Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

effectively uses modern technology whileteaching at Miami University. He has utilized World Wide Web and InteractiveVideo Distance Learning extensively in addition to other teaching techniques. W.W.W.and I.V.D.L. actually supplement other routinely used audio visual techniques such aspower point presentations, tutorials, problem-solving sessions, written research reports,peer group discussions, poster presentations etc. The author utilizes a variety of instructional tools to communicate with studentswho may prefer to have different learning styles (Kolb, 1985). The author alsorecommends and encourages students to utilize the resources that are readily available atthe university, such as Library, Writing Center, Computer Laboratory, etc

Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Long, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Sue Young, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

from the University of Virginia. She has served as department chair of the Communication Department and has taught a wide range of writing and communication courses. She was instrumental in the design of the bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies at OIT. Areas of interest include the overlap of game design and learning systems, media and the communication styles of Japan, creativity and communication, and conversation analysis. Page 22.1091.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Multiplayer On-Line Role Playing Game Style Gradingin a Project Based Software Engineering

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; David W. Gatchell, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

hypothesis, design experiments, and analyze data and 2) knowledge on the broader healthimplications of diabetes and its relevance to basic research. Students also prepare and submit anabstract on their work to the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting. This, and Page 22.251.5publication in peer-reviewed journals serves as an outside source of feedback. Beginning in 2009 we developed and implemented an extensive prospective survey onundergraduate research experiences designed to identify the qualities of a research experiencethat leads to success. The survey was given to students on the first day of the program (prior tobeginning

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Let’s Get Students More Involved! -- Experiences from the Collaboration between the IEEE University Partnership Program and Chinese LibrariesAbstractInvolving students is not uncommon in university libraries. Students can greatly reducelibrarians’ workload, provide peer reference services, and change the image of librarians to thepublic. With the prevalence of e-resources, more users choose to work from their ownworkplaces and reduce their visits to physical libraries. To understand actual needs of end usersand offer better services in this digital era, it is very important for librarians to reach out tostudents and work with them closely in their routine work. However, it is quite challenging toidentify student

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

on the needs of the particular project. Most projects are externally sponsored, eitherby local industry or government agencies. Students also have the opportunity to propose theirown entrepreneurial clinic projects, and have them funded by the college, through the RowanVenture Capital Fund, which was created with the support of National Collegiate Innovators andInventors Alliance (NCIIA) grants and private donors.This paper focuses upon the Sophomore Engineering Clinic.Sophomore Engineering Clinic I and IIThe goals of the Sophomore Engineering Clinic consist of teaching engineering design principlesand technical communication (technical writing in the fall, public speaking in the spring). TheSophomore Engineering Clinics are integrated

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Ben DeVane, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, Rogers, and Harris 12 and Belter and du Pré 13, who reportsignificantly lower levels of plagiarism after students were given awareness training. McCuen 14argues that: …education about plagiarism cannot wait until the student is starting to write the thesis or dissertation. The education should begin when the student begins his or her graduate program, if not before…and mentors should have high writing standards from the beginning, not waiting until the student is writing the final draft. (p. 155)Why a game? Page 22.734.4Gaming is universal among college-aged students. A 2003 Pew Institute study 15 of gamingtechnology

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Jeffrey Donnell holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. An instructor of writing since 1982, he has taught professional writing at both the graduate and undergraduate levels since 1987. Dr. Donnell now coordi- nates the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Page 22.1349.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Study of a Teaching Practicum in an engineering Ph.D. CurriculumAbstractThe Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech requires all

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented dozens of papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karyn L. Biasca, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Steve Hill, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

thedesired learning outcomes for these internships? Is there a way to assess those outcomes withoutadding a huge burden onto faculty and students?Internships are a type of “experiential learning,” similar in some ways to service learning.Internships were identified as a high impact educational practice in a recent Association ofAmerican Colleges and Universities publication1. There are six student behaviors required byhigh impact practices thought to significantly improve student learning: 1. Invest significant time and effort 2. Demand interaction with faculty and peers about substantive matters 3. Result in an experience of diversity through extensive contact with people very different from themselves 4. Receive and respond to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

each group to switch among peer learning vocabulary and conceptquestions, exploration of materials properties, recall type self-quizzes or web investigations. Inaddition, the materials within the applications are conceptually contained so that whileexploration and higher order connections are still encouraged, the students will not beoverwhelmed or have no contextual basis for judgments. The multi-media format of the iPodTouch will also allow applications that accommodate different student learning styles. One of thegrand challenges of engineering (National Academy of Engineering) is to advance personalizedinstruction/learning methods and there is no reason that collaborative groups should not be ableto customize their own learning

