Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

. Due to the complexity of the project, students work in teams of two. Grading consists oftwo major progress reports that are graded by the coordinator, a formal presentation of theirwork before their peers, lab journals graded periodically by the assistants and progresstowards completion, which is also graded by the assistants. Page 9.1071.2Robot Specification Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition CopyrightÀ 2004, American Society for engineering Education At it inception, the robot was a mechanical platform kit with custom analog control basedon

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

, organizations and society, including ethical, legal and policy issues; (g) Demonstrate an understanding of best practices and standards and their application; (h) Demonstrate independent critical thinking and problem solving skills; (i) Collaborate in teams to accomplish a common goal by integrating personal initiative and group cooperation; (j) Communicate effectively and efficiently with clients, users and peers both verbally and in writing, using appropriate terminology; (k) Recognize the need for continued learning throughout their career. This Committee has also defined the main topic and sub topics of the core curriculum. The main topics are as follows: Security, Social & Professional Issues, Information

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Socha; Valentin Razmov

from what they have done while in the game. A term-long project providesadditional experiential material, while weekly reflective writings help the students exercise theirreflective skills and discover what they have learned.Last spring, as we, instructors, were discussing the many (19 at the time) reflective techniquesthat we had used in our course6, we realized that each technique was working on one of threedifferent levels - individual, team, or project. We also realized that our course had moreindividual techniques than team techniques, and more team techniques than project techniques.This can be illustrated by the following pyramid structure: project

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Niebuhr; Heather Smith

. This informal conclusion comes following teaching the course a dozen or sotimes over the past 4 years, where the modified lab came into being 2 years ago. Thesesentiments were shared by my colleagues who had also taught the lab the old and new way.The quiz results are broken down into 4 dot plots shown in Figures 1 through 4. Figure 1illustrates the results of the statistics multiple choice questions, Figure 2 the results of thecorrosion multiple choice questions and Figure 3 is the design question results. Figure 4combines the total scores received on the quiz. In all four figures it is clear that the studentstaught using the new integrated lab scored higher than their peers performing the old lab. Table1 summarizes the numerical results of

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

that might not actually occur in the classroom. Younger students could talkto seniors, and the peer type encounters could lead to a wealth of information being imparted.The thought was also to allow more of a comfortable atmosphere than a structured semester labthat required students to simply mimic upper level activities. Students were informed that theyshould make every effort to use the opportunity to create friendships that would allow them togain both worthwhile and truthful information about their major.During the first class of the semester, the freshmen were provided with the 19 projects thatwould be investigated by the seniors. With scheduling concerns being most important, theychoose the groups in which they would interact. The

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

writing techniques for lab reports. The third class sessionis when the instructor divides the class into small groups in order to analyze each groupmember’s lab reports. Students are encouraged to rewrite their lab reports to meet theexpectation set by the department. It is during these last two class sessions, the professor willschedule one-on-one meetings with the students to discuss their progress in the class.MathInitially, the math course was designed to assist students who were not calculus ready to pass theMathematics Department’s Mathematics Readiness Test (MRT). The MRT exam was designedby the math department. So, the exam can be difficult to take if the students have not used orseen some of the formulas in while.Some of the information

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

Session Number Strategic Alliance Between Higher Education, Secondary Schools, and Community Business and Industry to Improve Secondary Mathematics, Science, Technology, and English Education: A National Science Foundation Project Jule Dee Scarborough, Ph.D. and Conard White, Ph.D. Presented by Promod Vohra, Dean College of Engineering and Engineering Education Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University (NIU), Rock Valley College (RVC), and the Rockford [Illinois]Public Schools (RPS), as well as (a) Peer Master Teacher Leader(s) from Grayslake

