Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Haws

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrelationships “ought” to be of the later type, because relationships work better if both partieshave a genuine concern for the other’s welfare. However, sometimes our relationships aren’twhat they ought to be, and when we end relationships that are self-regarding, the counsels ofprudence require us to do the best we can for our own interests. As Kant would be quick to pointout, the counsels of prudence lack moral authority. The command of morality—our duty—is to respect moral autonomy, reflect on thecircumstances and needs of other as well as on our

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

, legislatures, governing boards, and ABET. An added impetusfor improving engineering instruction is a growing competition for a shrinking pool of qualifiedstudents. If enrollment falls below a critical mass, the loss in revenues from tuition and otherfunds tied to enrollment could place many engineering schools in serious economic jeopardy. A prerequisite to improving teaching is having an effective way to evaluate it. Standardreferences on the subject all agree that the best way to get a valid summative evaluation ofteaching is to base it on a portfolio containing assessment data from multiple sources—ratingsfrom students, peers, and administrators, self-ratings, and learning outcomes—that reflect onevery aspect of teaching including course

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

-endedresearch and design projects through the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic. The Learning Combination Inventory (LCI) is a survey instrument developed byJohnston and Dainton. The theoretical basis for the LCI is the Interactive LearningModel, which posits that learning processes occur through four distinct learning patterns:sequential, precise, technical, and confluent. The LCI was used to profile the learningstyle of each student in the Rowan Chemical Engineering department. During the fall2003 semester, teams of students reviewed their LCI profiles with faculty, wrote teamcharters and used biweekly written status reports to reflect on their progress throughoutthe semester. These activities were intended to further each student’s awareness ofhis

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Scmidt; Jeffrey Siegel

encourage student-faculty interaction when student generated questions followed from CPS questions and when students sought clarification on CPS questions that they did not understand in class.2) When a large fraction of the class answered a CPS question incorrectly, students worked in groups to find the correct answer. This encouraged student cooperation.3) The CPS system provides prompt feedback.4) The time actually spent in learning activities is often called “time on task” and when students are responding to CPS questions, they are on task. Often the CPS questions give students opportunities for reflection and investigation and the result is engaged students.5) The histogram of CPS results generally showed the level of learning in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mya Poe; Dennis Freeman

feedback, and in so doing, learn animportant professional development tool.IntroductionSince the 1980's there has been substantial research on the ways writing can improve learning inscience and engineering.1 “Writing-to-learn” research has been guided by the theory thatlanguage does not merely reflect knowledge, rather knowledge is constructed through language.Perhaps because of this theoretical orientation, writing-to-learn research has focused on informalor expressive modes of communication to promote learning. However, research on the effects ofteaching scientific genres of communication has been less well documented.2 In our work, weattempt to understand how learning to write scientific genres of communication can improve theacquisition of

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Nielsen

industrial relations have led to a number of different modes of co-operation withmutual benefit which has been reflected in other areas of M.Sc., Ph.D. and researchprogrammes.Of course, the lecturing of theories, methods and techniques can best be done at theuniversity. But when students are to learn academia and professional skills, all the cycles ofKolb´s [6] and Cowan´s [7] learning model have to be included. Following the four stages ofthe Kolb or Cowan learning circle, the engineering problem solution let the students to beinvolved in e.g.: 1) analysis and diagnosis of industrial issues, 2) development/design ofsolutions – holistic as well as detailed, 3) planning/implementation and control of solutions 4)a dynamic learning process for

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

leadership skills. For example:“Today, leaders must know much more than just technical proficiency - they must be able to 1communicate, build teams, motivate professionals, embrace diversity, and resolve conflicts.”(ASME)The ApproachA series of team-based and individual exercises were created to meet the “soft-skills” challenge.As the exercises and their evaluation and assessment tools were developed, it became apparentthat leadership skills and effective team member skills share a great deal in common. It isthrough the back-door of completing these exercises and in reflecting upon that work thatstudents simultaneously learn about and develop their

