Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

International

interact with classmates that have different disciplinarytraining? How will the students be brought up to speed on the problem while having anopportunity to design a proper solution? Once overseas, will the trip go according to plan or willwe have to overcome further hurdles? The intent of this paper is to describe the various learningexperiences of one particular student while involved in a global engineering project. By keepinga photo journal, I was able to capture significant learning moments in the experience that myproject leader might not have anticipated. For example, while our goal was to build a filter toprovide potable water, I discovered that while the filter provided clean water, more importantly itcreated extra time for the locals to

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Besser, University of Saint Thomas; AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

20, 21.Educators who seek information about encouraging creativity in mechanical engineering courseswould do well to consider other design-oriented disciplines, such as industrial design. LoisFichner-Rathus states, “Industrial design refers to the planning and artistic enhancement ofindustrial products ranging from space shuttles and automobiles to microcomputers and MP3players. To a large degree, the functional and mechanical aspects of these products are the workof engineers. Designers wrap the inner workings in attractive skins or housings” 22. Conversely,the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) defines industrial design as, “the professionalservice of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Carlos A. Garcia, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Tamara D. Guillen, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

faculty from several STEM disciplines for possible futurecollaboration opportunities such as laboratory assistantship during the school year or enrollmentin summer courses. Also, the professional engineers were asked to present their company STEMdiscipline-specific employment and career perspectives. In addition, 25 participants rated theESF camp ‘the most effective’ with respect to the other two university outreach camps,suggested by 9 participants each, and 24 students indicated ‘one-week’ as the best ESF campduration.The camp has illustrated several institutional benefits. When students were asked about theircollege choices before participating in the ESF camp, only 10 students indicated their plans toattend TAMUK. On the other hand, 23

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 22.76.5setting and data analysis process.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify and quantify various sourcesof measurement errors and how they propagate, and be capable of using this knowledge incalculations, to understand the advantages and limitations of the various sensors used in thiscourse. Students will also be able to plan experiments to meet specific engineeringaccuracy/resolution goals, and they will be able to prepare a high quality engineering reportsincluding presentation of goals, background, results, analysis, and conclusions25, 26, 27.The topics covered during this course are presented below: Topics 1. Course intro, Intro to Measurement Systems; Basic Measurements: tools and

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

research and has been used as a wayof predicting students’ academic interests and goals in engineering7. SCCT has threeoverlapping models aimed at understanding how people: a) Develop basic academic and career interests b) Make and revise their educational and vocational plans, and c) Achieve performances of varying quality in their chosen academic and career pursuits.Within these models, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, goals, and other factors such asgender, race, barriers, etc. help shape a students’ career path. An example of a barrierwould be negative contextual influences, or adverse learning conditions5. These theoriesare somewhat foundational when understanding the constructs of self-regulation and self-efficacy.Self

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

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Educational Research and Methods

. Thispaper will serve to suggest and provide support for another option in changing students’ view ofSTEM fields, through a week-long bioengineering commuter summer camp for high schoolstudents.Theoretical Perspective Borrowing from the field of child development, Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time(PPCT) ecological theory was utilized as a foundation for assessment planning. PPCT ecologicaltheory posits that development results from “multidirectional and interactional processes,”occurring over time, between developing individuals and the context in which they learn, work,and live. Though Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time (PPCT) model has been usedin child development research, it is rarely seen, if ever, seen in educational

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

questionnaires and interviews,suggested revising the event to include a more relevant and challenging assistive robotics theme.There followed a planning effort by a group comprising three members of the ConnecticutCouncil on Developmental Disabilities and the lead author. The group met on several occasionsduring the summer and fall of 2008 to explore possible topics for the contest. Eventually thegroup settled on a theme that represented a real area of concern to Council members—the needfor a person with disabilities to obtain food from a refrigerator during an emergency situationwhen a personal assistant is not able to be present. Thus was born the idea of an autonomousrobot that would serve as a server or waiter and a unique contest, RoboWaiter, the

