Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of the discipline-specific Introduction to Engineering courses taught in the second semester of the freshman year.In Civil and Environmental Engineering, as part of our implementation of initiative 5 above, wewill begin to offer an environmental-themed culminating project that hopefully retains thedesirable features of the existing design project but broadens the overall course content. The development of this new design project provides an opportunity for reflection on thesimilarities and differences between our freshman engineering course and other freshmanprograms offered elsewhere. It also provides an opportunity for assessment of our experiencewith the existing course. Our course has many of the features of other freshman

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad N. Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Raj Sinha, National University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students with the tools necessary to achieveprofessional success in both theoretical and practical aspects of the field of wirelesscommunication and to prepare them for lifelong learning in a field that will be in a state ofcontinual advancement throughout their lifetimes14. This program prepares graduates foremployment in research organizations, computer centers, and wireless communicationsbusinesses and enterprises. All MSWC program missions are reflected in the MSWC programoutcomes, which are designed to ensure that MSWC graduates are proficient in analytical,technical, and critical thinking skills, that they have a sense of professionalism, and that they are

Conference Session

A Global Engineer: International and Domestic Engineer

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University; Andrew P. Nichols, Marshall University; Wael A. Zatar, Marshall University

Tagged Divisions

International

be useful to understand the Page 22.353.10existing learning pathways that students are prone to employ (e.g., Auditory).  It is likely that cultural influences shape students’ preferred learning styles in regions beyond theMiddle East and the United States, and thus the results of this study can be used to support theidea that where instructor and student come from different cultural environments, there may bethe need to reflect on differences in preferred learning styles and the proportion of students invarious learning style categories, and how to best respond to these differences in order toenhance student learning.Bibliography1. Fleming

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

time the pull list was created, librarians would batch modify thestatus of that pull list so that no indivudual work needed to be done to change the status of thosevolumes. Students would take the pull list, fill a cart, go back to the processing area, box theitems and label the boxes. Here is an example of a monograph work order for sendingmonographs to dim storage: Page 22.417.15VERIFICATIONSince we relied on student help to pull and process the majority of materials, we devised aprocess in which librarians would verify item status and make sure the items were properlyreflected in the catalog (or not reflected, as in most cases). Verification

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Macho, Buffalo State College; Su Wang, China National Institute for Educational Research

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

instruction. To meet these goals and objectives a workshop plan was created. The plan was tocombine lectures and hands on activities. Dr Macho provided the lectures and Michael Bastonilead the hands-on portions. The intention was to immediately reinforce the ideas presented in thelectures with tactile experiences, and then reflect on those experiences. The content of thelectures were the design methods described in American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) paper A Functional K-12 Conceptual Framework for Teaching Technological Literacy 1.The hands-on experiences were centered on design challenges using Totally Trebuchet kits fromGears Educational Systems, LLC.Method The method of gathering data was a mixed design of quantitative

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

continuous improvement process for the curriculum. Assessments can eitherindirect or direct measures of student achievement; direct measures are preferred.SE Graduate Program Alignment with GRCSEA program that adopts or chooses to align with GRCSE will go through several phases. Thesephases reflect the maturity of the program, from the initial planning through to a matureprogram. Existing programs will align to GRCSE in varying degree. To aid universities indetermining the degree of alignment, assessment rubrics are provided in Table 2. Theassessment categories can also be used to provide a basis for program improvement. Forexample, a program can use the categories initial, emerging, developed, and highly developed, asa basis to develop a strategy

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

and desired knowledge outcomes are described here. This step also allows forpre-assessment and serves as a benchmark for self-assessment in the Reflect Back step.Challenge 1 (shown in Figure 1)The first challenge is a lower difficulty level problem dealing with the topic. The student isprovided with information needed to understand the challenge. The steps shown below representthe remainder of the cycle, which prepares the students to complete the challenge. Note thatformative instructional events can and probably should occur in each step of the cycle. Thefollowing LC steps are to motivate and engage the students:  Generate ideas: Students are asked to generate a list of issues and answers that they think are relevant to the

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

Page 4.330.11individual grades. Some believe that one grade should be given based on total teamperformance. Since the course is modeled to reflect industry practices, the philosophy ofgrade allocation also follows industry performance practices. Salary distributions arebased on performance and appraisals of individuals and not on total “team” performance.Thus, some grades are individual grades and others are team grades. Individual gradesare given for development of the specifications, conceptual designs and individual filefolders.Figure 4. Project Grades for Term From Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 murphy jones smith einsteinEvaluation1 Person 1 22.00

