Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Phillip Barnett, York College of Pennsylvania; Paul Isaac Deysher, York College of Pennsylvania; K. Vaisakh, Andhra University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. The student survey indicatesthat the project improves the student’s understanding of the renewable energy prospects and issues, andallows them the opportunity to be instrumental in the future of alternative energies.Background and Motivation: The electricity generation from renewable resources is growing rapidlyand the total generation increases 3.1% annually (U.S. Energy Infromation Administration, 2011). Themost significant contributors are hydro-power and wind. Hydro-power is one of the oldest forms ofrenewable energy, and therefore the vast majority of possible large-scale hydro energy resources havebeen explored. Fig. 1 shows electricity generation from renewable resources in the U.S. from 1949 – 2009(U.S. Energy Information

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Ortiz, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

provides students witha broader context to the material learned in class. With project-based learning students shift froma passive to an active learning pattern that is likely to improve knowledge retention as well as theability to integrate material from different courses.1 Each project provides students with the Page 25.1084.2opportunity to apply the knowledge they have learned in classes, and each problem they face inthe project inspires them to explore the material more deeply in future study 2.Project-based learning can develop the ability of students to work in interdisciplinary teams.Interdisciplinary teamwork is not only an expectation of

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

designer ends up creating unilateral tolerances for a shaft and holeas shown in Figure 1. Here, we see that the nominal hole-diameter that the designer intends touse is 1.000” with a clearance of 0.005” between the hole and the shaft. Based on manufacturingtolerances of 0.003” for the hole and 0.002” for the shaft, the dimensions that a designer wouldspecify on the hole will be 1.000” (+0.003 / -0.000) and for the shaft will be 0.995” (+0.000 / -0.002) as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Precision Assembly between a Hole and a Shaft [v]Now for producing the hole with a target dimension of 1.000”, if the manufacturing machine isset at 1.000”, although a majority of the parts based on the normal curve will have a dimensionclose to 1.000

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ikseon Choi, University of Georgia; Yi-Chun Hong, National Central University; David K. Gattie, University of Georgia; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia; Melissa G. Gay, University of Georgia; Lucas John Jensen, University of Georgia; Hyojin Park, University of Georgia; YounSeok Lee, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

-solving abilities failed to transfer to solve another problem without guidance.With regard to their epistemic growth, no change was observed after their completion of thelearning activities in the module. The implications of designing a case-based e-learningenvironment to develop students’ problem-solving skills as well as to facilitate their epistemicgrowth are discussed.IntroductionUncertainty is one of the most important characteristics of real-world problems that weexperience our daily lives.1 Real-world problems are often made up of complex situationssurrounded by multiple perspectives among different stakeholders. They have diverse solutionsalong with multiple criteria for evaluating the tentative solutions.1-6 Dealing with these uncertain

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part II: Novel Curriculum Development and Project-based Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shadle, Boise State University; Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

support student learning.1-3 While not unique to faculty in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, it is of particular importance thatSTEM faculty adopt evidence-based best practices in teaching to address challenges with studentretention in STEM and the demand for a STEM prepared workforce.4 Traditionally, STEM faculty members have relied on the use of didactic instruction, alecture and listen format for teaching and learning, as their primary pedagogical method.5-6While it is common for STEM faculty members to become dissatisfied with the level of learningthat their students achieve in lecture-based courses7; as Goldston and colleagues8 report,changing teaching practice is a complex process, particularly

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Patricia Dee Zobel, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

students in forming stronger peer-to-peer relationships, a linchpin of studentsuccess and overall satisfaction with college.2,26 It was hoped that the hybrid of academic, social,and school-spirited activities would strike the appropriate balance to address each participant's Page 25.1088.5needs. The extracurricular activities offered to the first two cohorts are described in Table 1.Table 1: ELC Extra Curricular ActivitiesSession Topic First Cohort Second CohortMeet and greet faculty and students X XAcademic Success

Conference Session

National and Multi-university Initiatives

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

intended manner.It is highly advantageous that the proposed structure aligns and is compatible with the ABETEngineering Criteria, which is well-established and well-understood by engineering programs.This would simplify interpretation of language and could serve to minimize any additionalassessment work.IntroductionThe Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) educational initiative in engineering hasthe goal to increase the number of entrepreneurially minded engineering graduates in the US.[1][2]To achieve that requires the establishment of curricula content and extracurricular activitieswithin existing engineering programs. Such a process is naturally related to key aspects of theABET accreditation process, as defined by the Engineering

