Conference Session

Design Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin McCarthy, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

-life jobs accuratelyand this perceived relevance of the material to future careers was also a motivator.The tasks followed a logical sequence both in engineering and chronological terms and, infact, may be viewed as one large, single, manufacturing system activity. This characteristicmeets one of the requirements of situated learning theory, i.e. that tasks provide a complex,coherent and sustained learning environment. Barab 27 points out that authenticity is providedby the dynamic interactions amongst all the components [of the virtual enterprise] and that,“authenticity is manifest in the flow itself….and not in any one feature in isolation.”To successfully deal with the indeterminate problems the students were required to frame theproblem

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

accomplish certain parts on my own.While another student said of Laboratory 7: This Lab applied skills that I can see myself using in my career. And allowed me to relate process control to statistical analysis of the process.There were many responses that connected a real world context to conceptual understanding asthose cited above. However, the following response indicates a student who has more difficultywith this approach: It (Laboratory 9) was the first lab where we already had an opportunity to grasp the concepts we needed to use in the lab before we started. so that instead of struggling to develop an understanding of the concepts while we were working through the lab we were able to preemptively apply our knowledge

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Reeves, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1952: A NOVEL APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTRobert Reeves, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Robert Reeves graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2009 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He will finish his MS in Chemical Engineering also from UMBC in May 2010 and will begin his career with OSIsoft, LLC. He has been working on the INSPIRES program for the last year.Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Julia Ross is Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her technical research interests are in the area of cellular

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Martin Knecht, South Texas College; Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Joan Walker, Long Island University; Araceli Ortiz, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

hastwo foci, student retention and the student’s development of adaptive expertise. Student RetentionResearch points to a need to see the relevance of studies to the real world1 as one of four keyreasons for minority-STEM students’ decision to drop-out or transfer out of STEMundergraduate fields of study. The need to relate their studies to the real world results becauseminority students lack an equitable number of career influencers and role models within theirfamilies and familiar networks. Thus, when minority students select STEM fields of study, they Page 15.397.2experience an immediate need to confirm the relevance and compatibility of

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Facciol, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Jason Foster, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

at four important areas: the student’sexposure to engineering design throughout their undergraduate career, the student’s perception ofengineering design in verbal and visual form, the qualities of a good engineering designer, andthe important topics to be covered in an engineering design course.The purpose of the sources identified prior was to generate the overall list of qualities and topicsshown in the tables within the instrument. The first list was created using the interview results.This list was then expanded upon using curricular requirements. The combination of theinterview results and curricular requirements were identified as the most important of the listsince they would reveal that the students were meeting the course

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

years. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 5. Atkinson, M. P. (2001). The scholarship of teaching and learning: Reconceptualizing scholarship and transforming the academy. Social Forces, 79 (4), 1217-1230. 6. Austin, A. E. (2002). Preparing the next generation of faculty: Graduate school as socialization to the academic career. The Journal of Higher Education, 73 (1), 94-122. 7. Barbe, Walter B. , Milone, Michael N., Jr. (1980). Modality. Instructor, 89, 44-47. 8. Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995, November/December). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change: The Magazine of Higher Education, 13-24. 9. Barrows, Howard S. (2000). Problem-Based Learning

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Prasad Edamana, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M), India; Ajit Kumar Kolar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Pramod S. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Sujatha Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Track 3 - Faculty Development

relevant to engineering educators, and (ii) “hard disciplines [e.g.,engineering] place greater importance [than soft disciplines] on student career preparation andemphasize cognitive goals such as learning facts, principles and concepts [i.e., content]”12. Alarge percentage of engineering faculty members still believes that “subject knowledge” is theonly criteria for becoming an effective teacher in engineering institutions.Emergence of for-profit employers in faculty developmentDuring the last decade in India, major employers of engineering graduates have observed in theirrecruitment drives that while thousands of students graduated with an engineering degree, onlyabout 20% or less, were really “employable” directly. An analysis revealed that the

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Penn State University; Victor A Atiemo-Obeng, The Dow Chemical Company (Retired)

