Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

acclimatizing themselves to the university usually find that discovery process to be aself-motivated activity. They wander about finding whatever they happen to be interested in ormanage to accidentally encounter. These novices move about the university without anyoneproviding them any direction in their search. The problem with this method is that it simplybecomes an activity that is hit or miss in allowing students to discover what the university reallyprovides in the way of interesting pursuits and helpful means to accomplish one’s final focus forcareer pursuit. Students reflect that when told to go places and find pertinent information aboutthe location or the people who exist there, they comply with the assignment and in many casesfind interests

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hassan Moore, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

to changing technologies and constraints1. Ted Kennedy, a founder of BE&K, amajor engineering, construction corporation, emphasized the importance of these same problemsolving skills during his keynote address to the Engineering Council of Birmingham in 2007. Hestressed the importance of learning mathematics in an engineering context rather than inisolation, stating that applying mathematics to solve complex engineering problems is anessential, and often missing, skill for young engineers. These same expectations are reflected inthe engineering accreditation process which seeks to place engineering problem-solving anddesign earlier in curricula. Consequently, students must apply their mathematics and basicscience skills sooner within the

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

: fairs and industry 1. Maintain existing internships; partnerships; 3. Create supplementary 2. Design student projects to 1-credit or 0-credit help in recruitment effort; courses that make 3. Sell ECET program as such transfers “Super Technology” possible; program; 4. Creating viable sub- 4. Have program reflect fields that respond to Engineer 2020 attributes; student interest and 5

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Urgency of Engineering Education Reform, Plenary Address, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2002.5. Keating, D. A., and E. M. Deloatch, Don’t Overlook Industry, PRISM, November, 2007.6. Schon, D. A., The Reflective Practitioner, Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1983.7. Schon, D. A., Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Jossey-Bass, New York, 1987.8. Conrad, C.F., Haworth, J.G., Millar, S.B., A Silent Success: Master’s Education in the United States, The National Study By the Council of Graduate Schools, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.9. Maxwell, J. C. Developing the Leaders Around You, Nelson Business Books, Nashville, 1995.10. Labor Statistics from USDOL http://www.bls.gov/oes

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Maria Simone, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design.IntroductionThe significant changes that accompanied the ABET 2000 document1 reflected theobservation by academia and industry that engineering education needed to change tobetter prepare engineering graduates for the current work environment2,3. One result ofthese changes is that both design and communication have been given increasinglyimportant treatment in undergraduate engineering curriculum. Project-based courseshave been gaining acceptance as a means to introduce design experiences into thecurriculum prior to the senior capstone design course4-6. In some cases, communicationcontent has been integrated into engineering content as well7.Undergraduate students in the College of Engineering at Rowan University take asequence of eight project based

Conference Session

Careers and Professional Development in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guruprasad Madhavan, State University of New York-Binghamton; Aimee Betker, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jennifer Flexman, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

101 for BME GraduateResearch.” With audience feedback and volunteer creativity, the tracks subsequently evolved toprimarily focus on career, professional, and entrepreneurial development in bioengineering. Tothis end, the 2007 conference featured three sessions named “Innovations and Entrepreneurshipin Bioengineering,” “Working in Bioengineering: Making an Impact,” and “BiomedicalEngineering and Society” to reflect this focus. The most successful session was “Innovations andEntrepreneurship in Bioengineering,” which was attended by both students and industryprofessionals. This session focused on such topics as translational academic research,development of a business and marketing plan, and licensing, royalty, and patentingmethodologies. The

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Barbara Bekken, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

themes, anddeveloping assessment questions. Students began keeping journals for personal reflection andpoetry. Subjects this semester included: history of food production and farming; naturalresources and farming; crop production; animal production; environmental impacts; societal andcultural aspects; sustainable farming; regulation; politics; nutrition; social perspectives; cross-cultural perspectives; ethics of eating and; the right to eat. The group compared findings fromvisits to two farms: a more industrialized experimental farm and a family-owned small-scalesustainable polyculture farm (Figure 4). A food science lab introduced students to theconnections between yogurt production and marketing and showed how food qualities can bequantified