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Nguyen; Charles McIntyre

EducationCourse Grading and AssessmentDuring the 2001 and 2002 fall semesters, student evaluation and grading was done by solely theinstructor. Peer evaluation of group work was conducted using a paper-based form whichevaluated the contribution of other team members. Assessment included the standard NDSUStudent Rating of Instruction (SROI) form, as well as, an additional paper-based form, createdby the instructor which requested student feedback concerning the course delivery, perceivedstudent learning, and evaluation methods [3].During the 2003 Fall Semester, a different philosophy for student submissions was implemented.All student submissions (interim and final reports) would be conducted electronically throughthe use of student developed web pages

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Davis Charles; Tony Lin

. Reinforce learning through peer interactions and discussions2. Provide relational learning experience across disciplinary topics3. Create a real world experience of cross-disciplinary working teams for studentsIntegration Process and the RoadmapThe integration process is diagrammed in Figure 1 and outlined below.1. Begin with faculty and students who understand the need for cross-disciplinary education to interaction and collaboration, which is industry driven.2. Integrate cross-disciplinary courses such as AQA and Polymer Processing.3. Define common class project as injection-molding using DOE.4. Design/develop a product and process for production, i.e., design/develop injection-molding to manufacture tensile specimens.5. Build the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

with resources from drama, literature, history, and the social sciences. Ourprogram is tied to topical classes that engineering students take elsewhere in the curriculum, andto parallel components in history of technology. The team includes instructors from Engineering,Philosophy, History and Politics, and Literature, all bringing their particular areas of expertise tobear on the entire range of issues discussed. The program requires that the student participate inessay writing, oral presentations, dramatic re-enactments of famous (or notorious) ethical casestudies, and in-class debates. We aim to provide experience which is multidimensional, andwhich presents ethics not as another isolated discipline that requires mastery, but as

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Balascio

student is experiencing difficulty. Misconceptions and gaps in knowledge can be readily addressed.This paper includes strategies for writing problems that are suited for development of design andanalysis skills in engineering-related topics and provides examples. Techniques for codingsolutions to complicated problems with a minimum of “bugs” are also discussed. Studentcomments and preferences regarding use of the LON-CAPA system in conjunction withProblem-Based Learning are examined. Page 9.1360.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Jennifer Beller; Donald Elger

student rank ordered the individual events from “most helpful in learning,” to“least helpful in learning.” The third instrument was end of term qualitative data where thestudents described in writing what made the “most helpful” events helpful and the “least helpful”events least helpful.We rated the events from excellent to poor based on the collected data. The spread of the eventratings allowed us to discover two important design features. (1) Design each event so that thestudents begin with the concepts and are guided through the application. This connection of theconcept, application, and interrelationship between them greatly enhances learning. The learningenvironment is weakened when concept and application are taught separately. (2) Design

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alam

has 13 core credits.The senior year includes a substantial design project, typically involving team participation, aswell as senior courses providing an in-depth treatment of digital logic and systems theory.In order to validate the number of core computer science credits required for the CpE program,the present authors carried out an e-mail survey of peer institutions, the results of which areillustrated in Fig. 2. Page 9.832.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" Figure 1. Modes for Maintaining Technical Currency 250 205 200 182 165 150 133 110 89 100 75 50 0 Participation in Presenting / Attending Reading Keeping up- Know ledge / Working as Prof. Org. Writing Conf

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

goals and objectives, researchtasks, and time schedule for their project. The second through seventh weeks were primarilydevoted to: developing materials, components, structural assemblages, and test equipment;testing; test data synthesis; and interim report presentations. Every alternate Friday afternoonwas devoted to student presentations. Each team submitted a written report and gave an oralPower Point presentation in which each participant participated in some capacity. This approachpromoted teamwork, and provided an opportunity to each student to lead the discussion andrespond to queries. When the goals of a project were nearing completion, the students wereassisted in writing the work as a Technical Report and prepare a Display Poster. On

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasar Demirel

compare and do they predict academic performance? Educat. Psychol., 20, 365 (2000).19. R. M. Felder, How to Survive Engineering School, Chem. Eng. Ed., 36, 30 (2002).20. Recommendations for Action in Support of Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Project Kaleidoscope Report on Reports (2002). (http:/www.pkal.org/template2.cfm?c_id=387)21. J. C. Bean, Engaging Idea. The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco (2001).22. N.J. Buch, T.F. Wolf, Classroom Teaching Through Inquiry, J. Profess. Issues Eng. Ed. Practice, 126, 105 (2000).23. R.M. Felder, R. Brent, Effective Strategies for Cooperative

