AC 2010-62: A NEW MODEL FOR AUTHOR DRIVEN DIGITAL PUBLISHINGHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His interests include Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, with a particular focus in control systems. Page 15.67.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A New Model for Author Driven Digital PublishingAbstractBooks in print still dominate the college campus. The long-standing model for publishinginvolves corporate entities that take the work of an author and add value
AC 2010-1062: USING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AS A FRAMEWORK FORUNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGYJohn Krupczak, Hope College Professor of Engineering, Hope College. CASEE Senior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Page 15.1324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Functional Analysis as a Framework for Understanding TechnologyAbstractWhile engineers bear responsibility for promoting the general understanding of technology, themeans through which this may be accomplished is not well-established. In this work thetechnique of functional analysis or functional decomposition is adopted as a
Engineering and Technology, National University, San Diego, USA. He is a lead faculty for MSc in Database Administration and MSc in Computer Science programs. Dr. Wyne has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering and B.Sc., in Electrical Engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised over 50 graduate and undergraduate projects. Dr. Wyne is with the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA for more than 8 years and is currently serving as a program evaluator for Computer Science Program and Information Systems Program. In addition, he is a guest editor for a journal, associate editor and serving on editorial boards for four international journals
AC 2010-1620: A WEB-BASED BAYESIAN VAN HIELE PROBLEM SOLVER FORCOMPUTER PROGRAMMINGJ. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University Dr. J. Wey Chen is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Information System at Southern Taiwan University. He formerly served a two-year appointment (2007-2009) as the Department Chair of the Department of Information Management at Southern Taiwan University and was the Computer Science Department Chair at Western State College of Colorado. His scholarly interests range widely, from computer science curriculum design to e-learning and software engineering practices. Page
AC 2010-1447: AN EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTING IN THECLASSROOMSusan 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
AC 2010-1234: WIRELESS NETWORKS IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: ADISCONNECTNipul Patel, Purdue University, North Central Page 15.1376.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WIRELESS NETWORKS IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: A DISCONNECTAbstractWireless networking is relatively new and exciting technology for health care. Using handheldperipherals and wireless networking technologies, medical professional can have omnipresentaccess to patient information, clinical functions, and business functions. Wireless networks bringinformation access, data collection capabilities, and clinical applications closer to the point ofcare than is possible using
AC 2010-33: A STRATEGY FOR INCORPORATING ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES INTO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design and in product innovation and entrepreneurialism. His instruction is characterized by heavy reliance upon project-based, design-centric learning. Course projects are drawn from real industrial applications with real industrial constraints, often interactive with a corporate sponsor. Students are challenged to
AC 2010-1588: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY, EAC ABET, AND TAC ABETACCREDITATION CRITERIAJohn Blake, Austin Peay State University Page 15.1195.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technological Literacy, EAC ABET, and TAC ABET Accreditation CriteriaAbstractA person who has achieved technological literacy has an understanding of technology. It istempting to assume that people with degrees in engineering and engineering technology areeither technologically literate by nature or become literate by osmosis through study andpractice. However, the breadth of knowledge and understanding necessary for technologicalliteracy is such
AC 2010-1725: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN SUSTAINABLETECHNOLOGIES: INCREASING THE STEM PIPELINENicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College Nicholas Massa is a professor in the Laser Electro-Optics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut.Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University Michele Dischino is an assistant professor in the Technology & Engineering Education Department at Central Connecticut State University. She holds a BS degree in Mechanical
AC 2010-2311: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN A K-5 TEACHERPREPARATION PROGRAMStephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey Page 15.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technological literacy through a K-5 teacher preparation program IntroductionAttaining a certain level of technological literacy in our society is important for a variety ofreasons. In this extremely technologically-rich age, citizenry will need to participateeffectively in our democratic society on a variety of complex problems; such as globalwarming, energy supply, quick-paced biomedical advances, complicated healthcare reformand statistical-based arguments
