Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; John Irwin, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Electronics Engineers (IEEE), when itbecomes available.Senior Project EvaluationThe Senior Project Evaluation comprises the student performance on the senior capstone project asmeasured by an examiner. The examiner attends the project presentations at the end of thesemester and assesses each student based on relevant criteria using a level ranking assigned toquantify the senior project examiner’s opinion. Each project was assessed by at least twoexaminers drawn from the Industrial Advisory Board and faculty members. A rubric is developedto help in assessing students’ performance on senior project.Senior Exit SurveyThe EET program has developed a written questionnaire for graduating students called the SeniorExit Survey which all graduating seniors

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Richard Fischer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Paul Drews, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Maegan Grady, Saint Mary's College, University of Notre Dame; Robert Rucker, Vanderbilt University; Jessica Tham, Louisiana Tech University; Thomas Bierbower, Randolph High School

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

directly aligned with the work done withing NASA;consequently, this had potential for recruiting new students to the engineering programs. More importantly, involvement of students with the real world engineering programs, helped in retention of students. Some of the students involved in this project participated in hands-on experience through their capstone design projects enabling them to apply their knowledge of engineering and mathematics. The vehicle was displayed at important university events such as Highschool Day and Engineering day and through this vehicle missions of NASA and AAMU were exposed to the potential engineering students.d. Familiarity with NASA goals and missions- the research project provided an avenue for

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, United States Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, United States Military Academy; Kirk Ingold, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

munitions, detect and disable ordnance in hazardous environments, maneuver inrelatively small areas, be used as a decoy or be sent to draw out opponent fires without riskingthe life of the operator. There have also been various universities that have integrated roboticsinto their curriculum or developed new courses that use robotic platforms as the center piece.Weingarten, et. al. used robotics as a vehicle to engineering education and to propel the studentsinto research and life-long learning5. Chung and Anneberg6 summarized how to use contests tostimulate learning in computer science and engineering education. Mehrl et. al.7 used anautonomous robotics capstone design project to enable students to used their preferred learningstyle to learn how to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

with activities to helpthem semantically encode the primary principles of innovation, and b) to help them prepare forthe final two innovation activities: a formative ideation project, and a summative capstoneexperience.Both the formative ideation project, and the innovation capstone experience required the studentsto demonstrate how they came to their solutions as a result of using/engaging the principles andprocesses of innovation. The participants were assigned and completed the ideation projectduring the first day of instruction. It provided the participants with the opportunity toimmediately put into action the principles and processes they had experienced in the innovationmini-activities. The ideation project required the participants to

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

did the workload compare to other (graduate or undergraduate?) 3-hour course at (your institution)? Responses: • The workload was manageable. I think with some additional readings, it would've matched a typical elective class. Definitely less than a typical AE core class however. • Pretty typical • The work is comparable to the 3 credit hour capstone courses that seniors in Aerospace Engineering major have to take. The course layout and workload required is almost identical to the senior space design course I took in Fall 2008. • The workload was very light at the start but increased quite exponentially during project completion time. However, the workload was never overwhelming and on the whole

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

theirBachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering but with added strength in biomedicalengineering--the student’s transcripts will indicate the student’s completion of the biomedicalsystems engineering concentration.Historically, many of our Electromechanical Engineering students have shown an interest inbiomedical engineering by choosing their junior and capstone design projects in biomedicalengineering. Some of these projects were outstanding and won top regional awards from ASEE,ASME, and IEEE. There was a clear interest by the electromechanical engineering students inexpanding their knowledge into biomedical applications. In addition, a number of facultymembers have an interest in biomedical engineering, and had conducted research in

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josh DeRosa

. During the project: a lot was learned about composite technology, many opportunities forinnovation were noticed, and questions were left unanswered. An independent study was thelogical next step for this author. This paper is being written as a capstone to the independentstudy. But the work will continue.Epoxy Additive: Epoxidized Soybean Oil The additive discussed in this paper is epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). This additive iscurrently used as a plasticizer for plastic resins like PVC. ESO has yet to be utilized in manyviable applications such as musical instrument construction. When added to epoxy it affectsvarious mechanical properties, which include the following: increased vibration-damping,increased impact strength, decreased

