Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #13121Work-in-Progress: An Educational Tool to Support Learning Robot VisionDr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University Dr. Fernando Gonzalez joined FGCU as an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Program in the fall of 2013. Previously he has worked at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico and at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Gonzalez graduated from the University of Illinois in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master’s

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Brian P. Bernard; Rui Cao; Maureen Russo RodrÕguez

Faculty and student feedback of synchronous distance education in a multi-university learning consortium Brian P. Bernard, Rui Cao, Maureen Russo Rodríguez Schreiner University 2100 Memorial Blvd, CMB 6241, Kerrville, TX 78028, USA E-mail: bpbernard@schreiner.edu Abstract whereas a bachelors requires online courses from The Texas Learning Consortium (TLC) began as a departments across campus. High use of projects andpartnership between the foreign language departments at 5 laboratories also favor a campus presence. However

Conference Session

Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamad Albadr, Riyadh College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 12.657.5Technology (BMIT )”, who involves testing, maintenance, repair, and calibration of theequipment used to deliver health care. The Biomedical Instrumentation Technician (BMIT),who also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician, or Biomedical EngineeringTechnician (BMET), works closely with other health care professionals. They are commonlypart of the hospital engineering division. Specialization areas include clinical radiology,ultrasound, cardiac monitoring, nuclear medicine laboratory, respiratory care, and therapeuticequipment. Graduates find employment with hospitals, biomedical instrumentationmanufacturers, and service organizations that specialize in biomedical instrumentation.Future Development of Biomedical Engineering:In

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the primary instructor for our introductorycourse for freshmen entering our program. The mission of our introductory course for newmajors has some things in common with the mission of a course introducing engineering andtechnology to non-majors.Others have been down the same path and have reported on their experiences in developingcourses and attracting students.4, 5; 8-14 The content, approach, and level of existing courses vary.Some institutions have accepted the course into the general core to meet natural sciencerequirements. Many courses focus on how things work and include laboratory components. Thecourse discussed in depth by David Ollis8, 9, 10 evolved from a device dissection course for firstyear engineering students, and has a

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Laura Wilson, University Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1417: WEAVING THE CAPSTONE TAPESTRYJames Everly, University of Cincinnati James O. Everly is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BSEE and MSEE from The Ohio State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is currently Chair of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in industry working for such companies as Battelle's Columbus Laboratories

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Environmental Engineering

Biochemistry) respectively in 1987 and 1991 from the University of Delaware. She also received a master's in Environmental Engineering and Science from the John Hopkins University in 1996. Her past professional experience includes conducting laboratory research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the gastroenterology and oncology departments, working as a risk assessment contractor for the EPA, and directing the Human and Environmental Health research program at the Water Environment Research Foundation, a non-profit foundation that funds research related to wastewater treatment and water quality. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Federation of Earth Science

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Technology and African American Studies (2006) from George Mason University.Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shaundra Bryant Daily is a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory, working in the Affective Computing Group. Her main interests include the design of technological tools to enable reflection on attitudes, beliefs, and values. She holds a Bachelor (2001) and Master (2003) of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical-Florida State University College of Engineering. She recently finished a Master of Science (2005) degree at the Media Laboratory where she designed and evaluated interfaces to support affective development through

Conference Session

Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/; Purdue University EPICS Program.5 http://ipro.iit.edu/home/main.php; Illinois Institute of Technology Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO).6 http://www.news.uiuc.edu/ii/06/0316/englab.html; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign InterdisciplinaryDesign Program and Engineering Student Projects Laboratory.7 http://www.engin.umich.edu/class/me450/requirements.shtml; University of Michigan Mechanical EngineeringCapstone Design and Manufacturing ME 450.8 http://www.eng.rpi.edu/mdl/becomesponsor_project_form.cfm; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute O.T. SwansonMultidisciplinary Design Laboratory.9 http://www.eng.rpi.edu/mdl/images/pdf/IntlEngProdConf_Paper_Sept04.pdf; Steiner, M. Using Real-WorldMultidisciplinary Design Experiences