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

analysisIntroductionEngineering Management can be stated as a specific domain of engineering that focuses on thequantitative analysis of physical assets and processes. The blurring boundaries between Page 25.1090.2management and engineering have led to a large number of graduate engineering managers beingpart of project teams that involve a substantial amount of pure management activities involved inthem 1. An Engineering Manager can be distinguished from other managers as someone uniquelyqualified for two types of jobs - the management of technical functions (such as design orproduction) in almost any organization, or the management of broader functions (such asmarketing

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward James Christie; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Devin A. Menefee, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kyle Kenneth Ziegler; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

established. Of particular note is the factthat there is a dearth of information in the literature of how the decisions that determine aprototyping strategy are made. In light of this fact, an additional contribution of this paper is tohypothesize a set of characteristics of a design problem that can be used to optimize prototypingstrategies. Page 25.1091.2IntroductionPrototyping has long been recognized as an important part of the product development process.In the top 20 companies currently identified globally as major innovators, R&D spending as apercent of sales ranged between 3.6% and 21.1%, with an average of 11.2%1. Total R&Dspending

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H. Domermuth, Appalachian State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

the studentinteraction and the merits of research based teaching.INTRODUCTIONBiomass has roughly one third the energy density of conventional liquid fuels; and the energyextraction can be very inefficient [1]. These two factors make biomass, alternative energyresearch very challenging. The ongoing research efforts reported in this paper are theculmination of four years of testing and improvements. All of the popular, pyrolitic conversionmethods tested so far have not been economically viable, including conventional, downdraftgasification and a number of biochar production methods. A process has been developed that isnot currently reported in the literature; so it was given the title, Biovolitilization or BV for short.This is by no means a new

Conference Session

Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York; Edward G. Borbely, University of Michigan; Nelson C. Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

QualityModel.Through a series of FIPSE-EU Atlantis grants and other grants through the EuropeanCommission, the collaboration team worked on developing the IACEE Quality Model. The teamalso conducted extensive testing with a diverse set of CPD directors and practitioners to ensureapplicability to a variety of disciplines and with CE/CPD providers from a wide variety ofdisciplines who offer credit and non-credit programs via distance learning, on-campus, and atcustomer locations.The IACEE Quality ModelThe IACEE Quality Model is described in detail in A Self-Assessment Model for QualityManagement and Organisational Development for Continuing and Professional Education5 andavailable online at http://iacee.org. The model includes the following core elements: 1

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John H. Ristroph, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

industrialists.The institutional structure must be designed so that the survey instrument can be allowed toevolve. Initial efforts might be fairly limited, and at the other extreme surveys cannot be allowedto grow until they become a burden to respondents. One approach is an iterative three-stepprocess: (1) The assessment committee conducts a survey, (2) survey users and respondentsprovide suggestions for modifications, and (3) the committee decides which changes toimplement. The committee must be empowered so that it can make decisions without routinelyrequiring an unwieldy vote of the entire membership, and its membership should minimallyinclude persons who can provide input regarding the teaching and research components ofacademia, industrial needs, and

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Edward A. Pohl, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

study abroad experiences cost around $8,000. What level of support in terms of scholarships would you need in order to make such an experience a possibility for you?Demographics ResultsThe responses from this survey provided insight about the Industrial Engineering students andtheir interest in studying abroad. According to the responses, 55% of the students were male and45% female. The 45% female response rate was higher than the 33% female IndustrialEngineering departmental enrollment. It is unclear whether this has any effect on the results.The classification of the respondents is shown in Figure 1. As can be seen, seniors completedthe survey at the highest rate. Higher participation by seniors could

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

improve on-line teamwork assessment tools to provide instructors withvarious options to help them with teaching courses with team projects. Page 25.1096.2BackgroundThe needs for an on-line team assessment tool are many. One such tool is ComprehensiveAssessment for Team-Member Effectiveness (CATME) [1], which provides a web based interfacethat has a team formation tool, and also a tool whereby students perform a peer review of theirteammates. Such an on-line reduces the logistical work load on the instructor which is critical inlarge courses. In addition, peer reviews can be implemented multiple times within a project sothat students received a