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

Page 21.16.7anecdotal notion that Africa is richly endowed with natural resources, many students at this stagein their academic career have little knowledge about their countries’ minerals resources and haveno idea where and how to access such information. In the US we often tell our students that thechallenge today is not lack of information, but how to use the ever-abundant information. For theAUST students, however, access to information was nontrivial. Library resources (physical plusonline) were extremely limited, access to the computer lab was restricted, and the availablebandwidth often made downloading a formidable task. In spite of the challenges above, thestudents’ response to the course was positive overall, as captured in this

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Student and Curriculum Development

in their careers.2-7These and many other reports and studies have also addressed questions about what specifickinds of attributes are important for the so-called “global engineer.” For example, one forward-looking NRC report published in 1999 outlined a “global engineering skill set” with four mainitems: “(1) language and cultural skills, (2) teamwork and group dynamic skills, (3) knowledgeof the business and engineering cultures of counterpart countries, and (4) knowledge ofinternational variations in engineering education and practice.”3 Many other authors and groupshave since compiled or created their own partially unique lists of attributes, and other efforts ofthis type are ongoing.9-22 Accreditation guidelines and curriculum reports

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Invited - Faculty Development

professional registration, and hencenationwide recognition based on common standards.While the UK system mainly targets those teaching at university level, within the EuropeanUnion the focus is on all those involved with teaching technical, engineering-related subjects.The International Society of Engineering Education (IGIP) at their headquarters in Austria hascreated a training program open to all “teaching teachers”. Participation is voluntarily and oftenused as a means of continuous professional development to support career development.Successful completion of their program leads to professional registration as ING-PAED IGIP(International Professional Engineering Educator). IGIP, together with SEFI, the EuropeanSociety of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University; Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES; Peter Turner, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

skill and content knowledge that exists forinstance when you have an elementary teacher, a middle school teacher and a high school teacherbringing their specific expertise and background to a workshop. It was an introduction in manycases to differential instruction.Faculty members have also benefited from their exposure to K-12 outreach activities byintegrating their experiences and lesons learned into their research grants, especially NSF. Forexample, an asst. professor from Mechanical Engineering who has been involved in our roboticsoutreach activities was recently received an NSF CAREER award that integrates K-12 outreach,and another professor has a new NSF CCLI grant that includes a high school component as afollow on to the Finding NANO

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

generous grant fromHewlett Packard Philanthropy Page 10.773.10 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION1. ASEE (1995). Educating tomorrow’s engineers. ASEE Prism, 11-15, May/June.2. Dahir, M. (1993). Educating Engineers for the Real World. Technology Review, pp. 14-16, Aug./Sept. 1993.3. Hissey, T. W. (2000) Education and Careers 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE, 88(8), 1367-1370, August.14. Astin, A. W. (1993). Engineering Outcomes. ASEE Prism, 27-30, September.4

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

ofknowledge as being the primary purpose of lectures: what is now regarded as leading-edgeknowledge will soon become out of date, irrelevant, and perhaps even incorrect. This isparticularly true in technical fields. Even the entire current body of knowledge will not, in itself,be sufficient to see the students of today through careers that may span the next 40 years.Clearly, students will need to keep learning throughout their professional lives. They will alsoneed to be able to solve problems that do not currently exist and may be beyond currentimagination. For these reasons, universities should move towards an emphasis on problem-solving, understanding of fundamental principles, flexibility, adaptability, and lifelong learningand away from an

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

. In 2001 he began a second career as anengineering instructor at Green River Community College and Tacoma Community College. He is an activeparticipant in developing and testing curriculum and assessment tools in engineering design.ERIC DAVISHAHLEric Davishahl is an Instructor of Engineering at Everett Community College. In less than two years after he becamea faculty member in 2001, he received the "You Made a Difference Award" for completely modernizing theengineering curriculum, involving the college in synergistic partnerships and "making his classes challenging, yetfun!" His students have successfully competed in a human powered paper vehicle contest.DENNY DAVIS Denny Davis is professor of Bioengineering at Washington State University