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

fundamental set of criteriaand deliverables, which include a grand challenge statement, a culminating activity/deliverable, aminimum of 3 assignments that apply the concepts of problem solving learned in module 1, oralpresentations, design and technical writing amongst others.Assessment and evaluation will be facilitated by surveys conducted of students and instructorsacross all sections to obtain feedback on the progress and efficacy of the course. Student-basedassessment shows that this course was beneficial toward student confidence in choice of majorand working knowledge of current events within that discipline. Instructor-based assessmentsshows that several improvements have to be made to better achieve the learning objectives of thecourse

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

third map focused on the same question atthe end of the spring semester, a time coinciding with their presentation of their designproject and the composition of a final paper. At this time, we asked students to reflect onand summarize, in writing, how their final map compared to their initial map.Data analyses and results for studentsAnalyses are identical to those described for expert mappings. Two raters counted thenumber of concepts and lines, and calculated a density ratio (i.e., number of lines pernode). Raters were blind to the identity of the map author and the time point at which themap was constructed. Inter-rater reliability on these metrics was acceptable (r = .83,range = 0-1). Table 2 summarizes descriptive statistics for these

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

exchangers, and refrigeration system. Each team reviewed their previousexperimental results, studied the experimental set-up, and found possible causes of the problems.Then, they proposed a new experiment, modified the system, conducted a new experiment,analyzed the data for much better results, and presented their findings to their peers orally andalso in written reports to the instructor. A brief description of each project and summary of thefindings are presented.1. Heat ConductionThis experiment uses Scott Thermal Conduction Systems, Model 9051, to determine the thermalconductivity of copper, steel, aluminum, and magnesium using the Fourier’s law. qx = -k A (dT/dx) where the rate of heat transfer, qx, is evaluated by (dm/dt) cp (To –Ti

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

. • Each student is required to participate in the research symposium once a week prior to the end of the program. • Students not living in close proximity to the University must live on campus. On campus housing will not be provided for students living close to the University, unless there are extenuating circumstances 5 . The program is divided into two phases is shown in Table 3. The first phase, which lasts 1-2 weeks, includes a series of lectures on research methodology, technical writing (e.g. proposals, reports and papers), keeping research records in journals and effective communications. Each student presents a proposal of his/her research project

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne DeGroat; Jeffery Radigan; Jeff McCune; Andrew O'Brien; James Beams; Matt Gates; Craig Morin; John Demel; Richard Freuler

mathematics of theprevious academic quarters. Working in teams of three or four, the students are required todemonstrate and present the results of their efforts by submitting progress reports, participatingin performance reviews, writing a formal project report, and making an oral presentation abouttheir project. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.589.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe controller currently used for this robot design project is the Handy Board controllerdeveloped at the MIT Media Lab by Fred G. Martin

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

detail.Cultural-Historical TheoryMost key ideas within cultural-historical learning theory have been attributed to Lev Vygotsky.His writings are evidence that he was deeply concerned about the relationship between the socialexperiences of children and how they learn 2. Cultural-historical theory is concerned about howone’s individual developmental history interacts with political and social relations. Theseinteractions with social environments influence both how we think as well as the development ofour language. As one develops more complex cognitive structures, one is able to express thoughtsas cognitive wholes. As one moves toward mastery, higher order structures are created andreplace previous structures. These higher order structures allow

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malika Moutawakkil; Lisa Hunter; J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

nation’s STEM workforce.10 In the fall of 1992, two-year colleges accounted for 41% of allundergraduate STEM courses offered for credit, and 34% of all undergraduate STEM courseenrollments.4 Students in STEM at two-year colleges are more likely than their non-STEM peersto be enrolled full-time and have higher academic aspirations than their peers.1One of the more important roles of two-year colleges in STEM education is as a bridge betweenhigh school and four-year colleges for students who need additional academic skills or who findtwo-year colleges an inexpensive means of completing the first two years of their collegeeducation. 3, 5, 10 There are no national statistics that specifically address the transfer rates of two-year college students to

