past activities associated withsimilar situations. Classification continues by recognizing the situation as most like problemsolving, design, or research. In doing so, prompts in each of the eight areas remind the user aboutnecessary ingredients for the selected process to be successful. Users should be aware that it iscommon to transition between processes, but understanding which process you started from willhelp you return to this when a needed excursion into one of the other processes is completed.Essential Skill SetsIn creating Table 1 it appeared that a large source of the variation in problem solving, design,and research performance, could be traced to a subset of critical learning skills. Learning skillsare used across many

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Where questions about educational missionand values are skipped over, assessment threatens to be an exercise in measuring what'seasy, rather than a process of improving what we really care about.2. Assessment is most effective when it reflects an understanding of learning asmultidimensional, integrated, and revealed in performance over time. Learning is acomplex process. It entails not only what students know but what they can do with whatthey know; it involves not only knowledge and abilities but values, attitudes, and habits Page 12.289.5of mind that affect both academic success and performance beyond the classroom.Assessment should reflect these

Conference Session

What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

likely toremember what they see rather than what they hear. The project is extremely visual in nature asit requires first hand observation of an object or structure, and it provides a visual archive of theprocess through photography and diagrams. The act of modeling the structures also requires thestudents to create their own visual representations. While students rarely remember specifichomework problems, they have mentioned specific examples from their project well after Page 12.178.10completing the class.Active and Reflective. Most students learn by actively doing; some learn by introspectivereflection. The project is geared towards active

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai Agrawal, Purdue University-Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Michael Segura, Purdue University-Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

of a phototransistor, aclass IIIa 650nm > 3mW semiconductor laser module, and a LM 50 National Semiconductortemperature sensor. The LM 50 sensor, 0P802WSL 5mW/m2 phototransistor, Laser module withautomatic power control, plastic lens with anti-reflective coating, beam has an adjustable focus,runs off 3V, draws about 45mA, and has a divergence of < 2.0 mrd. LM50 semiconductortemperature sensor operates off of 4-10VDC, measures temperature between the ranges of - 40°Cto +150 °C at 10mV/°C. 0P802WSL 5mW/m2 phototransistor: has an Ee = 5mW/m2, asensitivity spectral bandwidth starting at 310nm to 1030nm in wavelength; 850nm being thehighest sensitivity peek.Communication board in Fig. 2 houses the connectors and chips needed for

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

assessment of learningIdentify student learning styles Identify and address student’s conceptual difficultiesGood organization and planningTable 1. Responses to “What is good teaching?”How is it accomplished?The simple answer is through a combination of the two dimensions of Lowman’s model:intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport. The responses in Table 2 are cumulative overthe workshop series but reflect a good understanding of the need for engineering faculty toutilize both dimensions. Most of the workshops focused on intellectual excitement, yet allincluded elements of interpersonal rapport. It is refreshing that the faculty who participated inthe process identified these

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ledlie Klosky; Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Jason A. Evers, U.S. Military Academy; Jared B. Erickson, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

propagate to the point of becomingubiquitous, the nature of communication, both formal and informal, is undergoing a realtransformation. This transformation is reflected within the student bodies of colleges across thenation as text messaging, live personal video and internet voice communication become moreevolved technically and entrenched in the psyche of our students. Student comfort levels withinstant messaging, documented by these authors in previous papers, is only one sign of thecoming wave of communication tools and attitudes which will truly blur the line betweenactually there and virtually there.In this paper, the authors document their experiences with instant messaging, video-based one-on-one student instruction and internet telephony

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

semester.Actual performance by students as team members was stronger. To address student perceptions,this topic will be introduced into Sophomore Design, ME200, with the intention to bring studentsto a professional competency by their senior year.Over the three-year history of the course, instructor-based evaluation of the outcomes has risenslightly, with the greatest gains in Outcome 1, reflecting the increased exposure to theProfessional Component that is been developed. Student self-assessment has also risen sharplywith Outcomes 2, 3 and 4 over this time period, where students are gaining confidence in theirabilities to execute projects.Individual course assessment is integrated for overall Program Outcome assessment at a PeerReview of Course

