Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. This relationship was consistent for both male andfemale students. And finally, students who planned to work in an engineering-related field aftergraduation were less likely to be involved with community organizations, while those whoconsidered leaving engineering were more likely to be involved in community organizationsinstead of engineering organizations.IntroductionA large-scale, multi-institutional study of persistence and engagement in engineering by Ohlandand associates reported that engineering students persist in engineering at levels similar to othermajors at an individual educational institution, but also found that persistence rates and levels ofengagement vary significantly among institutions. They also reported that engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shweta Chopra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

preparation and lack of encouragement10 in STEM subjects in graduate school alsocontributes to lack of women in STEM fields. This paper aims to study the factors mentionedabove and utilize the findings in providing support and guidance to women, at a particulargraduate school located at a large, Midwestern, Land Grant University. We hope our findingswill help guide women in graduate school to continue their education in the field of STEM andresult in the increase retention of women. Broader impact of this project is to recruit and supportmore women in STEM discipline in graduate school and increase diversity at the Universitycampus along with attracting funding from external resources for sustainability.NeedOne of the graduate school strategic plans

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P. Martin, Clemson University; Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: Influential Agents of Social Capital for Engineering Undergraduate ResearchersAbstractThe STEM education community’s research on undergraduate research experiences has shownthat participation in a research experience has a positive influence on undergraduates. This studyfocuses on determining the role of graduate student mentors in the undergraduate researchers’development of availability, access, and activation of social capital resources related to researchand academic/career plans. Using Lin’s Network Theory of Social Capital, we surveyed andinterviewed fourteen students taking part in a summer research program on a research intensiveuniversity campus. Results from the study indicate that graduate students served as unique

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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First-Year Programs

materials and learning spaces that stimulate serious play. Page 25.845.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Introducing Memo Writing and a Design Process with a Four-Week Simulator ProjectIntroductionFirst-year engineering courses often include design projects to help spark students’ interest andto introduce them to the broad range of issues engineers face. These projects introduce studentsto the many “soft skills” required of an engineer including judgment, idea generation,communication, planning and organization.This range of skills is difficult

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

comparison of spatial ability within the groups group and toprovide a basis for exploring whether the students relied on their spatial skills during the task. Page 25.854.5 Problem Statement Problem ImageThe plan of a square abcd is inclined at 40degrees to the HP.The edge ab rests on the horizontal plane.The square is the base of a cube. Draw the plan and elevation of the solid.The plan of the base of a tetrahedron isshown.Edge ab rests on the horizontal plane.Draw the plan and elevation of the solid

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

systems.The purpose of this paper is to describe the research plan for determining how well the LEP isable to accomplish its objectives for graduates. The initial group of seventeen students is in theirsenior year during the 2011-12 academic year and all are completing capstone design projects.Five of the seventeen students decided to drop out of the LEP at various times during the last twoyears. Statistical baseline data to be gathered includes the types of jobs each student pursuesafter graduation, the type and number of internships each student completes during theirsummers, and their overall academic success. Interviews with faculty advisors of LEP capstoneprojects will provide information on the performance of LEP students relative to their non

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

forward operating base with low environmental impact.This project also evolved to include a disaster relief aspect, also a focus area of DoD as they areoften called upon to be early responders to disasters around the globe.The main SE learning goals that have been pursued in our project to help develop the SEframework for participating students are described below. These are aligned with the SECompetency Areas of DoD known as SPDRE-SE/PSE5, which means Systems Planning,Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) – Systems Engineering (SE) and ProgramSystems Engineer (PSE) and shown in Appendix A. This was developed for the defenseacquisition community and is one of a number of such competency models that have been

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monte L. Phillips P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers; Forrest M. Holly Jr. P.E., University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

assignments, and possible multipleemployments, the EI should maintain ownership and assume continuity of his or her efforts toachieve and document progressive experience in the first few years of their career.The EI should prepare and frequently update a written plan for demonstrating the attainment of Page 25.1331.7all experiential outcomes. The plan should be a dynamic document, periodically revisited andrevised as necessary, and reviewed with mentors and, as appropriate, with their licensingjurisdiction. The plan should ensure development of a portfolio that documents experience anddemonstrates achievement and validation of the experiential

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Rivera, Universidad Icesi; Andrés López, Universidad Icesi; Andrés Calderón, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

activities, plans and projects to turn the Strategic Intent into reality.Operations professionals will need to provide company leaders with a clear picture of thecompany’s capabilities in terms of technologies and their innovations. They will need to findchallenges that serve the deployment of the corporate strategies in ways the operation’semployees find interesting and engaging. They will explore new areas of operation andknowledge that take advantage of teamwork and shared technical expertise. They have alsoknowledge of the rhythms and cycles of technological change, which they can apply to decisionsrelated to product innovation.One of the additional resources employed in the class is the analysis and discussion of a videorelated to the

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

  9% III. MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS  4% IV. MATERIALS, METHODS, AND PLAN READING  10% V. BIDDING AND ESTIMATING  17% VI. BUDGETING, COSTS, AND COST CONTROL  10.5% VII. PLANNING, SCHEDULING, AND CONTROL  16.5% VIII. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY  7% IX. SURVEYING AND PROJECT LAYOUT  2% X. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION  18.5% At the author’s university the AC exam has been used as an assessment tool for nearly 10 years. Theperception was that an established standard exam would bring benefits to

Collection

2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

  9% III. MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS  4% IV. MATERIALS, METHODS, AND PLAN READING  10% V. BIDDING AND ESTIMATING  17% VI. BUDGETING, COSTS, AND COST CONTROL  10.5% VII. PLANNING, SCHEDULING, AND CONTROL  16.5% VIII. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY  7% IX. SURVEYING AND PROJECT LAYOUT  2% X. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION  18.5% At the author’s university the AC exam has been used as an assessment tool for nearly 10 years. Theperception was that an established standard exam would bring benefits to

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY; Donald P. O'Keefe, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

are shown below b in Tabble 1, reprodduced from thhe Bureau oofLabor Staatistics.Table 1 Page 25.800.5 urse schedulling softwaree, MS Projecct is used to expose the cclass to project managemIn the cou mentmethods such as Gan ntt Charts an nd Critical Paath Method ((CPM). Thee “Commerccial ConstrucctionProject Plan” P is a tem mplate availaable on the website w that iincludes the sequenced aactivities

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2012 EDI

Authors

Keith Moo-Young

Fellowshipshttp://www.boeing.com/educationrelations/3. American Council for Education Fellowshiphttp://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Fellows_program14. National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowshttp://www.ndep.us/ProgNSSEFF.aspx5. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Programhttps://sffp.asee.org/about6.  ONR Summer Faculty Research and Sabbatical Leave Programhttp://onr.asee.org/ Harvard Management Development Program: Goalsi.  Identify the characteristics of effective leadership in higher educationii.  Develop and manage effective leadership teamsiii.  Identify the features of “change-friendly” institutions that foster institutional transformationiv.  Understand your optimal role in planning initiativesv.  Analyze

Collection

2012 EDI

Authors

Laura Steinberg

terms of “training and certification” rather than degrees; especially true of technicians e.g. mechanics On the other hand, many who were technically trained sought to change field upon separation and planned to use benefit for this: i.e., business admin, veterinary science, culinary arts, music education, law, criminal justice Infantry forces often saw little application of their training to the outside world except for military police, so often intended “to start over again” in international business, advertising, criminal justice. A & B: SERVICEMEMBERS’ EDUCATIONAL & ENGINEERING ASPIRATIONS, THOUGHTS ON POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS:1) Education is not necessarily a universal value—enlisted/officer distinction1) GIs

Collection

2012 EDI

Authors

Michael Spagna

Only 62% of California students scored proficientin science on the most recent eighth-‐gradeCalifornia Standards Test (CST).Even more alarming, only 20% of Californiastudents were proficient on the eighth-‐ gradeNational Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP) science exam in 2009.Only about 10% of California public elementaryschool students regularly experience opportunitiesfor high-‐quality science learning.Moreover, 40% of elementary teachers in grades K–5reported that their students receive 60 minutes orless of science instruction per week.The Math and Science Teacher Initiative(MSTI) includes a systemwide plan of actionthat consists of six primary strategies:1. The creation of new credential pathways2. Provision of financial support

Collection

2012 EDI

Authors

Richard Benson

. Students• Involve students – especially design teams – in other events, such as open houses, home football games and reunions.• Connect using social web sites such as LinkedIn, but be very careful in how you present yourself and the college.• Feature students on your web site, alumni mailings, etc.• Use students in awards ceremonies. Students• Be more willing to say “yes” to an invitation if it comes from a student; e.g. interview with the campus paper, dinner with a fraternity, etc.• Spend some time at the campus recruiting fair. Congratulate the recruiters – preferably in front of your students – on their wisdom at coming to your campus.• Use students judiciously on search committees and strategic planning committees

Collection

2012 EDI

Authors

Richard T. Schoephoerster P.E.

million – Boeing: ECHS Young Women in STEM: $4,000 – Teachers for a New Era • ECHS Professional Development • Summer Conference – Learn & Serve with Center for Civic Engagement and College of Engineering Future Opportunities?• Expanded 2 + 2 degree plans (like Europeans?)• More Summer Programming – Research – On-campus residency• Encourage more student involvement with clubs and organizations, research labs, internships

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2012 EDI

Authors

Richard Brown

, biotech, nano and energy topics – evaluate markets and develop business plans• Law: IP and Business Law for Engineers• Business: 3-hr MBA for Engineers• MS-MBA Commercialization Support System• Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation• Lassonde New Venture Development• BioInnovation MS Program• Accelerator, Foundry, Venture Bench• Software Development Center• Energy Commercialization Center• Western Innovation Network• Student Venture Fund• Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholars• Tech Tuesdays Competitions• Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award• Utah Entrepreneurial Challenge• Student Entrepreneur Conference• Bench to Bedside• Opportunity Quest• Bioengineering Invent• Tech Titans• Green Titans

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2012 ERC

Authors

Sohi Rastegar

frequency).• Planning has started already for FY 2014• COMMUNITY INPUT IS KEY: – You may contact us and provide input about your ideas at any time – Will open to community submission through Dear Colleague Letter in the next few months EFRI TOPIC SELECTION• Continuous Community Input (Publications, Conferences, Advisory Committee, Committees of Visitors, Panels, Workshops, …)• Explicit Community Input through Website• Fall Advisory Committee• EFRI Community Series Meeting – INCLUDES EXTERNAL EXPERT INPUT• Program Directors Frontier Ideas Meeting• ENG Leadership Retreat (March) – TOPICS FINALIZED• Spring Advisory Committee (April) – TOPICS ARE ANNOUNCED AND MADE PUBLIC Program Directors are the Kernel of Integration

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Karen V. Reynolds, Wichita State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

the engineering discipline, which should stimulate and helpmaintain their interest during the first year. Providing mentors for scholarship recipients within their specific engineering discipline.The college has enrolled in an e-mentoring service called “Mentornet.” This service providesmentors on both a local and a national basis. This mentoring, in addition to planned interactionwith upperclassmen, provides new students with connections to the engineering culture and anopportunity to get quick answers and feedback from their peers. Scheduling classes in cohorts. Students are scheduled as a cohort group during their firsttwo years (actual advising takes place with their faculty mentor, but the planned scheduleprovides that most

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

public University to submit and jointlymanage a CIPAIR NASA grant to improve the engineering curricula at both institutions bycreating new NASA inspired courses and/or improving existing courses by infusing them withNASA related materials. An important part of the program was the development of anundergraduate research plan that would help students relate their NASA sponsored research withSTEM course content and classroom activities. This partnership was intended to utilize thedominant transfer path for engineering students from our two-year college to complete theirbachelor degree.An intense advertising campaign was initiated in the early spring of 2010 to recruit qualifiedstudents and the results exceeded our expectations by a substantial

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard P. Coe, Thomas Edison State College

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

institutions, is also transferrable.Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is available for students who have learnedcollege level knowledge outside the traditional classroom.When a potential student applies for nuclear engineering or other technologydegree the credit is automatically applied along with any other college level study.The result is a technical degree plan with the outstanding courses needed tocomplete the program.The entire degree is on-line and more easily achievable than traditional degrees.Most of the students are full time working adults who find that this virtual optionbest fits their busy professional and family schedules. Page 25.324.3

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Lee Gutenson, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

passed, the would-be operator stilldoes not hold the knowledge needed to pass the certification exam. This presents a well-definedproblem when attempting to establish a succession plan for future employment needs, an issuecurrently plaguing the water industry. A resolution of this issue will involve a training programthat seeks to model a mix of educational and experiential components which will produceprofessionals that have attained sufficient academic and operational expertise. This will requirefacilitators on each wavelength, academic and industrial, to cooperate in order to achieve thedesired outcome.One such program that is currently pursuing such a venture is the Water Training Institute(WTI). Created by funds garnered from the Advanced

