Conference Session

Technology in Classrooms - Construction Engineering Perspective

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Mulva, Texas State University-San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

the integration between resources, time, cost, and quality. In such anenvironment, students are able to comprehend project controls information and develop a feel forthe impact which certain decisions have on project goals and objectives, thus creatingknowledge. While additional research regarding the use of modeling and simulation in projectcontrols is underway, the findings contained herein point towards a larger role for its use infuture projects and engineering education.IntroductionAspects of the project management function such as planning, control and monitoring require theintegration of time, cost, and quantity of work with available resources. Since the early 1950’s,the classical scheduling methods of the Critical Path Method (CPM

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Dulaski PE, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

– pre-spring break and post-spring break. The schedule includes major milestones which include deliverable dates, and community meetings (Figure 2). Page 23.717.4 1-Jan 31-Jan 2-Mar 1-Apr Submit resume and cover letter Highlight experience/select project manager/identify "firms" Proposals due/presentations/project awarded Present concepts to community Draft preliminary report and plans Dry run - presentations Draft final report and

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Morgan Sperry; Debra Kay Gallagher, Ohio Northern University; Stacy McClelland

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

withlesson plans (available in English and Spanish), tied to educational standards in the UnitedStates. Each activity is designed to be inexpensive (often less than U.S. $10 for a classroom).This program has been successfully implemented throughout the United States for over ten yearsand has seen very limited international expansion to countries with a strong IEEE presence.This paper will discuss the very successful workshops, including assessment collected at theconclusion of each workshop. The structure of the workshops and the involvement opportunitiesfor the undergraduate students who participated will also be described.This paper will be of interest to programs with available international service opportunities forundergraduate students or

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet ; Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

interms of, 1) needs and justification, 2) planning process, 3) program description and objectives,4) curriculum, 5) implementation issues related to faculty, students, and resources, and 6)examples of MSV related industry projects. The description also includes the process, startingfrom a concept paper development through approval of the program by the State Commission ofHigher Education.IntroductionAdvanced modeling, simulation, and visualization technologies provide an innovative way forhumans to learn and understand extremely sophisticated concepts and problem solving skills aswell as effectively design and optimize complex systems and processes. Through visualizing,manipulating, and interacting with computer-generated simulations and models

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marty Anne Gustafson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carl Vieth, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

created a sustainable competency model (SCM) for thedevelopment of a new Masters Level Degree Program. The model’s major dimensions, shown inFigure 1, include science and technology, business and economics, systems analysis, personaleffectiveness, working across boundaries, management and planning, environmental justice andequity, and ideas and innovation.Within each dimension, the knowledge, skills, mindsets and behavioral attributes desired forengineers were further defined. For example, the science and technology competencies represent Page 23.455.3an advanced understanding and application of scientific principles, engineering constructs

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Golebiowska; Giovanni Kelly II; Yassir M. Samra; James P Abulencia, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #7237Analysis of Biodiesel Production and its Derivatives for a College CampusEmilia GolebiowskaMr. Giovanni Kelly IIDr. Yassir M. SamraDr. James P Abulencia, Manhattan College Page 23.189.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013ANALYSIS OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION AND ITS DERIVATIVES FOR A COLLEGE CAMPUSAbstractIn the Fall of 2010, XXXXX College started to devise and develop plausible green initiativesspearheaded by students across all five of its schools. From this college-wide endeavor, a plan toconvert

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pratik Mital, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

path from the initial state to an end state in the acceptablezone?The first question depends on the intervention planned. For example, it is clear that if theeducational intervention is intended to ensure that every first grader is reading on grade level,then it is possible to have a non-empty acceptable zone. However, if the intention is for everythird grader to understand calculus, then it is highly unlikely that there will be any acceptableend states. For most cases, the answer to this question will be determined by how well theintervention matches the given context of the school being studied.The second question is also dependent upon the context but it is also highly dependent on theavailable resources. Going back to the first example, if

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid

problem, as her responsibilities had to be assumed by other participants. We also hadmore trouble than originally anticipated using students to run the line during deployments, finding onlytwo students who stayed with the project for months at a time. Some points to consider when lookingat a similar project include:Plan on a worst-case scenario during project developmentWhat would happen to the plan that you are working on if a key participant leaves? If your projectrequires specific students, or students with special skills, what happens if those students are notavailable? These questions were two that we did not discuss during the development of the project -how could such a thing ever actually happen? Unfortunately, it did happen, and it would