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Deborah B. Kaufman; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder

82.8 31 87.9There were no statistically significant differences between the ratings men and women receivedfrom their teammates, in the ratings they gave to their teammates in either course, nor in theratings men gave to women. (Self-ratings were not included in these tabulations.) The onlymarginally significant gender-related effect was that women gave lower ratings to other womenthan they gave to men in CHE 205, a result that reflected very low ratings within an all-femalegroup that had considerable difficulty working together from the beginning of the semester.These data strongly suggest that gender bias was not a factor in the peer ratings collected in thisstudy.Effects of ethnicity on ratings.Minority students entered CHE 205

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil D. Opfer; John Gambatese

Program in ConstructionThe genesis of the idea for a graduate construction program at UNLV came from a number ofnational and local sources. Nationally, the construction industry as a whole is becoming highlyspecialized and complex. New types of construction materials, innovative computertechnologies, alternative contracting methods, and involved and demanding business regulationsare but a few aspects of construction that require advanced knowledge. The complexity issimilarly reflected in the variety of courses offered in construction curriculums, the myriad oftopics discussed in construction journal articles, and the almost endless number of constructionindustry associations and related conferences. The increasing specialization and complexity

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah E. Irvine; Teresa L. Hein

theirunderstanding of a particular concept or idea. Students are encouraged to reflect on feedbackthey receive and then work to confront any potential difficulties they are having with a particularconcept. When students take time to reflect on their writing and on the instructor-givenfeedback, the folder becomes a highly effective tool in helping them uncover and then wrestlewith their misconceptions while the learning is taking place 23. The writing activities provide awindow into understanding how well students are integrating the new knowledge into their Page 4.500.5existing knowledge schemas, thus providing a valuable tool in encouraging deeper

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John Eby; David Vader; Carl A. Erikson

, however, we areoften unaware of the social, economic, political and environmental overtones of our engineering.Working in situations significantly different from their own will give students opportunity todevelop skills of cross-cultural relationships and to reflect on their own experience and culturefrom the vantage point of another. These experiences also enable students to identify and relateto the other in our own culture.Messiah is experimenting with cross-cultural service-learning projects as a means of influencinggraduates toward more responsible engineering. Goals for these projects are to: (1) Createinterdisciplinary learning and service opportunities for Messiah students and faculty. (2)Develop new ways of integrating faith and practice

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Dianne Martin; Edmund Tsang; Rand Decker

wereinvolved in the evaluation of the service learning project and participate in evaluating theeffectiveness of the students.Through the service learning project, students had an opportunity to work in teams to apply thedesign and analysis skills for natural and engineered surface and groundwater systems that theylearned in CE 452 to provide a needed service to their community. The service opportunitieswere aimed at the development of the civil education of students. Activities in the class provideda method for students to think about what they learned through the service experience and howthese learning related to the curriculum. This included in-class reflection and assignments oftopics for discussions that were led by a Teacher Assistant provided

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Magowan; Azmi Bin Ahmad; Deborah Hochstein

interactions which will be examined and establishes the experimental procedure.Test results are entered into the array and an ANOVA analysis of the results yields valuableinformation regarding the optimum combination of factors and levels and demonstrates theinteraction of these factors if any exists. It is important to note that while constructing the arraythe practitioner must take care to insure that the factors and interactions to be included in thearray accurately reflect properties which affect the quality of the product or process. As is truewith all experimental techniques, a poorly designed experiment, even if properly executed, yieldsresults of questionable value

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

, principles, and theories, and may be quick but careless. Visual / Verbal: Visual learners prefer pictures, diagrams, charts, movies, demonstrations, and exhibitions. Verbal learners prefer words, discussions, explanations, formulas, and equations. Inductive / Deductive: Inductive learning develops principles and generalities from observations, the natural human learning approach. Deductive development starts with governing principles and then develops applications, the natural teaching approach. Active / Reflective: Active learners learn by doing and participating. Reflective