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Doyle, Penn State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. Page 15.1184.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Process for Technological Literacy: The Case of Nanotechnology and Global Open Source PedagogyAbstractIn this paper we propose approaching the concern addressed by the technology literacymovement by using process design rather than product design. Rather than requiring people toknow an impossible amount about technology, we suggest that we can teach process forunderstanding and making decisions about any technology. This process can be applied to newproblems and new contexts that emerge from the continuous innovation and transformation oftechnology markets. Such a process offers a strategy for planning for and abiding the

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, Montegancedo; Nelson Piedra, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo

Tagged Divisions

International

coursesconsideration evaluation should be carefully planned in the OCW course design process. The syllabus of OCW course must be seen in relation to the basic knowledge acquired by participant about the teaching-learning process and the use of educational resources. The learning objectives have been stated clearly and with measurable outcomes. The course content and assessment methods are designed to measure the stated learning objectives. Learning activities and assessments are clearly connected with

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram Mohan, North Carolina A & T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

teaching aninterdisciplinary course such as this is that the teaching or mentoring rarely ended with the end ofthe semester or even with an ‘A’ grade. The statistical concepts introduced to the students havemade them realize that in a research study the time to see a statistician is not when the data hasbeen collected but when planning for the data collection. This was found to be the case in a fewcase study observations. Examples of such experiences are: • “John Smith” came to see me this summer when he started planning his study to discuss his research design and its validity and of course the type of data he plans to collect and the appropriate methods to analyze. • “Jane Jones” knew she would need to use regression models

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Yongming Tang, Southeast University; rong wang, Southeast University; Shen Xu, Southeast University, China

Tagged Topics

Track 1 - Student Development

teaching style and another eleven percent said adapt to an English lecture.Four students (9%) hoped to get a good grade.The sophomores in this class are already thinking about their future after graduation. 93% saidthey planned to go to graduate school. Many of them hope to study abroad (68%) with seven(16%) specifically mentioning planning to go to graduate school in the U.S. Only a fewmentioned getting a job right after school.Post SurveyAt the end of the first class meeting, 88% of the students said they could understand theinstructor well. 33% said it was more difficult than expected.When asked about the best and most challenging parts of the first meeting, students gave avariety of responses. The vast majority (79%) commented positively on

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Emily Ann Serman, University of Rhode Island; Megan Mercedes Echevarria, University of Rhode Island; Lars O. Erickson, University of Rhode Island; Silke A. Scholz; Anette Geithner

Tagged Topics

International Forum

planned. During the year the students also perform different fundraisingactivities and assist their faculty advisor with grant writing to support the trip expenses includingsupplies and maintenance of equipment. Since their formation the faculty-ESW-students haveraised more than $80K from federal and private foundations as well as support from individuals.Selection criteria for the team that will be going to Guatemala, are based on contributions to thestudents’ organizations, participation, as well as professional and personal skills. Spanish IEPstudents are highly valued amongst their ESW peers, because their language skills are essentialfor the educational activities that are simultaneously performed alongside the engineering work,and because

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

of these three innovations (the geopolymer concrete, the radiantcooling system, and the movable PV rack) results in a building system optimized for energyefficiency through the implementation of long proven design principles further augmented by aquest to innovate on those principles, and a vision for intelligent integration.II. Curricula Integration of the Solar Decathlon ProjectII.A Overview of Engineering Students’ InvolvementOur team followed a defined plan for integrating efforts revolving around the Solar Decathlonproject into the required curricula across engineering disciplines as well as across architectureand business. A project as large and multi-disciplinary as the Solar Decathlon needed toaccommodate curricular development at

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Megan Mercedes Echevarria, International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island; Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island

Tagged Topics

Student Development

partners inChile and Spain follow, the start dates of the internships have varied: one student was able tobegin in February, while the other two began in early March.In all cases, we carefully matched the students’ internship projects with their engineering majorin order to maximize the integrated learning outcomes of their cultural, linguistic as well astechnical hands-on experience. For example, one student in biomedical engineering has long-term plans to study medicine. As a result, his primary interest for his internship placement wasclinical. One of his major responsibilities in his internship at a medical devices company is towork with the medical professionals who are using those devices in clinical settings. Anelectrical engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

preparation for use in capstone design courses. Implementingvarious tools of project management insures that all team members are in agreement in terms ofexpectations of deadlines, milestones, and responsibility. These tools of project managementinclude the work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, and formal budget. Page 10.633.7After project teams are formed each team presents a formal design proposal which includesrequirements, technical approach, management plan, schedule, and budget. All team members Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinod Yedidi; Brian Johnson; Joseph Law; Herbert Hess

