Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Keynton, University of Louisville; James Fiet, University of Louisville; Pankaj Patel, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

draft business and marketing plans being an end-product of the workshop. 5. Provide a step-by-step approach on how to take an idea and make it into a product. 6. Provide the presenters with information about the participants, and their projects, via a short write-up of what projects they were involved in and projects they have worked on in the past, so the instructors could find relevant case studies from journals, or better yet take one of the examples of the participants firms and discuss that in detail. 7. Create 'glossary' of terms that participants can go through before they attend the seminar, so less time is spent on concepts and much more time on application. 8. Devote more time to opportunity

Conference Session

Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

through Browse and Search interfaces.Information resources are annotations forresource types such as articles, books,literature reviews, U.S. national reports ornarrative profiles of organizations, programsand projects, database tools.The WEPAN Knowledge CenterInformation Repository and ProfessionalCommunity platform is an effectivemechanism for disseminating grant-relatedinformation resources and connecting thepeople responsible for creating them withboth their peers and the public outside theproject silos that currently exist. Page 15.425.4Figure 2. Example of Annotated Resource.Information resources can be accessed from the annotations and

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Virginia Greiman; Jim Cormier

be provided for those elements of the course that are qualitative in nature such as theDiscussion Assignments. Other elements such as multiple choices, True False questioning methods aregraded on a points earned basis and this does not require any rubric.In the Figure 6 we illustrate the initial discussion grading rubric. Note there is a rebuttal grading rubric aswell which is similar but uses different submission length and frequency. After repeated use by severalfaculty members we can conclude that due to the rubric student communication is cognitively deep,embedded with peer references, and indicative of a student oriented environment. Moreover, studentswere using high level cognitive skills such as inferencing and judgment as well as

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

; ≠ familiarize the students with basics of engineering design; ≠ promote interaction with engineering faculty and staff; ≠ develop technical writing and communication skills.2. Course OrganizationThe course is scheduled as a 6 hour laboratory, meeting three times per week for two hours persession, with four faculty instructing. As the course supports a large number of students (96students at most in the current organization), and large class sizes would limit student-facultyinteraction, the students are distributed into six approximately equal smaller groupings. On anygiven day of the week, these six groups are distributed among three classrooms and activities,each of which has a different emphasis: ‘learn’, ‘plan’, and ‘do’. The two groups in

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

,modifications made to the course, an overview of the Assessment Evaluation Forms, andproposed actions for course improvement. This method has proven to be effective in helpingfaculty members reflect on teaching methods and develop strategies for course improvement.An example of an Assessment Evaluation Form is shown in Figure 1. It has several sections,starting with the instructor’s evaluation of the level of difficulty of the assignment (easy,moderate, or difficult). Next, the instructor writes a description of how they expected students toperform on the task. Observational notes are then written which evaluate student performanceon the task, including quantifying the number of students exceeding (E), meeting (M), or below(B) expectations. An overall

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Camille George, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

performance.Another aim of this project was to provide junior level engineering students with a firsthand experience combining lessons learned in lecture with the practical constraints ofdesigning, building and testing a realistic application. The students were encouraged tobe creative in this open-ended project that relied heavily on team-based learning. At thebeginning of the semester a pre-project survey was used to allocate crucial skills(mechanical aptitude, writing ability, mathematical skills, etc.) evenly amongst thedifferent teams. Assessment of how the project enhanced student learning was done viagraded assignment and student survey. The project culminated in a final reportincorporating several main components. The first component was a design

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Schreck, University of Louisville; Angela Cline, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

whether the practice session should be repeated.Employer expectations modules: In these sessions, the balance between technicalknowledge/experience and workplace leadership skills is taught. Emphasis is placed on theunderstanding and importance of workplace leadership skills for a student early in his/her career.Communication skills are covered in some depth: understanding the difference betweencommunication to management, peers and subordinates; balancing talking and listening; usingverbal and written tools effectively. Teamwork and how to be a team player is also discussed indetail: team success versus individual success, resolving problems on a team, seeking opinions ofothers, and respecting opinions of others. Taking the initiative is