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary L. Winn, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3435: RE-ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SUMMER CAMP ONSTEM ENROLLMENTS USING AN INNOVATIVE SURVEY STRATEGYDr. Gary L. Winn, West Virginia University Gary Winn is Co-PI on a five-year NSF STEP-1 project at West Virginia University. His research team has been active investigating the effects of STEM recruitment strategies on enrollments of Appalachian students into STEM fields, particularly engineering. Page 25.1097.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Re-Assessing the Effects of Summer Camp on the STEM Enrollments Using an Innovative Survey

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

device from ThinkGeek called an Annoy-a-tron). This paper discusses how these signals can be effectively used to teach, demonstrate, and reinforce the concepts of time dilation/compression, frequency trans- lation, spectral analysis/estimation, and aliasing.1 IntroductionKeeping our students interested and motivated is an ongoing challenge for professors today. In theauthors’ experience, we find that our students of signal processing still respond well to demon-strations that pique their curiosity or interest them in one way or another. This usually requiresinvolving their sense of hearing and/or sight in some way. For most students, tying such demon-strations to real world applications can bring signal processing theory to life

Conference Session

FPD VII: Research on First-year Programs Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Pryor, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

habitually,” which infers – debatably – that the description chronic procrastinator is Page 25.1099.2unnecessarily redundant. While procrastination may occur for many reasons (time limitations,motivation, etc.), anxiety and a fear of failure are certainly contributors. While procrastination ispotentially damaging in most situations, it can have a profound impact in academia whenstudents are expected to complete all course requirements on or before a common due date. Thiscan lead to cramming and other adverse effects.1 This problem is exacerbated for first-yearstudents and likely contributes to the statistic that more than half of the students who

Conference Session

Using Applications and Projects in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Burlington County College; Kathleen Spang, Middlesex Boro High School

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

approach, the formalized incorporation of applications will have somecommon elements:1) The application must have some readily identifiable significance, both in terms offunctionality and economic benefit, and the underlying and reliant principles must be readilyidentifiable and well understood.2) The underlying and reliant principles must be summarized in plain language andcommunicated with a simple figure or table, where appropriate.3) The application and principles must have significance to an emerging student, both in futureacademic courses (on the undergraduate and graduate levels) and in likely career experiences.4) The introduction and development of the application must follow a sound pedagogicalapproach (i.e. the inclusion of Bloom’s

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Kavitha D. Ramane, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

asks, “What can be done at the graduate level toensure that engineering Ph.D. students are acquiring the desired characteristics to be successfulin academic and industrial careers?” Our findings suggest that engineering Ph.D.s working in avariety of sectors identify different skills that students can acquire during their graduate schoolexperiences. Both industry and academic professionals confirm a need for more frequentinteractions between industrial professionals and doctoral engineering students.IntroductionEngineering doctoral graduates often are criticized for being narrowly trained in their disciplines,for being ill-prepared for the professional workplace,1 and for not being flexible in a changingglobal environment.2 Multiple initiatives

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

the university and prepare energy and cost savingrecommendations to be included in the assessment report that will be delivered to the site’s energymanager approximately eight weeks later. The report is also submitted to the national IAC databasewhich is maintained by the team at Rutgers University. At the time of this paper, the NCSU IACcompleted a total of 441 assessments containing an average of 7.5 recommendations per assessment fora total of 3,318 recommendations with average savings listed in Table 1.4 Table 1. Average Recommended Savings Per Assessment; The North Carolina State University IAC4 Average Recommended Usage Reduction % Reduction Cost ($) Savings Savings Per

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

“Research Experiencefor Undergraduates (REU),” “Research in Engineering Education,” and “Research InitiationGrants in Engineering Education (RIGEE).” [1]. Research has shown that one of the mosteffective ways of student engagement and enrollment is to involve them in research projects. Acomprehensive study showed that retention rates increased in undergraduate students who wereinvolved in research programs [2]. The same study revealed that sophomore level studentsbenefit the most out of those research opportunities [3]. On the other hand, another study showedthat even first-year engineering students can be involved in research projects and outcomes couldbe very promising [4]. Students’ motivation and academic performances increase as they

Conference Session

Improving IE Course Content

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Yi-Ching Liao, University of Texas, San Antonio; Glenn Kuriger, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

error proofing, can be demonstrated clearly via a simulation game. As a result,various games have been developed by researchers and training institutions in recent years.Some simulation games can be conducted in a few minutes (e.g., 5S number game), while someothers run for several hours. Simulation games designed for classroom purposes, such as thepopular LEGO airplane assembly line, typically take 1 to 2 hours to go through several “phases”of lean implementation that demonstrate performance improvement step by step. This type ofgames usually serves the educational purpose adequately. However, certain limitations andweaknesses can hinder expected outcome of education. For example, most of the games require afixed number of players, while class

