Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

accuratelyreflect its novel character. TCGT 1530 was modified and upgraded as follows; 1. More exposure was given to recent energy technology developments such as fuel cells, solar power, solar cells, and other non-traditional sources of energy 2. A high degree of coherence was developed between the new course content and individual topics so as to reflect technology as a system for facilitating sustainability. 3. The concept of product design and lifecycle was emphasized in the new course as it is directly related to sustainability 4. Because most sustainability and green design related content tends to largely ignore the economics of sustainability (a crucial component which depending on how it is dealt with can make or

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Vargis, Vanderbilt University; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

reflectance Figure 1. Flow chart describing relationships between optical properties and therapeutic, diagnostic, and sensing applications.1spectroscopy and diagnosis have not been covered in enough detail. Many of theseundergraduate students have either already been exposed in general to such applications or havethe greatest interest in them. Due to time-constraints usually caused by spending time on othertopics in the class, spectroscopy and diagnosis are usually not covered in as much detail as boththe instructors and the students would like. A clear didactic problem was thus identified: Whilestudents may no longer be struggling with the fundamental concepts of light and light transport,there are several

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

outcomes was developed and is shown in Table 1. Competencies that are associatedwith numerous outcomes, as well as those consistently desired by employers of programgraduates, are considered “core”, that is, development and demonstration of these competenciescontribute considerably to the overall achievement of the outcomes.In conjunction with the move to competency-based assessment, it was also decided to initiate theuse of ePortfolios in the ET program, following the example of the ISU Agricultural andBiosystems Engineering Department 8. Students, as a requirement for graduation, mustindividually submit integrative and reflective ePortfolios that demonstrate their mastery

Conference Session

Teaching College Algebra and Using Mathematics Tutoring Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyounkyun Oh, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Sujin Kim, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

decades. The university has experienced high FWD (Fail-Withdrawal-D) grade rates due to high school preparation, lack of reflection of students’ needsand change of student attitude. In order to remedy the problem of high FWD rates, many collegesand universities have endeavored to suggest, develop, adopt, and apply new College Algebraprograms considering their own environments. Some colleges and universities take advantage ofmodern computer technology software such as MATLAB, MATHEMETICA, and MAPLE. Yet,some colleges and universities find solutions from previous successful methodologies. In orderto remedy high FWD grade rates in College Algebra, the university has been trying to partiallyreconstruct the college algebra course by joining the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Williams, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

variationbetween active and reflective. Active instruction requires greater student participation andinteraction while reflective instruction anticipates greater student introspection. This dimensionis incorporated in our framework by providing parallel related paths through most segments ofour learning modules. One path presents concepts in a manner similar to a proficient lecturer.Some student participation and interaction may be required to progress along this path, but thepath focuses on concept explanation. This path should appeal more to the reflective learner, but itshould also be of value to an active learner. The parallel more active path provides relatedactivities to engage the learner through simulation, experimentation, and rich interactions

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Glynn, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University; Mark Doorley, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

accomplished, or the province of philosophyor theology, but part and parcel of the identity of a professional engineer. The witness ofengineering faculty, who explore with students in the midst of technical classes, the ethicaldimensions of reporting data, working in groups, signing their name to a report, as well as amyriad of other possibilities, will begin to shift the student culture so that it reflects acommitment to ethical professionalism in the practice of engineering.Alumni SurveyIn order to get a clear sense of what engineers think are the relevant issues in professionalengineering practice, the workshop organizers surveyed the CoE alumni and alumnae via anemail in January, 2009. The survey consisted of two questions designed to identify the

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Theinstructor wants the students to understand that simply working more on the project is notenough; there will be ramifications on the quality and ability to transition the software intoproduction. The students must make hard decisions – try to reduce scope, reduce qualityexpectations, ask for more resources, or shift deadlines. Can they 1) understand that they mustmake that decision now (without the instructor stepping in) and 2) do they have the data availableto make an informed decision? This is just one many potential contextual problems faculty wanttheir students to face, and want the students not only to apply a technique they have learned, butto reflect on the choice and whether it worked as expected.There are other practical challenges in

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael Detamore; Paul Willhite

evaluation of criterion 3i.Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2Students can also be required in their courses to perform case studies on industrial products oraccidents, and evaluated on their reports, forcing them to research the project beyond theconfines of the classroom. Alternatively, students can be required to learn rudimentary use ofunfamiliar computer programs to solve problems outside of class, and evaluated on theseassignments to reflect their ability to learn the use of the program on their own.As an example, one of the authors (MD) gave an assignment in a Heat Transfer

