Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Natalie A Mello, The Forum on Education Abroad

Tagged Topics

Student Development

2007. Currently in its 4th edition, published in 2011,the Standards are being reviewed and updated to reflect changes in the field. In addition to theseStandards, the Forum also published the Standards of Good Practice for Short-Term EducationAbroad Programs in 200910 and a second edition of the Code of Ethics for Education Abroad11in 2011. The Forum's “Standards of Good Practice are recognized as the definitive means bywhich the quality of education abroad programs may be judged.”12 For the purposes of this paper we will limit discussion to 4th edition of the Standards of GoodPractice for Education Abroad. The Forum Standards are designed and intended to beimplemented on an ongoing basis to respond to the practical realities of developing

Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary III

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Frank Bullen, University of Southern Queensland

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Partner Society Plenary

graduates approximately 8000 students from three and fouryear engineering bachelor programs well below needs and as such the average age ofengineers in Australia is slowly rising and in 2010 was 42 years 19. Since 2008 there has beenincrease in both offers of places by universities to study engineering and an increase inacceptance of those places 19 reflecting the good job prospects and starting salary of graduatesdue to the economic climate in Australia. Engineering programs also have one of the highestfunding levels per student from the Commonwealth and student fees. For example in 2011universities received AUS$23,154 for an engineering student while a business studentgenerated $10,873 income in comparison. However, engineering and related

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Imin Kao, Stony Brook University (SUNY); Yacov A. Shamash, Stony Brook University; ChoonHo Kim, SUNY Korea

Tagged Topics

Curriculum Development

research in a globalized world will play a significant role in the 21st century to prepare global engineers. In a global campus, students and faculty are thrust into a cross-cultural environment that challenges intellectually the modes of being and the ways of learning. A global engineer often has to face such cross-cultural tension when interacting with people under the context of globalization. Stony Brook University (SBU) in New York has established a global campus, called SUNY Korea, in Songdo, Republic of Korea, which serves as a venue for the preparation of global engineers. With a diverse student body and faculty, SUNY Korea reflects the spirit of globalization in offering an education that requires students to learn not

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University

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Faculty Development

ascertain the general character of the respective Page 21.34.3lexica the Design Team members used in posing questions to their students with an eye towardimproving the Thought Cloud and future professional development activities. Specifically, wewanted to answer the following questions: 1) How did the teachers stack up against one another? 2) Were there any factors that united or separated them? 3) Did their words reflect a shift toward the exposure of student reasoning or did they remain firmly rooted in the delivery of content? 4) In what ways can we characterize words that open a window on students’ minds

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships; Caroline Crosthwaite, University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanaugh, University of Queensland

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Invited - Student Development

Engineers for the 21st Century, Royal Academy of Engineering. London UK.5. King, R. (2008) Engineers for the Future: addressing the supply and quality of Australian engineering graduatesfor the 21st century. ACED; Epping, Sydney6. Soundarajan, N. (2004) Program assessment and program improvement: closing the loop. Assessment andEvaluation in Higher Education 29(5): 597-610.7. Jolly, L., Crosthwaite, C., Brown, L. (2009) Building on strength, understanding weakness: realistic evaluationand program review. Proceedings of 20th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for EngineeringEducation: 911-917. Adelaide; AaeE.8. Rogers, P. (2007) Theory-Based Evaluation: Reflection Ten Years On, pp. 63-82 in S. Mathison (ed.) EnduringIssues in Evaluation

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Hladysz; Robert Corey; JASON ASH; Glen Stone; Dale Skillman; Charles Kliche; Larry Stetler; David Dixon; Larry Simonson; Stuart Kellogg

in Education Conference, Boulder, CO, November 2003. Page 10.1033.11[13] Slivovsky, L. A., F. R. Derego Jr., L. H. Hamieson, and W. C. Oakes, “ Developing the Reflection Component in the EPICS Model of Engineering Service Learning,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO, November 2003. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education[14] Catalano, G. D., “The Freshman Engineering Program at the State University of New York at Binghamton

