Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi; Nick Safai

assessment tables should alsobe developed to reflect the student’s research work progress. From these tables, applicants areable to analyze their work, adjust and make improvements on a regular basis, and report to theiradvisors. Reports can regularly be collected by a student advisor and submitted to the IHE’sFellowship Project Director. The director evaluates the reports, makes necessary comments andreturns to the student’s advisors.Time-Line Chart A table can be prepared showing student name, admission date, semester attended (e.g.,Fall, Spring, Summer). For instance such a table can be compared with another table (workprogress) showing student name, list of activities, person responsible, start date, completion dateand status. These types

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman

ofengineering. One could also argue that the difference among the differential responses among thestudent groups reflects the fact that the majority of the REU participants come from outside ofNotre Dame and all participants in the Haiti seminar and classroom experience come from withinNotre Dame. This latter explanation is supported, to a degree, by the fact that the REUapplicants (who have not yet experienced the research effort) provide a similar difference betweenexpectation and experience as the REU participants. A second point of variation in these differential responses is in the component onundergraduate research. The participants in the Haiti seminar and REU programs, as well as theapplicants to the REU program, all note a relatively high

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

stated above, mental representations cannot beProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1630observed or explained directly. Educators can best invite learning by having their studentsengage and reflect upon their own knowledge, guiding the early explanations that will form.Learning can also be supported by better organizing information to match the background anddevelopmental stage of the learner.1 Providing organized instruction to make the structure andrelations of the material evident to learners

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

dollars can be attributed to the state of the national economy. Nevertheless, the sub-stantial amount of capital infusion to start-up companies reflects the fact that much early stageresearch and commercialization is occurring through emerging business and not within large cor-porate entities. These trends have created career opportunities for U.S. engineers that are substan-tially different from those of previous years. However, education will be the key that distinguishesthese engineers in the competitive marketplace. Specifically, engineers who have been introducedto business issues will have a significant advantage in building emerging businesses.C. Commercialization at the University of MichiganThe creation and launching of a new technology

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

scientific and technical way in theclassroom. Many educational institutions have come to the realization that advancements intechnology should be reflected in newly structured civil engineering courses, and introducedchanges in their offerings. This paper attempts to offer a global view of steps implemented bylarge and small institutions to modernize their engineering curricula. Changes made by institutionswill be classified as light, moderate, or dramatic. The self-assessed degree of success of thesechanges, and the level of acceptance these newly revamped programs received will be discussed.I. Perception and RealityThe period of the mid to late nineties showed astronomical growth in some sectors of theeconomy. A close look at the areas that

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Eric Luczaj; Chia Han

identify activities that reflect student learning and understanding, to betterunderstand when student learning occurs and to optimize institutional and instructor-basedefforts to promote student learning, we contend institutions and instructors need informationabout student behavior that is both timely and timed. We propose an automated, Internet-based,activity collection system that will capture student classroom activity, sequence this activity intoevent trails, associate these trails to learning units and connect these events to learning outcomeassessment. Too often connections between program objectives, instruction and student learningare made in retrospect as supposition based only upon final outcomes and vague recollection ofthe events. The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan J.S. Lasser; Ronnie Chrestman; Matthew Ohland

courses. Page 8.672.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWhen the Mathematics Department offered the five-credit MthSc Pre-Calculus class for a finaltime during the summer of 1999, this last section reflected some changes in curriculum that wereto be fully realized in the fall of 1999. The grades that MEW participants received in 1999 werelower than in previous years. As Ms. Biggers remembers, “In the last summer they did 105, thematerial was already reflecting the changes, so the course became

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahram Varzavand; John Fecik; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

analyze trends in graduate education, the purposes and goals of traditional vs. non-traditional technical graduate degree programs, and the needs in industrial technology and technicalareas, such as technology and vocational education. A recapitulation of conventional graduate degreeprograms noting their orientation or emphases will be covered. The degree levels normally ascribed tograduate education will also be reviewed and contrasted by discipline. Doctoral program paradigmswill be recognized, including an historical and contemporary portrayal, and an overview of doctoralprogram core components will be discussed. The configuration of the premise behind the Doctor ofIndustrial Technology program shall be reflected upon and compared to other

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

Hot Dog CookerSolar cookers that will cook hot dogs have been on the market for some time. These devices consist of a solarreflector that reflects and concentrates energy from the sun. The concentrated energy is directed at a location where theuser would place a hot dog. The energy cooks the meat, and within minutes the cook becomes a consumer.In this project, it is desired to build a modified version of a solar cooker. The solar hot dog cooker is to have anautomated feature. The user puts raw hot dogs in one end of the device and removes cooked hot dogs from the other.The cooking rate should be one hot dog every 15 seconds--a maximum speed. (Fifteen seconds is the estimated timeneeded to put condiments on a hot dog bun.) Furthermore, the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

Hot Dog CookerSolar cookers that will cook hot dogs have been on the market for some time. These devices consist of a solarreflector that reflects and concentrates energy from the sun. The concentrated energy is directed at a location where theuser would place a hot dog. The energy cooks the meat, and within minutes the cook becomes a consumer.In this project, it is desired to build a modified version of a solar cooker. The solar hot dog cooker is to have anautomated feature. The user puts raw hot dogs in one end of the device and removes cooked hot dogs from the other.The cooking rate should be one hot dog every 15 seconds--a maximum speed. (Fifteen seconds is the estimated timeneeded to put condiments on a hot dog bun.) Furthermore, the

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Bill Elmore

Page 8.779.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”activities, individual participation, reflective writing, alternative assessments, cooperativelearning, demonstrations, and technology-based assignments.Laboratory Portion of courseA significant aspect of this course is the extensive involvement of our students with experimentalwork. Our goal is to introduce pre-service teachers to principles, applications, and technologiesthat can readily be implemented in their future classrooms. Through these experiments, studentsnot only learned or reinforced science, math, and engineering principles; they also

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

enormous learning investment required to acquire the advanced web authoring skills ittakes to create a truly sophisticated and aesthetic website.The INCA approach is based on the observation that both complaints reflect initial start-up costs:if faculty were provided with a sophisticated core website, they could easily add content andmaintain the site. Faculty could also, if they choose, extend or modify the core site as skills andthe needs of their particular courses dictate.Figure 2 shows an actual course website developed on the INCA core site framework. The coresite framework we developed is simple and efficient, complete with “tabbed” topic areas (courseinfo, assignments, help, etc.) and “dummy” content pages for default site components

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

. Page 8.236.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The preceding leads to the following observations: • All 11 ABET outcomes are included in the BOK outcomes where they appear as the first 11 outcomes. • One of the seven new outcomes (Outcome 12) reflects the specialization embodied in ASCE Policy Statement 465. That specialization can be in a technical or professional area. The manner in which this outcome is achieved would vary widely among institutions and among future civil engineers. • A high degree of

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Jerome Lavelle; Sarah Rajala; Mary Clare Robbins

and may need some clarification the next time thecourse is taught. Five questions had more than 10% of the students respond incorrectly. Thesequestions reflected the topics of: • when a student could repeat a course, • the number of departments and majors within the College of Engineering, • requirements for matriculation, and • understanding of their responsibility towards meeting prerequisite course requirements. Table 7: Assessment Findings and Improvement to Program Based on Outcome 6 Outcome 6: By the end of the semester, students will be able to discuss resources and opportunities on campus that assist in student’s goals. Assessment Findings

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Powers

knowledge into a project-based curriculum that meets the needs of the teachers, while also exciting the students.Lecture/workshops include: team work; components of an effective class and teacher; projectplanning and management; problem solving process; inquiry based learning, deductive/inductivelearning; creating unit/lesson plan; defining learning objectives; incorporating mentoring intoprogram; NYS standards and science exam; and, assessment techniques. Journals are used toencourage the fellows to reflect on their learning and own educational experiences. Anevaluation of the program by both Clarkson students and their partner teachers indicated that thistraining was appropriate for the students to enter the classroom as professional scientists

Conference Session

Computers in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Davin Swanson; Christopher Lynch

photo, a new page loads, shown in Figure 2. Now the image of thewaveform on the screen has changed, and the oscilloscope screen reflects the change in resolution(from 500mV/div to 1V/div). Page 8.1301.4Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Oscilloscope WebLab – Vertical Resolution Adjust – Before Figure 2: Oscilloscope WebLab – Vertical Resolution Adjust - AfterFigure 3 shows a page from the WebLab used for a system dynamics lab involving the study offorced and unforced response of a mass

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sivakum Venkatanarayanan; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

ion neutralization Raster scan ‘beating’At present, these fault conditions are based on straightforward variations of inputconditions. However, the goal is to link the menu to real-world experience and reflect thetypical incidence of faults. This contribution will come from our industry advisors. Page 8.634.8Proceedings of the 2003 American society for Engineering Eucation. Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education4. Applications and conclusionsCurrently, the MTF does not possess an ion implanter. If we need implantation fordevice fabrication, it is more cost effective to buy the service

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Debra Fowler; Jefferey Froyd; Don Maxwell

scores on theLASSI scales. Additional research could help to determine if the students are really notprogressing in their capacity for lifelong learning. Then if the students are truly not getting betterat the skills projected to increase the capacity for lifelong learning, one could further determinewhat interventions might be effective in changing this trend.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber 9802942. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.The author(s) would like to thank Eric Sandt for offering his freshman engineering

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Christe

only plausible and attractive alternatives as incorrect response choices. Good response choices are those that can help pinpoint student's knowledge. It is therefore best to include choices that reflect common misconceptions or errors in logic. Furthermore, when choices are obviously incorrect they are, for all practical purposes, not real choices. • Avoid giving clues to the correct option. Clues can take many forms: inconsistencies in grammar, sentence lengths, structure or style; use of words such as 'always' or 'never'; presenting exhaustive opposites; answers to other questions on the exam, to name a few. • Avoid interdependent items where the answer to one item is necessary to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikolai Dechev; William Cleghorn

