AC 2007-428: THE INFLUENCE OF HANDS-ON FEMALE STUDENT PROJECTTEAMS ON THE CONFIDENCE OF WOMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTSLisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottHeidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottDarris White, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Page 12.1437.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Influence of Hands-On Female Student Project Teams on the Confidence of Women Engineering StudentsAbstractBased on recent statistics by the US Department of Labor, only eleven percent ofAerospace Engineers and only 5.6% of Mechanical Engineers are women1. Over 85% ofthe engineering students at Embry Riddle
AC 2007-431: ORGANIZATION OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CAPSTONEDESIGN PROJECT FOR THE SAE FORMULA HYBRID COMPETITIONDarris White, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityJ. E. McKisson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityWilliam Barott , Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Page 12.1133.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Organization of a Multi-Disciplinary Capstone Design Project for the SAE Formula Hybrid CompetitionAbstractMany real-world projects require the application and knowledge of multiple disciplinesand most professional engineers are required to regularly interact with co-workers withvarious backgrounds. Since capstone senior design projects
inserts are an integral part of machining operations. In the continual search for costeffectiveness in manufacturing we turn our focus to an attempt to reduce tooling cost byimproving the life of cutting inserts. There has been continued research conducted to increasecutter tool life with various applications of cutting fluids, speed and feed rates, and the use ofcoated cutters. One newer approach, cryogenic processing, has been promoted as an effectivemethod of extending the useful life of different cutting tools used in the manufacturing process.This research area provides an excellent opportunity to apply real life research into capstonedesign projects. The purpose of the project was to investigate the feasibility of the claim inconjunction
Management department at SUNY Farmingdale.Carmine Napolitano, State University of New York Mr. Napolitano is a student of the Architecture and Construction Management department at SUNY Farmingdale. Page 12.1305.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Student Assisted Community Related Research Project – A Case Study on Route 110 Traffic IssuesIntroductionCommunity research projects are one of the ways to introduce applied research to theundergraduate construction management students. New York State Route 110 is a major north-south artery located in western Suffolk County within one to three
Junior-level Jet Engine Design Project Incorporating Aircraft Performance, Cost, and Environmental Issues Roy Myose Department of Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State UniversityAbstract Capstone design classes in aerospace engineering oftentimes employ a multi-disciplinary team-based approach to design projects. In discipline-specific non-capstone classes, the typical emphasisis to cover the necessary conceptual material, and the design project in such a class tends to consideroptimization issues related to the discipline-specific topic. This paper discusses the author’s attemptto incorporate aircraft performance, cost, and environmental issues in the
Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Student Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Pharmaceutical Industry L. Kuczynski, C. McGuinness, S. Farrell, B. G. Lefebvre, and C. S. Slater Rowan University Chemical Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 USAAbstract Rowan University’s Engineering program uses innovative methods of teaching and learningto prepare students better for a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace, asrecommended by ABET1. Rowan has developed a program that fosters synergistic
Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Petrochemical Industry Stephanie Farrell Rowan University Chemical Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 USA1. Introduction Undergraduate engineering and technology students benefit from “real-world” experienceswhich are usually obtained through internship and co-op experiences. Through these workexperiences, students have the opportunity to apply their technical skills to industrially
1 Establishing Individual Accountability for Learning in an Exam-less, Group Project Course Paul Stanton, Duane Fairfax Department of Computer Science United States Military Academy West Point, NYAbstract We work toward a process model to establish individual accountability for learning in an exam-less,group-project course using an evolutionary approach and vertical slicing. We allow students to evolveinto self-directed, cooperative learners over the duration of
1 Organizational Behavior in the Classroom: Project Based and Experiential Learning in the Construction Management Curriculum Prof. Alfred A. Scalza, P.E. Farmingdale State College Department of Architecture and Construction ManagementAbstractThis paper sets out to address the “thesis” that there is a correlation between organizational behavior inthe classroom and student’s learning dynamics. What is Organizational Behavior and how does it applyto the classroom in a technical
all engineering students. Three of Beth’s current projects are: 1) an NSF planning project for the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research, 2) an NSF Scientific Leadership Scholars project providing 4-year scholarships to 30 students in computer science, environmental recourses engineering and mathematics and 3) a water resources curriculum project using CADSWES software.Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office Jami Montgomery is the executive director of the WATERS (WATer and Environmental Research Systems) Network. She received her bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences and her master's degree in Marine Studies (Biology and
