Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

decision to study engineering. Anothersource of motivation was family support, followed by: mentors, teachers, role models, andfriends. The third most important influence was a desire to help people or community.However, upon further reflection, this translated into personality and personal passion.Opportunity to work was another significant factor. Females often entered the field afterlearning of the employment opportunities available to engineers. Financial security or jobsecurity ranked as average factors. Intrinsic motivators and self-confidence were of minorimportance to these females. Some females found inspiration in religious beliefs, and otherscited communication skill along with planning and hands-on work as factors influencing

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Andrea Bill, University of Wisconsin; Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University; Ida van Schalkwyk, Oregon State University; Rod Turochy, Auburn University; Rhonda Young, Texas Christian University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

getting faculty members to agreeon course outlines. At the conference, an attempt was made to determine instructor priorities forcourse topics in the first course on transportation engineering. Forty-three of the conferenceattendees participated in a survey that included 34 potential course topics. The attendees rankedeach topic on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest importance and 1 the lowest, in a mannersimilar to the 2004 survey of practitioners. Table 1 shows a list of the 20 highest ranked topics,along with the mean scores and standard deviations for the 43 survey responses. The survey wasintended to reflect whether a given course topic should be included but not necessarily to reflecton the extent, or depth, of the topic

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University; Ruth Friedman, The Ohio State University; Glenda LaRue, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

before engaging in the process of extracting visible DNA from strawberries. Rheology Activity: As part of the rheology activity, participants were introduced to the physical property viscosity before going outdoors and mixing together water and corn starch to create a substance that allowed them to “walk on water.” Ice Cream Activity: The participants had a follow-up activity to reflect on their visit to the Graeter’s ice cream facility. OSU graduate students in chemical engineering talked with the participants about the function of ice cream’s ingredients and what chemical engineers call the “unit operations” involved in manufacturing large-scale quantities of ice cream. Participants then developed their own

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

implications andlimitations of the experiment as well as other effects that may have influenced the experimentalresults. This may reflect a lack of comprehension of the experiment on the part of the students.The juniors, like the freshmen, seemed quick to attribute discrepant results to human error or toresistor tolerances without a supporting rationale.The criteria for evaluation of style, format, and organization were as follows: • How well is the introduction written? • How well is the theory written? • How well were equations and mathematics presented? • How effectively were figures used? (This criterion includes both clarity of the figures and the quality of the

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Maughmer

integration” isonly peripherally reflected in the NAE’s list. The “good understanding of design andmanufacturing processes” and “profound understanding of the importance of teamwork”important to industry are absent or muted on the NAE’s list.Table 1: Comparison between the Attributes of the Engineer from the mid-90s, and the 2004NAE vision of the attributes of the Engineer of 2020Boeing: Desired Attributes of the Engineer,15 NAE1 Attributes of the Engineer of 20201. A good understanding of engineering science 1. Strong Analytical Skills fundamentals: Mathematics (including statistics) , Physical 2. Practical Ingenuity and life sciences, and Information technology (far more 3. Creativity

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Jay Shah; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

(Fall 2003); (2) Replace existing individual cesspools and septic systems in the community of Guadalupe, CO (Fall 2002); (3) Provide reliable water and sanitation for a primary school in Jalapa, Nicaragua (Fall 2002); (4) Provide treatment to achieve safely potable water for San Pablo, Belize (Fall 2001); (5) Provide treatment of animal manure to safely use as a soil amendment for growing human food crops in Mayapan, Belize (Fall 2001). Prof. Bielefeldt received a grant from the CU Service Learning Program to expand SL in this course. Of particular importance is having the students reflect on their experiences5,6. Future plans include expanding the multi-disciplinary nature of the course

