Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Sean Tavares; Shawn Banker; Christopher LeBlanc; Jonathan Ferguson

variety of business sectors. Mr. Shawn Banker joined theUIC as the director and had previously spent the majority of his career in manufacturingengineering and has made it a priority for the UIC to increase its engagement with local industry.Mr. Banker, also a graduate of UNH’s Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, serves onthe ET Industrial Advisory Board and previously sponsored many ET senior capstone projectsprior to joining UNH. In his role as director of the UIC, he was eager to sponsor another ETsenior capstone project.Description of the Capstone ProjectThe goal of the project was to develop an optimized process to create accurate, scaled 3D printedreplications of small objects using electron microscopy based photogrammetry

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Christine Julien

computing as a career trajectory (e.g., interest in the course simply saying the desired color. material, encouragement by others), and their preconceptions • An extension of our Bluetooth socket program to use the about computer science and programming (e.g., their Android device as a game controller for a Simon video perspective on their own abilities, their understanding of what game that runs on the Raspberry Pi. a software engineer does, etc.). The survey is based heavily Design. With their problem definition in hand, the students upon the Engineering and Computer Science STEMare asked to create a design for their project. They sketch a

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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Minorities in Engineering

,minorities and women all have the same interest and aptitude in math and science7. However,these numbers begin to diverge during the high school and early college career. Statisticsindicate that socio economic status and gender were statistically significant in math and scienceachievement. However, social development only accounted for a small amount of the variancein the academic performance. This ability to do math in high school does positively affect the Page 12.139.4science and engineering ambition in college. Furthermore, minority students who enjoy theirscience and engineering studies are more likely to commit to an engineering career and

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

sociology who studyengineering and technology. Just as engineers can learn from the historians and sociologists, thehistory or sociology major interested in pursuing an academic career in these fields should beencouraged to learn more from engineers about engineering and technology. While majors inmathematics and physical science will have more affinity for engineering and technology, theyneed help understanding the differences between their fields and engineering. Many math andphysical science majors go on to teach in secondary schools, where they are likely to be guidingstudents for whom engineering would be a good career choice, and they may be tapped to teachtechnological literacy at the secondary school level. For them to do this successfully

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2007-2693: DESIGNING A COURSE ON BUSINESS PROCESSREENGINEERING (BPR): BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESSOPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSRashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology RASHMI JAIN is Associate Professor of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Jain has over 15 years of experience of working on socio-economic and information technology (IT) systems. Over the course of her career she has been involved in leading the implementation of large and complex systems engineering and integration projects. Dr. Jain is currently the Head of Education and Research for International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Her teaching and research interests include

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yolanda George, AAAS; Patricia Campbell; Tom R. Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc; Rosa Carson, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.; Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

scientific and technical education, careers and literacy. Dr. Malcom is a former trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a fellow of the AAAS and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2003, she received the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, the highest award bestowed by the Academy. Dr. Malcom was a member of the National Park System Advisory Board from 1999-2003. She served on the National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation from 1994 to 1998, and from 1994-2001 served on the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Boschetto-Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Ciro Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

International

affective as well as effective cultural mediators andambassadors, students acquire an understanding of how a language other than their ownproduces and distributes knowledge within socio-cultural communicative frameworks.As we learned in the spring of 2006, the piloting of a unique collaboration between Civiland Environmental Engineering and Humanities provided a forum for generating furtherreflection on the benefits of cross-disciplinary efforts for both students and faculty. Wediscovered, for example, that cross-disciplinary literacy as a framework for advancinglanguage acquisition and engineering service learning also encouraged language andnon-engineering students to integrate an international field experience into theireducational career goals