Activities,” Beyond Constructivism: Models and Modeling Perspectives on Mathematics Problem Solving, Learning, and Teaching, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.11. Smith, K. A., Teamwork and Project Management, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill. BEST Series, 2004.12. Cohen, J., “A Coefficient of Measurement for Nominal Scales,” Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20, 37-46, 1960.13. Cohen, J., “Weighted Kappa: Nominal Scale Agreement with Provision for Scaled Disagreement or Partial Credit,” Psychological Bulletin, 70, 213-220, 1968.14. Harris, J., Pryor, J., and Adams, S., “The Challenge of Intercoder Agreement in Qualitative Inquiry,” Unpublished Manuscript, University of Texas at Austin, 1997.15. Franzblau, A., A Primer of Statistics
AC 2007-2375: SUCCESS STRATEGIES FOR CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSESWITH LARGE CLASSES, DIVERSE PROJECT TYPES, SMALL TO LARGESTUDENT TEAMS, AND VARIED FACULTY INTERESTS AND APPROACHESJanis Terpenny, Virginia Tech Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education with affiliated positions in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is co-Director of the NSF multi-university Center for e-Design. Her research interests focus on methods and representation schemes to support early design stages of engineered products and systems. She is currently a member of ASEE, ASME, IIE, and Alpha Pi Mu. She is the Design Economics area
Maryland-Eastern Shore Mr. James B. Burrows-Mcelwain is a lecturer in the Aviation Program in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences. Mr. Mcelwain also serves as the Coordinator for the Aviation Program.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Page 12.1249.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Rich Learning Experiences for Minority Undergraduate Students thru Inquiry Based Project Activities in the Field and Laboratory Settings AbstractWith support from HBCU-UP (Historically Black College and University UndergraduateProgram) at National Science Foundation (NSF), the ACTION (Advanced Curriculumand
construction professionals who willeventually, however, be required to work together as a team in the workplace. With theSolar Decathlon project at Florida International University (FIU) we demonstrated a freshinterdisciplinary approach to higher education, allowing students from these variousdepartments to work together on a design/construction project, just as would be the casein the “real world.” The project called for the design, construction and transportation of a800-ft2, modular, solar powered house to compete at the National Mall in Washington,D.C., USA, from September 27 to October 19, 2005. In a two-year period, we formed aspecial course in which students participated in the various phases of the project, whileearning their educational
AC 2007-1491: GENERATING ENTHUSIASM FOR RESEARCH THROUGHAUTOMOTIVE PROJECTS AND INDUSTRIAL MENTORS: LESSONS LEARNEDFROM THE FIRST YEAR OF AN REU PROGRAMLaila Guessous, Oakland University LAILA GUESSOUS (Guessous@oakland.edu) is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland University. She received her M.S. (1994) and Ph.D. (1999) from the University of Michigan and joined OU in August 2000. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on computational methods. She is the program director for the NSF and DoD funded Automotive Research and Industrial Mentorship REU program.Qian Zou, Oakland University
AC 2007-1582: FROM CAPSTONE COURSES TO CORNERSTONE PROJECTS:TRANSFERRING EXPERIENCES FROM DESIGN ENGINEERING FINAL YEARSTUDENTS TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTSMartin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Page 12.768.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 From Capstone Courses to Cornerstone Projects: Transferring Experiences from Design Engineering Final Year Students to First Year StudentsAbstractAt KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, large capstone courses havebeen the base of higher engineering programs in product development during the last 20 years.The capstone courses has since the
Professional in Human Resources. Stephen Page 12.20.1 has taught summers at the Berufsakademie, Mannheim since 1999.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Comparison of Flood Management Practices between Germany and the USA: An Undergraduate Research Project on Sustainable PracticesAbstractThe Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University–Purdue UniversityIndianapolis (IUPUI) offers a three credit hour study abroad course which focuses onsustainable development, globalization, and German culture. Undergraduate students have anoption to add another three credit
AC 2007-1683: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-LEVEL ASSESSMENT FOR ACROSS-DISCIPLINARY PROJECT EVALUATING THE SYMBIOSIS OF TABLETPC'S AND COLLABORATION-FACILITATING SOFTWARE IN THECLASSROOMrebecca devasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rebecca B. DeVasher received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL (the main campus) in 2000, and her Ph.D. from the same university in 2004 under the guidance of Kevin Shaughnessy. Rebecca was an instructor at the University of Alabama while she was working on her Ph.D. Upon completion of her doctoral degree, she accepted a visiting faculty position at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the academic year 2004-2005. In March
software has been donated for use by students in the SCMTL, aswell as supporting training materials. In particular, the lab was provided with licenses to anenterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is delivered via a web-based applicationservice provider (ASP), representing a unique trend in the delivery of software applications.Indeed, a primary advantage of this software is the ready access that students have to thesystem from any computer with internet access. This paper will discuss a project usinggraduate students in a Global Supply Chain Management course to prepare softwaredemonstration modules to support the teaching of distribution management ERP software.The ADDIE Model (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate) was