, balanced power systems are taught:foundations of three-phase systems, three phase transformers, transmission systems, power flow,and generation [1]. This second course serves those students who have energy as a primary orsecondary interest. There is a half-credit laboratory requirement as part of this course. However,this course is also the first course taken by distance education students who are planning topursue graduate degrees but were not able to take a course on three phase energy systems asundergraduates. Since this half credit laboratory is a required component of the course, thedistance students also need to complete laboratory exercises. One option is to assign an on

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

indirect effect of excluding students who might want to compete even though their schools have chosen not to participate. The WPBDC is designed, such that any student may participate, whether or not school sponsorship exists. • Although existing competitions use information technology for administrative tasks like registration, only Future City requires competitors to employ the computer as a problem- solving tool. In the WPBDC, we sought to expand the use of information technology to all aspects of the contest—problem-solving, registration, design submission, judging, and feedback—thus reinforcing the importance of the computer in modern engineering.About Model Bridge-BuildingIn 1995, the planning committee

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationbased interface option in Max+Plus II and circuit diagrams using conventional logic-gatesymbols. While this leads to some programming inefficiencies in the larger projects, we felt thatit was a worthwhile tradeoff in order to avoid the need to teach VHDL to the students along withall the other material. While the Max+Plus II interface itself proved to be relativelystraightforward to use, we experienced a considerable number of problems with design filestorage and access. Many of these were due to the unfamiliarity of the students (and in somecases, the instructor) with the details of file structures in the PC environment. We plan

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Feemster

2.6 gather information Design no regard for the design points about the design strategies 1 type of system appropriately problem and integrate and 2 generated ideas into design plan. Employ models, representations, such Did not obtain a as functional block Simulate the valid simulation Obtained a valid diagrams, and system prior 2d prior to simulation prior to 2.8

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

Europe andabroad, but also in the United States in reaching the goals outlined in a work-based educationprogram. Another effective option is to integrate practice into the educational curriculum ofcolleges and universities. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 has satisfied bothalternatives, particularly for high schools but the concept may be extended to colleges anduniversities. This act calls for a comprehensive reform work-based plan that includes school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities. The third component,connecting activities, includes matching students with appropriate work-based learningopportunities and providing a school site mentor to act as liaison between the employer (orsponsor organization

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McDonald

experience of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the selectionand development of an electronic portfolio designed to document, assess and evaluate studentoutcomes. Rogers and Williams (1999) state that the use of electronic portfolios at theirinstitution was a significant departure from the use of hard copy portfolios at other engineeringinstitutions and they found that in a pilot of their process both students and faculty membersfound the system to be reliable and easy to use. Faculty members did make severalrecommendations for changes in the performance criteria and reported that the wide range ofstudent abilities was enlightening. Moore and Voltmer (2000) outlined one planned use of Rose-Hulman’s electronic portfolio process to obtain both a

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthe range between 2.5 and 45 hours. The majority of hours during the spring were spentfinalizing the projects, working on theses, and running the after school program. While the entire team works together to develop and plan their projects, memberstake on an individual role, often aligned with his or her major. The mechanical engineersfocus on building the robots, the electrical engineers concentrate on programming therobots, the human factors majors design “user-friendly” interfaces, and the childdevelopment majors work on creating a curriculum for an elementary or high schoolprogram. Although

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherra Kerns; Edwin Jones; John Weese

tothe ABET Board from other participating societies. Sound rebuttals are being prepared toanswer objections that were voiced at the October 30th Board meeting.Documentation was submitted to ABET for discussion at the February 18th ABET ExecutiveCommittee meeting. It is anticipated that this will have been favorably received so that full andcomplete documentation will be incorporated into the ABET Board members’ notebooks for theMarch 19, 2005 meeting. If the ASEE proposal is approved at that meeting, it will be possible toadhere to the original plan to have the procedures in place for the 2006-2007 accreditation cycle.Progress UpdateThe deadline for uploading this paper for publication in the Proceedings of the 2005 ASEEAnnual Conference and