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Douglas Acheson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Wanda Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Sheila Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; H. Oner Yurtseven, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

aquestioning mind; and (5) generally accepted and codified rules for settling disagreementsamong constituencies should exist4. Page 13.541.3In spite of well-intentioned approaches to enhance the collegiality of the faculty senates, facultyparticipation in campus governance is declining nationwide5. As higher education shifts towardmarket models of organization, boards and administrators increasingly apply bureaucratic modesof decision making to areas that used to be the domain of faculty members. All too often,administrators seem to sidestep faculty senates in favor of "more efficient" and "accountable"decision making that does not reflect faculty

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

one ofthese exercises as students discover limits in their own understanding while they are trying toexplain a topic to classmates.There are several other methods to create learning objects. One method is to create a unifiedcontent strategy for learning materials12. However, a unified content strategy requires much up-front analysis. Implementing a unified content strategy involves deconstructing all content fromall courses into elements. Another similar method is using a reflective group learning model tofacilitate teaching13. However this involves three phases: an establishment phase, a preparationphase and class phase. The learning process involves rule setting, group formulation, individual

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, students arerequired to keep an informal design notebook. Students are encouraged to use the notebooks as ameans of documenting their progress through the design process. This notebook is collected, anda portion of the notebook is graded. The professor reads 35 entries marked by the student as“quality entries.” These entries are graded on the perceived usefulness to the individual studentand the design group rather than a strict set of formal requirements. The graded portion of thesenotebooks is a relatively minor part of the notebook as a whole. Non-graded entries are risk-freeinformal writing in which the student reflects on aspects of the design process as well as thecomposition of oral presentations and bi-weekly reports. The notebook’s value

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World / International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Dennis Jet, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

Tagged Divisions

International

work progress. Students are tomaintain their work progress records (e.g., courses, grades, etc., see Table 1). Similarassessment tables are also to be developed to reflect the student’s research work progress.From these tables, applicants are able to analyze their work, adjust and make improve-ments on a regular basis, and report to their advisors. Reports can regularly be collectedby a student advisor and submitted to the IHE’s Fellowship Project Directors. Thedirectors evaluate the reports, make necessary comments and return to the student’sadvisors.Time-line ChartA table can be prepared showing student name, admission date, semester attended (e.g.,Fall, Spring, Summer). Such a table can be compared with another table (work progress)showing

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brenda Brand, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael Collver, Montgomery County Public Schools; Gabriel Goldman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

are new to the program and stepping in as manager/mentors of the high-schoolstudents. The capstone design students are still involved directly with the high-school students, butare given additional responsibilities associated with the new mentors and subteam tasks assignedunder them. All levels of mentors are supported by the faculty who meet with these studentsregularly for guidance including lectures on professional leadership topics, and to help them sortout details of their experiences during oral reflections. In addition, faculty are always available forimpromptu consultations so that while students are challenged by new situations, they also knowthat they are fully supported for working through issues when needed.Technological literacy

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Fong Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

such that the application of appropriate new knowledge from thegraduate course is the main focus in order to successfully carry out the project. For first-yeargraduate students with an engineering degree from an ABET-accredited higher educationalinstitution, this would not be an issue although student’s competency may slightly vary. In mostengineering graduate schools, however, there is a large population of international students. Thissituation is particularly true in our Electrical and Computer engineering (ECE) with a recentlarge influx of international students from Asia. We learned from the recent experience ineducating them that their undergraduate curriculum reflected on their transcripts is not muchdifferent from that of an ABET

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Engstrom, ITEA/Cal U

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

and science education standards and with connections to mathematics standards. 3. Pilot and assess the model in diverse classroom/laboratory environments. 4. Disseminate resources with professional development support.To write each unit, a strict process was followed that reflected the Understanding byDesign(UbD) approach created by Wiggins and McTighe1. This process has three main steps includingidentify desired results, determine acceptable evidence, and then design learning experiences.This process is important to follow to ensure that educational standards are clearly uncoveredand appropriate assessments are developed prior to the learning experiences.Unit DevelopmentThe writers met as a team to discuss the unit development

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

beliefs. Encouragement and verbal support from others will increase one’s effortand persistence to accomplish a task. People who have been persuaded that they lack thecapabilities to accomplish a certain task will often avoid that task. It is more difficult to increaseself-efficacy beliefs by verbal persuasion alone than it is to undermine it. The fourth and theleast influential source of self-efficacy is physiological arousal, where people interpret theiremotional states as a reflection of their capability to accomplishing a given task or goal 3.Self-efficacy is domain-specific; it must be considered in terms of a specific situation. Thereforewhen referring to “tinkering” self-efficacy in an engineering design class, only the skills