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Jill Cheney, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

subject matter. However, a commonly encountered problem with design groupformation in an academic environment is the decision by the instructor on how to form theteams. Should students be allowed to choose their own groups, or should instructors assign theteams directly? If groups are assigned, how should the students be divided among the teams?This project seeks to provide insight into these questions.ME450, a course which provides a capstone design experience to senior non-engineering majorsat the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, is structured around three team-based engineeringdesign projects, or EDPs. Student design teams for these EDPs consist of three to fourindividuals who work toward the common goal of applying the engineering design

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

and feel connected to the profession through theexperiences of these practitioners. The author has had the privilege of working with and utilizingadjunct clinical professors from industry in the areas of mechanical and electrical systems ofbuildings, materials testing, structural design, construction management and project scheduling.This paper cites select case histories, describes areas in which senior level courses in design andconstruction can be delivered more effectively by adjunct clinical professors. Practitioners, asadjunct clinical professors, bring technical relevance and currency to engineering curriculums,and students benefit from their experiences. In addition, participation of adjunct clinicalprofessors opens up opportunities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg

leadership positionand present their scientific results in a clear and comprehensive manner, both orally and inwriting, using modern information technology. This requires: ≠ Good writing skills appropriate to the purpose, e.g., progress reports, published documents, and capstone design thesis. ≠ Good presentation (verbal) skills to defend research outcomes, to promote the public understanding of one's research field, and to support the learning of others when involved in teaching, mentoring, or demonstrating activities. ≠ Good project management skills in order to plan, implement, and evaluate each project. These skills allow the graduates to learn about project organization, planning, scheduling, budgeting, accounting

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

courses. Heys used a wiki to aid students in completing a group design project[15].Hadley used a wiki in a similar way for the capstone design course[16].ImplementationA wiki was established, tied to campus computer authentication servers, using MicrosoftSharePoint Server 2007 running on Windows Server 2008 on a dual-core Intel PC. The structureof the wiki was simple, consisting of an instructional page (edited from the default provided bythe SharePoint program), and a single page corresponding to each chapter in “ElementaryPrinciples of Chemical Processes”[17] beginning with Chapter 2. Links were created on eachpage to simplify navigation between chapter pages.Students were first assigned a contribution to the wiki with the first homework

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan Lima, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

International

) Student overall performance (collective course GPA) Student performance on standard tests (Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, Brazilian National Final Exam) Student performance on language tests (TOEFL) Student numbers (program participants) Pretest/post test (student preparedness and performance) Student performance in the Capstone class Associated project (documented educational and research-related collaborations) Indirect Measures Student surveys (related to instruction) Student surveys (related to exchange program performance

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

communication tool. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recognizes that the ability to communicate effectively is arequired outcome for civil engineering education, noting that in addition to written and oralcommunication skills, graphical communication is also important when interacting withtechnical and non-technical individuals.1Importance and Use of Hand-Drawn SketchesKivett2 notes free-hand sketching can quickly convey technical information to diverse audiences.At public meetings for proposed projects, clients often prefer free-hand architectural sketchesrather than CAD drawings since hand-drawn sketches imply the design is not set in stone,whereas the public may perceive the project as unalterable when CAD drawings are used.2According

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dugan Um, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Jesus Jimenez, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering major, Texas A&M University.Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University Dr. Asiabanpour is an assistant professor of manufacturing engineering at Texas State University since 2003. He has published several journal and conference papers in Rapid Prototyping and CAD/CAM. He designed and has taught four new senior-level courses in manufacturing engineering program including capstone senior design. He has been very successful in involving undergraduate students in his research in rapid prototyping and in his publications. He has also enlisted the support of local industries in his teaching and research activities.Jesus Jimenez, Texas State University JESUS A. JIMENEZ received the B.S. and

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Alkhairy, Alfaisal University; Leland Blank, Texas A&M University; Duane Boning, MIT; David Cardwell, University of Cambridge; W Craig Carter, MIT; Nick Collings, University of Cambridge; Allan Hayhurst, University of Cambridge; William Milne; Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge; Warren Seering, MIT; Kenneth Smith, MIT; Sallie Sheppard, Texas A&M University; Bill Stronge, University of Cambridge