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

staying focused on problem solving.The IS elective introduces students to object-oriented programming using COBOL, an alternativeprogramming language. In total, students will spend 30 semester hours between their freshmanand junior years learning problem solving and critical thinking. Figure 1 shows the adoptedsequence of courses4 from the first to the third year. The levels in problem solving and criticalthinking increase with the course content and this is reflected by the change in color in thediagram that lists the sequence. Page 10.1411.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Follow Center and Follow Robot behaviors.As part of each week‟s lab report, the student was to reflect on the essential theory, challengesencountered, how to address these challenges and how to improve the robot‟s behavior and/orlaboratory assignment. a. Follow Center b. Follow Robot Figure 2: Sample Robot BehaviorsIn spring 2009, the students were provided with starter Visual C# code for motor and servocontrol and polling sensor data from the Serializer including the IR sensors, sonar, thermopilearray, compass, line following sensor and pushbuttons. The starter code was provided in theform of a GUI with the underlying code. Figure 3 presents a sample of two of the GUIS that

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

) 7 28.0% 7 28.0% Mechanical 3 12.0% 3 12.0% Undecided 8 32.0% 8 32.0% Other (Landscape Architecture) 0 0.0% 1 4.0% Total 25 25The failure of the SEI program to achieve its primary goal of recruiting students into engineeringis also reflected in Table 11. Although student enthusiasm for the program increasedsignificantly, there was a statistically significant decrease in student confidence that the Institutewill help them select an appropriate engineering major. The

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

N.M. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

strength and constituent moduli the same, different composite strengths can be achieved by varying fiber volume fraction (Vf). This point is also addressed in Figure 14(b). • The composite modulus (Ec) and longitudinal strength (σl) varies linearly with fiber volume fraction (Vf), as shown in Figure 14. It simply means, if Ec = 70 GPa Page 15.1201.14 and σl = 1 GPa for Vf = 30%, then Ec and σl should be approximately 140 GPa and 2 GPa, respectively for Vf = 60%. This argument is well reflected in Figure 14.Figure 14: Variation of composite modulus and

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

surveyed twice. First, they were surveyed during the freshmanorientation before they took the course. The second time they were surveyed was when theyfinished their freshman year (FY), right after the taking this course. The student feedback aftercompleting the design project is taken as a reflection of the students’ observations about thecourse and engineering.Fig. 10 shows the results for intended student majors during the open house orientation (thestudents’ entering majors) and the actual major after completing the freshman year. Duringorientation there were no non-engineering majors, but 6% of the students who completed thedesign project either declared to pursue other disciplines or came from other disciplines. Thedata shows that some

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Kevin Craig; Pamela Theroux

, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. A considerable body of research has shown that learning is significantly enhanced when students engage all of these cognitive processes5,7.Background on RensselaerRensselaer’s commitment to student-centered learning and its innovation in undergraduateengineering education is well known. Between 1993 and 1998, Rensselaer won the Pew Awardfor the Renewal of Undergraduate Education, the Boeing Outstanding Education Award, and theTheodore Hesburgh Award for Faculty Development, the only technological university to win allthree of these prestigious honors. Crossing low walls between schools, and combining thetraditional laboratory-centered education with

Conference Session

Technical Papers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

also mixed results from the selected-response assessment regarding information literacy competencies. This evaluation was tied to Standards 1 and 2. Students demonstrated varying levels of competency in understanding the various formats and types of engineering information resources. While most students were able to navigate a variety of information retrieval systems, we would have preferred for at least 85% of students show proficiency in each of the performance indicators listed in Table 7. It was difficult to ascertain if the results from the Page 15.278.13 selected-response assessment accurately reflected the students

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. 2007School Program The participants attend to whatever subject questions the students have. Most of the time is spent helping the students with Math, Science, and English, and occasionally, with Spanish and their Senior projects.Sophomore Students live in the same residence hall, where they attend weekly seminars toService 2006 discuss/study their service learning. Students must take at least one Service LearningLearning course as well as the one credit reflection seminar. Students offer weekly service.Community VESTED is an exposure and enrichment program whereby students receive

