Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Advanced Cost Accounting Advanced Cost Estimation3.A.2 Engineering Economics Costs & Economic Decision Making Time Value of Money Interest Rates Figures of Merit After Tax Analysis Sensitivity Analysis Uncertainty and probability4.A Project Management4.A.1 Project Management Project Life Cycle Processes involved in project management Project management environment Tools used in project management Scope of project Determination of skills required Development of schedules Development of cost estimates Risk Management Issues Monitoring project Progress Making tradeoffs in a project4.A.2 Capstone Related5.A

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Samuel T Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

evidence shows that students do not connect the newly acquired analytical knowledgewith the design process, creating a design learning gap. When students return to a designemphasis in the senior year capstone course, they are expected to bridge this gap by synthesizingthe broad engineering design understanding from the first year with their analytical depth gainedin the second and third years to produce unique engineering design solutions. Can small buteffective changes be made in the second and third year to improve this model of design learningthat could help students more easily make the connection in the senior year between the broaddesign learning from three years earlier and their newly developed analytical skills? Through ajoint effort

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Finding a common platformto use in many classes allows the instruction time devoted to microcontrollers to be distributed sothat the new topic can be added without cutting significantly into the existing curriculum.Rather than taking one microcontroller class near their senior year, the students will be exposedto microcontrollers as early as their freshman or sophomore years, and will gain experience withthe same hardware in several classes. There are several advantages to this approach compared toadding a standalone technical elective to the curriculum.The primary advantage is that students learn the material early in their education and have adeveloped skill set ready to apply to capstone design projects. There is not much prerequisiteknowledge

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of the CSM12C32 module is small enough that our microcontroller projects havebecome truly embedded systems. Third, the skills and the tools covered in this microcontrollercourse are useful to the students that they prefer to use them in their capstone design projects.Fourth, the student evaluation results of this course taught by the author have been among thehighest in our department and the college. This microcontroller course with the Freescale studentlearning kits is a viable approach for equipping students with the skills and tools that they needfor prototyping embedded systems and for preparing them for their future design projects.I. INTRODUCTIONThe microcontroller course is one of the most demanding courses in our undergraduate

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Vaughen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

laboratory, training the students about process safety in aninherently low-risk environment. The approach is based on more than ten years of industrialprocess hazards analysis experience, which includes assessing for process-related hazards andreducing process-related risks. Before the students began the experimental phase of theirlaboratory project, they documented that they understood the potential hazardous events relatedto their project. The students completed a series of Project Risk Analysis (PRA) check sheetswhich listed both the hazards addressed in the OSHA Process Safety Management standard (i.e.,fire, explosion, and toxic release) as well as other area and personnel safety-related hazards (e.g.,noise, utilities, etc.). Then the students

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

approach was initiated to build a teaming thread through the earlydesign sequence as preparation for and reinforcement by the capstone design experience. Thefirst phase commenced with Freshmen in the Engineering Design 2 course. This course followsup on the first design course in having a sensors and systems theme and again includes a major Page 13.399.4design project. The students were not just asked to reflect on their first semester teamingexperience, but were now given instruction in teaming skills using material prepared incollaboration with a faculty member in technology management with expertise in teaming andleadership development.A

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Ogot, An investigation on industry-sponsored design projects' effectiveness at the first-year level: potential issues and preliminary results. European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006. 31(6): p. 693-704.16. Larochelle, P., J. Engblom, and H. Gutierrez, A Cornerstone Freshman Design Experience. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Engineering Education Reaches New Heights, 2004.17. Qammar, H.K., et al., Impact of Vertically Integrated Team Design Projects on First Year Engineering Students. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Engineering Education Reaches New Heights, 2004.18. Dutson, A.J., et al., A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University; Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovich, Arizona State University; Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Arizona State University

years of teaching experience in the fields/subjects of photovoltaics, fuel cells and batteries with over 50 journal and conference publications/presentations. Page 13.220.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Arizona -Texas Consortium for Alternative and Renewable Energy TechnologiesAbstract The focus of the Arizona–Texas Consortium for Alternative and Renewable EnergyTechnologies is to meet the workforce needs of our national energy, transportation, andelectronic industries. The project intends to establish an educational consortium throughcollaboration between