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

you now describe your analytical and problem-solving skills? Compared with when you first entered this college how would you now describe your interpersonal/social skills? Think back to any internship or co-op experience. Write about a time when social/interpersonal skills (i.e. team work, communication) were important for you or someone around you to accomplish an assignment?III. THE WORKSHOPThe one and ½ hour workshop consisted of three parts. First, findings from the national APPLEsurvey and local Blackboard findings were presented. After the presentation and a brief break,the faculty members were invited to form inter-departmental groups and were provided with aworksheet to guide their conversations of how

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

: Study Individual Our Stolen DW Time Future book Evaluation: Biofuel LCA management review Group Ethics Case Ethics: case studies, moral exemplar, student honor code vs. Ethics Study NSPE Code of Ethics Course plan to GraduationDrinking watertreatment plant Team Project: Solid Waste – LandGEM – Waste-to-Energy tour write-upGuest Speaker Guest

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

formally required continuous improvement, effective engineering faculty andprograms utilized many ad hoc procedures to improve their performance. For example,instructors constantly assess student learning through comparison to standards that representcompetency in course material. Self-reflection and peer interaction often occur during and afterteaching a course. These ad hoc procedures and interactions create tribal knowledge that form aninstitutional history. Such a history can enrich and improve the program on a continuous basis.However, in such an environment program administrators are challenged to collate and leveragethe collective knowledge of the program’s faculty in their efforts to steer the overall curriculumtowards greater

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Post, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

learners.” Thisreference also notes it is possible to successfully train engineering students in communicationskills and group work.Haag3 notes that there is widespread interest in the retention and matriculation of female andminority engineering students. One effort to reform education with a goal of improvingeducation to these groups is the NSF-supported Foundation Coalition. Some of the goals include“improvement of the interactions that affect the educational environment through teaming, …integration of subject matter within the curriculum, and the promotion of life long learning.”Some of the challenges in self and peer evaluations in group working include that “some studentswere reluctant to write critical comments about others fearing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

CPBL in Digital Design CourseDriven by the feedback from formal assessment as well as classroom observations, discussionswith students, and personal experience with the teaching effectiveness and efficiency the PIshave been continually exploring ways to improve the CPBL experience for our students. InWinter 2009 a relatively major revision of the CPBL in Digital Design is being undertaken toaddress the challenges mentioned above. The major change is that in-class projects must becompleted in one class period. Previously students were given one week to complete their classproject write-up and due to the diverse educational backgrounds, some students were given evenlonger to complete their assignments. Students who could not complete the project

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

), actions, reactions, and closed systems by building chain-reactions using electrical circuits, Pico Crickets, and found objects. 3. Urban Heat Island: Study the heat island phenomenon and build models to mitigate heat. 4. Exploring Mars: Study the surface of Mars, getting to Mars, exploring Mars, and living on Mars.Units delivered during the two summers comprised: 1. Youth-Docentship: Study science and engineering phenomenon at the Arizona Science Center. Demonstrate knowledge gained throughout this year-round program by engaging younger peers and their families visiting the center through small-scale hands-on workshops on specific project-based challenges. 2. Industry-Internship: Study alternative

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Eddy Rojas, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Construction

: Simulation of real-world processes Exploration of choice and consequence with complex variables Deep understanding of the targeted knowledge Self-directed learning Peer-to-peer teaching opportunities Highly motivated and engaged learning environment Autonomous thinking through meaningful perspectivesHowever, as promising as the use of games and simulations appears to be forlearning environments, there are several major challenges researchers might facewhen developing games and simulations. One of the biggest challenges is likelyto be the integration with traditional learning contents. Furthermore, developing along-term strategy for game and simulation-based learning is one of the mostimportant decisions

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Mauricio Castillo, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan, California State University, Los Angeles; Keith Moo-Young, California State University, LA

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

encouragegraduate fellows to pursue a PhD, the program supports fellows to attend both professionalconferences and the NSF GK-12 National Conference to network with PhD students and doctoralresearch faculty. To date, fellows have published three papers6, 7, 8, presented five presentationsat national conferences, and attended twenty conferences. Fellows are also encouraged to formGRE study groups. In addition, seminars on graduate school, how to present scientific Page 15.1103.4presentations, and grant writing are held.Fostering Role ModelsThe IMPACT LA Program places graduate fellows, who are conducting masters-level researchin STEM disciplines, into middle