AC 2010-1012: PROMOTING TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY BY UTILIZINGPICTURES AND RECREATED ARTIFACTSWilliam Loendorf, Eastern Washington University William R. Loendorf is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. He obtained his B.Sc. in Engineering Science at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside, M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Colorado State University, M.B.A. at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Ph.D. in Engineering Management at Walden University. He holds a Professional Engineer license and has 30 years of industrial experience as an Engineer or Engineering Manager at General Motors, Cadnetix, and Motorola. His interests
interests include engineering management, technological literacy, and real-time embedded systems. Page 15.1255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Social, Economic, and Political Impact of Technology: An Historical PerspectiveAbstractOur modern lives are filled with technologies. In fact, they have become so integrated into ourlives that many of them are frequently used but never really thought about. Few people stop toconsider that civilization once lived on without them. Many of these technologies are so commontoday that they have become almost invisible. The impact of
. Page 15.30.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A functional conceptual framework for teaching technological literacyAbstract This is a presentation of an epistemological framework for teaching technologysuch that it will bring about improved technological literacy in ALL K-12 students.Design, Living, Productivity, and Foundational Technical Concepts anchor ourconceptual framework for teaching technology educators. This conceptual framework forteaching technology literacy is functional, standards based, and can accommodatemultiple pedagogies. It meets the standards of ITEA/CTTE, the New York State Dept ofEd., NCATE, and others. It also aligns with drafts of the NAEP Technological LiteracyAssessment. We have
Program: Increasing the STEM PipelineAbstractIn June 2009, the College of Engineering’s Office for Diversity Programs at Louisiana StateUniversity (LSU) and the LSU Center for Scientific, Technological, Engineering andMathematical Literacy hosted the first annual High School Teacher Engineering AwarenessProgram (HSTEAP). Funded by Marathon Oil Corporation, HSTEAP was developed by facultyand staff of LSU and hired facilitators. The Office for Diversity Programs at LSU institutedHSTEAP to help Louisiana science and mathematics teachers build an engineering infrastructureof knowledge and understanding, thereby promoting and strengthening the positive image ofengineering and increasing interest in the high school classroom.The program consisted of a
AC 2010-674: A STUDY OF INQUIRY-BASED INFORMAL SCIENCEEDUCATION IN AN URBAN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS CLASSAdam Wathen, Georgia Institute of Technology Adam received a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, both in electrical engineering. After working in industry for two and a half years as a systems engineer in the defense industry, Adam returned to Georgia Tech to pursue a Ph.D in electrical engineering. He is currently a Ph.D candidate under the direction of Dr. William Hunt with research interests in the fields of solid state acoustics, piezoelectric materials and devices (e.g. sensors and filters), and their applications to multiplexed biological and chemical
Engineering Initiative and has led the TeachEngineering digital library project from its inception. In 2004, she founded the ASEE K-12 Division and in 2008 received NAE’s Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. Page 15.189.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Are French Fries and Grades Bad for You? Conflicting Evidence on How K-12 Teachers Search in a K-12 Engineering Digital LibraryAbstractThe TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineeringcontent for K-12 teachers to use in
continue bioinformatics laboratory development as a part of the educational component. Page 15.1023.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Reflections and Measures of STEM Teaching and Learning on K-12 Creative And Performing Arts StudentsAbstract Despite the fact that many students with interests in the creative and performing arts havethe potential to be successful in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), theyoften rule out pursuing careers in STEM. We argue that one reason for this is the broader societaldichotomy between creative and technical fields: students
AC 2010-1474: BENEFIT OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN ADVANCEDVEHICLE TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIONSG. Marshall Molen, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State University Page 15.226.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Benefit of Student Participation in Advanced Vehicle Technology CompetitionsAbstractFor the past 21 years the U.S. Department of Energy has sponsored more than 45 AdvancedVehicle Technology Competitions (AVTCs) with management provided by Argonne NationalLaboratory. Through partnerships between government, industry, and academia, engineeringstudents have had the
AC 2010-1232: DEVELOPMENT OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR ATECHNOLOGY PROGRAMFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Renewable Energy Course for a Technology ProgramAbstractEnergy systems play a critical role in everyday life and are an important part of engineering. Theacademic, business, and industry fields have been seriously pursuing renewable energy systemsadvantageous to their needs. Students graduating from engineering and technology programs areinvolved in buying, managing, and trading alternative energies during their careers as part
