Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

classroom). Each projector screen will cover two of the flat screen LCD monitors when inuse. Therefore, the visual system in the room can be operated in one of three modes: 1. Four projectors 2. Two projectors and four LCD monitors 3. Eight LCD monitorsThe instructor station is an Intel Quadcore PC with a quad-port video board, 1 terabyte of disk storage,and 4 gigabytes of memory. The instructor station is also equipped with two WACOM pen screensallowing the instructor to write on the computer screen. We chose the Synchroneyes software to controlthe student workstations. With this software the instructor can broadcast their screen(s) to all studentscreens or project any student’s screen to their own screen.The technology environment for

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

descriptor for supervision and mentoring. A largeproportion of interview responses referred to interactions with other people that were closelyrelated to supervision in the sense that the interview subject was relying on other people toperform some work or provide information. The term ‘coordination’ seemed moreappropriate and general than supervision as most of the people were not subordinates of therespondent. Instead they were clients, peers, people in other parts of the same organization,superiors, contractors, and outsiders. These were mostly one-on-one situations and mostreferences were in response to questions unrelated to supervision.Willing cooperation also seemed to be important. An insightful first-hand comment about C.Y. O’Connor, the

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Drushel, Case Western Reserve University; John Gallagher, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

ideas. Moreover, a physical papernotebook was flexible enough to incorporate printouts of code (already typed for the compiler Page 13.1283.3anyways) and digital photographs (after the lab obtained a digital camera) by taping or staplingthem in, or else keeping the notebook as a 3-ring binder, to allow easy insertion of pages. Somestudents made rough handwritten notes in class and then typed them into a word processor ontheir own computers, especially those who had poor handwriting but were efficient typists.Overall, the immediacy afforded by just writing down observations in real time during classallowed high-quality documentation to be

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

?); 2. Many college students do not know how to take effective notes. Although various strategies and formats for effective “note-taking” have been identified. The fact is that “note-taking” is seldom taught; 3. The listening, language, and/or motor skill deficits of some students make it difficult for them to identify important lecture content and write it down correctly and quickly enough during a lecture; 4. Instructors sometimes get off-track from the primary objectives of the lecture. Professors—especially those who really know and love their disciplines—are famous for going off on tangents during lecture. Although getting off-track would break the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

simply recall of information.The examples above highlight some common methods for assessing student design processknowledge. In addition to this, faculty have used design products as opportunities to assessprocess activities. For instance, common capstone products include design reviews (peer, client,and faculty), oral presentations, and written reports. In the assessment and evaluation of theseproducts, performance criteria may also be included to address various elements of the designprocess. This is commonly done by addressing a particular activity – identification of customerneeds, for example – through a single scoring metric in a rubric. In this case, the nature of theassessment is more holistic with little depth, mainly used as a

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 13.286.16health information to adults for a small fee. This increases the health consciousness of the peopleand provides a revenue stream to make the project economically sustainable. A team of businessstudents is working on a detailed business commercialization plan. Mashavu employs anetworked healthcare system that also can be extremely valuable during emergencies anddisaster situations. Mashavu means “chubby cheeked” in Swahili, the national language ofTanzania.Student EvaluationThe grading categories for the course are given in Table 2. All the Adventures and Quests havepoints specifically allocated for creativity and innovation. Venture-related deliverables are co-graded by peers (50%) and referees (50%). Success and failure are both

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Rachel Reed, Calvin College; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College; Neil Carlson, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

advantage of opportunities to work in 6.20 1.87 *** engineering-related internships or co-op jobs. Answer "not applicable" if you have not had any such opportunity to take advantage of.PART4 I have taken advantage of opportunities to participate in 2.63 .88 .00 study groups with my engineering peers. Page 13.522.14Code Indicator Stem Estimate S.E. pPART5 I have taken advantage of opportunities to participate in 2.40 .82 .00 review sessions conducted by an instructor in at least one course related to my engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jessica Townsend, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

was to look at how other schools have run their capstone programs.Due in part to its similar mission, scale, and approach to undergraduate engineering education,an obvious model for Olin’s capstone program is the Harvey Mudd Clinic Program. The ClinicProgram is the longest running sponsored capstone program for undergraduates. For reasonsdetailed in later section, the Clinic Program became the blueprint from which the SCOPEprogram was designed.Goals of this paperIn writing this paper, the authors intend to describe through a narrative, the history and evolutionof the program over its first three years. The intention is to put the reader into the context ofdeveloping a capstone course from the ground up such that our experiences may inform