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

/career/62315/mommas-dont-let-their-babies-grow-be-engineers.7. National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008. Volume 1. NSB-08-01. 2008, National Science Foundation: Arlington, VA.8. National Center for Education Statistics, Highlights From PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Science and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context. NCES 2008-016. 2007, U.S. Department of Education: Washington, DC.9. Richard Walton, Heidegger in the Hands-on Science and Technology Center: Philosophical Reflections on Learning in Informal Settings. Journal of Technology Education, v12 n1 p49-60 Fall 2000, 2000.10. Databytes: Bachelor's Breakdown. American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vaneshette Henderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Brenda Nixon, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

residents. Thedemographics of enrolled undergraduate students at LSU do not reflect the population ofLouisiana. Only 8.5% and 16% of the undergraduate engineering students enrolled at LSU areminorities and females respectively.Participant Application Selection ProcessParticipants of HSTEAP consisted of mathematics and science teacher pairs with each paircoming from the same high school. The participants for the first year program were recruitedthrough various media, organizations and agencies, including the Office for Diversity Programs,The LSU CAIN Center,Louisiana Science TeachersAssociation, LouisianaAssociation of Teachers ofMathematics, informationalmagazines, newsletters,listserves, websites and bydirect mail to high schools inLouisiana. The

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

sense embodying thematerials of them all.” 19This activity is what Newman called liberal knowledge and Page 15.491.5at other times, as Culler notes, philosophy, philosophia prima, Architectonic scienceor Science of the Sciences. He did not pursue this concept in any great detail, but inthe today’s jargon it would seem to be a reflective activity of synthesis. An ability tobring all the parts together in order to make a judgement for which reason the subjectsof the curriculum cannot be taught as entities isolated from each other. Theconsequences of this capability for the educated person so produced were set down byNewman in the oft quoted statement about

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; David Lorch, University of Michigan; Cinda-Sue Davis, University of Michigan; Guy Meadows, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

not reflect the typical enteringstudent body in CoE. Although all students admitted to the M-STEM Academy had beenadmitted to the U-M CoE based on the merits of their high school performance, students in the Page 15.191.3M-STEM Academy had slightly lower high school GPAs and scores on both ACT and SAT teststhan did the general first year engineering student body. Note, too, that the M-STEM Academycomprises a higher fraction of underrepresented students, by far, than does the general first yearengineering student body. There are nearly 40% women in M-STEM versus 22% women in thefirst year engineering student body, 19% versus 2% black students

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, United States Military Academy; Daniel McCarthy, United States Military Academy; Michael Kwinn, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

provide students with amulti-disciplinary and systems perspective on engineering and decision-making while engagingthem in solving real problems for real clients. The West Point Systems Engineering major isone of the few ABET-accredited undergraduate systems engineering programs in the nation andit prepares students well for the uncertain and complex world in which they will live. Page 15.603.2Disclaimer. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors, and/ or presenters at theconference, and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army,Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.The West Point

Conference Session

Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Judith Zawojewski, Illinois Institute of Technology; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Richard Lesh, Indiana University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reflection, as well as peer’spublic evaluation of each other’s thinking. Further, teachers are in a position to gain authenticknowledge of how students are thinking—which informs subsequent instruction. In particular,the nature of students’ conceptions of foundational engineering constructs is readily accessible tothe teacher, as well as the researcher.Assessment of students’ responses to MEAs can take on two forms. One means for assessingstudent work is to describe the characteristics and nature of the models students create inresponse to an MEA. Carmona2 produced a system for describing responses to MEAs, andHjalmarson3 has adapted the system to describe work in engineering-based MEAs. The resultprovides information that reveals how students are

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Koehler, Northwestern University; Wendy Murray, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

analysis tutorial, which reflect baselinecompetency prior to review. Students demonstrated low-level performance in vector projectionskills, shown in blue. a) W09 Post-Test Improvement b) W10 Post-Test Improvement 60 60Percent Improvement in Post-Test Results Percent Improvement in Post-Test Results

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

, Patricia. 2007. Engineering education reform for the 21st century engineer: a proposal for engineering education reform. Civil Engineering, November 2007. 16 – 21. (first year reform)7. Katchi, L. P. B, et al. 2004. A New Framework for academic reform in engineering education. 2004 Proceedings of the ASEE. Session 2630. (first year reform)8. Kuh, George D. 2009. High-Impact Educational Practices. Association of American Colleges and Universities, Page 15.1075.10 Washington, DC.9. National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Reflecting on Sputnik: Linking the past, present, and future of educational reform