. The constraints are added to limit the number of correctsolutions to the problem, and reflect real world constraints for similar mechanisms. For example, forthe automobile convertible top project, the problem specifies that the mechanism is to begin in the‘fully extended’ configuration shown in Figure 7. However, when ‘fully collapsed’, the mechanismmust fit within a region of specified position, length and width, as illustrated by the dashed rectanglein the lower right hand side of Figure 7. Figure 8 illustrates a typical student solution to the problemgiven in Figure 7. In addition to the completion of the computer simulation, each student is asked to submit a twoto three page report, in which they are asked to comment on the process of

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

developmenthas reflected increasing interest in usability evaluation, which is generally performed on newsoftware and hardware in the development stages. The concept of usability evaluation is to enableuser validation of all the system’s requirements, assurance of successful interaction dialogue, and Page 8.833.1verification of effective work production. By ensuring the valid occurrence of these elements, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationusability evaluation enhances product quality and customer

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Welch

by twohypotheses: Page 8.641.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3530 1) A student’s ability to self-assess is reflected in their course grade. (i.e. There is a relationship between self-assessment and course grade.) 2) Self-assessment becomes more

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

Educationcontains fundamental and all even harmonics, in agreement with mathematical presentation.Next in part 2, we discussed the principle and operation of a Time Domain reflectometer (TDR).A block diagram shown in figure 5 was first illustrated, then the theory of determining the natureof fault and its location were discussed using following equations; Figure 5. A simple block diagram showing the principle of TDR zl - zc Γ =  (5) zl + z cΓ is the reflection coefficient and z is the impedance of load and the characteristic impedance

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammoad Saifi; Julie Wang

Section 2071 Effective Teaching Methods in Lower Division Engineering Programs Julie Y.-Z. Wang and Mohammad Saifi Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityAbstractOur teaching/learning strategy is to develop effective teaching and active learning methods forlower division engineering programs and prepare students for transferring to a four-year schoolsuccessfully. One of the student learning attitudes is described as “Tell me, I will forget; Showme, I may remember; Involve me, I will understand.” It reflects the way whether students canlearn effectively or not. In order to get

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

University - Harrisburg. While the new course format reflects some of thecontents that exist in a few programs 1, it adds other components that are not usually included inthe students’ exposure to the subject. It guides students to explore various energy sources,conversion technologies, and highlights economic, environmental, sustainability, ethical, healthand safety, social, and political issues in energy use. This is done through the use of groupprojects and reports that directly focus on policies and politics of energy exploitation and use, Page 8.488.1review of newspaper stories focusing on energy, and by collating and organizing a wealth

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Autar Kaw

, and in the gradingpolicy. Grading that extends beyond quizzes and tests, to homework assignments, web-basedquizzes, projects, writing assignments, class presentations and participation, reflective writing, andattendance can accommodate different learning styles. Efed meets students outside the classroom in hallways, during cookouts, and by attendingprofessional society meetings. It gives him a chance to learn about the students in an informalsetting. Students are more inclined to ask questions about their career goals and share their lifeoutside of school. Knowing them as a whole person, Efed can give better advice about theircurriculum and career goals.5. Efed gives rapid feedback Efed returns graded assignments and tests in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Hotchkiss; Slade Gellin

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationabout CNC machining in general and reading and understanding CNC coding in particular. Howwell students learn these concepts is assessed through exams and projects.Recently, the Department of Technology at Buffalo State College has purchased and installednew milling machines each with different capabilities and/or options. The CNC codes requiredfor these machines reflect their individual capabilities. In order to effectively use these machinesin the course, thus giving students a greater variety of CNC machining experience, it wasnecessary to obtain software to

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

period, each team is required to hold aformal meeting with either an industrial or faculty mentor who provides feedback on the team’sprogress and teamwork dynamics. Each meeting must have a leader, scribe and facilitator wherethese roles rotate among members. The mentor may impart some technical advice but their role isprimarily as an observer of effective interaction and judge of how well team members areparticipating during the meeting. Meeting minutes and a progress memo are submitted each weekby the teams. Students are asked to submit individual work logs describing their activities as wellas reflective journals. A final design report and a 15-20 minute oral presentation are graded by theproject instructors.The Tools for Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

bachelor degree programs complete anengineering degree. Compare this with several other countries: Mexico at 8.2 percent, SouthKorea at 7 percent and Japan at 4.3 percent. There must be an increase in the pool of women andminorities majoring in engineering to increase the number of engineers. The lack of home-grownengineers is reflected in the number of H-1b visas rising from 65,000 in 1998 to 195,000 in 2001,and Congressman Vernon Ehlers, Chair of the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee onEnvironment, Technology and Standards, has expressed concern about the American economybecoming increasingly reliant on imported high-tech workers. It is significant to note that the percentage of women earning bachelor degrees in computerscience has

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

completed time logs, whichthe first year engineering program at Northeastern reflected the time spent on each programming project inUniversity. This module of the curriculum possesses a and out of class. Teams responded to questionnairesdual emphasis on learning a programming language and and surveys about their exp eriences.solving and analyzing real-world problems through the Data Collectedformulation of computer code. Periodic qualitative and quantitative assessment toolsProcedures were used to evaluate the students' progress and satisfaction, as well as