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University; Quintana Clark, Purdue University; Geovon Boisvenue, Purdue University; Stephen Paul Woodall, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

solid argument for the need to help young adults acquire theknowledge they need to be safe online.Another explanation for young adults’ risky online behaviors is the way they think aboutthe Internet and privacy in general. Many young people think of the Internet as their ownpersonal space where they interact with their peers, and fail to recognize that theinformation meant for peer groups, as well as conversations among peers, are available tomany other, unintended audiences6. Similarly, a large study of 7,000 American collegestudents found that passwords, social security and credit card numbers were included inthe respondents’ notion of online privacy, but postings on social networking sites such asFacebook were not a matter of concern7

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodney W. Trice, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

engineering leaders from across the United States and abroad and to prepare themfor work in technical fields. As evidenced by employers’ interest in our graduating engineersand consistently high rankings by its peers and national news magazines, Purdue University doesa good job of imparting technical knowledge to its students. However, while technicalcompetence is necessary, it is not a sufficient condition for the engineer of 2020 to be successful,as noted in a recent NAE document,1 and as acted upon recently in the College of Engineering.2Within the engineering and scientific community, it is difficult to overestimate the importance ofacting with high ethical standards in global, social, intellectual and technological contexts.When this attribute

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University, Engineering Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

evolution is reflected inthe departmental affiliation noted for each publication in the collection. Many of the centers,departments or laboratories that issued reports during that period of time are no longer inexistence, either due to consolidations or due to completion of projects. SEAS reports wereproduced mainly as a record of publicly funded research undertaken at the University. Whileresults of the research were often published in peer-reviewed literature, the reports frequentlycontain results of experiments, computations and primary data that are not included in thepublished literature. Some reports, especially those in high demand, have been catalogedindividually and holdings information has been accurately maintained for retrieval purposes

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott P. Schaffer, Purdue University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

stakeholders and partners that teams workwith. All of the programs see design for others as a very appropriate space to domultidisciplinary teaming9.6. Continuous peer assessment as formative feedback and for grading is a best practice. Theprograms differ on their emphasis of individual, team, and client in peer assessment andevaluation but they all see this form of assessment as integral to cross-disciplinary learning.  Toward a Framework for Best PracticesBest practices for multidisciplinary project team learning and performance may be thought offrom the perspective of both the program and the learners or more precisely the interactionbetween the two10. The program perspective includes structures, processes, and outcomesintended to help learners and

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger Lindgren, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

members must complete their individual tasks successfullyin order to realize a positive result13. The intent of the assignment was to encourage groupdiscussion outside of class that would result in a cohesive presentation of the primary topic, takinginto account various perspectives.For this specific assignment, 24 students enrolled in a junior-level project management course werebroken into four groups of six. Each of the four groups was assigned one of the four topics:management, business, public policy, and leadership. The students were required to prepare apresentation to give to their peers in the class. Each member of the team was responsible for aspecific portion of the presentation with the specific, individual assignments listed below

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Frederick Clayton Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Engineering and Com- puter Science Department at Ohio Northern. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Frederick Clayton Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 22.1163.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Practical Interpretation of Student

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

(a one-page document) containing a revised set of dimensions and an approach for coding these dimensions. Again, the milestone reports were used, in class, to discuss the project.4. Two days before the project was due, students were required to (a) give a “minute-madness” presentation to the class on their results and (b) bring a draft of their report to class for peer review.5. The group then submitted the final report two days later, after making revisions based on the peer review. In addition, individual group members submitted a written reflection on their learning through the project process.Description, Observation and ReflectionIn the next two sections, we further describe these two cases. Specifically, we describe each

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

betterthe very thing that is being studied while a main purpose of a general research study is to expandthe general understanding of knowledge about the topic and ultimately to inform practice. It isimportant to determine if a particular program is effective early in order to minimize theopportunity cost of missed improvements to the program. There is a broad array of optionsavailable to foster entrepreneurship and economic development, and not incidentally, educatestudents who aspire to become entrepreneurs [6].The second problem is attributed to the nature of the hierarchical, or nested, data structures of theentrepreneurship education program. Students in educational settings exist within a hierarchicalsocial structure that includes peer group

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Peer Sharing WorkshopsFigure 1. Conceptual Framework for ENE Laboratory Module Reform This semester this course was taught the CIEN 311 Environmental Laboratory course hadan enrollment of eighteen students. The students were junior, Civil Engineering majors. Thedemographics consisted of fourteen males, two females, and was 56% minority (i.e. AfricanAmerican, African, Hispanic). The course was divided in to modules to help “repackage” the labactivities.Modules and AssessmentsModule 1: Sustainable Engineering and Green Design Sustainability is one of the newest paradigm shifts for engineering design. There are anumber of new “green” buildings currently

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Ferro, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Students were also required to evaluate thepodcasts, as part of the listening assignment.After producing their own podcasts, students in MENG221 were then required to listen to fourother podcasts from their own cohort and provide an evaluation. Previous studies have shownthat students gain pedagogical value from listening to their peers’ podcasts [3]. The two topranked podcasts from the semester were submitted to the ASM podcast contest [2].The reason that the MENG221 podcast project is a Rich Learning Experience, according to Fink,is that it involves Learning How to Learn, Caring, Foundational Knowledge and Applicationtypes of learning. Traditional projects in materials courses, such as writing a research paper,may also be considered as a Rich