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Speakman; Joel Perlin; Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

began during the fall 2002 semester and will continue to the end of the spring 2003semester. During the fall semester, the student was responsible for creating a preliminary designof the robot along with plans and schedules to integrate, implement, and test each unit toconstruct a final integrated system. The goal of the project is to create a flying robot that can liftand land safely, maintain level flight, and follow a simple straight line flight pattern while avoidingobstacles. As of this writing, a prototype machine has been designed and built. The actualimplementation and testing of the electronic hardware design and control algorithms are currentlybeing performed. (We plan to share our findings on implementation and testing tasks at

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pingbo Tang, Western Michigan University; Haluk M. Aktan P.E., Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. construction industry starts exploring and adopting various sensing (3.g., 3D laserscanners) and modeling technologies (e.g., mathematical modeling and optimization, BuildingInformation Modeling) in recent years, a strategic plan of the Construction Engineering programat Western Michigan University is to equip students with relevant knowledge in response to thistrend. As shown by multiple pilot studies in the past decade 123, various sensors, such as RFIDtags4 and laser scanners5, show the potential of collecting real-time observations of constructionsites to improve the situational awareness of construction engineers. On the other hand, variousBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) systems (e.g., Autodesk Revit6), mathematical modelingpackages (e.g

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Schroeder, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

byindividual instructors, they are limited in how much they can provide. There are, after all,multiple demands on an instructors’ time. The instructor must serve as subject matter expert,course manager, course developer, technology help desk for the course, etc.4. A system of onlinetutoring to support a variety of courses and instructors has advantages related to economies ofscale and utilization. However, this system requires planning and thoughtful execution.In the College of Technology at University of Houston, the availability of an InstructionalSupport Services (ISS) Lab, including trained tutors, provides a stronger basis for offering abroad online tutoring program than the tutoring program that is offered by an individualinstructor. The ISS Lab

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

coincide with Cañada College’s breakbetween the end of spring 2009 semester and the beginning of the summer 2009 session.Morning sessions were mostly devoted to studying math either in groups or individually usingMyMathTest10, an online system developed by Pearson Education for developing mathplacement tests and short math refresher programs. Note that the first week of the program hadmore workshops related to resources and skills needed for college success. Many of theworkshops planned for the second week were either cancelled or made optional as a result of amid-program focus group that indicated that students wanted to devote more time to studyingmath, and less on these workshops.2.2 Profile of 2009 Summer Math Jam StudentsThe 2009 Summer Math

Conference Session

Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; B.J. Kim, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

concepts contained in each are not linked to clearly illustratehow these courses together represent an essential, integrated, and complementary body ofknowledge. This presents a lost opportunity in reinforcing concepts in areas such as projectvaluation, variation in estimates, statistical risk, expected value and similar real world topicswhich are essential in a project engineering workplace. This paper presents a curricular plan toaccomplish integration of key topics in these courses in a focused and effective manner. Itbegins with examining general concepts in engineering curriculum integration. Next it examineskey curricular topics in engineering economics, statistics, and project management courses andmaps specific areas which can be

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Theresa Lynn Gonzalez

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

andprofessional success as individuals, and their ability to succeed after graduation in research,academic, and industry careers.11,12 Specific areas where graduate students often need supportinclude: building community inside and outside their home departments;5,6,13,14 understandingand accessing campus resources;5,15–17 and planning for careers.11,18,19 While graduate studentsneed to develop academic and professional skills in order to complete their coursework andresearch, it is also essential to develop “soft skills,” such as interpersonal communications,conflict resolution, time management, and team work.20This paper describes a multi-year effort to develop professional development activities forEngineering graduate students at Michigan State

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose A. Galvan, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth Casman, Carnegie Mellon University; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Mitchell J. Small, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.Dr. Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University Eden Fisher is the Director of the Masters Program in Engineering and Technology Innovation Man- agement (E&TIM) and Professor of the Practice at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned an AB in Chemistry from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon. She worked in industrial technology planning and innovation management for over 20 years.Dr. Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon UniversityProf. Mitchell J. Small, Carnegie Mellon University Mitchell Small is the H. John Heinz III Professor of Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University; James B. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