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Electrical and Computer

the Fourier Transform, Finding the Fourier Transform ‚ Properties of the Fourier Transform (Linearity, Time Scaling, Time Shifting, and Duality, Convolution, Multiplication of Signals, and Frequency Shifting/Modulation) ‚ Fourier Transform of Time Functions (DC Signal, Periodic Signals, and Pulsed Cosine) ‚ Fourier Transforms of Sampled Signals ‚ Applications of the Fourier Transform of Ideal Filters (Sinusoidal Amplitude Modulation) ‚ Discrete-Time Signals and Systems ‚ Discrete-Time Linear, Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems, Direct-Forms I and II for LTI Systems ‚ Z- Transforms, Properties, Applications for LTI System AnalysisLab ContentsThe laboratory part of the course consists of five laboratory

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Butsch Michael, FH-Konstanz, Germany

Tagged Divisions

International

they are enforced. b) Academic Aspects: • How does the curriculum contribute to fulfilling the program objectives? How does it benefit from the host environment? How does it compare with the home curriculum in terms of level and degree of difficulty? • What are the qualifications and attitudes of the faculty teaching the courses abroad? • What are the academic resources (e.g., the library and laboratory facilities) How do they support the program’s curriculum? Page 12.1048.8 c) Interaction with the Host Culture: • Pre-departure materials and on-site orientation

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity in Graduate Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Page 13.706.7Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM), which was founded in1976 and which brings together corporations, universities, research centers, and U. S.government laboratories to provide support for graduate study, including fellowships andworkshops on how to apply for graduate school.77 Another long-standing source of fellowshipsand internships for women and under-represented minorities in science and engineering is theAT&T Labs-Lucent Bell Laboratories Ph.D. fellowship program,78,79 which celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2007. Other fellowships are also provided through various National Air andSpace Administration programs.80 Several ASEE sessions over the years have highlighted theNASA

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego; Christina Aneshansley, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Science and Engineering project investigating persistence of women in engineering undergraduate programs. Dr. Lord’s industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors Laboratories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and SPAWAR Systems Center.Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho received her Ph.D. in Social Sciences (an interdisciplinary concentration in Social/Cultural Anthropology and Sociology) from UC Irvine in 2000. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Bolivia and was a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow at Cornell University. She held two postdoctoral positions at UCSD, a Researcher-in-Residence at the Center for US.-Mexican

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

course,taught in the spring semester. Also during the second semester course, the requiredengineering and safety document, the TEDP (“Test Equipment Data Package”) is submittedto NASA RGSFOP, and any concerns or problems that are identified by the NASA reviewersare addressed. If the proposal is rejected by NASA, the MRT may either disband or continueworking with the intention of seeking an alternative flight opportunity such as with the Zero-G Corporation. The team uses a combined classroom/laboratory space to which they have keys, inorder to enable access whenever necessary. Unfortunately, this space is shared with thestudents who are participating in the WVU “Balloon Satellites” project course that is taughtduring each spring semester

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Tonya Nilsson, San Jose State; Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

universities.Currently, the registration fee is $425 per participant and the university pays the travels costs fortheir participants. ASCE still heavily subsidizes the workshop by awarding $2300 fellowships toeach participant to cover the remaining ETW costs.IV. Workshop ContentThe schedule for the 2005 USMA five-day workshop is shown in Figure 1 and is representativeof all the other workshops. The workshop activities can be sub-classified into seminars,demonstration classes, laboratory exercises, and social events.Seminars: The course schedule for the 2005 ETW contained 12 Seminars which varied incontent and were designed to provide theoretical background, teaching hints, organizationalstructure, and communication techniques. All 24 participants (6 teams) are

Conference Session

Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

teachers who are: ‚ engineers according to IGIP principles and have studied according to the ‚ IGIP curriculum studies at accredited institutes ‚ plus have one year of teaching experience.2.2.2 Curriculum overview and recognitionIGIP has established a curriculum for engineering pedagogy which is used in several countries.This curriculum is a modular system which consists of core modules (8 Credit Points), theorymodules (4 Credit Points) and practice modules (8 Credit Points). The core modules includetheoretical and practical engineering pedagogy as well as laboratory methodology. The theorymodules include psychology, sociology, ethics, and intercultural competencies. The practicemodules consists of oral communication skills, scientific

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, SUNY-Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Joost Table 1. Bandwidth MeasurementsPage 13.295.12Student FeedbackVarious methods were used to formally assess the effectiveness of this class projectincluding the instructor’s assessment of laboratory work and classroom presentation.Based on the student’s feedback, the overall response from students regarding whetherthe class project met their expectations was very positive and the project integrated intothe course was positive. Summarized student comments are: • This course presents interesting topics and help them to learn new technologies • They have a better understanding of Networking and Telecommunication software testing tools • They feel confident to integrate