University. He is currently the Director of the Master of Science in Computer Information Technology program. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Wayne State University in 2004. His major areas of expertise are data privacy and anonymity, privacy in statistical databases, and data management. His teaching interests include: database management and administration, operating systems, web server administration, and information technology fundamentals. Page 15.395.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development and Implementation of a Masters Program in
AC 2010-910: ARIZONA-TEXAS CONSORTIUM FOR ALTERNATIVE ANDRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESLakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University Lakshmi Munukutla received her Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from Andhra University, India. She has been active in research and published several journal articles. She is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus. Page 15.192.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Arizona -Texas Consortium for Alternative and Renewable Energy
AC 2010-1138: VENUES TO INTRODUCE AND TEACH IMPACT OFENGINEERING IN HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENTKelli Huser, Iowa State UniversityMani Mina, Iowa State UniversityThomas Kelly, Iowa State UniversitySeth Ballou, Iowa State UniversityJoseph Crispin, Iowa State University Page 15.1350.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A technological literacy approach to introduce and teach the impact of engineering throughout the human historyAbstractThis paper provides a possible approach to introduce and teach impact of engineering to non-engineering students with a focus on the technology and engineering aspects. One effective wayto enhance
AC 2010-555: AN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT: A SOLARPOWERED VACCINE REFRIGERATORCraig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA
AC 2010-383: A TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED SIMULATION OFDISTRIBUTED-TEAM IT SOLUTION DEVELOPMENTJulio Garcia, San Jose State UniversityWilliam Cruz, National Hispanic University Page 15.106.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Technology-Assisted Simulation of Distributed-Team IT Solution DevelopmentAbstractUsing HP mobile technology, students transformed their vision of teamwork then designed andimplemented IT solutions addressing challenges posed through lecture and lab. In addition,faculty members not immediately involved in the grant learned how to use technology by seeingits use in the project classroom.The goals of this study were how
AC 2010-778: TWO LEGACY CYCLE MODULES IN MATH AND CHEMISTRYFOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGYMohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological UniversityCynthia Rice-York, Tennessee Tech UniversityDalton York, Tennessee Tech UniversityCynthia Stowers, Clark Range High SchoolRobert Sircy, Tennessee Tech University Page 15.1282.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Two Legacy Cycle modules in Math and Chemistry for High School Students based on Fuel Cell TechnologyAbstractThe current paper is focused on relaying the experience of two high school teachers thatparticipated in a research experience for teachers (RETainUS
Learning (INSPIRE). She received a Ph.D. and a M.A in Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University. Her creative research focuses on collaborative learning, design & decision-making, and the role of engineering self-efficacy on student achievement.Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University Page 15.449.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessing Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Engineering and Familiarity with Design, Engineering and Technology: Implications on Teacher Professional DevelopmentAbstractSixty-nine elementary
AC 2010-1192: SUMMER TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM: ANOUTREACH PROGRAM BENEFITING WOMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTSFROM MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOLShannon Ciston, University of New HavenEllen Worsdall, Northwestern UniversityJessica Swenson, Northwestern University Page 15.1147.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Summer Technology and Engineering Program: An outreach program benefitting womenengineering students from middle school through graduate schoolAbstract:The Summer Technology and Engineering Program (STEP) is hosted by the Society of WomenEngineers student chapter at Northwestern University, and invites girls in 7th and 8th grade toexplore
AC 2010-207: WHAT CAN TEACHERS LEARN FROM ENGINEERINGEXPERTS? USING A THREE-PHASE MODEL TO IMPROVE K-12 TEACHER'SKNOWLEDGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYElsa Head, Tufts University Elsa Head is a Master's student in the Math, Science, Technology, and Engineering Education program at Tufts University. She holds a B.S. in Engineering Science and Environmental Studies from Tufts University. Elsa participated in the Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP) as an undergraduate at Tufts and currently works at Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach as a co-manager for STOMP.Adam Carberry, Tufts University Adam R. Carberry is a Doctoral Candidate in Engineering
AC 2010-1652: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MECHANICAL APTITUDE, PRIOREXPERIENCES, AND ATTITUDE TOWARD ENGINEERINGMichele Miller, Michigan Technological University Dr. Michele Miller is an Associate Professor in mechanical engineering. She teaches classes on manufacturing and controls and does disciplinary research on microelectromechanical systems and precision machining. Her educational research interests include problem solving in the lab and informal engineering education.Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University Anna Pereira is a graduate student in mechanical engineering. Her research interests include human factors, ergonomics, and engineering education.Margot Hutchins, Michigan
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