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina; Andrew Nichols, Marshall University; Briana Timmerman, University of South Carolina; Wiley Graf, Midlands Technical College

questions in the discipline that will be studied during thenext several sessions and are required to document their response in an online journal.Four major data sources are being used in a mixed methods approach synthesizing multipleperspectives over time to capture the development of students’ abilities. These include: i) a pre-post written test of both core knowledge and fundamental skills, ii) open-ended, writtendecisions responding to each EFFECT’s driving question, iii) journal entries, and iv) evaluationof capstone design projects by members of a professional review panel during their senior year.Preliminary data suggest that the combination of group discussion and hands-on investigationwithin a specific engineering context stimulate

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Richard Rothaupt, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Linards Stradins, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

capstone projects Figure 4. UW-Stout’s comprehensive recruiting and retention strategies.Marketing StrategiesWhen listed together, the programs that University of Wisconsin-Stout either directly runs orsupports looks like an amazing array of direct manufacturing engineering programs to ones thatare more generically recruiting engineers at very early ages. Programs like STEPS2, FIRSTLEGO League, Skills USA, and Science Olympiad, target students as young as elementaryschool to interest them in engineering and help them realize they can be involved in a fun andexciting career such as engineering and most importantly, help them realize they personally cansucceed in this career pursuits. For example, FIRST LEGO League (FLL) promotes a

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Clifton, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Rob Hasker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Mike Rowe, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

do bythe time of graduation.”3 Many are done in our year-long senior capstone project courses, SE4330 and SE 4730. In some cases, such as assessments for outcome A (Foundation), the studentsin the capstone courses are told that they will have an in-class assessment, but are not told whatthe assessment would be. They are told that the assessment will count as a small percentage oftheir grade, enough so that they take it seriously but not enough that they openly complain. Theyare also made aware of how important the assessment is to ABET accreditation.An example of a direct measurement that was used for B.2.b is the following question from theSE 4330 exam in fall 2007: An alternative project we discussed was to build a system for

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Severalproject- and laboratory-based courses that provide students with a unique industrial experienceare absent in most universities and community colleges in tri-state area.9 Among them are EET203 (Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials), EET 319 (Programmable Logic Controllers),MET 205 (Robotics and Mechatronics), and MHT 225 (Measurements Lab) (Figure 3). Figure 3. AET students carry out laboratory experiments During EET 203 and MET 205 classes Page 13.210.6 Page 13.210.7Table 1 Page 13.210.8Table 2 Page 13.210.9Table 3During the senior year of the study, all AET students get a capstone experience through theSenior Design Project

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Courses. One way of accomplishing the goal of improvingcommunication is through the support of C-I courses within the CoE curriculum. C-I designatedcourses meet specific criteria concerning communication, such as focusing on at least two of fourcommunication modes (spoken, visual, technological, and written), multiple iterations of writtenand/or oral projects, and concentrating at least 40% of the course grade on communication.Currently in the CoE, there are 31 C-I designated courses throughout the curriculum, rangingfrom introductory to capstone courses. All Engineering disciplines have at least one C-Idesignated course in their core curriculum. CxC provides several resources for faculty who areinterested in designing a C-I course.Faculty Summer

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Stephen S. Tompkins, Virgina State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

450, MANE 315, MANE 400, ENGL Skills 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 342 Teamwork in Courses and MANE 450, MANE 415 Projects Graphical Communication ENGR 200, MANE 310 Skills Computer Experience ENGR 101, ENGR 102, ENGR 203, ENGR 200, MANE 310, MANE 315, MANE 420 Senior Capstone Experience MANE 450 General Education Basic Science and Mathematics MATH 201, MATH 200, MATH 300, MATH350, MATH 392, PHYS 112, PHYS 113, CHEM 101, ENGR 301 Page 13.957.4 Professional Experience