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Marjory Palius, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Carolyn Maher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

but also the areas that needimprovement in their peers’ presentations, and that this has helped them to make note of what todo and not to do in their own subsequent presentations (not just IRIFs but also group meetings,conferences, etc.).Additionally, the mere process of engaging in extended discourse, with its give and take, hasbeen instructive for all students – and particularly so for those whose research groups are very Page 13.440.13small, and/or do not meet frequently, and/or have different norms and cultures for meetings. Onestudent reported that the IRIF experience emboldened her to speak up in her own groupmeetings, which had been

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, such as a diving board. On theother hand, the post-class questionnaires showed that by the end of the term less than tenpercent of the students could not distinguish between these effects.Last term, in addition to writing research papers where the students answered importantmaterials engineering questions, the students presented their work to each other duringPoster Sessions. Peer grading rubrics were also used during the sessions (the studentswere provided with concept based grading guidelines). The students seemed to enjoy thesessions, but more importantly they gained valuable experience by communicating toeach other why one material is used for a particular application. Their arguments had tobe grounded in at least three materials

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

scenarios are embedded in various contexts inwhich there is a need for ensuring radiological safety, including nuclear power plants,research reactors, hospitals, isotope production facilities, etc. Every scenario is supportedby all relevant regulations and guidelines (NRC, DOE, DOT, ANSI, INPO), proceduresfor each activity, supporting cases of operating experience and event reports, descriptionsof the radiation sciences, situational awareness (self- and peer-checking) procedures, andadvice from others. These scenarios may be used by course instructors in numerous ways,from the objects of lectures to problem-based learning. Utilizing a blended learningformat, learners concurrently approach course content and relevant scenarios both in classand

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

going to the environmental engineering conference, regardless of their own field, especially given that they are still undergraduates3. List the top three things that you learned (within and outside of your discipline) duringthis program. • Important – Should have a presentation on how to give presentations, i.e., PowerPoint, Communications • Bacterial source tracking and methodology • Presenting research • How broadly something like water uses the skills of so many academic fields • Research in general as what I want to do • How to go about research • How to present • How to write a research paper • Learn about a new area of a field (geology) • Learning to present chemistry to non-chemists

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; John Uhran, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; John Ventura, Christian Brothers University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

security.John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Brenda Hart, University of Louisville Professor Hart is the director of student affairs in the School of Engineering

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Carl Hauser, Washington State University; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

understandings of the ABET skills and how they maybe expressed in student team performance, set program outcomes or performance benchmarks,apply results to teaching improvements, and track longitudinal growth. It also offers richopportunities for faculty development and collaboration with industry professionals. Thecurricular debrief method can also be used as a teaching tool, so that students can practice theirABET professional skills in just one class period, gaining insight from faculty and peer feedback.The Scoring Tool: Guide to Assessing ABET Professional SkillsFirst, a rubric to be used as the rating tool was developed for the ABET professional skills.“Rubrics are scoring guides that describe the various levels of student performance for a

Conference Session

Novel Energy Applications in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Schroeder, University of Toledo; Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Walter Olson, University of Toledo; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

an effort in theCollege of Engineering at the Ohio State University where the freshman engineering classeswere redeveloped into a combined course with hands-on laboratory elements2. Teamwork,project management, report writing and oral presentations were the main parts of this program.Recently, in their research, Smith et al. focused on classroom-based pedagogy of engagement3.The authors recognized that active and collaborative learning provides better ways for students tolearn by being intensely involved in the educational process. These learning methods can furtherbe implemented by encouraging the students to apply their knowledge in many situations. Thearticle, as illustrated in, also indicates the superiority of the problem-based learning

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Johnstone, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