Tagged Divisions

International

). The plan includes sevencore undergraduate courses in a discipline during the second and third year, and the fourthyear requires six advanced-level courses plus a capstone design project course.The core courses, which cover the major knowledge bases in a specific discipline, representthe second level of courses within a field of study, and teach applied science and engineeringanalysis. The advanced courses include considerable depth of topics in the discipline withoutsacrificing breadth. Page 14.346.10 Table 4. Generic BS Degree Plan Subject Subject

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moderick Greenfield, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Capstone Project 3Total 18-21* OPTION: Students must select PHY 420 or ELEC 450.REQUIRED ENGINEERING MECHANICS COURSESPHY 229 Strength and Elasticity of Materials 4PHY 230 Engineering Dynamics 4PHY 485 Fluid Dynamics 3Total 11The above courses were selected from Engineering Physics because they provide thebasic foundation in Engineering. The student completing these courses will have a strongbackground in Engineering Mechanics. For instance, PHY 229, 230, 360, and 485 are allbasic components administered on the FE Exam. Today, all engineers are required tounderstand Ethnics

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Jared Goodall, South Lake Automation

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

electrical and computerengineering. The rapid changes that are taking place in the engineering field, some of thetechniques the students learned or exposed to might have changed since the time theyentered the program to the time of graduation.Thus a capstone course was necessary to bring the senior students up to date in thevarious fields of electrical and computer engineering and to provide guidance tosuccessfully complete their senior design project. The students take courses based on theplan of study from the freshman year to the senior year when they are required tocomplete a project for graduation. Also the students may not be familiar with sub field ofelectrical engineering like power electronics if they have taken the electives

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Olsen, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

in a number of exercises designed to help themvet the ideas they have developed and to form teams around the ideas deemed most likely toresult in successful companies. Academic Year ProgramDuring the following academic year, students participate in a year long course taught jointly byfaculty from the Colleges of Business and Engineering. Students work on interdisciplinary teamsto prepare both prototypes and business plans for their own entrepreneurial ideas. At the end ofthe year each team participates in the Business Plan Competition sponsored by the College ofBusiness and judged by external referees. The first course, “Capstone Projects in Innovation andEntrepreneurship” (Entr 496) is a three credit, one

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

design modules Multi-disciplinary design projectJunior Product development Process developmentSenior Capstone design/research Capstone design/researchFreshman and Sophomore Clinics serve as an introduction to the rigors and opportunities of anengineering major. They typically incorporate topical engineering scenarios and use simpleengineering projects to strengthen students’ understanding of mathematics and scienceprinciples. Junior and Senior Clinics consist of projects, often sponsored by industry orgovernment, which represent the culmination of the Rowan Clinic experience. Students applyengineering principles learned in the classroom to solve industrially and socially relevantproblems

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

design modules Multi-disciplinary design projectJunior Product development Process developmentSenior Capstone design/research Capstone design/researchFreshman and Sophomore Clinics serve as an introduction to the rigors and opportunities of anengineering major. They typically incorporate topical engineering scenarios and use simpleengineering projects to strengthen students’ understanding of mathematics and scienceprinciples. Junior and Senior Clinics consist of projects, often sponsored by industry orgovernment, which represent the culmination of the Rowan Clinic experience. Students applyengineering principles learned in the classroom to solve industrially and socially relevantproblems

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

synthetic fuels. The course isdesigned to inform and prepare students who could enter energy fields as engineers. ColoradoSchool of Mines is responsible for preparing the curriculum at the lecture level and for trainingthe college staff through a summer workshop to offer the courses. We are also available duringthe academic year as content consultants as well as visitors to present special topics to thecollege students. The process of curriculum development has resulted in challenges as well assuccesses. This paper will describe the overall IEED project and, specifically, the Overview ofEnergy Resources course, discuss the assessment of both the teachers and the studentsparticipating in the course, and will detail the challenges and successes of

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amin Karim, DeVry University; Jennifer McClain, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Japan.However, although knowledge of standards should be integral to engineering and technologyeducation, standards education is still generally acquired after students graduate from college –in their professional lives and as needed. Private corporations, government agencies and otherprofessional organizations have provided this training for the last century, because mostengineering and technology programs in the United States do not have standards education intheir curriculums. In the college curriculums, consideration of standards has been generallylimited to applications in the design of senior projects. Page 14.1070.2The Engineering Accreditation