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Christopher L. Reitsma

actualperformance. This gave an impression of equality across many semesters and depended on thenumber of students in a course and performance was relative. During graduate studies at theUniversity of Southern California, every course had a grade scale, where many assignments andfinal grades were curved. This gave a relative grade, bell-curved, at the end, makingintermediate assessments difficult. In a time-intensive environment, additional unknowns to astudent’s grade cause anxiety and unpredictability which can hinder encouragement to self-learning and motivation. The courses under research remain without curves which allowaccurate reflection of interim and final course grades.In Lowman’s5 book, he pointed out that students need to be motivated to

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Marie Planchard

Teaching Students to Integrate Life Cycle Assessment into Product Design through Sustainable Engineering Marie Planchard, DS SolidWorks Corp.Session: Industrial Partnering for Preparing Engineers for the 21st Century Global EconomySustainable engineering is the integration of social, environmental, and economic conditions intoa product or process. Successful products are developed by integrating Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) directly into the Computer Aided Design (CAD) model. Teaching students to understand,improve, and communicate the environmental impact of their design reflects the current state ofthe global economy. Engineering parameters such as material selection and the

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

continue tobelieve that the drop outs are mainly students who lack the necessary analytical skills required ofthe engineering discipline. In their classic study, Seymour and Hewitt1 showed that the gradedistributions of students who leave engineering are essentially the same as the grade distributionof those who stay in. That is, while a number of students drop out due to poor academicpreparation or other difficulties, it is equally likely that a good student will drop out because ofdissatisfaction with instruction or career mentoring. Local data reflects some of the sameobservations made by Seymour and Hewitt and is shown in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1 plots thecumulative gpa for 204 freshman, sophomores and juniors who did not return to

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

also reflects the dynamic selectionof the material covered in the course. The students respond to technical and historical scenarios bywriting a sequence of five page essays supporting their conclusions. They must build a case thatstrongly supports and backs their decisions by finding, evaluating, incorporating and stating factsby citing resources using APA Formatting. The students are given two weeks to complete eachessay. A typical four-project sequence is presented below.The first project requires the determination of the most important technology, innovation, orinvention for civilization as a whole and then for society today. They are asked to carefullyconsider all of the alternatives and respond to the following two questions. (1) What

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mamdouh Bakr, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dept. Of Engineering Technology

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

the easiest andmost direct to measure. Students’ project performance is measured routinely and there issufficient evidence to indicate that it's greatly enhanced by such projects.4 The only drawbackstems from the need to limit project scope for the individual student and student teams to assurethe desired depth and quality, and completion on schedule. The lack of flexibility in studentassignment for such projects is a reflection of the curriculum emphasis on fundamentals, and to alesser degree on experiential learning.It is difficult to define and measure project success from industry perspective. Two factors werechosen to provide a composite score of project success as perceived by industry. They are thedegree of project completion, which is

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Spang, Burlington County College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

literature outline methods by which institutions can meet the variousnon-technical course rigor requirements. One such effort involves the improvement of thewriting skills of a group of undergraduate engineering students as presented by Yalvac et al.9Innovative educational methods such as role-play (a non-traditional technique for a technologyeducation program) have been identified as helping improve difficult writing skills, such asargumentation and synthesis. Of particular importance cited by the authors is the necessity tofacilitate any writing assignments in such a way as to allow students ample time to receivefeedback, reflect on their learning, and appropriately revise their work. Another effortspecifically focused on writing improvement by

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University; Dennis Silage, Temple University; Michael Baginski, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Engineering Education, 2010 Individualized MATLAB Projects In Undergraduate ElectromagneticsAbstractFour projects are described that require students to compose individualized MATLAB programs tosolve a problem in electromagnetics. These projects are: (1) vector electric field from anarbitrary charge distribution, (2) vector magnetic field from an arbitrary current distribution, (3)frequency dependent reflection coefficient looking into impedance matching networks, and (4)beam pattern for an arbitrarily arranged 4 dipole array.IntroductionMATLAB projects are often assigned in undergraduate electromagnetics courses, in part to satisfythe ABET criteria on use of modern engineering tools. The best