StateUniversity College of Architecture & Environmental Design (CAED) and the School ofEducation was undertaken to bring motivation for design, engineering and construction careersinto local elementary school classrooms. The project was initiated by faculty in the ArchitecturalEngineering (ARCE) department of the CAED which includes departments in ArchitecturalEngineering, Architecture, City & Regional Planning, Construction Management and LandscapeArchitecture. These departments can provide students and faculty proficient in the areas ofbuilding design and construction. Faculty and teacher candidates in the School of Educationprovide the knowledge and skills needed to introduce technical concepts and practices for thepresent and future education

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Society for Engineering Education”created isometric and elevation drawings and floor plans and completed comparativeassessments for each of the final designs. The second design project involved theapplication of a computer-aided design (CAD) software package that guides the userthrough the design of a truss-type highway bridge, based on a specified design scenario;design submittals included isometric and elevation drawings for this unique commercialengineering application. Finally, students’ end-of-course assessments are used to validatethe effectiveness of the projects. Due to space limitations, examples of student solutionsare not included; however, the author can provide copies of student solutions to interestededucators upon request.Project

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Fernando

this fact most students are keen tofollow courses in robotics and manufacturing automation and as explained earlier, vast majorityof students are constrained by the distance and time in following these courses. Hencedeveloping web based courses for this sort of subjects is an important step.Software DevelopmentIn the planned web-based robotic lab we are using Visual Basic (VB), Active X, HTML, andASP (Active Server Page) to build graphical interfaces to write the robot programs and a windowbased ladder logic program editor to upload/download ladder programs to/from ProgrammableLogic Controllers (PLC) that will serve as the cell controller in a robotic work cell setup.According to the planned research all a student has to do is to access the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stier

” Session 2248 While the advancements in the IMS labs and curriculum have taken a giant leap forwardin recent years, this is only the beginning of a major initiative that started with a proposal fromthe sequence in the latest capital campaign drive at ISU. The thrust of the proposal was torenovate a current laboratory with high technology automation hardware and software. Theproject will consist of the development of a high end, integrated manufacturing laboratory for theDepartment of Technology. The scope of integration will range from design formanufacturability, to process planning and process control, through data acquisition andmanagerial decision-making. This scope will not only ensure maximum utilization, it is alsoconsistent with

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

toidentify “design” as a vital component of the curriculum. In fact, Criterion 3.c requires that “…programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to design a system, component,or process to meet desired needs” and Criterion 4 requires a “… curriculum culminating in amajor design experience …”. Such a capstone experience is a major component of the Design ofThermal Fluid Systems course (MECH 4314), required of every student, in the MechanicalEngineering program at The University of Memphis. Continuous improvement processesconducted by the faculty of that program have identified a need to improve the ability of itsgraduates to effectively plan and execute an engineering project of significant scope to beconducted by a multi

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

broughtin a consultant to work with nine area public school teachers (elementary through highschool) to align our Pre-College Engineering/Architecture Academy (PEAP) curriculumwith the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). One result of the workshop is aneight volume set of Engineering Resources for the TEKS and a plan to vertically andhorizontally align engineering curriculum within a group of schools in area of Lubbockwith predominate populations of low-income African-American and Hispanic students.To support this Engineering Resource Guide and to help teachers introduce engineeringconcepts and skills to their students, TTU Engineering students act as mentors andfacilitators in the K-12 classrooms. These student mentors work in the

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Moody

necessarily provoke higher level thinking. Since engineers need to beable to design and evaluate, higher level tasks need to be worked into the curriculum of everyengineering course. Bloom’s taxonomy with example action verbs is listed below: Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives3 • Evaluation: assess, contrast, critique, justify, validate • Synthesis: classify, create, design, explain, plan, simplify • Analysis: contrast, derive, differentiate, generate, infer, model • Application: apply, calculate, demonstrate, operate, predict, solve • Comprehension: demonstrate, estimate, explain, rephrase, summarize • Knowledge: list, name, recite