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin L. Devine, Illinois State University; Corinne Zimmerman, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

completed a briefjournaling activity that asked them to describe what they learned about robots. Page 25.61.2Description of outreach activityThe outreach activity was designed to introduce the elementary school students to industrialrobotics and various topics related to programming industrial robots. As part of the outreachactivity, the research team visited the elementary school on two occasions spaced one weekapart. Before the students were told about the planned visit of the research team, they wereasked to complete their first DART assessment.The initial visit was broken into three 40 minute sessions. During the first session, two classes

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem H. Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, presented a study which indicates that students learn well inteams, in project based activities, and in collaborative environments3. The hands-on projectbased activities will also strengthen students’ skills in critical thinking, communication,collaboration, and creativity/innovation. These skills have been identified by top U.S. companiesas priorities for employee development, talent management and succession planning. It is onlynatural for STEM education to incorporate hands-on practical applications at every stage of astudent’s education. This connection should be made earlier during a student’s high school yearsand be reinforced every semester during student’s college years so as to allow the student toreach a level of maturity expected by

Conference Session

Panel Session: Case Study Teaching in Computing Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, anddevelop problem solving skills. Although the use of case studies in education has shown success in theabove mentioned disciplines, it is yet to be adopted in any significant way in the computing education.Although many computing and engineering textbooks provide case studies to illustrate concepts andtechniques, and there are various case study websites (e.g., http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/,http://www.afit.edu/cse/cases.cfm), they often lack the following:• Realistic artifacts (often space or intellectual property concerns do not allow one to provide a complete engineering artifact such as a design document or a project plan)• Completeness (most are focused on some part of engineering practice, or on a single course)• Ability to

Conference Session

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Zainura Zainon Noor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

utilise and experience thesemethodologies. The first of three planned intensive courses under the project, the Life CycleManagement (LCM) course provided an exciting learning and social experience for the participants.The course focused on applying the tools of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in a Malaysian context.Using problem-oriented project based methodologies; the participants have achieved skillsconducting Life Cycle Checks as well as more detailed LCAs using dedicated PC tools. They gainedexperience on the problems of applying LCA in the particular context of Malaysian waste and energysystems.Continuing the same collaborative efforts, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and DTU wereoffering a new International Summer Course on Sustainable

Collection

2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Johanna Comanzo; Chris Normile

is known for.The initial contact made was a voicemail from an advisor: Hi. I’m an Excelsior College academic advisor. I am calling you because we have not heard from you in a while and we would like to support you in completing your requirements. We’ve developed many new courses and exams to assist you in earning your degree. You may view them online at Excelsior.edu. Please call us in the next two weeks to discuss your academic plans at 877-226-1013. Again the # is…” The automated voicemail was followed by a postcard sent to the students’ homes. Thepostcard used an eye catching photo from Excelsior College graduation with the tag line ‘Wishyou were here!’ and also included a check list for the enrolled student to complete

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

integrate Policy Statement 465 implementation into theSociety’s broader strategic planning process. At this important juncture, there is a critical needto document the achievements of the past, discern key lessons learned, and chart an appropriatecourse for the future.PurposeThe purposes of this paper are (1) to summarize the decade-long process of developing andimplementing new accreditation criteria in support of the ASCE Raise the Bar initiative; (2) toidentify the principal lessons learned through this process; and (3) to provide recommendationsfor future developments in the accreditation domain of this ongoing effort to raise theeducational standard for civil engineering professional practice

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Matters in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Michael D. Sanders, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

target students well. We chose to work with local PLTW high schools for thesimple reason that the students who voluntarily elected to follow the PLTW curriculum weremaking the statement that they were already interested in STEM subjects.Make early contact with local high school teachers who teach in PLTW and STEM disciplinesand who will have support from their administrators and school corporation. Contact withschool principals or assistant principals is also good to help them understand the goals of theconference and why their students should participate.Set the conference date as early as possible. We have learned to do ours almost one year inadvance. Most educators have day-by-day or week-by-week subject matter plans and fitting aday-long