(for the males, the admission of nervousness generally occurred later in theessay). Also, the degree of nervousness for the female students was high. For instance, in thesecond sentence of her essay, one female student wrote about how she felt at the beginning of thecourse: “I was terrified of public speaking and I was nervous to have to take an entire class onthat.” Another wrote the following: “In September, I was terrified of giving speeches in front ofmy peers. I so badly wanted to drop this class that I cried one night.” Interestingly, the femalestudents on average gave presentations that were at least as strong as, if not stronger, than themale students. In addition, the source of nervousness did not simply arise because the

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

Tagged Divisions

International

relationships,communications, and English proficiency regarding reading, writing, and speech. Projectmanagement, planning, team work, time and budget management are integrated intoprojects in American engineering curricula. Such an approach obviously makes goodsense to address issues like lack of training on problem solving skills, ability to deal withconflicts, team organization, and engineering way to organization, project development,finance awareness, and software for project management through a variety of academicactivities.The main goal of this enhancement is to help Chinese students to broaden their viewsfrom narrowly designed technical background, develop their critical thinking skills inproblem solving and prepare them for their future growth

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

experience, and one engineer from at an airconditioning manufacturing company with two years of experience. The four applicationengineers all have 15 or more years of system integration experience and are considered to beexperts by their peers. The latter two engineers work with automated manufacturing systems, buthave little system design experience; we consider them to be novices for the purposes of thisinvestigation.Procedure. The interviews were conducted as follows. The interviewer would:1. Introduce himself and describe the purpose of the interview (to gain a better understanding of system integration)2. Show the engineer a cell phone assembly consisting of eight parts (see Figure 1).3. Ask the engineer to think aloud about

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Harvard University and B.S. from Rice University. He is a Chairman of Physics Department at Suffolk University. His research interests include neural networks, wireless motes, and ellipsometry. He has a strong commitment to teaching and integrating innovative technology to better reach his students, from streaming video and electronic writing tables for distance learning to using wireless mesh-networking devices in undergraduate research projects. His academic awards include C.W. Heaps Prize in Physics and Phi Beta Kappa from Rice University, Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Harvard University, and Carnegie Foundation Massachusetts Professor of the Year in 2005.Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Conference Session

Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Loren Connell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

- intrinsic: natural curiosity or interest in the activity itself - social: please the professor or peers - achievement: enhance position relative to others - instrumental: gain rewards beyond the activity itselfStudents motivated by intrinsic and social drivers will naturally engage in their education.Positive competition has been used in lecture settings to appeal to students motivated byachievement or instrumental drivers.13In the case of the protein production challenge: - In order to foster an inductive environment that mimics an “undergraduate research” experience, the project was given an open-ended structure in which students were challenged to develop their own optimized experimental procedure

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs II (aka ChE Potpourri)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Birnkrant, Drexel University; Matthew Cathell, Drexel University; Priscilla Blount, Martha Washington Elementary School; Jean Robinson, Martha Washington Elementary School; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Fontecchio is the recipient of a NASA New Investigator award, the International Liquid Crystal Society Multimedia Prize, and the Drexel ECE Outstanding Research Award. He has authored over 35 peer-review publications on Electro-Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. His current research projects include developing liquid crystal polymer technology for optical film applications including electro-optic virtual focusing optics, reflective displays, flexible displays, power generating MEMS arrays, and photonic crystal structures with tunable defects. Page 13.798.1Eli Fromm, Drexel University Eli Fromm is

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

course requires students to instrument and test drive vehicles on open roads.Because of this, each team is given opportunities to setup and use the equipment duringscheduled times outside of class hours. Typically, a week is dedicated for each laboratoryexercise. In order to facilitate this process and to provide additional responsibility, each teammust host one of the exercises. The requirements of a host team include:• Assembling the equipment• Testing equipment, including working with the professor to set up the test• Taking data (a data set must be taken and analyzed at least one week before the lab date). This data must be submitted to the Professor along with the lab write-up corrections so copies can be made at the copy center