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

suggest that increasing interactions among students withphysical disabilities can considerably improve their peer interaction and social skills.In the rest of this paper we elaborate on our methodology and outcomes and look at howthe service-learning project improved communication and teamwork skills amongparticipating engineering students.2. BackgroundService-learning is defined as a credit-bearing educational experience in which studentsparticipate in an organized service activity in such a way that meets identified communityneeds 1. Studies suggest that service-learning can significantly impact various educationaloutcome measures, including academic performance (GPA, writing skills, criticalthinking skills), values (commitment to activism and

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell; Gavin Duffy; Ted Burke; David Dorran

the year progressed.The process of group work that the teams of students were required to follow was a slight variantof the basic seven-step process used for years in medical education11. In each of the threecourses the process was applied slightly differently, but in all cases the essential elements ofbrainstorming, forming hypotheses, determining learning needs and assigning associated tasks toindividual team members in team meetings, performing self-study and assigned tasks betweenmeetings, and reporting back (a form of peer instruction) on the results of assigned tasks atsubsequent meetings were always present.Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic; Jeff Piquette; Melvin Druelinger; David Lehmpuhl; Helen Caprioglio; Juyun Cho; Paul Chacon; Michael Mincic

-income, first-generation collegestudents. Engle and Tinto8 address barriers to college success for low-income students. Theyclaim that “After six years, only 11 percent of low-income, first-generation students had earnedbachelor‟s degrees compared to 55 percent of their more advantaged peers.” Some of theirrecommendations include additional financial aid to students and cohort development. Engstromand Tinto9 show that the learning community model improves the persistence of low-incomeand/or first generation students to stay in college and graduate. Statistics for science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM), low-income, first generation college students have not Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

by his fictitious ridiculer (Dr. Willard). Withoutrevealing his past associations with the applicant to his review panel (RCR issue; conflict ofinterest), Dr. Xiao suggests that the review panel reject Dr. Willard's proposal even though Dr.Xiao recognizes that it represented important research (RCR issue; Fairness in peer review).This vignette is referred to as the Xiao scenario for the remainder of this paper.In the second vignette, a fictitious researcher (Dr. Arnaut) developed a drug that he hopes topatent after conducting a study of its effectiveness. Dr. Arnaut hires Dr. Watson to help with thestudy and write the final report. Due to difficulty recruiting participants, Dr. Arnaut decides notto tell participants about possible side

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

International

new member. Inorder to obtain this required knowledge and skill base, students participate in lengthy degreeprograms and/or apprenticeships. During these experiences, students observe the behaviors,norms and attitudes that are prevalent among the profession’s practitioners. During this time,students begin to craft their professional identity by “trying on” possible images of themselves tosee how well they fit 11. One way these images are established is through the individual’sprofessional developmental network, and the relationships students have with members of theirprofession and learning community (e.g their department or research group) 12. Sweitzer12explored how other members of the student’s developmental network (friends, peers, and

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

semester,industry representatives were invited to make presentations to the class on various topics.Students also take field trips to construction sites. Students were required to write a one pagepaper on how the presentation or field trip applied to their particular project and their careergoals. These papers were very enlightening in that students expressed their opinions of therelevance of the topics. A majority of the students thought that the technical presentations werenot as valuable as the professional topics. This corresponds with the findings in the pilot study byHowe et all.2Students develop their problem solving skills through the experience gained by working withindustry beyond what is possible in conventional classroom setting, thus

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

which is unauthorized or not approved. New engineering educators should tread lightly in this area so as not to hurt their relationships and reputation with their professional peers. Another venue is to incorporate one’s specific committee experiences into their teaching, obtain student opinions and feedback on its role and effectiveness, and write a paper documenting the exercise. 3. For university, college and departmental committee work, consider how the committee task relates to teaching within the discipline, ABET criteria, and program outcomes. If there is a connection, consider how best to pursue it, keeping in mind the interests of appropriate publication venues. Find something unique or a new