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

required forapplications in aerosol delivery of pharmaceuticals.20 Page 9.47.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFour batch crystallization apparatuses have been constructed, with one apparatus having thein-process sensors: (1) a thermocouple, (2) a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometerwith Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) probe, (3) Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement,and (4) a video microscope with fiber optic probe (see Figure 3). These sensors collect data insitu from dense crystal

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Daubert; Steven Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard

format employs interchangeable,independent discussions and exercises that can be assembled in a variety of ways to suit theneeds of institutions with a variety of demands and resources. Likewise, the consultation formatallows for flexible scheduling and targeted, personalized team attention. The two formats can beused alone or in combination, allowing an instructor to devote as much time as is desired.Customization and implementation support materials were created that highlight these curricularfeatures; the website (http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/actionagenda/index.html)offers reflective questions, anecdotal case material, and experience-based suggestions forcustomizing and implementing an effective version of the curriculum

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taner Eskil; Mark Urban-Lurain; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

) ability tosharpen a stated problem and produce a well-structured problem from an ill-structured problem;(d) ability to apply the background material systematically and effectively to the problem; (e)ability to critically interpret the results of the problem solving; and (f) ability to communicate theresults of the problem solving. Underlying and pervasive through this process is the ability towork in a team towards the problem solving goal.Undergraduate engineering education as reflected in engineering curricula in the United Stateshas focused strongly on criterion (a) above to the detriment of the other items in the list. Indeed,many if not most engineering classes have focused on a through grounding in the “basics” of agiven discipline as

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Ken Jr. Jannotta; William Lin; Richard Pfile

low-level to high-levelprogramming languages; computer communications, from data communications tovarious computer networking environments. Students are expected to be equipped withstrong background in both industrial controls and information technology areas.Even though during the designing stage of this new program, the integration trend ofcomputer networking in industrial environment has been envisioned and the curriculardesign has followed the trend accordingly, the delivery of the course material has not yetbeen able to reflect as it was originally envisioned. As an example, a typical CpETstudent in the industrial computing option is required to take ECET 231, Electrical Power& Controls, as the first course in industrial controls

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Gill; William Haering

that will help document teaching strategies, successes and challenges, in much the sameway one documents research publications. This recommendation paraphrases that made inreference [2] where the author stated, “It is recommended that faculty think of their portfolios as“special inserts” in their curriculum vitae under the heading of “Teaching.” Additional advicecan be found in Baume4 where the author states, “It takes years, even decades, to build a goodresearch career, but it is a record of achievement that is easy enough to document.” Reference[4] also provides the following advice to avoid creating a portfolio which seems soulless, “If youwant to achieve this richer portfolio, you will need to produce analysis of and reflection on

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

toaddress diversity. The idea of course transformation was initiated in a two-week facultydiversity seminar sponsored by the office of the Provost at the University of Pittsburgh. Themission of the seminar was to provide an experience that will assist faculty in making theircourses more inclusive in terms of diversity both in content and pedagogy.This paper describes the pedagogical aspects of developing and teaching a course intransportation to reflect aspects of diversity and diverse perspectives. The paper discusses effortsby UPJ to address diversity issues and the mission of the recently organized faculty diversityseminar. The focus of the paper is on course transformation and implementation. Courseoutcomes, syllabus and sample assignments are

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Caulfield; G Kohli; S P Maj

Resources section of the model which describes the hiring,assimilation, and resignation of software developers on the project. As new developers arerecruited they enter the ‘plumbing’ of the model from the left and progress from being NewHires to Midrangers, and finally to Old Hands, reflecting their growing ability as they comeup to speed with the project. The average time that a New Hire will take to progress to aMidranger and then an Old Hand has been set at two and four months respectively, meaning anew developer is expected to be fully productive after a total of six months24.Figure 1. Human resources section of the model.As might be expected, the project has an approved workforce level which reflects the amountof work to be done within the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