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman; Harvey Wolfe

sufficient flexibility to satisfy the needs of a wide spectrum of engineering programs. Attitudes And Outcomes Assessment Using QuestionnairesAssessment using well designed and tested questionnaires can provide valuable feedback forevaluation and continuous improvement. We have used questionnaires to measure: x Freshman perceptions about themselves and their abilities to succeed in engineering, and x Engineering alumni reflections about their experiences while attending school and their competencies at time of graduation.These questionnaires have been used to assess several aspects of our engineering programs andare described below.Freshman Attitudinal AssessmentThe Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roland Jenison; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

Student ResponseStudents were asked to complete an anonymous survey regarding their dissection experience.The survey was given late in the semester so that the students could better reflect on their entiredesign experience and how the dissection project impacted it. The results of the survey werepositive. Students recognized the dissection experience as a positive model of engineering.Their perceptions of engineering improved after they completed the project.During the fall semester, 1996, two different products were dissected: the Kodak™ FunSaver™camera, and the mobile robot. Students were asked to record their overall satisfaction level forthe dissection project on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represents not satisfied and 10 representsvery

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

, and the United States is its most vividexample. For these engineers and technologists, an interdisciplinary education and communicationskills play a very important role in their successful careers. A constant growth of interest in non-technical issues among engineering students is commonly observed and reflected in the design ofengineering curricula [12, 16]. Some innovative curricula assign as much as 50-60% of requiredcredits to be fulfilled by free or directed elective courses [13].2.4. Knowledge ‘when-needed’ and ‘perpetual learner’ With growing volume of knowledge needed, knowing how to learn becomes an issue of utmostimportance. Facing predicted 3 to 6 career changes in a lifetime, students must be taught how tolearn. ‘Perpetual

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Faye; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

52 week year. This led to an hourly rate of $30.22.computer-based tutorials was based on the number of hours it Each computer was assumed to be in operation 8 hours a daytook an experienced lecturer to devise and write questions for (9am - 5pm), 5 days per week, 39 weeks a year. Fromthe UWA CPCS. The questions were designed to be more summary information obtained for 1995, the average “livenovel than questions taken from the text book. The rate of time”, or the time each student spent logged into the$50 per hour was used to reflect the academic’s experience and

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Patrick Gardner, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

not have well-defined requirements initially or the requirements can changeover the course of the project. For such projects, requirements management can be essential. Allthese complex features of project management reflect the dynamic and complex nature of thereal world. While the teaching and learning of project management in an undergraduatecurriculum can only focus on the fundamentals, appreciation of these complex facets of realworld project management is valuable and can be attainable through more open-ended seniorcapstone projects such as an undergraduate research project.A Stage-Gate Structure of Engineering and Technology Capstone ProjectsProject management should be introduced early in the student’s development so that the

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. (2008, October). Chief Academic Officers' demographics and educational backgrounds [Electronic version]. Community College Review, 36(2), 116-132. Page 15.1281.1013. Langer, A. (2001). Fixing bad habits: Integrating technology personnel in the workplace using reflective practice [Electronic version]. Reflective Practice, 2(1), 99-111.14. Marquis, H. (2006, December). ITIL: What it is and what it isn't [Electronic version]. Business Communications Review, 36(12), 49-52.15. McLaughlin, G. W., Montgomery, J. R., & Malpass, L. F. (1975). Selected characteristics, roles, goals, and satisfactions of department

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Audo, Pittsburg State University; Seth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

discussed to make the students aware of how to manage their time so thatthey can be productive. Measuring floor joists After the subfloor is completely attached, the students are assigned to four groups. Each groupconsists of five or six students. Groups are assigned a portion of the house based on four colors:red, green, yellow and blue. All the building members of the house are painted with one of fourcolors to reflect which team installs which piece of the house. The boss then reminds each groupabout how to handle the preframed walls in a safe and orderly manner, telling them never to walkbackward when carrying wall sections. The individual groups lift and secure the walls into placeone at a time until the

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of theirfirst accreditation. Clearly, that number is growing quite steadily.Expanding on the historical data in Table 1, Table 2 gives considerable data about each of theinstitutions: the institutional name used by ABET, the multidisciplinary engineering program(s)offered, the year of their first accreditation, the number of other ABET-accredited engineeringprograms at the institution, and the date of the next general accreditation review. Table 3provides a numerical summary of the more detailed data in Table 2, highlighting the anticipatedvisit workload over the next six-year cycle that would be predicted from Table 2, by year andprogram area. Clearly, there is a wide variation reflected by those data in the anticipatedworkload from year to