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

purpose of assessing our learningcommunity initiative.Surveys. We have found surveys to be an easy, efficient, and effective way to gatherinformation from our learning community participants. A combination of forced answerLikert-type questions combined with open-ended questions provides us an opportunity toassess our target objectives and to gather meaningful reflective comments from thestudents. The data is useful for program planning on a semester-by-semester basis. Inaddition, we have maintained continuity in the survey tools, which has allowed us tocompare data from year to year.Focus Groups. We began using focus groups in the Fall 2000 semester as a method toaugment our survey data. Focus groups are a qualitative research method which

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

improving the existing outreach programs and creating newones. Now that the existing programs have all been run at least once, our participant surveys canstart to shift focus from the “what did you think of the program?” and “how can we improvethis?” questions that help WE@RIT to plan events to the “what did you know about engineeringwhen you came here?” and “what did you learn?” questions that help the students reflect on whatthey’ve gained. One that may be helpful is based on the Draw an Engineer Test described by Page 10.28.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul S. Steif; Anna Dollar

overview of connections appearing frequently inmechanical and structural systems, describe their various roles, and familiarize students withcommonly used terms. It is emphasized that most joints permit some relative motion betweenthe connected members, but prevent other motions. Students are shown digital images of a widevariety of systems with actual connections (fig. 1), and then are asked to reflect on the permittedand prohibited motions, for example, through in-class multiple choice questions (fig. 2).There are a number of distinct types of connections, termed, for example, pin, roller, rigid.Sometimes we refer to connections as supports. The term support (for example, pin support), isused when only the forces on the supported body are of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

vaccines, wireless internet distribution and access, or using Global PositioningSystem (GPS) technology for farming or fishing, they are all faced with the challenge ofkeeping up with increasingly stringent global regulatory environments.In the pharmaceutical industry, for example, this may be reflected in food and regulatoryrules and certification for manufacturing facilities and output quality that may beadministered differently by market and by new trading rules and WTO guidelines. In theinformation technology and telecommunications industry, this may be pressure fromnetwork externalities and the need to tie in to critical mass usage of a certain system orstandard. Thus, neither innovation alone, nor even cutting edge technology, determinesthe

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Drummer; James Frendewey; Sheryl Sorby; Kris Mattila; John Sutherland; Leonard Bohmann

serviceindustries must improve their productivity in order to remain competitive.In May of 2004 the National Academy of Engineering unveiled its report “The Engineer of2020”.7 In this report the need for engineers to be involved in solving the problems of theservice sector industries is clearly articulated. However, even though NSF and the NAErecognize the need for engineers to work within the service sector, present-day engineeringcurricula are inadequately suited to meet the needs of the sector. The curricula reflect a focus ondesigning and building better machines, instruments, and other devices or manufacturingprocesses. Major design experiences are geared towards solving problems in the manufacturingand construction industries. Thus, if we are to

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Charlesworth; Thomas Drummer; Kedmon Hungwe; Sheryl Sorby

practice should help learners to reflect on theirlearning and become more metacognitively aware of their learning process. These skillsare important in the overall development of learners.There have been several studies examining what type of pre-college activities tend to bepresent in students who have well developed spatial skills (Deno, 1995, Leopold, Sorby,& Gorska 1996, and Medina, Gerson, & Sorby, 1998). Activities that require eye-to-handcoordination are particularly useful in developing these skills such as: 1) playing withconstruction toys (e.g., Legos) as a young child, 2) participating in classes such as shop,drafting, or mechanics as a middle school or secondary student, 3) playing 3-dimensionalcomputer games, 4) participating

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Wild; Constance Holden; Karen Horton

education and electrical engineering technology studentsused PhotoShop and PTGui to develop the photographic skins to apply to the models.The forestry student developed the model of the terrain from the survey and GPS data.Outcomes were assessed relative to the project goals through a review of the finalproducts and their written documentation.The travel and internship in the Park were not part of MET220, so no related learningoutcomes were assessed.Student PerceptionsComments reflecting student perceptions regarding the benefits of the project are taken from aletter, course evaluations, and an interview for an article.One MET220 student who did not work as an intern found student management and learning thetechnical skills a valuable experience