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pierre Lafleur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Yves Boudreault, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Richard Prégent, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

eleven engineering programs Pierre G. Lafleur, Yves Boudreault and Richard Prégent École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, CANADAContextFor 135 years, École Polytechnique de Montréal has provided an engineering program in theprovince of Québec, Canada. During its long history it has, successfully, faced and overcamemany challenges in several areas such as teaching, research, funding, and internationalcollaborations. The recent process through which it has, thoroughly, remodeled its elevenengineering undergraduate programs is, however, quite unique. This remodeling, in part,reflected on the basic mathematics courses and the complementary courses (social andeconomical aspects of engineering, ethics, etc.). It

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Bok Kim, Div. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

ofmechanical properties in two types of the plastic films under controlled tensile testingconditions: petroleum-based compost plastic bag and biodegradable plastic compost bag.Concepts in Biodegradability, Compostability, Renewability and SustainabilityL. Averorus reviewed multiphase biodegradable systems in which the term“biodegradable” means capable of undergoing decomposition into carbon dioxide,methane, water, inorganic compounds, or biomass in which the predominant mechanismis the enzymatic action of micro-organisms that can be measured by standard tests over aspecific time period, reflecting available disposal conditions (ASTM standard D-5488).1The term “compostablity” is the biodegradability of material using compost medium.Biodegradation is

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Bibel, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, AlohaAirlines inspected two other 737’s with 90,051 and 85,409. These two planes wereimmediately scrapped on the spot.Although the Aloha problem could have been prevented with more frequent inspectionsand Boeing already had an improved lap joint design in place, this near disaster triggereda national research effort. Improvements in inspection techniques and fatigue designwere developed. New methods to reflect the weakening effect of small fatigue cracks inlined up rivet holes were developed through testing and analysis.Incidentally the Aloha blast damage demonstrates how well a modern damage tolerantdesigned airplane hangs together. A surprising number of aircraft have safely landedafter a bombing.Less well known is the more recent China Airlines

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

differences reflected the female respondents as being more positive or demonstratingmore productive learning activities than males.Item N Average t Sig(Responses: 1=never; 4= almost always)12k. The instructor delivers the course man 132 2.02 2.98 .003content too quickly woman 58 1.6412l. Homework assignments are about the man 132 3.00 2.30 .023right level of difficulty woman 55 3.2713e.When working in groups, some male

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey S. Burmeister; Kyle A. Watson; Maria Garcia-Sheets

circuits designed and wired by the students. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 3: Spaghetti bridge testing.Results and Discussion A twenty-two question survey was conducted at eight sites (N = 189 students total responded) prior to the course offering in summer of 2007. Note that this survey was not available the summer of 2006. Another survey was conducted after the course was conducted with 63 respondents following summer 2006 and 104 respondents following summer 2007. The following percentages for summer 2006 and summer 2007, respectively reflect a response of “strongly

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

occurredvia self-reflective evaluations. For example: 1. an initial survey asked students to reflect upon the relative importance of all the skills involved in an engineering career 2. the DiSC and Myers-Briggs assessment methodologies were used so students could assess their own leadership traits or skills as well as those exhibited by others; 3. questionnaires were routinely used during team projects, both having individuals assess intra-team efforts as well as students evaluate the performance of other team’s oral presentations An example of the assessment of individual team members’ performance during the termproject is presented below. Final Term Project

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

problem. That is, learning must have a purpose beyond, "It is assigned". 2. Support the learner in developing ownership for the overall problem or task. 3. Design an authentic task. 4. Design the task and the learning environment to reflect the complexity of the environment they should be able to function in at the end of learning. 5. Give the learner ownership of the process used to develop a solution. 6. Design the learning environment to support and challenge the learner's thinking. 7. Encourage testing ideas against alternative views and alternative contexts. 8. Provide opportunity for and support reflection on both the content learned and the learning process.The implementation of our discovery-based

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Frank X. Wright; Marie-Pierre Huguet

greater‘depth of analysis’ and mature synthetic processes bordering on the creative. Their feedback on theexperiment was overwhelmingly positive and we decided to implement the first blended course oncampus.Blended learning is a “combination of face-to-face and online instruction5”.At RPI we use an adaptation ofHarmon and Jones6 levels of Web use to define our blended courses. With Level 0 being the traditionalface-to-face class, Level 1 reflects the Administrative/Web-enhanced first option. At this level, there is nocourse content posted and the online component is mainly used for administrative information such as thesyllabus, the schedule, or contact information. Level 2 refers to Supplemental/Web-enhanced courses.There is some course content posted