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology; Siva Thangam, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

dissertation must show that the candidate is fully aware of the pertinent published material and the dissertation must be written in a satisfactory literary style, free from typographical and other mechanical errors.No criteria are given for the oral presentation except as follows: “The purpose of the oral examination is to examine both the content of the dissertation and the candidate’s ability to defend it. “Holbrook6 quotes Kouptsov8 for Ph.D. criteria obtained by a survey of European academics asfollows: Belarus: '…Must reflect research on a disciplinary or interdisciplinary, theoretical, or applied problem, the results of which will constitute an original contribution to knowledge in the discipline or

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Nelson, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 15.1343.2investigated the culture of design firms,10,16-17 global partnerships within high-tech industry,18and socialization of professional engineers19 all with the goal of making recommendations forpractice. The purpose of this paper is to use techniques from applied anthropology to illustratehow domain analysis2 can be used to advance research in engineering education.As a methodology, domain analysis is well suited to answer complex questions. Complexquestions feature “a community” as a crucial element of study, and reflect activities within asocial environment. Different people can answer these very open-ended questions differently.Moreover, complex questions connect together with other questions. Indeed, the benefit toconducting

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

these ninth to twelfth grade students werebeing heavily recruited to attend the University of Maryland upon matriculation from theirrespective high schools.Upon later reflection we realized how many opportunities the Maryland Libraries, includingEPSL Librarians, have taken advantage of to enhance the University of Maryland in the eyes ofnewcomers. For example, every year on the last Saturday in April, Maryland Day occurs oncampus with as many as 75,000 visitors, many below the age of 18. For several years forMaryland Day, the UM Libraries have sponsored a well-known children’s TV celebrity, Bob theVid Tech, from Maryland Public Television fame in a tent crammed full of youngsters. The otherinitiatives include "History Day", put on by the UM

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

required for Engineering Levels [1-3]; b) Part II addresses theOrganizational Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [4-6], and; c) Part IIIaddresses the Strategic Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [7-9]. The overallanalysis sets the foundation for building a coherent professional graduate curriculum and dynamiceducational process reflective of how experienced engineering professionals learn, grow, and create newtechnology in industry. This paper addresses Part II: the Organizational Leadership Function, Skills andActions that engineers must learn and develop from Group Leader, Functional Area Manager, SystemsEngineer through Technical Program Manager Levels [4-6

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

based learning as well as co-op and internship experiences that students have had by their senior year. The perceivedimportance of these skills was comparable for each group.Local Findings:The local findings seem to contradict the national results because all of the students either agreeor strongly agree that their skills have improved since coming to the university. The manyopportunities for teamwork and collaboration in the engineering curriculum and in outsideinternships made possible through university–industry collaborations at North Carolina A&Tappear to have bolstered the students’ initial strong confidence in this area. A sample ofstudents’ free responses to a reflection question is shown in Table 6. These responses

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Akay, A., A Renaissnce In Engineering PhD Education. European Journal Of Engineering Education 2008, 33 (4), 403-413.2. National Science Board Science and Engineering Indicators. National Science Foundation: 2008; Vol. 1.3. Hogan, R.; Hogan, J., Assessing Leadership: A View From The Dark Side. International Journal Of Selection And Assessment 2001, 9 (1/2), 40-51.4. Hunt, C., Careers In Chemistry: Keys To Success...Beyond Hard Work! American Chemical Society Graduate Education Newsletter 2007, 6 (1), 1-3.5. Sekhon, J. G., The PhD Education of Industrial Mathematicians in Australia. Bulletin Of The Australian

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Research University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

? Page 15.46.94. A change in the planet's reflectivity can change its effective temperature. For a onepercent increase in reflectivity (that is 0.34 rather than 0.33 for the albedo), how muchdoes the ground temperature decrease with NO change in optical depth.5. Venus has an effective temperature of 240K, but its surface temperature is 700K!Find the atmospheric optical depth that is required to accomplish this.Extra Credit Calculation: To make our calculation easy, we have divided theatmosphere into layers of equal optical depth. In the real atmosphere, these layers wouldhave different thickness since the optical depth depends on the mass of the layer and thedensity of air decreases with altitude. The density of air in the Earth's atmosphere, d