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University; Traian Marius Truta, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

training but on cultivating deep insightsinto contemporary IT, so that graduates of the MSCIT program can have a broader impact on theIT workplace– moving beyond mere doing, to teach, lead, and create.One of the key cornerstones of the College of Informatics to have emerged over its three-yearhistory is its grounding in Data Privacy and Security. The MSCIT program reflects this specialstrength by weaving these themes into most of its courses.Another crucial element of the College is its Infrastructure Management Institute (IMI). Theprogram leverage IMI’s contacts with the business community to enrich its capstone bestpractices seminar, where students’ ability to hone their thinking and communication skills in agroup context are developed. An

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

be used for a variety of pedagogicapplications that benefit the class.Of particular interest to new engineering educators, this paper describes four pedagogicapplications of audience response systems. These applications include using the audienceresponse system to: become familiar with students by conducting surveys of their preferences;obtain and respond to students’ perception of teaching style by collecting formative feedback onteaching; monitor and adapt to student mastery of subject matter through the formativeassessment of student learning; and to teach new subject matter using interactive learning.Examples, reflections and best practices based on current literature and the author’s experiencesas a new engineering educator in each

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Pawan agrawal, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

allow the students to make satisfactoryprogress in the class1. Based on the learning theory of Vtogsly2 an approach to overcoming thesedifficulties is to use a scaffolded approach.3 In this approach guidance in the form ofcoaching, task structuring, feedback, and hints are made available in order to assist thelearner in mastering the material. To assist in the development of such an approach theFelder and Silverman Inventory of Learning Styles4 (ILS) survey was used to determinethe learning preferences of the students in the material/energy balance class. The ILSinstrument evaluates students on four measures: active/reflective, sensing/intuitive,visual/verbal, and sequential/global. On each of these scales the students receive anumerical

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Civil Engineers (ASCE) developed a BOK related to civilengineering and defined it as “the necessary depth and breadth of knowledge, skills, and attitudesrequired of an individual entering the practice of civil engineering in the 21st century”. 7 TheEnvironmental Engineering BOK8 authored by the American Academy of EnvironmentalEngineers (AAEE) is described as “the knowledge and core competencies integral to theunderstanding and practice of environmental engineering”. Other engineering focused BOKscan be described in a similar manner.As a result of engineering BOKs developed to reflect necessary knowledge and abilities,engineering educators have looked to the BOKs when developing and defining curricula. TheComputer Engineering BOK9 authored by

Conference Session

Conceptual Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Louis DiBello, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. For the purpose of this study, we are going to referto facet as cognitive attributes (CA). Figure 1 – Minstrell’s framework - Facets of Students’ Thinking: The ProcessMethodsInstrument CATS is a concept inventory designed as a diagnostic instrument for statics-related concepts.The questions of the instrument have the intention of detecting errors reflecting on incorrectconcepts, instead of errors in mathematical analysis4. Results for unidimensional reliability (KR-20 alphas) have fluctuated between 0.70 and 0.90, which is highly desirable for CI’s. Theinstrument consists of 27 questions that test nine different concepts (refer to Appendix 1). Eachof the questions in CATS reflects on a specific concept but also for each question

Conference Session

Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

solution within the context of this newknowledge. Students work in their design groups, review their decision worksheets, and discussand estimate the factors to consider in their design. Students submit an individual final reportwith their design.Design and Implementation of the Environmental Engineering EFFECT The initial design of the environmental engineering EFFECT occurred in 2007, was pilot-tested in Summer 2007 at a USC Science and Engineering Summer Camp offered primarily tominority high school students, and was implemented in ECIV 101 during the Fall 2007 semester.Using student feedback and instructor reflection, slightly modified versions of the EFFECT weresubsequently implemented during the Summer 2009 high school camp and the Fall

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

team may be more likely to occur.This paper will address the experiences and the evolution of project team formation and thestudent selection process. It has now evolved to include an online process that allows the studentto identify individual preferred project selections. The process also includes the ability to captureindividual student academic and career interests as well as the expertise that may be offeredtowards the project and team.Typical class size is between 75 and 110 senior ME students resulting in 15 to 22 projects andteams each year. The Capstone projects include Industry Partnered, Research Partnered, StudentCompetitions, and Independently created projects. The Capstone projects reflect the technicalexpertise of the department