Page 9.415.2compulsory course for all engineering disciplines in first semester of second year. In 2003 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrefinements were made, based on both student feedback and reflections of the academic staffinvolved in the project. In 2004 further refinement of the school’s programs entailed the unitbeing offered in first year, to provide students with an earlier insight into the application ofmultidisciplinary engineering design projects.The project requires students to investigate the use of a load cell as an object counting deviceand then design and build the counter

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Pfarr

Education can significantly impact the improvement of education in the broadrange of manufacturing technologies for the benefit of faculty, students, and industryprofessionals. See the web site: www.ncmeresource.org._________________________Endnotes1 The Manufacturing Education Resource Center is in part supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber DUE-0302328. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper arethose of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.2 Merrill, David, First Principles of Instruction, www.id2.usu.edu/5Star/FirstPrinciples/sld001.htmAccessed August 18, 2003MONICA PFARR is the director of the National Center for Manufacturing

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

Technology 7/ Western Carolina University 8 AbstractThis is the fourth paper in the special panel session focusing on issues driving reform of faculty rewardsystems to advance professional engineering education for creative engineering practice and leadership oftechnological innovation to enhance U.S. competitiveness. This paper explores the conceptual beginningsof a template for improved faculty reward systems that better reflect the practice of engineering for full-time, tenure track professionally oriented faculty in schools of engineering and technology.1. Background and HistoryThe United States has built an excellent system of research-oriented graduate education that is second tonone for the

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Semahat Siddika Demir

we emphasize the importance of: • reaching out and welcoming others • listening and communicating with others • being a reliable person • accepting and appreciating our differences and diversity • encouraging commitment and ownership • teamwork and team building • learning from mistakes • reframing situations from life • being yourself • catching joy • balancing work with leisure • focusing, reflecting, and regrouping ourselves • giving and receiving grace Page 9.982.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

, Technical Report.Clouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2001). Entrepreneurship Education: Reflecting on the Present, Forecasting the Future. Nashville, TN: Forum for Entrepreneurship Education. (Available online at http://entrepreneurship.vanderbilt.edu)Clouse, R. W. (2002). Humor, creativity and entrepreneurship learning environments. Book of Abstracts, 14th Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies, Bertinoro, Italy, July 3-7, 2002.Clouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2001). Entrepreneurs in action: A case-based model. Proceedings of the Academy of Free Enterprise Education, 5(1).Clouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2001). Creating an entrepreneurial culture: Breaking the disciplinary boundaries

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili; Ali Sadegh

new curriculum. This is reflected by their assessment of classand the depth and rigor of their projects. They feel that the class is both a skill andtechnical one, which reinforces analytical geometry and vector skills. Faculty teachingthe class have also responded positively to this approach and feel it is easier to instructthe class. Page 9.76.1Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright© American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionEngineering education is undergoing changes. Educators constantly reassess the contentof engineering curricula in the context of emerging

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alisha Waller

as influential to the team’scohesion9. The essays in Pattatucci’s book also reflect the fact that self-presentation is animportant consideration for women in science and engineering10. However, none of these studiesinterviewed engineering women students specifically about their self-presentation decisions. Thisstudy begins to fill that gap in the literature. In summary, the motivation for this project began with my own experiences of alteringmy appearance in order to reduce the attention to my gender and increase my chance of beingheard. Learning that other women had made similar adjustments and that research studies linkeda feminine appearance with perceived incompetence further increased my interest. Theories ofidentity conflict

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

content and instructional method to better meet desiredoutcomes.IntroductionRecently, the accreditation process of engineering programs has taken a new form, becoming anoutcome-based process wherein individual courses and experiences must contribute to the bigpicture of engineering education and students’ achievement of specific abilities and skills. This Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.1131.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationprocess has caused the majority of engineering programs around the nation to reflect on

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Jerri Drakes

the learning environment to reflect the complexity of the environment they should be able to function in at the end of learning.• Give the learner ownership of the process used to develop a solution.• Design the learning environment to support and challenge the learner's thinking.• Encourage testing ideas against alternative views and alternative contexts.• Provide opportunity for and support reflection on both the content learned and the learning process. Bouton and Garth5, Bruffee9, Johnson29, Johnson and Johnson31, and Dillenberg andSchneider13, belief, as does Hiltz28, that collaborative learning is "a learning process thatemphasizes group or cooperative efforts among faculty and students. It stresses