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Newcomer

theychoose tasks that are likely to have risk factors as it makes the assignment more interesting.What they discover, however, is that it is often easier to identify a problem than it is to come upwith a reasonable solution, which in turn gives them more appreciation for the challenges ofimplementing an ergonomic program. Overall the assignment serves its purpose as anintroduction to ergonomic assessment, and differences in grades are more of a reflection ofstudents’ ability to clearly and concisely express ideas than in the quality of their assessments.Lifting AssessmentFor the lifting assessment assignment, students are required to analyze a lifting task using both

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rickie Miller; Elisa Barney Smith

the educationmajors had in their individual math and science skills. They realized that if they could do thesame math and science based projects that engineering students do, they must have some ability.If the students had been separated, there would be a lingering feeling that it reflected on theirability.The education majors enrolling in this course are juniors and seniors based on the prerequisiteswe have set for this course. We have found that this gives them a greater maturity level than thefreshman engineering students. This maturity advantage has allowed them to lead better andmore than makes up for their weaker math skills and the lack of confidence that comes with that.We have also found that while we don’t announce to the

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

for Engineering Education5. Student responseThe first version of the SCEFMAS is in use with the Automatic Control and SystemsEngineering Department of University of Sheffield (UK). This package is used as a supportingtool to deliver a module of a M.Sc. program with the department. Although, there is no formalassessment for the effectiveness of this environment as a leaning tool, but students has expressedtheir opinion during the module end questioners. These opinions reflect that the softwareenvironment enables the students to understand the behaviour of a flexible manipulator systemand also the effect of parameter variations. The learning process could be much difficult withoutthis package. In addition to this, student can test the

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ever Barbero; Larry Banta

surveys using a questionnaire designed differently for each college, in our case for the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources (CEMR). The exit survey is given to graduating seniors at the end of the fall and spring semesters. In years past, the questions did not match properly with the outcomes, but lately modifications were introduced to the survey to reflect the outcomes pursued by most engineering disciplines within the college. We have historically achieved about 60% response from graduating seniors, but recent directives from the administration “encourage” faculty to allow class time for completion of the survey in an attempt to improve the return rate.2. Alumni Surveys. The department mails alumni surveys to recent

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

langauges In addition, a national digital library that contains the information-technology oriented casestudies would be of interest and use to engineering educators and students. That would make itpossible for educators to tap into a rich source of real-world problems when explaining complexengineering concepts and theories in the classroom.AcknowledgmentsThis research was based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantsNo. DUE# 9752353, DUE# 9950514, DUE#0001454 and DUE#0089036. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Weappreciate the help of Randy Bradley in performing the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Adams; William Manion

Page 10.1469.5and economy (COPE). Clarity means to write in unambiguous, easily understood style.Organization refers to the structure of the document, attachments and content. Precision refers to Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education.the ability to present appropriate and reasonable numbers, rationale and conclusions, and to usedescriptive language and modifiers with great care. Economy means to work and writeefficiently, without unnecessary language. These COPE emphases, as well as the use of memos,also reflect the concerns and priorities mentioned in the surveys (see Attachment 2).Fall

Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pezeshki

personal reflection, and several iterations, I settled on the current philosophy of theclass. It is based on the principle called “The Circle of Treats,” a somewhat humorous Page 10.912.3phrase I coined in order to explain how the class would be structured from a meta-level Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2005 Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2005 American Society for Engineering Educationmanagement structure. All decisions about modification of the class must fit into thisphilosophy. In short, the philosophy is one of enlightened self-interest between allparties involved in the clinic

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Feemster

, respectively). Thoughthe score of PCs (1e) and (1f) are not poor, these lower scores are believed to reflect the fact thatthese two performance criteria represent a more comprehensive understanding of system modeling(i.e., performance prediction and model feasibility) rather than simple analysis. Since this projectmay be their first exposure to a complete control design cycle, the lower scores in the more synthesisoriented criteria are not surprising.As with outcome (1), the students performed well in the more analysis oriented outcomeperformance criteria (2d) scoring a 2.8 out of 3.0. Within PC (2d), the students were required toutilize simulation models in order to evaluate their controller design against design objectives. Thestudents tended to