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Patrick Hogan, Missouri S&T; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

andmetamorphic rocks. A more substantial number of geology students in their future career will beinvolved in some higher-level projects such as: (1) designing a lab or field experiments, (2)collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data needed to solve a difficult, “fuzzy”problem and reach a complex conclusion. Important instructional goals of this course then alsoinclude opportunities for students to mature as a “Research Scientist.” This includes developingkeen observational skills, clear and accurate documentation of data in multiple formats, analysisof data with the intent of developing multiple working hypotheses, critical evaluation and testingof hypotheses, and sharing of observations and ideas with peers. Commonly, the complexity

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felicia Chong, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) learning. Students participate in teams organized as “virtual companies” thatdevelop products or services as they engage in long-term projects with a STEM focus. HSE teamprojects are STEM-based but involve students from various backgrounds and interests. HSEteams are coached by specially-trained high school teachers called “teacher-coaches.”Teams have access to real-world expertise and mentoring from professionals in academia andindustry. HSE teams write business plans, solve real-world problems, perform testing andanalyses, build prototypes, manufacture parts, operate within budgets, and manage their projects.Each spring, HSE teams showcase their work alongside college students at

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron J. Turner, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

between the TFAs and theirassigned teams. However, the class met as an entity a couple of times during the year to coverthe following topics: Course Administration, Documentation and Record Keeping; The DesignProcess; Leadership; Quality Functional Deployment (QFD); Scheduling, Gantt Charts andWork Breakdown Structures; Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Proposal Writing;Specifications Writing; and Ethics. Each lecture topic included an associated assignment.Senior design is considered a writing-intensive course and as such, several significant writingassignments were expected. These included individual monthly status reports, a letter of intent,monthly team status reports, a design proposal, and a final design project report

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

biomedical systems engineering, including five years of design courses. He has conducted research, with peer-reviewed publications, in biomedical engineering in the areas of biomechanics, bioelectricity, and biomedical imaging, since 1992. Other research interests include renewable energy, optical fiber communications, and project-based multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary education. Page 22.810.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED PROJECT-BASED APPROACH WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED EAC-OF-ABET ACCREDITED INTERDISCIPLINARY

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Jessica A Kuczenski, Century College; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ABET6.Our undergraduate program strives to produce engineers who are a step ahead of their peers andhave begun to look beyond entry-level jobs. Our primary goals are to improve the educationalprocess outside the classroom and to encourage students to take a more active role in their ownpersonal and curricular development. In order to connect student activities and abilities to theobjectives of our overall program, we established a set of “six tools” that we feel are essential forgraduates to become successful engineers. Further, we would like to implement a project thatencourages our students to make connections among their curricular options and between theirstudents and extracurricular pursuits. Another goal is to add to the department’s

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

a senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented dozens of papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical

Conference Session

International Experience, Effective Instruction, and Student Exchange Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

Tagged Divisions

International

Learning Objectives and OutcomesDeveloping, formulating, and writing objectives is a key to the success of any education.Without clear objective, it is impossible to reach any goal in education. Use of objectives hasbecome commonplace in higher education. Higher education often uses instructional orbehavioral objectives in teaching and learning. In order to affirm the value of objectives it isimportant to incorporate objectives within the curriculum and specific units of study and makeconnections between objectives and learning outcomes.3,4Instructors often use a standard protocol to develop objectives for their students. Althoughobjectives are not difficult to write, the challenge is how to write instructional objectives forstudents that clearly

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has de- grees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $11.4 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received the William Elgin Wickenden Award for the Best Paper in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and multiple conference Best Paper awards. Dr. Ohland is Chair of ASEE’s Educational Research and Methods division and an At-Large member

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick L. Smyth, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

trigger a change in one or both of the other constructs (e.g. stereotypesand/or self-concept) 13. For example, subliminal priming of test subjects with the femalestereotype (i.e., women are not mathematically inclined) causes women's explicit and implicitmath attitudes to shift 15. Similarly, women’s — but not men’s — implicit math attitude changedas a function of whether the experimenter was male or female 16. Also found to influence STEMperformance is the ratio of male to female peers in the immediate environment 17,18 andinteractions with an implicitly sexist male peer 19.These studies suggest that we may be able to influence implicit attitudes toward engineering, and

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

and may not be capable of identifying gaps in their own knowledge during thediscussion. To encourage individual accountability and active discussion during the exam, thestudents must follow two rules. 1. Each student must write some of the answers. 2. All students must agree on every answer submitted.When there is a “hung jury”, students can be encouraged to record the top two positions with asupporting argument for each. This becomes an answer the group can agree on.During the group exam, the instructor’s job is to facilitate discussion. As with any type ofclassroom problem solving, the instructor should move from group to group to keep students on