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Essy Behravesh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Authentic learning occurs under the following conditions: 1)real world problems that mimic field work and presentations to audiences beyond the classroom;2) a focus on open-ended inquiry, thinking skills, and metacognition; 3) engagement in discourseand social learning within a community of learners/practitioners; and 4) empowerment throughindependent choices as related to the project. These principles of authentic learning form theframework for the Problem-based Learning (PBL) pedagogical model. Problem-based learning isa cognitive–apprentice style approach to educational practice that places learning in the contextof a complex real-world problem (Barrows, 1996; Collins et al., 1989; Kolodner et al., 2003). InPBL classrooms, students are guided by

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrence L. Chambers P.E., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

changing the requirements for Professional Engineers will be morepolitically feasible.The five steps are: 1) retain the BS as the educational requirement for Engineering Interns, 2)eliminate the industry exemption for Engineering Interns, 3) require continuing professionaldevelopment (CPD) courses for Engineering Interns, 4) increase the CPD requirements for bothEngineering Interns and Professional Engineers to 45 hours per year, the equivalent of one 3-credit hour college course per year, and 5) after ten years have passed, require the equivalent of30 credit hours after the BS degree prior to registration as a PE. Once the first four steps havebeen in place for ten years, the first batch of EI’s to become registered under the new systemwould have

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

be identified. The work will also roughly classify the identified films into genres anddevelop a small database for tracking. A small sample of feature films and correspondingengineering-related themes is shown in Table 120.Table 1: Examples of feature films illustrating key issues pertaining to engineering and engineer’s work Title Director, year Issues for discussionApollo 13 R. Howard, 1995 Teamwork, creativity, aerospace engineeringThe Bridge on the River D. Lean, 1957 Work organization, civil engineering,Kwai leadership

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Best Practices

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Peter Wolfsteiner, Munich University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

courses in their non-native language, and are not used to the continuousgraded assignments that are more typical of a US university.The paper will help other mechanics educators who are thinking of increasing their internationalactivities to understand the cultural and educational differences they may encounter. Anexchange is an extremely valuable experience for both students and professors, particularly in theever-increasing global engineering workplace.Workload and Teaching DemandsFaculty at CP typically have 15 units each week, with three of those devoted to committee work,advising, and other service activities. This translates to between 12 and 15 hours (1 unit ~50minutes) of teaching, depending on how many laboratory courses the CP faculty

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Technology, Madras, India, and Ph.D. in applied analysis from State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is a senior life member of IEEE and a member of ACM and AITP. Page 25.1109.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Reflections on Teaching a Consolidated Capstone Design Course to a Mixed Student BodyI. IntroductionDesign is widely considered to be the central or distinguishing activity of engineering 1. TheCapstone Design course has usually been designed as a senior project laboratory to allowinggraduating seniors become prepared for working in

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Louis Vadnal, Liberty University; Barbara Eileen Bragg, Ranken Technical College; Jonathan M. Whitt C.Ec.D., Virginia's Region 2000 Technology Council

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

a catchphrase. It has become a committed part ofengineering practice. A recent survey conducted by CSC and Chemical Week magazine amongstleaders in the chemical industry showed that about half identified RC to have a positive effect ontheir business, while 75% are retooling their product development to comply with RCregulations5. A significant minority felt that RC has a negative effect on the industry (Figure 1). Retooled product development 75% efforts Increased competitive edge 50% Reduction in overall costs 33% Increased price to customers 25% Decreased competitive edge 17% Increased

Conference Session

Evaluation of Teaching Methods for Mechanics Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Anna Dollar, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

performance on alearning objective, the instructor clicks on that bar and the more detailed view shown in Figure 2is revealed. Further clicking on the dots would show display the names of students in each of theabove categories.There are many other “hot links” on the bottom of the main LD page (Figure 1), each allowingthe instructor to view different aspects of students’ activities and performance. In particular, atthe bottom left of the LD main page is a link to a list of percentages of activities in the module inwhich each student engaged. Page 25.1112.4 3 Fig 1. Screenshot of the main page of the