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

Over the course of his career, Tesla's strength was to identify a grand idea and todevelop a system around it. The difficulty with this approach was that it meant that Teslaexpected businessmen and consumers to adjust to his systems--based on an ideal--ratherthan Tesla adjusting his systems to the needs and wishes of society. In the case of hispolyphase versus split-phase motors, it meant that Tesla thought that society ought toadopt his beautiful polyphase system even if it meant replacing the existing two-wire,single-phase systems with the more expensive four-wire networks needed for polyphase.Practical considerations and cost meant little to Tesla in comparison to an ideal principle. The morale to the story of Tesla's split-phase

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

AHAMAD FARHOUD

theirstudies. It is supposed to give students the chance to “put it all together”, to make applicable useof conceptual information. A successful Capstone project should help students develop theresources they will need to make the transition from college to career. Students are required todesign, build, troubleshoot and finally present their project in a professional manner. The most Page 10.155.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationnotable significance of this project should be to give the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

that should be amalgamated and utilized in a coursedevoted to the ethics of industrial technology. These are outlined in Table 2 below. As this tabledelineates, the authors recommend essentially seven major focus areas for this type of course. Thecourse should begin with an introduction to ethics, where the student is introduced to this area ofstudy and why it will be essential for their professional careers. Second, the student should beexposed to the foundations of ethical theory, including a brief history of ethical thought, the majortheories that are used, and tools for solving problems with moral dilemmas. Third, the studentshould understand that industrial technology and design are really applications of formalexperimentation, and thus

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris

helps to confirm technology as a catalyst for change inour society. The majority of careers in the United States are threaded with technology. The lackof technical and visual literacy in the workforce is a prevailing problem in the United States,especially since many jobs require this knowledge.The economic health of the United States is dependent on workers who are competent intechnology. Graphic communications is ranked among the largest industries in the United States.The $5.8 billion graphic design industry alone has more than 16,000 businesses and spends morethan $400 million each year on capital goods.1Informed decision-making in a democratic society is dependent on managers who aretechnologically literate and who can communicate using

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Butkus

StatesMilitary Academy’s primary mission is “to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so thateach graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor,Country; professional growth throughout a career as an officer in the United States Army; and alifetime of selfless service to the Nation.” In support of this mission, the overarching goal of the Page 9.871.1academic program is “to enable its graduates to anticipate and to respond effectively to the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Odis Griffin

students, and that is indeed the case. It is noteworthy that Joe Ware is a 1937graduate of the VPI Mechanical Engineering Department, having been a member of the firstclass to receive degrees in “Aeronautical Engineering.” He subsequently spent his career as aFlight Test Engineer at the Lockheed “Skunk Works,” working on every major project, includingthe F-104 Starfighter, U-2, and SR-71 Blackbird. Arthur Klages, a 1942 Industrial Engineeringgraduate who was the founder of the Burlington Handbag Company and the inventor of anumber of mechanical devices used in the garment industry, also made a significant gift ofmachine shop equipment, including a lathe, mill, drill press, and bins full of bits and tooling.All shop spaces were designed under the

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck; Rebecca Strzelec

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAlong with a classroom session in Laser/Fiber Optics, an electronics technology showcase, and apanel discussion about personal and career development information, students participate in ahands-on interactive classroom session in engineering design. The engineering design session isfacilitated by Dr. Andrew Vavreck, Associate Professor of Engineering, and Rebecca Strzelec,Assistant Professor of Visual Arts (authors of this paper). The goal of this particular session is togive the students an opportunity to explore the design process and see an interdisciplinaryapplication of industry standard three dimensional modeling and rapid prototyping

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

tedium ofpresenting numerous mechanical elements and their behaviors without providing students acontext in which they deepen their understandings, we have rewritten the course objectives asfollows: • To demonstrate improved mechanical intuition, • To effectively work in teams and apply interpersonal skills in an engineering context, • To practice selecting and/or designing components, • To better communicate mechanical concepts, and • To describe how engineers design to avoid failure.These outcomes were developed to better address the abilities of the current students and tobetter prepare them for senior year design activities and the current variety of careers inmechanical engineering. In order to meet these goals

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Lucy King; Matthew Sanders; Jacqueline El-Sayed