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Burn, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Page 11.1450.4important when they view them as connected to their sense of self. For example, engineeringstudents will believe a task is important if engaging in the task reflects on their identity as anengineering major. Gender and racial identity become salient when talking about attainmentvalue because tasks offer opportunities to demonstrate aspects of one's self-conception, such asmasculinity or femininity or connection with cultural heritage.Intrinsic value pertains to the enjoyment a student gains from doing a task and relates to interestand intrinsic motivation. Interest has been shown to be course specific. And although studentsmay not be interested in a course at a global level, an individual course or topic within a coursecan

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engineering students.8,9 For example, student learning styles have beencharacterized according to the following five dimensions: sensory vs. intuitive, visual vs. verbal,inductive vs. deductive, active vs. reflect, and sequential vs. global.10 While student learningstyles can be expected to vary within a given class, the average college instructor is likely to bedescribed as an intuitive, verbal, deductive, reflective, and sequential learner.11 This is reflectedin the stereotypical “chalk-and-talk” teaching style prevalent in engineering education.However, a number of studies have shown the benefits of inductive teaching methods (such asproblem-based and project-based learning) and active learning (engaging students in activitiesother than listening

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phyllis Tedford, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Islander Black, non-Hispanic Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native 25.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 0.00 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001Figure 5. Percent of CS Baccalaureate Degrees Awarded to Minorities: 1992 - 2001recruiters. One important consideration in hiring the recruiters was to create a team thatwould accurately reflect the diversity of the population in south Texas. By the end ofOctober 2003, six recruiters had been hired. These recruiters not only reflected thediverse population of the area, but also represented a range of interests in the field ofcomputer science running the gamut from the more traditional computer

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Malicky, University of San Diego; Ming Huang, University of San Diego; Susan Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

learning is often not made in the literature, although it is helpful to distinguish them when trying to determine which pedagogy is most appropriate for a given instructor and course. The most common implementation of project-based learning in engineering is for capstone design courses.• Inquiry-Based Learning: The organizing principle for inquiry-based learning is the scientific method; as such inquiry learning is most commonly used in labs. Students observe a carefully selected phenomenon, develop a hypothesis about that phenomenon, develop an experimental procedure to test their hypothesis, perform their experiment, evaluate their results, and reflect on their learning. Learning is again student-centered, interactive

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Sumpter, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University

: Affecting a significant fraction of men and women,understanding/ learning was listed by 61.9% male and 40% female respondents. Studentresponses included in this category reflected a student’s ability to comprehend and learngeneral material such as concepts being taught in class, the homework assignments, labs,and projects. A student’s expression of difficulty or ease of understanding certainmaterial being presented was also placed in this category. Student responses included “Iam learning the material.”, “I understand a majority of the concepts in ENGR 116.”, or “Ido have trouble understanding the very difficult problems.”Drive and Motivation: Responses concerning an individual’s ability to accomplishpersonal tasks such as passing the class

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Ports, Florida Tech; Richie Samuel, University of Central Florida; Melinda White, Seminole Community College; Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Philip Chan, Florida Tech; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

constitutethe anchor of an elaborate dissemination plan that is multi-faceted and self-sustained. Moreover,it plans to impact 80 students in a span of 2 years, some of which are members ofunderrepresented groups (in particular UCF and SCC students). Additional, distinctcharacteristics are reflected in the immediate objectives of Project EMD-MLR, which are listedbelow 1. Introduce research into the undergraduate curriculum of many engineering and science disciplines. The number of undergraduate students that will be affected by the project will be 40 per year, 80 in total. 2. Develop educational materials focused on Machine Learning, that will be of value to many academicians, students and professionals with interest in this field, or