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

to face during their careers. Such issues include the conflict between engineers’ duty tothe public, their employer, and themselves. Approximately, 10 to 20 civil engineering studentsenroll in this course each semester. Prior to the fall of 2005, the class was taught in alecture/seminar format and met nearly every week for one hour at a time. As such, the courseincluded instructor lectures, occasional guest speakers, an ethical video (Gilbane Gold), andintermittent student discussion sessions. The course has always been used to address several ofthe “soft” outcomes associated with ABET EC2000, but the modified course expanded thecoverage of the outcomes such that learning is deepened and impact was broadened. While thiscourse is not the sole

Conference Session

New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Scales; Rebecca Gunter; Cheryl Peed

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

operates under the auspicesof the Office of International Research, Education, and Development. Bilateral exchangeprograms, faculty-led study abroad trips, and other international education experiences are allcoordinated through this office. Students can also enroll in international co-ops through Career Page 12.1467.1Services. For international students, faculty, and their dependents, the Cranwell InternationalCenter serves as invaluable resource. Here, an abundance of pertinent information can befound about topics ranging from visas to general orientation to the area. The Cranwell Centeralso sponsors English conversation programs and an

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Thornton, University of Maryland; Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired); Nathan Myers, University of Maryland; Monica Neukomm, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

internships because either their workschedules did not allow for time off, they had to complete summer classes, or they were notaware of internship opportunities that were financially feasible. Given that many of the HillmanEntrepreneurs are non-traditional students at different stages of their professional lives, findinginternship opportunities that meet their varied career and financial needs may continue to be adifficult process.For the summer of 2008, the Program Directors are being more strategic about informingstudents of the internship process. PGCC has an internship readiness process where studentsparticipate in workshops including career and life planning, resume writing and review, andmock interviews. David Hillman is also expected to hire

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

AC 2008-1348: APPLYING "CULTURAL CONSENSUS ANALYSIS" TO ASUBGROUP OF ENGINEERING EDUCATORSSusan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, as well as feminist and liberative pedagogies. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded an NSF CAREER and ILI grants. She is currently working on a collaborative NSF-funded Gender in

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quincy Brown, Drexel University; William Mongan, Drexel University; Dara Kusic, Drexel University; Elaine Garbarine, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a self-perpetuatingquality – a small number of minority graduates in STEM fields results in a small number ofthose who return to the community to lead the way for the next generation of graduates. Thisshortfall is further highlighted by the “digital divide”,7–9 the gap between those who have accessto technology, including the information and proficiencies that accompany it, and those who donot. Often, the digital divide falls along the lines that separate income levels, ethnic groups andeducational attainment.7 Bridging the digital divide by providing technology education in theschools has been shown to improve academic performance in K-12 students10 and increases thenumber students prepared to embark on STEM careers. The Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, Regarding grading, I often find it useful to retroactively change disasters into extra-credit opportunities. That is, I explain that the problem won't count against anyone's grade, but that those students who managed against all odds to solve (or make substantial headway toward solving) a very difficult (or impossible) problem will be rewarded with extra-credit points.Students should not expect assignments to be perfect. Several instructors made the point that inthe real world, requirements are incompletely specified, change during the project, etc. As KathyRoberson9 put it, Up front, and several times during the semester, I explain to my students that they are preparing for a career where they will frequently be

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

flight travel to Houston and participate in the entire RGSFOPexperience, and return to campus with a greater self confidence, energized to moreaggressively pursue their professional careers. They experience a world of opportunityaround them that we cannot show them as dramatically here on campus, and they respond tothis experience. Program participants have moved on to successful careers in aerospaceengineering. Some have gone on to graduate school; two former MRT3 team members inparticular have completed graduate degrees at WVU, working on spray cooling andcontinuing their reduced gravity flights through collaboration with a team of thermalresearchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio17-19. From thisinformation, we 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

in Austria havecreated a training program open to all “teaching teachers”. Participation is voluntarily and oftenused as a means of continuous professional development to support career development.Successful completion of their program leads to professional registration as ING-PAED IGPP(International Professional Engineering Educator).IGIP, together with SEFI, the European Society of Engineering Education14 (the equivalent ofASEE in the US) represent the largest network of higher education engineering institutions andof individuals involved in engineering education in Europe. It promotes information exchangeabout current developments in the field of engineering education between teachers, researchersand students in the various European

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

recognize the importance of teaming and writing skills fortheir careers. Table 15: Summary of Grades for Individual Assignments Ind. Assign Type %1 Avg. 2 SD3 Miss4 HW#1 survey 1.0 4.0 0 0 HW#2 resume 1.0 4.0 0 0 HW#3 demo 0.5 3.82 0.83 3 HW#4 IP & C&S 2.0 3.51 1.24 6 HW#5 specs 3.5 2.43 1.15 7 HW#6 ethics 1.5 2.93 1.35 11 HW#7 economics 2.0 1.82 1.24

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zarjon Baha, Purdue University; Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

and female students were admitted to the Faculty of Engineering at KabulUniversity, and Kabul Polytechnic Institute, through a general University Entrance Examthat was conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education. Among the applicants,Engineering Faculty was the third favourite career of higher learning after the Medical andLaw faculties in the country.In addition to Faculty of Engineering at Kabul University, and Kabul Polytechnic, severaltechnical community colleges and vocational high schools existed in Afghanistan wheretechnicians and skilled workers in various fields of technology were educated. There wasalso a well-established two-year telecommunication college within the Ministry ofCommunications which trained technicians for the

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

International

profession,and the profile of the engineer of the future. Consequently, the engineers of tomorrow will beexpected to function differently from today as they face new changing work environments.Kenney and Dossani5 say, The career of the engineer of the future is likely to take one of two directions. Engineers employed in organizations will necessarily be required to coordinate projects having global workforces. The critical words in the previous sentence (to which current engineering education pays little attention) are “coordinate” and “global.” [Italics added]The new profile of an engineer requires new set of skills. Engineering education has to change toimpart this new set of skills. Industry has begun to respond to the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

computational problem solvingearlier in their college careers by developing Microsoft Excel-based modules to be used asteaching tools in the sophomore and junior-level thermodynamics and heat transfer courses. TheMS Excel package was chosen as a software platform for this purpose because of its ubiquitousnature and its ability to utilize Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros in a spreadsheetformat.In the sophomore-level thermodynamics course, much of the class material focuses on theproperties of steam and ideal gases. Therefore, a suite of Microsoft Excel functions to computesteam and ideal gas properties and assist in analyzing properties of states and processes has beendeveloped. A number of Excel packages that pertained to the computation of

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

William Jordan

prime mover behind getting the grant, and he had a greater apparent need for the money.People who believe in a utilitarian theory could argue for either decision. Smith should take themoney for he has a greater need for it and he is the main person on the project. Alternatively,Smith should not take the money for if he was exposed it would hurt his career. A potentiallyruined career is not worth a month of salary support.Duty theories could also argue the point either way. Some would say that Smith has a duty toprovide for his family. Others would argue that Smith has a greater duty to be honest withBrown and tell him about the salary support.People who believe in rights theories would probably criticize a choice by Smith to keep themoney

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Bill Elmore; Stan Napper

prime mover behind getting the grant, and he had a greater apparent need for the money.People who believe in a utilitarian theory could argue for either decision. Smith should take themoney for he has a greater need for it and he is the main person on the project. Alternatively,Smith should not take the money for if he was exposed it would hurt his career. A potentiallyruined career is not worth a month of salary support.Duty theories could also argue the point either way. Some would say that Smith has a duty toprovide for his family. Others would argue that Smith has a greater duty to be honest withBrown and tell him about the salary support.People who believe in rights theories would probably criticize a choice by Smith to keep themoney