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”or above 8/10. The results indicate that these qualities are quite foreign to the students. Morework needs to be done to introduce the students to these aspects earlier in their student career. Special Qualities Required in Industry % Scoring ≥8/10 Leadership Skills 88% Conflict Resolution 80% Ability to act as a change agent 57% Out-of-the-box thinking / Innovation 80

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

. Prior to his academic career, he was a MechanicalEngineer at the telecommunications firm, Amtech Systems; he also served as an engineering officer in the U.S. AirForce. His interests include design, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy and engineering education.JERRY HATFIELD is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. He is a graduateof the University of California (BSEE) and of the University of Southern California (MBA) and is a registeredprofessional engineer. His areas of interest include freshman programs, multi-disciplinary design, computer aidedinstruction and testing, computer aided instrumentation systems, and analog and digital circuit design

Conference Session

Design and the Community

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

vertically-integrated; each is a mix of freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors.To manage the large number of projects and teams that extend across semesters, the EPICSprogram has developed a design and documentation process to guide students through theirdesigns and to insure that both the community partner’s needs are being address and thetransition between semesters is managed. This paper will highlight this design anddocumentation process and present lessons learned and future challenges using this model fordesign education.Introduction The importance of significant design experiences to prepare undergraduate engineering studentsfor engineering careers has been well-documented 1, 2. These experiences typically emphasizethe application of the

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

make this charge. “[W]henthe contractors told the White House about the problem, they were threatened, warned not todiscuss it,” she wrote in a declaration. “They were told the documents were classified” [1, 2,15].At the Congressional hearings, employees told of being summoned to a meeting in June 1998after Salim reported the problem to her boss [3]. Salim and four other Northrop Grummancontractors were called into the office of Laura Crabtree, who was a branch chief for computersupport in the White House, and a career civil servant [7]. Mark Lindsay, counsel for the WhiteHouse Office of Administration, was present by speakerphone. Three of those employees,Robert Haas, Betty Lambuth, and Sandra Golas, testified that Lindsay told them to fix

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wilk

Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2238teach them. Therefore we have designed our curriculum to provide many and varied speakingopportunities for students. These start in the freshman year and continuing through the senioryear.Mechanical Engineering students make a number of formal and informal oral presentationsduring their career at Union College. By design, these presentations tend to be short and focusedin the freshman year and they become more open ended and of longer duration by the senioryear. A number of oral presentations are required as part of a course

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationdesigned to address a set of engineering competencies as indicated in the course objectives aswell as the overall curriculum objectives which reflect a set of competencies that the graduatingengineers are expected to acquire for a successful entry into their professional careers. Thesecompetencies are achieved through hands-on collaborative project work.The project was related to the design and analysis of a tower crane used for lifting constructionmaterial into tall buildings (Figure 1). In the first part of the project, the students were guidedthrough a set of sample design calculations on an existing design. In the second part, they wereasked to develop their own design as an improvement

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

. Based on the overall analysis of responses to the surveys, we believe the programwas successful in meeting most of the project objectives outlined for students andteachers. These surveys indicated that the students were developing their problemsolving and cognitive skills, learning programming skills, teamwork skills, and, for themost part, improving their perceptions and attitudes towards careers in science andengineering. However, while we were successful in achieving most of our objectives,problems were encountered that required modifications in our plan of operation. Thelogistics of the implementation had to be modified to fit within the operations of theNewark Public Schools. In the original plan, there was to be a “lecture” by one of

Conference Session

Teaching Effective Communications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Anthony Marchese; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha

engineering design techniques andproviding them with the necessary foundation for their careers as technicalcommunicators. In order to achieve both of these key goals and to meet university-widegeneral requirements, Sophomore Engineering Clinics are team-taught by faculty fromthe College of Engineering and the College of Communication.Conceptual Underpinning of the StudyConsidering functions of writing beyond reporting is something of a challenge. It isrelatively easy to assess how clearly a piece of writing communicates findings.Discerning other functions is more difficult, and formal definitions and theories o f thosefunctions are few and far between.Invention will refer here to the use of writing to create knowledge. In compositiontheory