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

that we used to obtain feedback from our constituencies. Data of both categories, Objectives and Outcomes, were consolidated and presented to the Engineering faculty for revision, or addition, or both, to reflect comments from the constituencies. As far as the educational outcomes are concerned, we used the established “a to k” as the core outcomes as set forth by ABET. We also have two additional outcomes, “l” and “m” to reflect our belief in values students ought to have prior to graduation. The first is to ensure at time of graduation that each student will recognize the importance or registration and licensing and, the other, that each student will be aware of the integration

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasar Demirel

Session 3213 Effective Teaching and Active Learning of Engineering Courses with Workbook Strategy Yaşar DemirelDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.AbstractOften mismatches between learning and teaching styles arise because students are in majorityvisual and sensing learners, and most instructors are intuitive and reflective learners. Beside that,textbooks also have their own styles, and their contents, depth of coverage of materials, andorganization may affect the teaching and

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nihat Gurmen; H. Scott Fogler

of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 1. Felder-Soloman Inventory of Learning Styles • Active Learners vs. Reflective Learners • Global Learners vs. Sequential Learners • Visual Learners vs. Verbal Learners • Sensing Learners vs. Intuitive Learners Web modules provide us a powerful toolset to address virtually all the learningstyles in the Felder-Soloman Inventory to supplement course material. Hence, we havedeveloped web modules in novel and emerging areas of chemical reaction engineering tobring current research into the classroom. These areas include molecular modeling

Conference Session

BME Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Cordray

D ia g ra m sFigure 1: Assessment and Evaluation of Teachers and Students in VaNTH ProjectsAssessments of Affective ChangeThis is a highly-used method that relies on surveys or interviews to determine the attitudes andperceptions of the subjects. We have used surveys to examine the views of students regardingparticular courses and have measured changes in HPL content in the courses3. This has beenextended to teachers’ perceptions and has also been used with students to measure theirperceptions of the profession of BME and the maturation of their career goals as they movethrough the curriculum. These surveys have also contained items reflective of desired ABEToutcomes. The surveys are also being used to measure the time progress of change in

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating

our success” says Jim Guyette,President and Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. Guyette points out that wemust support the career development of our people to maximize their potential.5 For this to thrive,individuals must embrace the challenges and opportunities associated with lifelong learning and partnerwith industry, education, and government to master needed skills. The sum of knowledge within anindustry or profession continues to grow on a daily basis. This dynamic condition is a reality of the paceof our nation and must be reflected in a proactive fashion with our approach to learning.Meeting the Challenge - Creating a National CollaborativeThe Council on Competitiveness has pointed out, “The United States could

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mauro

Page 9.96.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationinfra-red sensors located on the under-carriage of the robot in the front and the back. The sensors areoriented to detect signal reflections from the floor. Each IR system consists of an Optek OP133 infra-redLED, an OP802 photo-transistor, and an LM-324 Schmitt-trigger. The overall BS2 hardware interfaceschematic is given in Figure 3. Table I indicates the connection specifics between the Basic Stamp and therobot hardware. BS2 I/O Pin Function Function BS2 I/O Pin 2 Front Switch Front IR Sensor 9 5 Back

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

limited by available time, suitable equipment andother resources. Such classes may be 'tolerable' experiences for students rather than eagerlysought after learning opportunities.Since 2000, the author has used competitive making (and breaking) of structural models in afirst year Engineering statics course for Engineering students at Victoria University as analternative to traditional laboratory experiments. Models are made from simple low costmaterials and are easily assembled. The enthusiasm with which students approach thesemodel making/testing/breaking assignments has convinced the author of their worth and isfurther reflected by improved grades, reduced drop-out rates and a strongly enhanced level ofpositive student motivation.Models must be