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haiyan Xie, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; James Tramel, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; Wei Shi, University of Florida; Mei Lu, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

systematic inquiry bycollaborative, self-critical communities of teachers and students, which takes place in schools. Itis pursued out of a desire of need to improve educational knowledge and practices. It isaccomplished through a recursive cycle of (1) identifying a problem area, (2) studying it bygathering data, and (3) reflecting on the data in order to make teaching decisions grounded inevidence rather than in hunches. Taking action is a moral imperative for the action researcherand an integral part of the research.Teachers are action researchers in classrooms. At first, teachers participate in study groups,institutes, and collaborative teams that others led or coordinated. Later they are facilitators ofaction research collaborative. Certain

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

; commitment to improvement; activelearning; and systems perspective.ISO-9000 standards exist principally to facilitate international trade. The driving forces thathave resulted in widespread implementation of ISO-9000 standards can be summed up in onephrase: “the globalization of business”. Expressions such as “post-industrial economy” and “theglobal village” reflect profound changes during recent decades6. These changes include: newtechnology in virtually all industry/economic sectors; worldwide electronic communication Page 11.1371.3network; widespread worldwide travel; dramatic increase in world population; depletion ofnatural resource reserves

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Minnie Patel, San Jose State University; Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship amongst engineering students. However, this would be atodds with the feedback received from student surveys conducted by us over the past two years,which indicate an interest in learning about entrepreneurship, as discussed in this paper.Alternatively, and more likely, it reflected the difficulties of attempting to persuade students toparticipate in extracurricular events, given that most engineering students have extremely highwork loads (131-138 units required for graduation for various majors in the college ofengineering). Besides, most SJSU students pay their way through university, and hence, juggleschool with part-time employment.These results imply that if we want to foster entrepreneurial skills amongst SJSU engineeringstudents

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Pinar Menguc, University of Kentucky; Ellie Hawes, University of Kentucky; Jane Jensen, University of Kentucky; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

new concepts through virtual companies. Thestudents were divided into six groups of three- or four-persons. They chose their ownfocus areas and established companies in nano-medicine, entertainment, defensivemilitary concepts, energy, arms, and novel materials. Then they explored how they couldimpact society within their choice of a nanotechnology company. They thought about thenew ideas and developments, in a similar vein to James Watt. They considered thepotential impact of the ideas beyond the obvious, reflecting on what the compassachieved. They considered the long-term impact on common people, as was the case inPompeii. Finally, they ventured into the question of “playing god!” We are sure that theygained a solid insight into a new world

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in undergraduate and graduate programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; Zachry Kraus, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Charles Glover, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

noted. At the conclusion of the session, each student completed apencil and paper instrument requesting additional feedback on the ICC. Information from thesesessions was compiled into a report and feedback was considered during the CoM ICC revisionprocess. Figure 2. Process Flow Chart: Pallet and Animation ToolThe students who participated in the usability study were able to identify several thingsoverlooked by the development team. Overlooked elements were the result of being too close tothe process to notice problematic elements and also reflected the difference in viewing thematerial from the perspective of an expert attempting to teach and a novice attempting to learn.Students spotted inconsistencies in the way to which

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Moran, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

early responses relative to the educational experiences of theseengineers and their reflections on them.An examination of the experiences of the contemporary engineer-writers raises several questionsabout both engineering education and the practice of engineering, especially as it is seen byyoung, creative entrants into the profession. The paper introduces and discusses these questions,positing some possible future areas of exploration.Homer HickamHomer Hickam, Jr., is best known for his story of growing up in a small West Virginia mining Page 12.1022.3town, designing and test firing rockets, and yearning to join Werner Von Braun in

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; June Marshall, St. Joseph's College

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

and which reflect the amount and nature of theinformation that must be learned will go a long way to promoting academic success.Question #7 - Learning Strategies: What types of learning strategies do my studentsneed? Will they need to collaborate with others in small or large groups? Will studentsneed to listen, maintain their attention for long periods of time, or take extensive notes?Application of the Theory:Students often need to be shown how to learn in class, how to work effectively in a group,how to engage in a discussion or debate, how to take notes, or even how to ask questions.Do not simply assume students know how to learn in your class.Doyle concludes that after asking these seven questions, you will find yourself muchbetter