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

memory as illustrated in Figure 4. However, different cache-tagging schemes havevaried hardware complexities and hit rates under different applications. Also, different cachereplacement policies and cache write-policies fit better in different situations.Memory Management Unit (MMU): MMU has a key role in virtual memory implementation.MMU takes care of the page table and the logical-to-physical address translation process. Pagereplacement policies applied to the page table updating comprise of various algorithms. Recentlyaccessed frame numbers can be stored in a cache called Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB).This ensures fast access to the recently used pages

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Carreño, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

evidence that the inculcation of gender stereotypes begins at a young age and that youngstudents quickly learn which fields are “appropriate” for them13. Obviously, the “problem” ofwomen in engineering is not simply one of recruitment. The “leaky pipeline” remains a major Page 15.451.2issue, as women entrants are lost disproportionately and often get overtaken by men peers intheir careers4.Images shape the way individuals view the world3, thus, eliciting and understanding the imageMexican teachers have of engineers and engineering is extremely important in order to developprograms and curricula that encourage engineering learning at the P-12 school

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara; Clare Olsen; Laura Steinberg, Syracuse University; Samuel Clemence, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

consciously and actively fosters and rewards creativity. Architecture studentsprioritize innovation and continuously engage in creative thinking while keeping an eyeon the big picture: the cultural significance and ultimate aims of the “program” inrelationship to the cultural and environmental context of the project. Students areexposed to the best examples of creative endeavor and cutting-edge design practice andtaught the history of their field. Throughout their education, students are exposed to arange of approaches and methodologies for problem-solving design, helping to providethe understanding the no one approach is paramount. Architecture students however,often lack the technical skills and expertise of their engineering peers because they

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Arif Mohsin, University of Florida; Oscar Crisalle, University of Florida; Suleyman Tufekci, University of Florida; Carl Crane, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

these incentivesmay be enticing, it is apparent that most coaches truly enjoy working with the student teams andcontributing to the development of these emerging young engineers. The management style ofthe coaches ranges from hands-off, to equal-among-peers, to autocratic.Each year brings new projects, new students, and many new challenges (logistical, managerial,technical, and financial) for the coaches to deal with. Further, coaches for student teams inmultidisciplinary capstone design courses frequently lack teaching paradigms that can be calledupon to serve as a guide when making pedagogical and team-management decisions. In otherwords, few faculty experienced multidisciplinary capstone courses in their own education andsimply do not have

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huanmei Wu, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. However, improving the soft skills of Page 15.997.5students through education is a challenging task. Students’ soft skills can be improved through aset of methods, such as boosted confidence in group discussion, public presentation skills,reviewing experiences and writing capability14, 15.Another focus of the project based education is active involvement of students. All the teammembers are required to evaluate information sources, to integrate subject matter learned duringthe project period, and to applying their previous knowledge into the current project. Students areresponsible for the design of the detailed steps to carry out the project

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

writing assignments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. Page 15.215.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessment of Instructional Systems DesignAbstract The principle behind a well-structured Instructional Systems Design is to ensure that thesubject matter content is effectively integrated with the presentation format. Simply stated,the task in front of the facilitator will be to blend the content and presentation in theory as well asin practice. However, it is important to acknowledge that recent advances in modern technologyprovide plenty of opportunities for the

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

featureis modeled after popular social networking sites so that students, educators, and industryprofessionals already familiar with social media applications can quickly learn how to usethis application. The goal of the my.careerme space is to provide a separate web area soteachers and manufacturing organizations can be comfortable about networking withstudents. The students and teachers control who, what, where, when, etc. communicationbetween their classmates, peers at other schools, or other professionally sponsored groupsfor example. Just like manufacturing companies need to stay up to date with the latesttechnologies that impact their products and processes, this new media networking areaprovides an opportunity for company mentors to get

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Program (ETPP) which has been implemented at sixuniversities across the nation. The program is set up as a multipart workshop in whichparticipants will complete a draft teaching portfolio, draft teaching materials, and a teachingphilosophy. Other activities of the ETPP include a forum to discuss teaching issues as well as adeveloped peer network.6Previously mentioned graduate level programs have been formal course offerings or workshops,often with an audience that were self-selected and highly interested in higher education.7 This,however, is not the only scenario for graduate students interested in pursuing a professorship inSTEM fields. The opportunity for graduate students to develop teaching philosophy andpedagogy outside of coursework is