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia M. Secola; James A. Middleton; Donovan Evans; Dale R. Baker; Bettie Smiley; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationState and local school districts adopting the National Science Education Standards must translatethese standards into programs that reflect local contexts and policies. The program standardsdiscuss planning and actions. Again, this can be done in many ways, because the Standards donot dictate the order, organization, or framework for science programs.However, there are some barriers to introducing an engineering curriculum that are inherent tothe organization of schools and the accountability movement that makes infusing engineeringinto the curriculum difficult. These barriers include the degree

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kara Bliley; Emily Mowry; Amy Gray; Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson; Sean Brophy

works with the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt to applycurrent theories of Learning Science to improve instruction at various educational levels. He currently is anAssistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt. His currentresearch interests relate to using simulations and models to facilitate students understanding of difficultconcepts within engineering as part of the VaNTH Engineering Research Center (ERC).KARA BLILEYKara Bliley is currently a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She servesas the president of Biomedical Engineering Society, and hopes to increase the involvement of BMESmembers in activities with the ERC. Her future plans involve obtaining a Ph.D

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Whitmal

required e lective courses rose from50% to 80% over a four-year period. For this reason, DSP-oriented labs and senior designcourses have become very popular in recent years. A number of these courses focus onprogramming of DSP chips: typical examples are given in [2,3,4,5,6,7,8].This paper describes the implementation and assessment of a DSP-based laboratory course that istailored to the particular needs of students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In 1970,WPI developed a unique outcome-oriented, project-based engineering curriculum, referred tolocally as the WPI Plan [9]. The WPI Plan is distinguished by several features: · Courses are offered in four seven-week terms, identified by the letters A, B, C, and D. Students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bartlett

General Aircraft Electronics General Manufacturing HospitalManufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Industrial Industrial Industrial Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering EngineeringTable 2. Student Professional Contribution Interest Planning Group Table IIE or SME Contribution Planning Groups Nail Defect Rapid High Industry Invitation Wright Flyer Arrangement No Sorting Prototyping of School Tours or of Guest Metal Part of Industry ClueAutomation Fractal Using Presenta- Other Field Speakers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education “In his paper at the 12th IABSE Congress in Vancouver in 1984 T. Y. Lin pointed out the importance of structural control. Engineers are being asked to design and build ever more ambitious and complex structures and to assure that they are safe, economically practicable, and environmentally acceptable. One of the best approaches to these challenges is Control Technology. In Japan, my group is working to plan and design a large floating complex called the Moby Dick Project. It covers a circular area about 600 m in diameter and is intended as a multifunction sports, recreation and conference center with its own

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Knoll; Lisa Bullard; Ann Saterbak

started to explore career options, I realized that my most fulfilling roles atEastman involved coaching and development of other personnel. When the department’scoordinator of undergraduate advising announced his retirement plans, I pursued the position andwas named as his replacement. I was fortunate that he stayed on for seven more months to trainme in the role. During this time, I taught two new classes and worked closely in parallel withhim to learn the advising process.”How do you feel about the position now? “After two years in the position, I’ve finallyestablished my roles and responsibilities as part of the faculty and feel accepted by thedepartment. My three predecessors in the coordinator’s role were full professors who “evolved”into

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ali Satter; John Pumwa

achieve the desired objectives. The second most important attribute ofan engineer is the ability to synthesize or combine natural laws and principles to achieve thedesired objectives. The ability to elucidate is the third import ant attribute of an engineer.With this attribute, an engineer is able to discover underlying principles by interpreting datacorrectly and conducting effective experiments. The fourth most important attribute of a goodengineer is the ability to judge between alternative solutions and choose the best one.The non-technical attributes are mostly related to personal abilities and skills. These includeabilities and skills in report writing, team work, management planning, problem solving,working under pressure and meeting