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

awards • service awards • letters from students • student evaluations and assessments • research grant awardsThe Teaching Portfolio provides a structured opportunity to reflect on what has been done in thepast, to develop a plan for the future, and to communicate these plans to the T & P committee.The self-analysis required to write a Teaching Portfolio forces one to focus on the desiredoutcomes of ones’ teaching, research, service, and publishing efforts. Developing a TeachingPortfolio also forces one to elucidate current motives, to determine if the current methodologybeing used will elicit the desired outcomes, and to correct any deficiencies. In essence, theTeaching Portfolio will highlight good teaching, as well as

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

proposal was treated as a bid. I informed the studentsthat some jurisdictions forbid licensed engineers to submit bids for work.I described the design process and we, as a class, did backward planning to prepare our proposal.That is, we visualized our design process working backwards in time from our final product, thefoundation recommendations, through analysis, field/laboratory testing to site investigation. Thestudents struggled with the preparation of a boring and sampling plan, one of our initial tasks.The preparation of a boring and sampling plan is never routine. The plan details depend on fourfactors: project characteristics, geological setting of the site, the subsurface information availableabout the site and the experience of the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

introduced the so-called ManufacturingEducation Plan5 building on a platform of performance activities that supports manufacturingeducation. In their report, it is stated that the attendees strongly indicated a need for hands-onexperience as an important aspect of the education of the manufacturing engineers. Among thegaps identified in current curricula, the lack of exposure to manufacturing principles placed inthe top five areas. The Manufacturing Education Plan highlights the importance of teachingthese principles through both experience and formal lecturing.The desired educational curriculum resulting from the research described in this proposal can bebriefly outlined in connection with the four keywords1 in the “vision” stated by the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

agencies.Most academic institutions also have internal plans and evaluation requirements directed atassuring quality of programs and services. Evaluation data can make a case with decision makersfor increased support for under-resourced areas.While evaluation is then imposed on faculty by various authorities, it is also a matter ofprofessional integrity. Faculty members want to deliver good programs that enable their studentsto gain secure, stimulating and satisfactorily remunerative employment, as well as ensureemployers of the competence and potential of program graduates. Evaluating programs allowsfaculty to reflect, to better understand how a program is working, and where it is headed. Itenables faculty to catch potential problems related to

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

) Design Principles and Practice, and 4) Business Management.The General Education category consists of the socio-humanistic and communicationssubjects. For example, subjects such as English composition, speech, technical writing,history, geography, psychology, and ethics were common among the criteria. TheMathematics and Science category consisted of common subject areas as algebra,trigonometry, analytic geometry, pre-calculus and calculus. The Design Principles andPractice category subjects were very wide spread with common design and technical courses.These courses included construction design principles, construction practices, strength ofmaterials, statics, hydraulics, drafting and plan reading, specifications, estimating, scheduling,bidding

Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Falkenburg; Tina Harkin

two bachelor programs rests on the depth of mathematics and science, whichunderpins the course of study. Greenfield has created a virtual university. One Greenfield partner awards each degree of thethree programs:· Associate of Applied Science in Mfg. Engineering & Technology: Lawrence Technological Univ.· Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering: The University of Detroit Mercy· Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology: Wayne State UniversityWhile the degree is awarded by a host institution, all Greenfield academic partners work as avirtual faculty to plan, design, and deliver the courses (within constraints consistent with the host1 Coalition Members: Lawrence Technological University, Lehigh University

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

. Problem Solving SkillsA general term 'Problem Solving Skills' comprises of many specific skills that are quite universalin nature of their application and are not limited to a technical profession only, but are universal inapplication. Due to curricular choices and time constraints, not all the skills are developed andpracticed in a specific course or even during entire engineering or technology education.The list below shows 8 problem solving skills (virtually for any profession), which engineeringand technology students should develop while attending university.- describe and understand the problem- develop goals and plans and establish procedures- access and manage information- analyze critically

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Doria Hickman; Bala Ram; Sanjiv Sarin; Paul Stanfield

16. Faculty/ staff revision 9. Textbook reward plan decisions 17. Student financial support 18. Course 20. Library 21. Industry projects teaching resources 22. Organizing 19. Graduate professional research conferences supervision 23. Peer review of