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, since the topic is outside the information covered in thetextbook4. The course also included two guest lectures on: (1) the thermodynamics of weatherand climate, and (2) sustainable energy.The capstone design course that all EVEN seniors are required to take often incorporates energyissues. Many of the projects in the course are service learning projects to serve localcommunities and businesses. One example of a project that incorporated energy challenges wasthe upgrade of a lagoon used to treat wastewater from a Native American community3. Nopower was locally available at the existing lagoon site and the client desired a solution that washighly sustainable and environmentally friendly. As such, students evaluated various naturalsystems or

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Masten, McMaster University; Robert Fleisig, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

fuelfrom seeds of the Jatropha shrub, which grows in West Africa. The impact of this approach onstudent satisfaction and success is discussed.IntroductionA central focus of engineering education is the design process. Our goal as engineering educatorsis to ensure that graduating engineers have the ability to “design effective solutions that meetsocietal needs” 1. Traditionally, engineering education is built on a foundation of sciences andmathematics courses, with students taking engineering courses in their upper years, with fewstudents experiencing design outside of a focused course in their discipline. In the 1990’s, inresponse to accreditation criteria, most engineering schools added a “capstone” design project inthe final year. These projects

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Jon Pratt, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 13.698.2enroll in IMPaCT from several different perspectives. A student can participate in IMPaCTthrough an engineering capstone design course, or through one of several other coursesconnected to the program. An IMPaCT project lasts for at least one academic year, some projectsmay span multiple years, although it is not necessary for a student receiving elective credit toenroll for the entire year. Over the course of the year, student teams take a project from idea toprototype to business plan. IMPaCT teams consist of engineers, business students and othermajors. The key points of IMPaCT are shown in Figure 1. The structure of the IMPaCT programhas been described in more detail in previous ASEE conference proceedings.2Figure 1. Key Points

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Glenn Blalock, Baylor University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Anne Grinols, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

International

initial group of students had already completed their“required” technical writing course. We are planning further assessment of the writing gains atthe end of the two-course sequence. Finally, when we consider the writing they will be doing inthe second of the proposed two-course sequence, students who complete those two courses willhave experienced more effective writing instruction than they would have in technical writing, ifwe define "effective writing instruction" as focus on and preparation for the kinds of writingstudents will do in their professional careers.Second Course: Technical EntrepreneurshipTechnology Entrepreneurship is a capstone, experiential learning course that is deliberatelycross-disciplinary and project-oriented. Its

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas N. Duening; Jeffrey R. Goss

) • FSE 598 Contracts and Negotiation in the Extended Enterprise • FSE 598 Intellectual Property Management • FSE 598 Corporate Venturing • FSE 598 Engineering Entrepreneurship • IEE 534 Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis • IEE 561 Production Systems (Factory Physics) • IEE 571 Quality Management • IEE 572 Design of Engineering Experiments • IEE 598 Introduction to Systems EngineeringThis curriculum provides ESIM program participants with flexibility to choose aconcentration in an area that suits their talents and career interests. Each concentrationculminates in a capstone project that students complete based on the needs of theirenterprise and their interests. Capstone projects will be pertinent to their

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

business realities into the engineering curriculum. It is anindustry-university partnership that involves multidisciplinary students working on real-lifeindustrially sponsored problems. Since 1995, over 500 sponsored projects have been completedfor 140 companies. The Learning Factory was awarded the 2006 Gordon Prize by the NationalAcademy of Engineering. The Bernard M. Gordon Prize — recognizes innovation inengineering education — "for creating the Learning Factory, where multidisciplinary studentteams develop engineering leadership skills by working with industry to solve real-worldproblems." The energy engineering curriculum was designed to enable students in the program tocarry out their capstone design project through The Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

3 0 CE 303 Route and Construction Surveying 3 ENGR 411 Capstone Design Project II 4 4 3 0 CE 392 Stochastics 11 Statistics & Probability (2) 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 9 Civil Engineering Materials (2) 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 8 Construction Management (2) 3 3 3 2 4 3 6 1 4 Computaional Methods 3 3