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

activities inorder to reflect macrocontexts found in their own learning communities. While the instructionalsystem design model/template specifies the task complexity through the specified competencies,it currently does not provide guidelines for the problem abstractness or problem structuredness.A second issue is that the instructional design does not provide for a specific scaffoldingtechnique to enhance the transfer of the student’s problem solving skills to a new context. Inorder to improve the quality of the NCME instructional materials and to aid in the adoption ofthe materials by potential customers, these questions and concerns were addressed in the study.Purpose of the StudyThis research investigation answers the primary question: What

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education3.1 Knowledge and Skills from Prior Program ExperienceStudents write a short essay that addresses how their co-op experiences and previouscourse work have prepared them to undertake their senior design project. The assignmentis loosely specified (2 paragraphs, 6 sentence minimum addressing the impact of co-opand course work), thus allowing for greater freedom of expression and creativity than astructured survey. As a result, students give highly individualized and candid answers,but do not necessarily address all outcomes that would be of interest to us. However, itgives students the opportunity to reflect on the course

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

(1998) recommends a series of activities to incite creativity when faced with anengineering problem: • Immerse yourself in a domain or problem; • Be prolific—generate lots of ideas; • Use tools for representations and thoughts (e.g., brainstorming, notebooks, and sketches); • Play with ideas; • Avoid premature closure; • Don’t be afraid to be different; • Be open and receptive to new ideas; • Do it—practice your craft; • Maintain a product orientation; • Relax—indulge your diversions; • Reflect—review what you have done; • Have fun!This list can be viewed as steps in an on-going process, as individual milestones in creativedevelopment, or as inspiration for a professor or

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Gaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

professionals—white men, minority men,white women, and minority women—and to design educational requirements that accommodatethese different strategies or educational pathways. Our NSF-funded Alternate Pathways toSuccess in Information Technology (APSIT∗) program is seeking to explore the nature of the ITand engineering educational and career pathways used by successful female and minorityGeorgia Tech alumni. In particular, the specific goals of this project are: • To define alternate indices of IT and engineering success that reflect a broader interpretation of societal value than indicated by yearly income and job prestige. • To determine the nature of successful IT and engineering educational and career pathways used by women and other

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Levent Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University; Luoting Fu

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

toassociate any equations with a specific subsystem. Admittedly, students in statics do sometimeswrite down equations of equilibrium without specifying the subsystem or drawing its free bodydiagram. This design feature of the tutor reflects a trade-off between granting the user latitude tosolve freely vs constraining the user. The task of interpreting a bundle of equations, eachunclearly associated with a free body diagram, seemed likely to result in false errors. Note alsothat by clicking on ΣFx = 0, for example, the user signals to the tutor that the equation should bejudged by comparison with the correct summation of forces in the x-direction for that subsystem,in terms of the variables and constants as they appear in its free body diagram.The

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Lisa A. Nutt, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

International

procedure has been established. At times deadlines have not followed but both the CGE and RMU Abroad-AC have been flexible in supporting FLEAPs and requesting all to follow the deadlines in their next offering. CGE has also taken responsibility to communicate all FLEAP deadlines and matters of importance to school administrators and faculty members so that deadlines are not missed. ● Creating Forms: Keeping in mind that a substantial amount of work goes into a FLEAP, RMU Abroad-AC decided to reduce overall work by removing redundancy. The council reviewed existing forms and developed new ones that better reflected the FLEAP procedure. Many meetings deliberated what was required

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas; Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

as well as a thorough review of the curriculum and ways ofeffectively integrating engineering into their existing courses. Teachers are also required to takeone technical elective. These technical electives are typically offered as a part of the "SummerAcademy". In 2013, two electives were offered - one in the area of energy and the other in thefundamentals of the electrical and computer engineering disciplines. This paper presents anoverview of the "Fundamentals of Electrical and Computing Systems" course, the topicscovered, feedback received and some reflections based on the first offering of the course. A totalof seven in-service middle and high school teachers took the course during the first offering ofthe course in summer 2013

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill, Hope College; Daniel J. Langholz

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

employ this technique to understand how things work.AcknowledgementSome aspects of this work were developed through support of the National Science Foundationunder award 0920164. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience