Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

International

≠ Population ≠ Transportation ≠ Military ≠ Education ≠ Exploration ≠ Health care ≠ Agriculture ≠ Environment ≠ Efficiency ≠ Politics ≠ Technology dependency ≠ Immigration ≠ Aids/cancer ≠ Economy ≠ Urban sprawlAs might be expected, the students defined their issues in more general terms than thespecialists on the NAE committee. This follows naturally from their lack of expertise atthis stage in their careers. But this broader view should not be discounted because of thestudents’ lack of knowledge –they still represent important participants in the challengesof the 21st century.The students’ list provides an interesting contrast with the NAE

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, The College of New Jersey; Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

theyseemed to be the most logical candidates for recruitment. However, many students were notacademically prepared to enroll in college STEM courses without remediation, often becauseprevious curriculum choices resulted in limited exposure to math and science in these students’programs of study. Other obstacles include students’ lack of awareness of engineering as apossible career because of unfamiliarity with the profession.1 One natural extension, then, wasto focus projects at the middle school level, where timely interventions would ideally lead toenrollment in classes that would better prepare students for the rigors of college STEM studies.Research, however, is increasingly indicating that that intervention efforts must begin as early

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

legacycycle, students had the opportunity to present their findings (go public) to their peers, parents,and members of the community. A complete version of the legacy cycle can be viewed inAppendix A.Implementation of this legacy cycle into my high school science classroom increased studentmotivation, generated excitement, and made students aware of possible careers in engineering. Ifeel strongly that the legacy cycle experience broadened my students’ knowledge of the Page 15.711.3application of engineering in not only the science classroom, but also in life. Student products,pictures documenting the implementation, and reflections (from both me and

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

teachers voluntarily attended a career development workshop onintegrating engineering into curriculum. A survey previously developed was administered tothe group before the beginning of the workshop to assess their perceptions of and familiarityof design, engineering, and technology (DET). Quantitative analysis showed that the teachersthought DET was importance while rated their familiarity low. ANOVA found significantdifferences in how teachers with different levels of teaching experience rated the importanceof DET and their familiarity with DET. The implications on teacher professional developmentare discussed.Introduction and PurposeEngineering education at the K-12 level is important. From a societal importance point ofview, there is a need to

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Will Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

have atleast one good team experience, and one bad team experience, helping them to learn what makesan effective team. We also want students to meet and get to know other engineering students.Anecdotally this has led to students forming good friendships and study groups that last throughtheir college career. A final method of team assignment is self-selection. Care is taken to forcethis selection to be done outside of the normal class time to minimize the peer-pressure involvedin having students form their own teams. Assistance is provided for those who aren’t able toidentify a team. An implicit result of this method of assignment is that students discover thattheir immediate friends don’t always make the best team members.Online Feedback

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

to be considered a reasonable substitute in consumers’ eyes. Additionally, thecost of fuel cell powertrains must be comparable to internal combustion engine powertrains. Asa result, fuel cell technology requires significant engineering development to meet these criteriaand bring them to the mass market. Bringing fuel cells into the classroom will help motivate topursue careers in the fuel cell industry and prepare them to be able to contribute to fuel celldevelopment.A relatively quick internet search will show that there are currently few fuel cell courses offeredin higher education. There may be modules on fuel cells contained within other courses, forexample within courses on thermodynamics, power plants, or renewable/alternative energy

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanja Magoc, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Francois Modave, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

computerscience. This course aims at attracting more students to engage in multi-disciplinary study,research, and career by providing a problem-oriented approach to learning programming andunderstanding dynamic systems.AcknowledgementThis report is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation through the grantIIS-0829683. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thepaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.Bibliography1. M. Joshi, The Concepts and Practice of Mathematical Finance. Cambridge, 2003.2. S. L. Spencer, M. J. Berryman, J. A. Garcia, and D. Abbott, “An ordinary differential equation model for themultistep transformation to cancer,” Journal of Theoretical

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences.Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet Professor ESSAID BOUKTACHE is the Department Head and a member of the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet. Dr. Bouktache received his MS and Ph. D in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University in 1980 and 1985, respectively. His research and teaching interests include Digital Signal Processing, Computer Networks, and Digital Communications. Professor Bouktache has

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

program that has been designed in order to lead the attendees to think“out of the box” imprinting the notion of dynamic teaching environment that is necessary inorder to form the new professional. It has been designed for professionals interested in theimprovement of career and quality performance.The evaluations of the courses have been very positive. The attendees are satisfied with theapproach and the content of the courses.It consists in a great achievement for engineering midst once it can provide for engineers andinterested professionals the opportunity to update and achieve the knowledge about the portengineering and at the same time to fulfill the lack of professionals for this field of action.The number of professionals interested in the

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; Tom McGlew, MATEC

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

, technician, manager, etc.) and hierarchical positions matter for hiring but thereafter career progress is determined by who can do the job best. International competitiveness means there is no place for people or organizations that are not continuously updating. Credentials therefore have to be transferrable. Communication is not stereotyped; it has to be matched to the receiver and the purpose. It must, however, be clear, accurate and actionable.Fortunately, some of these features of our systems world are now being addressed inorder to rebalance academic technical programs. But it is all too slow.Acknowledgments. The authors thank all the contributors to the ESYST project. Theyshow the boundless imagination and

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

in STEM disciplines, calculus is a major obstacleduring their career decision as well9.Summer transition programs play a key role in achieving necessary mathematics preparation forthe upcoming academic year. As in [10] engineering “math-based” retention programs had asignificant impact on students’ performance on their first mathematics course. Another studyrevealed that there was no significant impact of such program on participant’s performance11.Nevertheless, the results from the same study showed that program participants’ performancewas at lease the same as non-participants’ performance. Virginia Commonwealth University(VCU), similar to many other institutions, has calculus as the first required mathematics coursein the engineering

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah McAvoy, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

knowledge retention of engineering students as they advance through their academiccareers can enhance their quality of education and career success. However, engineeringprofessors constantly battle the quality of student knowledge retention from course to course.Knowledge retention has been a consistent problem for students regardless of the length of breakbetween courses, such as a one-week break or a three-month summer break. This is evidenced ina study conducted by the United States Military Academy at West Point (1). Student knowledgeof Statics and Strength of Materials were examined after a three-month summer break in theMechanics course. Faculty found that knowledge retention of the Statics and Strength ofMaterials topics was poor. They

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Nordstrom, Lipscomb University; John Pettit, David Lipscomb University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

results that inform various program improvement efforts, whichin turn drive program change. This process is shown in Figure 1 below. Program Educational Objectives process information “Employer Feedback on PEOs” survey results Faculty and Board of Advisors input Alumni “Career Assess Progress” survey results Institutional vision and mission

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

direct access to the Page 15.315.8kind of work for which their college career is preparing them.Lastly but just as importantly, students exposure to the industry puts them in direct contact withpotential employers and employers can evaluate students on more than just a formal interview.Students have a better understanding of what will be expected of them when they enter theprofessional work force.DisadvantagesThe disadvantages lean more toward classroom control. Faculty has less control over the projectsand students experience varies with the cooperation of the company representative. Somecompanies provide teams with an excessive amount of

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Schroeder, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-1299: ONLINE TUTORING SUPPORT SERVICE FOR STEMSusan Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston. She began her career in higher education teaching applied mathematics for engineering technology students. She demonstrated consistent interest in the application of information and communication technologies to instruction. This interest plus demonstrated depth of knowledge of computer applications and systems caused her to change her teaching focus to computer information systems in 2000. Recently, she has completed graduate course work in the area of Medical Informatics in order to deepen

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

indicators suggest that the changes to the water turbine project were successful inachieving the course director’s goals. Course-end feedback is collected on all courses at WestPoint. The students are asked a series of open-ended questions. The students are asked “If youwere course director, what would you keep in the course next year? Why?” The following arerepresentative of the answers received for this question with regard to the water turbine.  “The water turbine project- it assimilated everything and I learned more about engineering from it than anything in my engineering career so far.”  “…I'd also keep the Water Turbine Project because it allows students to enhance their skills of the machines.”  “The Water Turbine

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

standardsbetter prepare graduates to work for this company?17. If such a course was offered and required for students would this potentially reduce theamount of on-site employee training?18. Would this company be willing to work with local educational institutions to establish acurriculum in which more focus is placed on implementing education aboutstandardization?19. What types of standards would this company like to see applied within the curriculumto better prepare students for a career with this company or similar companies?20. What type and approximately how much funding would be available to assist?21. If a multinational competition were held for students to demonstrate their knowledgeabout standardization, would this company be willing to help

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

: Page 10.98.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationProgram Program Numberabbreviation of awardsCAREER Faculty Early Career Development 27Coll.Res. Collaborative Research/ Americas Program 15 Controls, Networks, and Computational IntelligenceCNCI Integrative Systems

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Cutbirth; Brett Hughes; Sundararajan Madihally

modeling. The chief disadvantage of this method is the time requirement; thisexperiment will require four to six weeks. The long timeframe minimizes the number ofexperiments that may be performed. The project-oriented style will require a greatercommitment from faculty members and less dependence on teaching assistants in the laboratory.However, short experiments tend to become modular and lack integration of comprehensiveconcepts. The advantage of this method is that it integrates concepts such as fluid flow, transportissues, physiology, reactor design, statistical analysis, differential equations and numericalmethods. In summary, this multi-level experiment demonstrated the integration of variousconcepts and trains the students seeking a career

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

departments. • In a world of rapidly changing technology, the basics are constant. That gives Page 10.1467.1 comfort to some, especially when allied to the more subtle desire to preserve a measure of elitism in a mass education market. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education • Any group of practicing engineers will readily admit that in their entire careers they have used only a very small proportion of their math skills.Each of these points has enough validity to guarantee endless