Conference Session

CAD/CAM in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

UniversityA grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in 1997 permitted the initial offering ofvirtual simulation (VS) as a senior capstone project for technology majors. By the summer of1999, simulation internships had placed 12 of 17 students after running full-scale simulationclasses 5. Internship placements included NASA-Johnson Space Center, a Navistar truck plant,Deneb Robotics, DaimlerChrysler, and General Motors. By 2000 graduates with these skillsreceived the following successful job placements: Applied Manufacturing Technologies (SystemsEngineer); Argus & Associates (Simulation Engineer); Delphi Corp. (Simulation Engineer);Delmia (7 Interns); Detroit Central Tool (Robotics Simulator); General Motors (SimulationEngineer); and HRU

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

, demographics, etc.More details about NESLOS, including a list of some of the outcomes, are included in a previousASEE publication, in which NESLOS was employed to assess students’ learning outcomesduring capstone design projects 8. Most of the NESLOS items were based on a 5-point Likertscale. Item analysis and survey validation procedures revealed good reliability indexes(Cronbach’s alpha coefficients) varying from 0.60 to 0.90. This study took place at a researchuniversity, where students were administered a computer-based version of NESLOS at the end oftheir co-op or internship experience. The survey instruments and administration were approvedby the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Office of Research Compliance.Participant DemographicsIn

Conference Session

Educating for Results: Tools used in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Ayhan Zora; Faruk Yildiz, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

learning pace and knowledge level of students in many applied subjects. Thispaper presents a number of case studies used in applied class projects, laboratoryactivities, and capstone senior design projects for a B.S. degree program in electrical andmanufacturing engineering technology. Many students have found the software toolshelpful and user friendly in understanding fundamentals of physical phenomena inengineering and technology areas.1. IntroductionThe development of educational and industrial software and simulation tools has beenconsiderably increased. Industrial applications started to concentrate replacing expensiveequipments by software and simulations tools while a number of educational institutionsare preferring simulations tools

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

who Page 13.1043.3have experienced the industry first hand will be needed to teach these subjects. Only a personwho has worked on numerous real world engineering projects is best qualified to assess whethera student capstone design project is realistic and relevant.Since practitioners are needed, then there needs to be a career track where their services can bevalued and rewarded. In most universities, practitioners are included on the faculty as adjunctprofessors. They are paid less and are not viewed as full-fledged partners. Most do not have thePh.D. credential that accords equal status. For many schools this is a business

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pierre Lafleur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Yves Boudreault, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Richard Prégent, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

.) (26 Complementary studies (10 cr.) New approachMathematics and basis sciences InternshipJust in time / Contextualization Engineering science and Engineering designIntroductory Integrative Personal Capstone project project project project Complementary studies International and Soft skills specialization Figure 2.0: Comparison between the old and new programs

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University; Richard Mark French, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

“knowledge workers”. Thoseengineers need a new skill set to work successfully on collaborative projects involving peoplelocated not only at different companies, but also potentially on different continents. This newskill set can be developed using secure web sites for storing product related data, virtual chatrooms which would enable students to share presentations and applications. Those tools couldenable faster collaboration on those projects. They could save that information as knowledge fortheir future capstone projects and alike. Working around the clock has recently become the goalof every company. Collaboration needs to be facilitated by digital means such as web portals,voice over internet protocol, and video and audio conferencing

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

/electronic(s) systems. (ABET 8.e)3.3 Tool 3 - Senior Project EvaluationThe Senior Project Evaluation comprises the student performance on the senior capstone project asmeasured by an examiner. The examiner attends the project presentations at the end of thesemester and assesses each student based on relevant criteria using a level ranking assigned toquantify the senior project examiner’s opinion. Each project was assessed by at least twoexaminers drawn from the Industrial Advisory Board and Faculty members.3.4 Tool 4 - Senior Exit SurveyThe EET program has developed a written questionnaire for graduating students called the SeniorExit Survey which all graduating seniors are asked to complete. It was completed by 13 of 14graduating seniors. This