Conference Session

The Latest in Improving Learning in ChE Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Kelly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

would be told that they have 5-10minutes (depending on the problem) to think through the problem, write down the correctequations and begin the solution/calculation process. The instructor is available toanswer questions during this time. The instructor then concludes the exercise bypresenting the entire solution to the class and answers follow-up questions. Typically,the solution is presented when a few of the more advanced students have completelysolved the problem and performed all necessary calculations while the vats majority ofthe students have completed the problem set-up. The instructor believes that whilestudents can benefit from being helped or listening to a peer explain his/her thinking withregards to the setup or solving of a

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

directed project rather than a research thesis o A Professional Fellow (recognized by his/her peers as having progressed well beyond the norm). o Industry experienced faculty are needed to teach the professional engineers. Some of these could/should be visiting/adjunct faculty who are experienced practicing engineers. Page 13.558.53.3 Transforming Engineers into Leaders • In many engineering organizations today, there are multiple tracks for advancement. To be successful in any of these tracks, professional graduate engineering education is needed. o One track is to

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brian Thomas, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

” units. This freed time on the CNC, andpermitted the operator to assist in folding airplanes later in the round. It also sped up the cuttingoperation for the “A” airplanes significantly. As a result, Lean Machine was able to lead thelabor-per-unit performance metric by a wide margin. Page 13.834.9 Figure 4. Lean Machine’s Paper Cutter.Other “best practices” implemented by students in the IE 606 laboratory include: • Implementation of single-piece flow and “pull” production through the re-writing of the work rules. • Physical rearrangement of work stations to minimize travel and encourage single-piece

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Plumley, US Coast Guard Academy; William Palm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

rat trap forpower, technical and progress report writing requirements, calculation requirements, and ascoring algorithm imposing trade-offs between size, weight, cost, and performance.The resulting projects satisfied individual course outcomes and created an opportunity tohighlight the benefit of understanding basic engineering concepts. The freshman versioncombined the earlier truss and stability projects into a cohesive project which encourageddiscussion on the relation among different disciplines. The senior project required the use ofmore advanced design skills practiced in earlier courses along with analytical techniques from awide variety of courses.Senior projectSeniors worked in groups of three. A detailed memorandum given to the

Conference Session

Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia Markey, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

access the staff information of the course 25 Website. 20 15 10 5 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 Staff Information: Number of AccessesIn addition to BlackBoard® usage data, we analyzed student survey data regarding issuesassociated instructional technologies such as frequency of use, comfort in use, communicationwith instructors, communication with peers, knowledge of course deadlines and requirements,review of course materials

Conference Session

Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

institution main campus.The remaining two attended international high schools in an urban setting. Eventually, all AsianAmerican TT students attended one or both of the primary sending institutions.Six of the seven Hispanic TT students attended high schools in urban/suburban designatedcommunities. The lone Hispanic female came from a small town and had only 4 TT credit hourscompared to an average of 60 per student for her urban ethnic peers. As with the ASAMstudents, four of the seven HISP students, at one time or another, attended one of the primarysending institutions for our TT population. Two of the three AFAM students graduated fromurban/suburban high schools. The lone female also attended high school in a small town. Likeher HISP counterpart

Conference Session

Special Resources and Activities for Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

ScienceFestivals20 held in different locations, bring together more than 1,000 middle school girls, parentsand teachers. Page 13.896.9Education Unlimited21 offers a variety of summer programs for students in grades 4-12. TheirA+ Summer Programs22 held at Stanford University builds proficiency in logic, critical thinkingand writing skills, dividing students into two sessions: a 12 day camp for 11th and 12th graders23,and a 9 day camp for 9th and 10th graders24, which focus on critical thinking skills in academicactivities: college level writing, research skills, logical thinking/argumentation, study skills, timemanagement, course/major selection, note taking

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. The first presentation had each student focus on a specific scientist of significance that hasmade one or more significant contributions to topics of interest for the course. The second and thirdpresentations required each student to read a contemporary research article related to astronomy,or space exploration. Science was often used as an appropriate source since it’s articles are writtento be understandable to a wide readership. Students were asked to present the topic of the researcharticle, the significance of the research and findings in the article and the background informationnecessary to clarify the significance of the research results.Student presentations were rated by other students using peer review sheets. The review sheet al