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

orientation because students wouldsoon be dispersed to different locations and interacting primarily through teleconferencing.During the orientation students also participated in laboratory and industrial field trips so thatthey were exposed to the variety of career choices available in bioengineering and related fields.At the end of the orientation, students went to their different sites to begin their research projects.2.2 Coordination across sites Coordination across sites was vital to the success of the program. Overall coordinationwas done at Vanderbilt with one administrator who handled the orientation program, publicity ofthe program, recruitment of students, financial management, and overall record-keeping. Eachsite also had a

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Cullum, Utah State University; Christine Hailey, Utah State University; Daniel Householder, Utah State University; Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; James Dorward, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

content knowledge, consisting of prior experience, knowledge of heuristics, ability to work within tight constraints, ability to make trade-offs, ability to change design in the course of a project, ability to design for manufacturability, and ability to conform to the needs of a customer. (p. 44)It is important to note that although there is the zone of divergence, in many instancestechnology educators are already providing many important aspects of engineering designcontent in high schools. Technology education classrooms and laboratories provide studentswith opportunities to work on ill-structured problems in realms of energy, construction,manufacturing, communication and transportation.9 Lewis notes that “students

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

, Page 13.1043.6constructability, interaction with mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, aestheticconsiderations, coordination with architectural layouts, and sustainability issues. ARCE 452,Concrete Structures Design and Constructability Laboratory, will be specifically examined laterin this paper.These systems design courses are typically taught in a project based studio format byprofessional practice tenure track faculty with extensive professional experience in the design ofsystems. Experience has shown that while not impossible, it is difficult for faculty to develop theexpertise required to teach a systems design course without the experience of actually designingnumerous systems in professional practice. Regarding practical

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

interested in the innovations of biomedical science. Recently a physicistfrom University of Alabama, Birmingham accidentally produced smooth diamond. The array ofdiamond created was smooth and adhered very easily to metal. Because diamond is durable, itmakes a very good candidate for coating artificial hip replacements. The current coatings weardown or loosen from constant use after about 10 years, which could mean more surgery for therecipient. The diamond coating is projected to last around 40 years which would improve thecomfort and health of the patient.Liguore Laboratories would like to expand our product line to include diamond coatings for hipjoints. The research laboratory is working on replicating the smooth diamonds. In order for

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

society. There has also been growing interest in programs such as Engineers Without Borders, which provide service learning via humanitarian projects Research Abroad Students travel to an abroad laboratory and conduct research under the guidance of a faculty member or post doc, etc.A number of exemplary programs were studied as part of Parkinson’s survey. A few arementioned here. Iowa State runs a broad suite of programs,23 with 170 engineering collegeparticipants in 200524. The college has summer programs for students in London, Germany andSpain, and also has approximately 30 exchange agreements with universities around the world25.MIT runs the

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Clauss, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; Mark Reuber, Grove City College; Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

International

College designed and implemented a study-abroad program directly targeting mechanicalengineers. This program involved two courses taught concurrently by professors at Grove CityCollege, a laboratory experience making use of the facilities at the University of Nantes andadditional equipment brought from the United States, a course taught by one of the residentprofessors staying at the study center, and a foreign language course taught by a second residentprofessor. Students also were exposed to living and interacting in a foreign community,exploring industrial facilities in the country, and making invaluable contacts with foreignemployers.The typical concerns of studying abroad were eliminated with the new approach. These issuescentered on

Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karla Korpela, Michigan Technological University; Shalini Suryanarayana, Michigan Technological University; Christine Anderson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

while living in aresidence hall on campus or a field site, supervised by undergraduate student mentors.One of the goals of the programs is to encourage participating students to become academicallyprepared for careers in the STEM fields. Explorations are led by Michigan Tech faculty andgraduate students, and take place using Michigan Tech’s research and clinical laboratories andother facilities. Tech’s precollege programs began with the Summer Youth Program (SYP),initiated in 1973 to offer students the opportunity to investigate academic and career areas, and tospend time on a university campus. Today Youth Programs offers competitive scholarships -funded by state and corporate partners - for a variety of outreach workshops designed to