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of core engineering design courses in Freshman & Sophomore years. Prior to his current position, Blicharz worked for 25 years in project management and systems engineering in the aerospace & telecommunications industries. He has a B.E in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology Peter G. Dominick is Assistant Professor of Management in the W.J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of leadership development education for the School’s Executive MBA

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suryaprasad Jayadevappa, PES School of Engineering; Ravi Shankar, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students with implementation capability. Courses can be offered from level L3 under the 4 different categories with an option to include courses left out from the previous level L2. Additionally, the first part of the capstone project can be started. We have considered a 2 year capstone project work. The objective of the courses at Level3 is to emphasize on “implementation” of various components in a computer system. Though computer languages will be necessary, we hope that in the near future there will necessary tools that will provide the code once the appropriate design is provided at high level. For example, in a course (L2 level) on OOAD, if we capture the design (functionality

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University; Mark McQuilling, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technical competence, customerawareness, business acumen, and social values. In addition, engineering students exposed toentrepreneurship early in their education have shown higher retention rates3-6, higher GPAs6, andimproved soft professional skills, which are components of engineering entrepreneurship, evenwhile their understanding of engineering as a technical field does not change3,7. A recent study8revealed how engineering juniors and seniors believe they should receive education aboutbusiness and entrepreneurship throughout their college careers, even though their major is in atechnical field. Traditionally, the capstone senior design projects in undergraduate engineeringprograms come close to exposing the students to the business aspects

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

concepts of delegation and direction, and the difference between leadership andmanagement.Students are also given the opportunity to use a 360 self-evaluation instrument developed byMerrell to help them identify their strengths and weaknesses as leaders and as seen by others.They are then expected to formulate one area in which they can improve, work on that areaduring the semester, and write their observations in a paper submitted at the end of the course.To serve as a ‘capstone’ type of project for the leadership section of the course, the students areasked to develop a personal leadership theory and defend it in a short paper.Question 1: Do the students see themselves as leaders?Although, no formal assessment was made of the students during the

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ready to apply to capstone design projects. The background knowledgeneeded to learn microcontrollers does not require typical engineering prerequisites such ascalculus or dynamics. Assuming that microcontroller programming (programming in C) will betaught as part of the microcontroller curriculum, only basic computer skills are needed from thestudents. Most incoming students have the knowledge to get started in microcontrollers.Another advantage is that the students will learn these skills without adding classes to the Page 14.1258.2curriculum. At the California Maritime Academy, as in most engineering programs, the studentcourse load is at a

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

the alumni gave the various areas. Due tochanges in the survey over time, the values represent an average of either 24 alumni responses tothe 2007 and 2008 surveys or the 15 responses to the 2008 survey. The alumni rate theimportance of almost all of the program objective areas as high (4) to extremely high (5).Expanding the list of objectives further may expand the number of highly rated items. But theseoutcomes may be lost within an also extensive list of knowledge domain requirements. Theseare discussed in more detail below.The key areas that we don’t ask our alumni about are BOK Outcomes 16, 17, and 18. Projectmanagement ideas are included in the capstone design course. Each team has a project manager,and the course simulates a consulting

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Fluids and Power Systems. As a capstone experience senior year METstudents from each of the focus areas are required to complete a team-based senior designproject. Students progress through a two semester sequence starting with Product Designand Development presenting integrated methodologies that examine marketing,manufacturing, and cross-functional teams including concurrent engineering and projectsutilizing CAD systems, and ending with a Senior Project course including evaluation anddesign optimization methods for efficient and cost-effective designs requiring anoral/written report. In the capstone sequence the student teams generate the design,optimize the design and document the design. Then, during the last semester the teamsplan for

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

technicalprograms. Intern, co-op and capstone experiences and preparation for professional certificationare popular benchmarks for relevance in these programs.2, 3 At Kettering University, all studentsparticipate in a mandatory co-op program from their first year, alternating every quarter betweenacademic terms and co-op work at an industrial or research-oriented sponsor. These culminate ina sponsor-driven thesis project, required for graduation.This fully co-operative model of education demands connection to practical applications inacademic courses. Students expect course topics explicitly tied to industrial needs orprofessional skills. Additionally, students bring a rich variety of experiences from their workterms, and will readily share what they’ve