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Shahrabi; Feng Huang; Ali Setoodehnia; Hong Li

typical wireless broadcasting scenario where thereare multi-path channels (i.e. the transmitted signals arrive at the receiver using variouspaths of different length due to signal reflection from barrier materials). It becomes veryhard to extract the original information because of multiple versions of signal interferewith each other. Wide applications of OFDM in the European market as the Digital AudioBroadcasting (DAB) standard, in ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) standard andWireless Local Area Networks and the outlines of using OFDM in the 5.8-GHz band asin IEEE 802.11a, has stimulated the search for the optical realization of such technique.The ISI has become an issue in today’s DWDM system. However, the amplitude onlymodulation

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Schinnel Small; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Pamela Leigh-Mack

students construct meaning. An important aspect ofacquiring and integrating declarative knowledge is constructing meaning. Students draw uponprior knowledge and then link it to new knowledge during the declarative knowledge integrationprocess. Most note taking research has been directed at understanding the roles of encoding andexternal storage. Encoding serves to increase the learner’s attention and external storage servesto improve memory retention4. We use the Tablet PC and specialized note taking software tofacilitate the three minute pause technique and summarizing5. This allows the student to shiftfrom listening to reflecting and talking. The pause exercise is done in an active learningenvironment and serves as a formative assessment for the

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education” Session #1649in this program reflect the world of work that the Verizon employees encounter. Besides using aninnovative curriculum, this program places a heavy emphasis on employee soft skills. Integratedwithin the curriculum are numerous projects and assignments designed to increase the student’scommunication skills, leadership qualities, problem solving ability, and other soft skills.VIII. ConclusionWhat about today’s electronics engineering technology teaching fraternity? Will they be quick toembrace change? I think the answer to that question is, most likely not

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

peer-to-peer instruction. The PMT students will receive training in teaching strategies and methodsand the role of actively engaging peers. The process, training and methods used will bedocumented and will form the basis for dissemination to other courses, including but not limitedto the Mechanics I and Mechanics II courses mentioned above. The project is seen as a catalystfor change whereby “gate-keeper” courses become new “gate-ways” to success. It is planned toincorporate a variety of pedagogical approaches – strategies and approaches that have provensuccessful in many engineering education environments8. These include collaborative learningarrangements, team teaching and an emphasis on reflective observation, abstractconceptualization and

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bertini; Steven Hansen

means of assessing performance of transportation Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsystems. While these metrics are familiar to planners, engineers, policy makers and evencitizens, many of them were developed more than 50 years ago, do not necessarily reflect localconditions and are not extensively validated. The use of these simple qualitative (A-F) measuresbegan in response to the lack of data available to create “actual” quantitative metrics.It has been said that “if you cannot tell how your system performed yesterday, you cannot hopeto manage your system today.”1 With this in mind

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Baughn

, McGraw HillBiographicalProfessor James W. Baughn is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (B.S.) and of Stanford University(M.S. and PhD) in Mechanical Engineering. He spent eight years in the Aerospace Industry and has served as afaculty member at the University of California, Davis since 1973. He is a Fellow of the American Society ofMechanical Engineering, a recipient of the UCDavis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and theauthor of numerous publications. He is currently on assignment to the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs as the2004-2005 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Aeronautics.DisclaimerThe views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Air Force

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brij Agrawal

of 300 km. The payloadfor the spacecraft is designed with 8.5 m x 55 m reflector, 0.3 m x 50 m phased array and 8 mfocal length. The peak payload power is 5 kW and 200 minutes operations in orbit. As shown in Fig. 7, two reflector configurations were evaluated for reflector structures.In the large circular reflector, only part of the reflector area is used for a signal reflection. It wassimple to build and deploy, but its mass was too high and therefore was not selected. Figure 8shows the selected deployed configuration. It is a three-axis-stabilized spacecraft with controlmoment gyros (CMGs) as actuators. Because of the large inertia of the spacecraft, CMGs arenecessary to provide fast slew maneuvers. It is a 12 satellite

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arne Weigold; M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

, 13, and 14 in Appendix B) asked participants to listcomprehension strategies that they could apply when faced with difficultiescomprehending their textbooks, lecture notes, and CD materials. Table 2 summarizes thefrequencies of participants’ responses. Overall, participants suggested somewhat morestrategies for textbook difficulties, perhaps reflecting greater familiarity and facility with Page 10.1169.8those materials. One noteworthy difference was in the Make Notes strategy, whichparticipants suggested frequently for textbook difficulties but not for CD materials, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education