Conference Session

Multinational and International Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

videoconferencing and online forums when the UNICAMP term began in lateFebruary. Each of the five teams created a preliminary design concept from these activities.Students kept design logs for all of their design activities. They also maintained electronicdesign logs of their electronic communications, drawings, and design ideas. These electronicartifacts were the main avenues of communication between UNICAMP and Pitt students. Inaddition, students conducted their design activities in a special design laboratory, which recordedthe design processes in video and audio format (with the students’ consent and according to IRBguidelines).The teams then refined their designs during a weeklong visit to Brazil in early March. Studentsshared detailed design plans

Conference Session

Projects & Partnerships Result in Student Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

many more mapping software products that educators areexperimenting with. The ones mentioned here are the ones the authors have examined to date.The selection of one of these applications as the desired tool for a RBLE cannot be done byfaculty in isolation from information technology support staff. Infrastructure and competenttechnical staff to install, support and maintain the tool is mandatory if it is to be used in aclassroom laboratory environment. If the selected tool requires a new set of hardware andoperating system (OS), the cost could become prohibitive. It is even more difficult if a differentOS is used by different units within an educational system and the goal is to have all units usethe selected tool. Table 3 shows the system

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Marjory Palius, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Carolyn Maher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Graduate Studies

AC 2008-2443: DISCOURSE-BASED COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE:DEVELOPING GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ABILITIES TO COMMUNICATETHEIR RESEARCH ACROSS DISPARATE DISCIPLINES AND EXPERIENCELEVELSLinda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey LINDA J. ANTHONY is Program Manager for the NSF IGERT Program on Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She joined Rutgers shortly after the IGERT grant was awarded, following over twenty years as a Member of Technical Staff in the Research Division of AT&T/Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Her research interests included capillary microcolumn separations, submicron particle sizing, and

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Dworzecki; Syed Masud Mahmud

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to send data using a CAN bus.Brief Descriptions of LabsSo far we have developed five laboratory experiments. Brief descriptions of these five labs arepresented below. Detailed step by step activities of Lab1 is presented in the Appendix. Detailedstep by step activities for other labs are similar to that of Lab1. All these five labs together willhelp the students to accomplish the above learning objectives.Lab1: Introduction to Hardware, Software and Basics of CAN protocol.The goals of Lab1 are: 1) to become familiar with the usage of CAN-LIN 3 Development Boardwhile touching on some of the basics of CAN communication, 2) to become familiar with thehardware requirements for setting up the board for this and future CAN labs, 3) to

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Chandler-Gilbert Community College atthe Williams campus has provided numerous opportunities to bring this partnership to a newlevel.10 Sharing resources is a tremendous advantage for the community college which normallyhas a difficult time providing state-of-the-art laboratories for its students. ASU East, twocommunity colleges, and an education center were awarded an NSF grant to build a seamlesslaboratory curriculum for lower division classes. Community college instructors utilize theMicroelectronics Teaching Factory and associate degree-seeking students enrolled at thecommunity colleges travel to the Factory to use the facility.11Challenges: Some programs are quite successful, but are very time and money-consuming, soare difficult to maintain

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Wittenborn, Purdue University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Craig Miller, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

technologies was rated highly, the students were not as satisfiedwith the technology used to deliver the lab exercises. Students stated that the web-based trainingsoftware used to deliver the lab exercises was not particularly user friendly and that some of thecontent was too generic. Students emphasized that they would like to see lab exercises that weremore customized and closely aligned with Boeing practices. Students also expressed that theywould like to be able to continue working on laboratory exercises from home because they feltthat in some cases, two hours was not enough time to complete the laboratory exercises in lab.End of Course Instructor SurveysAt the conclusion of the course, the online instructor and the lab instructors were all

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville; James Lewis, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Page 13.751.4industry is scheduled for each week. The selection of the industry primarily depends upon a fewcritical factors such as schedule availability, INSPIRE access to practicing engineers at work,availability of transportation, interdependencies of other sessions, etc.The program participants utilize the classroom and laboratory facilities at University ofLouisville Speed School of Engineering for both engineering as well as non-engineeringsessions. Figure 4 provides a succinct synopsis of seven of the engineering, discipline related,sessions. Over the last decade, several engineering modules have been developed across theengineering discipline that can be used for pre-college students in 9th through 12th grades. Eachdisciplinary