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

% Class Scoring >= 80% 100 80 60 40 20 0 1 3 5 7 8 ABET Criterion Figure 13: Class performance with respect to ABET outcomes in Fall „08 term. (The current RMU-designated benchmark for class performance is 80%).Reflection:  It can be seen from Figure 13 that the class performance in this course is above the RMU-designated benchmark (at least 80% students in the class score >= 80%) in all of the applicable ABET outcomes.93.1

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the liberal arts. A number of yearsago an abstract for a paper espousing the use of liberal experiences to further engineering studiesbegan with “Variety's the spice of life that gives it its flavor." These lines in "The Task, I" byWilliam Cowper (English poet 1731-1800) reflect an attitude that must he fostered in the mindsof engineers. No man is an island, and no field of study can divorce itself from the activities,interests. and positive reinforcement of divergent areas of instruction. Many activities in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University have been pursued to fosterliberal activities within engineering from poetry writing to novel production. It was thought andhas been shown to have a positive effect upon

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

were submitted electronically to the professor using a content management system.Assignments were graded using detailed rubrics and returned to student electronically as well.12FreshmanThe freshman class was the first area to be analyzed. In order for a student to be successful, it isvital that good study habits develop quickly. Otherwise, students may face significant struggles.Historical data also reflected that freshman classes also had the most problems with latesubmissions.The first analysis involved a comparison of late versus early submissions at the freshman level.In previous years, the instructor had taught courses at the freshman level twice. Class A andClass C were the same course material from two different years. Both courses were

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University; David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

mathematical models and computer simulations of the systems. Theydeveloped and implemented controllers for the systems. We required them to reflect and toexhibit other metacognitive traits.Recently, we began replacing many of the physical laboratory experiments and textbookexercises with a new type of learning experience. Students experimented on, and developedcontrollers for virtual dynamic systems within a virtual game-like simulated environment. Theywere learning dynamic systems and control by playing a video game. Page 15.157.2Our motivation for this unorthodox approach came from our experience of using a video game inteaching a different

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Pierce, Sweet Briar College; Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College

internalization of the lessons of the case studies students met the targetratings. This would indicate that the readings, reading journal, and open discussions were aneffective pedagogical approach. We were somewhat dissatisfied with the students’ ability tocharacterize the properties of high-reliability organizations. This is a significant topic asdevelopment of such an organization requires a sound understanding of human and socialfactors. The readings for this topic came at the end of the semester and we were not able todevote the class discussion time to this topic that it deserves.Ratings of the outcomes intended to assess student work on the design project were somewhatbelow our targets. This reflects our dissatisfaction with the efforts of two of

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Curran, University College Dublin; Colleen Doyle, University College Dublin; Enda Cummins, University College Dublin; Kevin McDonnell, University College Dublin; Nicholas Holden, University College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

years ago to reflect the wide scope of research andacademic activity within the discipline and particularly its relationship with biology and lifesciences. The move was also compatible with international trends towards “bio” engineeringtitles, especially in North America. It was considered that the new title for the undergraduateprogram offered the opportunity to integrate engineering and biology in a more explicit manner.After the successful outcome of an initial design competition1,3 to coincide with the retitledprogram name, it was considered timely to introduce a new academic module with a similarformat called “Biosystems Engineering Design Challenge”. It was decided that the focus shouldbe on designing and building a working bench-scale

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

a Photovoltaic cell manufacturer • Energy consultant of a center focused on sustainable energy practicesIt is clear that to achieve the above mentioned PLOs, the curricula should be trans-disciplinary. It can be achieved through the integration of basic fundamental conceptsalong with application concepts. It was felt that such an appropriate mix of trans-disciplinary content can be accomplished by bringing together viewpoints fromexperienced academics and also from expert practitioners from outside academia. Thetrans-disciplinary result is reflected in the nature of the program courses listed below.SEM 601. Introduction to SustainabilitySEM 602. Enterprise ExcellenceSEM 603. Sustainable InnovationSEM 604. Life Cycle and Risk

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-2028: SPECIAL SESSION: DEVELOPING INTERCULTURALENGINEERS THROUGH SERVICEKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1083.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing Intercultural Engineers Through ServiceAbstractThis paper reports on recent efforts to understand the cultural awareness among engineeringstudents. A standard assessment program has been instituted across the various programs atMichigan Technological University with pre-, during-, and post-project phases. The mixed-methods assessment plan consists of surveys, reflection statements, journaling, a wellnessindicator, the Intercultural Development Inventory, and project