for a community on the Cheyenne River Reservation – an EWB Service-Learning ProjectAbstractEngineering students, with faculty guidance, undertook a service-learning experience focused onthe design of a fish hatchery on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in Red Scaffold, SD.The team developed a technical guide for implementation of a commercial fish facility producing100,000 pounds of fish annually that utilizes water reuse technology and local natural resources.The project provided a knowledge base on the existing geothermal well and how it may beutilized to produce electricity. The design assisted the tribe in securing needed funding from theBureau of Indian Affairs. The College of Engineering has
AC 2007-1327: DEVELOPMENT OF SCADA EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMSTHROUGH STUDENT PROJECTS TO ENHANCE THE AUTOMATIONCURRICULUM IN A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYPROGRAMAndrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University Andrew Otieno is an associate professor in the Department of Technology at NIU. He has done extensive research in experimental and theoretical analysis of metal machining problems. His research and teaching interests include machine vision, manufacturing processes, finite element analysis, and manufacturing automation. Page 12.539.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of SCADA
Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Implementation of Design, Build and Test Projects for Heat Exchanger and Air Conditioning in Thermal Engineering CoursesAbstract This paper presents the progress of implementing the developed Design-Build-Testprojects in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Florida International University. Inparticular, two DBT course modules were developed and offered: the heat exchanger and scaledbuilding air-conditioning system. The project attempts to improve the relevance of the stand-alone ME lab course to the lecture courses through the execution of DBT activities. Thisadaptation enhances students’ learning of thermal science subjects by providing students anenhanced, open-ended design
AC 2007-1188: FORMING GLOBAL ENGINEERS: A FRESHMAN ENGINEERINGDESIGN COURSE WITH A MULTINATIONAL DESIGN PROJECT INVOLVINGLATIN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONSIvan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan Esparragoza is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engineering design education, innovative design, and global design. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of
AC 2007-2906: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING CONSTRUCTIONFUNDAMENTALS: IMPLEMENTING DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT DELIVERYPROCEDURES INTO A COURSE IN COST ESTIMATINGDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics
AC 2007-2989: THE ST@R PROJECT: AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THERETENTION RATES OF 1ST AND 2ND YEAR UNDERREPRESENTEDSTUDENTS ENROLLED IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGEdward Brown, Edward E. Brown, Jr. is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (1992). He received his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2004) in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University. He is a 2005-2006 recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association Stay Tech Award which focuses on improving the retention rates of undergraduate engineering students
AC 2007-1910: USING A SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECT TO MAKE PROGRESSON BOTH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OBJECTIVES FOR AMERICANINDIAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSSheree Watson, Montana State UniversityHeidi Sherick, Montana State UniversityCarolyn Plumb, Montana State University Page 12.1534.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using a Service-learning Project to Make Progress on Both Recruitment and Retention Objectives for American Indian Engineering StudentsThe Designing our Community (DOC) program at Montana State University(MSU), which is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, hasthree goals: (1) Increase the motivation and
AC 2007-2002: PROJECT CARE: THE EFFECT OF ENRICHMENT OFACADEMIC IMPACT SKILLS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCEIMPROVEMENT (API) FOR STEM CAREERSSylvanus Wosu, University of Pittsburgh Page 12.1198.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ASEE Conference Paper Project CARE: The Effect of Enrichment of Academic Performance Improvement (API) Skills on Performance in Math and Science Sylvanus N. Wosu and Mike Lovell University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering Pittsburgh, PA
AC 2007-2321: COLLABORATIVE DESIGN OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGCOURSES: HOW TO IMPLEMENT A MODE OF LEARNING THATEFFECTIVELY BUILDS SKILLS FOR THE GLOBAL ENGINEERRichard Savage, California Polytechnic State UniversityLinda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State UniversityJonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Page 12.367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Collaborative design of project-based learning courses: How to implement a mode of learning that effectively builds skills for the global engineerAbstractSuccess for tomorrow’s engineers necessitates the design of curricula that promote awareness ofthe
AC 2007-465: EVERYDAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS ARCHIVEDAS E-PORTFOLIO: EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL LEARNING IN AN ENGINEERINGDESIGN CURRICULUMCharles Pezeshki, Washington State University Chuck Pezeshki is a professor at Washington State University in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and is the DIrector of the Industrial Design Clinic.Kelley Racicot, Washington State University Kelley Racicot is a graduate student in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. She is employed at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at WSU. Page 12.702.1© American