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Laboratory Improvement grant allowed us to extend the curriculum to all 280 freshman engineering students taking ENGR 120 in the fall of 2007. Approximately 400 freshman students have enrolled in the course sequences based on the Living with the Lab curriculum during the current 2007-2008 academic year. During efforts to develop a formal assessment plan to determine the effectiveness of the new courses, we realized that we needed a set of guideposts to help us determine if our strategies were effective not only in teaching students, but also in preparing them for their engineering careers. We realized that the work sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering to identify attributes of “The Engineer of 2020”17 aligned closely with our efforts

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian Nicholls, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

volume of data required was judged to be impractical. Instead,existing data sources that could be adapted for the purposes of this analysis were sought.Extensive research has been performed about students’ educational experiences in high schooland college so several sources were considered. Among them were a series of longitudinalstudies conducted by the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics(NCES) collecting information about students as they progress through secondary education andcollege. The most recent of these studies to be completed is the National Education LongitudinalStudy of 1988 (NELS:88)11 which collected extensive demographic, experiential, attitudinal,educational, and career data from students at set

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

include design of cell-interactive biomaterials, nanobiotechnology, and cell and tissue engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), member of the Editorial Board of the journal Acta Biomaterialia, and a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and Johnson & Johnson Discovery Award. He is the coauthor on a recent book on Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering published by Academic Press. He received a B.S. (Distinction) in Chemical Engineering from University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), University of Bombay, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Bioengineering) at the University of Minnesota, and postdoctoral

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

their students. Thisexperience facilitates the conveyance of these standards to their students and help makescience and engineering interesting and relevant to them. The university faculty expectthat this in turn will encourage more pre-college students to pursue science andengineering studies in college by increasing their understanding of engineering andtechnological innovation and getting them excited about careers in STEMS fields. Wewill be measuring the level of science interest of the K-12 students whom the teachersteach to measure program success over time.Specific Experiences for RET TeachersEach of the BME laboratories involved in the BMERET program has a tradition of anddedication to the education and preparation of postdoctoral

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Callie Ruben, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is the PIC IV Chair and a frequent speaker on career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students.Callie Ruben, Arizona State University Callie Rubin is a Senior in Aerospace Engineering at Arizona State University. She is an active member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers. Callie was the Assistant Program Coordinator for Engineering Diversity Programs and the Summer Minority Engineering Program during

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

data, qualitative data were also collected. Thesedata were obtained through short questionnaires throughout the course as well as follow-upinterviews with students two months after the conclusion of the course. These interviews helpedto enrich the quantitative data by providing explanations of students’ experiences in the class inmore detail and investigating how well the course content relates to their career. The two-monthfollow-up interviews with students also provided insight on the transportability of the coursecontent into the employees’ job tasks after completion of the course. The goal of this research isto determine if the teaching of PLM theories and high-end CAD skills can effectively be taughtin a blended learning

Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg, Buffalo State College; Paul Siciliano, Buffalo State College; Clark Greene, Buffalo State College; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-related career paths awareness.”190 students found the instructors to be “good” or better, with 180 students noting the materialswere “good” or better. 94% of the students noted they would participate in EOF courses againnext summer if available and 96% said they would recommend EoF courses to colleagues. Thecontent of the courses was found relevant and useful by 96%.Feedback from Instructors for future DECS workshops: Instructors noted that theparticipant group consisted of a wide variation in subject-matter expertise. It was suggested thatfuture workshops be structured for beginner and advanced participants. It was also suggestedthat EoF provide participants with “refresher” opportunities.In a situation where the coursework consists of numerous

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

. Multiple writing assignments arebuilt into each WI course with the proviso that each assignment go through multiple drafts.Students work with specially trained tutors who review each draft and work with students toimprove their writing as the students proceed from draft to draft. Thus, unlike a term or researchpaper which may have at most two drafts and often only one, these writing assignments arereviewed and revised several times to ensure that lessons about effective communication arethoroughly learned. By selecting courses in a developmentally appropriate manner, students’progress in communication skills can be tracked over their academic careers. This provides fortimely intervention should adequate progress not be observed. In addition, the