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

occurredvia self-reflective evaluations. For example: 1. an initial survey asked students to reflect upon the relative importance of all the skills involved in an engineering career 2. the DiSC and Myers-Briggs assessment methodologies were used so students could assess their own leadership traits or skills as well as those exhibited by others; 3. questionnaires were routinely used during team projects, both having individuals assess intra-team efforts as well as students evaluate the performance of other team’s oral presentations An example of the assessment of individual team members’ performance during the termproject is presented below. Final Term Project

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

problem. That is, learning must have a purpose beyond, "It is assigned". 2. Support the learner in developing ownership for the overall problem or task. 3. Design an authentic task. 4. Design the task and the learning environment to reflect the complexity of the environment they should be able to function in at the end of learning. 5. Give the learner ownership of the process used to develop a solution. 6. Design the learning environment to support and challenge the learner's thinking. 7. Encourage testing ideas against alternative views and alternative contexts. 8. Provide opportunity for and support reflection on both the content learned and the learning process.The implementation of our discovery-based

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

occurredvia self-reflective evaluations. For example: 1. an initial survey asked students to reflect upon the relative importance of all the skills involved in an engineering career 2. the DiSC and Myers-Briggs assessment methodologies were used so students could assess their own leadership traits or skills as well as those exhibited by others; 3. questionnaires were routinely used during team projects, both having individuals assess intra-team efforts as well as students evaluate the performance of other team’s oral presentations An example of the assessment of individual team members’ performance during the termproject is presented below. Final Term Project

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

problem. That is, learning must have a purpose beyond, "It is assigned". 2. Support the learner in developing ownership for the overall problem or task. 3. Design an authentic task. 4. Design the task and the learning environment to reflect the complexity of the environment they should be able to function in at the end of learning. 5. Give the learner ownership of the process used to develop a solution. 6. Design the learning environment to support and challenge the learner's thinking. 7. Encourage testing ideas against alternative views and alternative contexts. 8. Provide opportunity for and support reflection on both the content learned and the learning process.The implementation of our discovery-based

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MURAT OKCAY; BILGEHAN UYGAR OZTEKIN

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

direct or reflected beam viewing. Class IV lasers are also a fire risk as they may also ignite combustible materials.3. Components of the ePIV systemIn this section, the ePIV hardware will be discussed followed by the software. Typical operationprocedure will also be explained.3.1. ePIV hardware – Interactive ExperimentThe Interactive Experiment hardware can be seen in Figure 2. Figure 2. The ePIV systemThe interactive experiment system is portable and it consists of a rugged module, housing all thesystem components. The components include a PCB mounted digital camera, a laser, an opticallens for the laser light, a small variable speed water pump, a reservoir, and aninterchangeable experiment module. All the

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Burack, Brandeis University; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Melchior, Brandeis University; Eric Morgan, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

benefits. Thereare many other definitions in the literature, for example, service-learning is the integration ofacademic subject matter with service to the community in credit-bearing courses, with keyelements including reciprocity, reflection, coaching, and community voice in projects (Jacoby,1996)1. Service-learning (S-L) has been shown to be effective in a large number of cognitiveand affective measures, including critical thinking and tolerance for diversity, and leads to betterknowledge of course subject matter in such classic studies as Eyler and Giles (1999)2 and Astinet al. (2000)3.Service-learning in engineering has been a little slower to take hold. There were just a fewfaculty, courses, and institutions using S-L a decade ago (Tsang

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Travis Rieder, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

uncontroversial, andthere is no unanimously-held view concerning the proper role of intuition in ethics. Page 13.569.3However, the position I will advocate takes its lineage from a strongly compelling thesisof John Rawls’,6 which although not unanimously-held, is well-respected.The position I am referring to is called ‘reflective equilibrium’ and was coined by Rawls,but has been employed by many theorists since. The basic idea is this: ethics consists in adynamic process of intuition informing theory, which then can serve to correct or makeconsistent intuition. The process is continuous and loops back upon itself – one canalways legitimately ask whether a