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

responses in categories that would help identify the differentlevels of student responses. After students’ responses are sorted, the teacher writes very specificreasons why each of the responses was put in the respective category. Then, for each category,the teacher writes a specific student-centered description of the expected response at that level.These descriptions constitute the scoring rubric to grade new responses.The two methods (analytic and holistic) are not interchangeable, and the clear advantage of theanalytic rubric, compared to the holistic rubric, is that it provides a more objective way ofassessing students’ strengths and weaknesses. Also, the analytic rubric can give teachers aclearer picture of the areas where students have more

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDiscussion: This problem was rather difficult for this level. However, many students did do wellon the problem by asking me appropriate questions. I was always very supportive on theseproblems, which were very challenging for many of the students, strongly encouraging studentsto ask questions and to get help from me or peer tutors. We used Blackboard heavily for thiscourse and these problems were frequent topics on the discussion board. Depending upon thequestion, I would reply to questions privately or post the question and answer on Blackboard.Chapter 8 discusses electrostatic forces:Do the experiment “Moving Water Without Touching It” found at

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt O'Connor; Kathleen Simione; Dale Jasinski; Chad Nehrt

lot of effort into the plans. While the teams made incredible strides from last fall, to me, the ending results do not really read like business plans. The problems range from writing skills to content and organization. Since I would ultimately like to have outside experts review the plans and provide feedback, I am reflecting on ways we can improve the Page 9.191.8 finalized business plans." “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education To make the plans more

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

minimum standards. Inthe United States, accreditation is a non-governmental, peer review process that ensureseducational quality. Educational programs volunteer to periodically undergo this reviewto determine if minimum criteria are being met. Accreditation verifies that a programmeets the criteria, ensuring a quality educational experience. In this regards, the Schoolof Engineering of the University of Bridgeport should define its mission and objectives tomeet the needs of constituencies. Below are some of the goals of the School ofEngineering, which guided the preparation for the accreditation process in Fall 2003. • The prepared educational objectives should be comprehensive, measurable and flexible, and clearly tied to the mission

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

; Vince, R. (1998). “Sustainable learning and change in international virtual teams: Fromimperceptible behavior to rigorous practice”, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 19(2), pp.83-88.14 McGourty, J & deMeuse, K.P. (2000). The Team Developer, John-Wiley & Sons.15 Greenberg, J & Baron, R.A. (2000).Behavior in organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.16 Morehead, G., & Griffen, R.W. (1998). Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations. Page 9.1289.9NY: Houghton Mifflin Company.consider using survey based data, (peer and self-reports) along with student journals asways to measure

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

meets in the lab with each robot project assigned its own work bencharea. Students work on their projects for most of the in-class time, while the instructor movesfrom project site to project site commenting on ongoing work, guiding students’ creative efforts,and answering student questions.The course has evolved into a form that resembles the “studio” approach described in theliterature3 . Some of the reported characteristics of the traditional architectural studio or artiststudio appearing in the senior design course are: • Open-ended projects lasting a semester or more. • Design solutions which undergo multiple and rapid iterations. • Frequent formal and informal critique of work by peers, instructors, and visitors

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

the process used to achieve thatoutcome.Having found little in the literature on this topic, we then contacted numerous mechanicalengineering capstone instructors around the US. We received some 30 evaluation rubrics forsenior capstone projects, and about six client satisfaction surveys. We also looked up the designevaluation criteria for eight national engineering design contests.These data indicate that typically instructors base their senior design project assessment on somecombination of: written final reports, final presentations, interim reports/presentations, quizzes,prototypes, peer evaluation, design journals/notebooks, or evaluator judgment. Interestingly,these data strongly indicate that capstone instructors typically do not