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

, Television, microwave,telephony, etc) [8].In 2004, the first class has ended the program, the new engineers have provided a feedback aboutthe Program, and their comments and suggestions ended as a parameter for next newexperiences. In general, the Program has been suitable for them in a way that they had morecontact with other careers approaches for the same problems. The possibility of having courses atdistance increased the number of students that made this choice because they could study in thecomfort of their houses at the time they wanted.8. ConclusionThe creation and the application of this program were possible thanks to the new laws andperspectives that have been changed during the last years. The more flexibility in the creation of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Dick

Microsoft Visual Studio. Page 10.1091.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAs the motivation for instruction in programming shifted from application problemsolving to preparation for embedded systems design, students perceived a lack ofrelevance in the introductory course. Many of the problems addressed in typical“Introduction to C Programming” text were not sort that an EET student would expect tosee later in his career. The problem solving focus of the text seemed to focus onproblems that, in many cases

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; John Chen; Bernard Pietrucha

-actuated system, robotics and automation, and engineering education.BERNARD PIETRUCHA has been a member of the Rowan Engineering faculty since September 2001. Hereceived his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and The PhD fromRutgers University. Prior to coming to Rowan, he was employed by Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies and itsparent, AT&T, for 22 years. He also served for 19 years as a member of the adjunct faculty at NJIT.JOHN CHEN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has been a faculty member since 1994,when he began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NorthCarolina A&T State University. He joined Rowan University in his current

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Kurpius; Dale Baker; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

but wanted it integrated into other subject matter15.Research on teachers trained to use DET concepts, however, has shown that DET has a positiveimpact on students. For example, The Materials Technology Institute project provided teachersin Singapore with the background and curriculum needed to create a high school course inMaterials Science and DET16. Students reported the courses: a) made them more interested in ascience career; b) increased enjoyment of laboratory activities; and c) helped develop skills forworking with equipment and in the lab, and 96% said they would recommend the class to theirpeers.PurposeThis study documented the effect of a course designed to help teachers integrate Design,Engineering, and Technology (DET) into their

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

numbers of students choosing STEM fields.Providing engineering experiences and curriculum components in middle and high schools is seen as ameans to engage students and excite them about the opportunities for an engineering career. Given thatsystems thinking and perspective are now seen as playing an important role in educating engineers for thefuture, it follows that coupling these concepts to the engineering elements of the pre-college program hasmerit. Stevens, through its Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education (CIESE), has beenvery active in promoting the introduction of engineering into K-12 curricula in the State of New Jersey aspart of a broader approach to increasing the STEM pipeline. As part of this pre-engineering

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

guest speakerswho can help students understand the application of what they are learning in theprofession. Depending on the focus of the course, this could include both “traditional”speakers who directly address topics related to process design and operation, as well asengineering graduates who have had non-traditional careers (medicine, law, pharmacy,business, teaching, or entrepreneurship). Financial planning, business and electronicetiquette, and professional dress are issues which students will soon face. Alumni panelson “Making the Transition from Student to Employee”, “Changing Jobs”, and “GraduateSchool” can be a very effective way to address these issues

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Michael Hacker, Hofstra University; Marc Devries, University of Technology, Delft; Ammeret Rossouw, University of Technology, Delft

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

general education, the focus historically has beenon practical (craft) skills. However, this emphasis has changed in most countries, including theU.S.; traditional school subjects have been replaced with what is generally called “technologyeducation.” The main purpose of technology education is developing technological literacy, butin some cases a vocational element remains. In vocational education the focus has been onpreparing for a career in the trades or in technical areas. This kind of teaching has focused onspecific knowledge and skills. The latest development is that engineering has been accorded amore substantial place in general (technology) education. This shift is combined with theintegration of science and math and leads to what is

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

text books that Page 15.946.7 match. It is time to look into each program and decide how a topic teaches the technology that a graduating student would use tomorrow on their first day in their new job role. If it doesn't support this than it should be considered for removal from the topics that do.I think we are doing a good job providing the skills for manufacturing. However, we don’t have enough students and parents that value careers in manufactur- ing at this time.SME has failed to carry the status of the manufacturing engineer (MfE) to a national level. This is because none of the major colleges of engineering pro- duce MfEs so the

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

International Dictionary Unabridged, page. 1983.3. http://icarusfilms.com/cat97/t-z/the_way.html4. http://www.tabloidcolumn.com/honda-accord-cog.html5. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1289436. http://www.rubemachine.com7. http://www.anl.gov/Careers/Education/rube/goodrubes.html8. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/videos/rube-goldberg.php9. http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/10/06/LaVida/Engineering.Students.F lex.Mechanical.Muscles.Demonstrate.Rube.Goldberg.Machines-3470113.shtml10. DeBartolo, E. & Robinson, R. , A freshman engineering curriculum integrating design and experimentation, International journal of mechanical engineering education, , Volume 35

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

course and students indicate that it is aneffective means to discuss concepts. From an instructor’s point of view, while the discussionwas adequate, there were very few instances where students engaged in more than the requireddialogue. Continuing and more robust discussion is a desired outcome that has not yet been Page 15.170.9obtained.ConclusionStudent comments and course evaluations indicate an appreciation for the content presented inthe course. Students gain both an understanding of and an appreciation for the role interpersonalskills play in enabling a successful career. While many students have an abstract idea of certaininterpersonal