Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Michael Parker, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Robert Bridges, B&W Y-12 Technical Services, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

a total systems perspective. Extrapolating tomanagerial implications one might conclude that Systems Engineering and EngineeringManagement disciplines could make a significant contribution in resolving the “sustainability”debate in higher education.IntroductionThe purpose of this applied research is to: 1) Explore the emerging emphasis on the triple bottomline as organizations strive to survive in this turbulent decade; 2) Use relevant literature and theauthors’ practical experience to suggest a conceptual framework that could guide organizationsthrough a revolutionary process that involves disruptive or discontinuous changes to processesand business models; 3) Reflect implications of these sustainability transformation onEngineering

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Grant; Julie Trenor

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Constructivism, the perspective used by this study, embracesthe idea that the participants can actively make meaning of their various critical experiences withfamily members and relate how those experiences influenced their academic decisions aboutengineering.17Methodology Once the research questions were formed, a methodology was selected. Strauss andCorbin state that qualitative methods can be used to better understand any phenomenon aboutwhich little is yet known.18 FGC students, especially those majoring in engineering, are not wellstudied and are known to face unique academic challenges.19 Further, qualitative studies yieldresults that are reflective of the descriptive experiences and feelings of the participants.20 To better

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

participants.Some of the evaluation questions were updated in the final year to reflect the possibility thatstudent motivations for participating in the program were altered by the economy.The theme of the program was “Experimental Methods in Mechanical Engineering,” which was Page 15.949.2selected by the PIs due to the emphasis on experimental research by the majority of faculty in thedepartment. The theme was also chosen because hands-on research is appealing to engineeringstudents3 and can be a useful retention mechanism.4,5 The research laboratories that participatedin the program were the Experimental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, the Laboratory for Micro

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

metaphors fit or do notfit their career experiences. We ask new faculty to reflect on their interviewing and hiringexperiences, look ahead to their third-year reviews, discuss their departments’ workingatmosphere, and reflect on their interviewing and hiring processes. We ask third-year faculty toreflect on their interviewing and hiring experiences, their experiences as faculty at their currentuniversity, and satisfaction with their productivity and accomplishments in their careers so far.Additionally, we ask third-year faculty to discuss what they feel their next professionalaccomplishments will be. All interviews conclude with general career path reflections.Data collectionData are collected for research conducted for an ADVANCE grant, a National

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Ken Thomas, University of South Florida; Jeffrey Cunningham, University of South Florida; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

requirements. 4 The writer addresses each aspect of the assignment. The writer addresses and develops each aspect of the assignment and goes 5 beyond the assignment prompt to address additional related material.For each of the 16 traits listed in Table 1 a score of 1-5 is given according to the level ofthe writing. From Table 2 it shows that a score of 5 reflects writing that exhibits keyunderstanding of the writing assignment while that of 1 is for work that does not addressthe requirements of the assignment. Thus the assigned level is the score for the trait andthis is done in 0.5 level increments. This is the scoring used by instructors to obtainresults shown below in Tables 4 and 5.Flateby and Fehr1 report that CLAQWA

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad Mustafa, Savannah State University; Alberto De La Cruz, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

successful model of knowledge transmission centers for the mostpart on the teacher and what they want students to learn and accomplish from theses lectures.Another teaching approach known as Project- Based Learning (PBL) promotes critical thinkingutilizing real-life problems as the starting point. Professors and students are expected to playnon-conventional roles by engaging in this instructional and learning approach. In a PBLenvironment, learners practice higher order cognitive skills (analysis, synthesis and evaluation)and are constantly engaged in reflective thinking asking questions that are based on applicationof concepts from different Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)disciplines. This paper draws on the lessons learned

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

ourdevelopment phase. We realized early on that maintaining fresh data would be justas challenging as creating a new website.This career exploration site needed to reflect that manufacturing is dynamic – thattechnologies evolve; companies figure out new ways to tackle problems; new productsare developed that require new materials or different ways to make existing productsbetter – which means that if students want to understand a complete picture, the websitecontent must be dynamic to keep students interested. The best scenario is when studentswant to “come back” because they have a variety of ways to explore the information andit’s evident that a site’s content changes and continues to grow.So our idea of a web portal to address this project embodied a

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuejin Xu, Murray State University; Lili Dong, Cleveland State University; Theresa Nawalaniec, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

explanation while reading the slides of information literacy and ethics. Students can alsomove to the audio portion of a major topic by clicking its slide index. The 48-minute audiopresentation discusses major topics in information literacy and ethics including informationliteracy standards, library use, literature searching, databases, plagiarism, citation styles, andliterature reviews. The interactive self-evaluation tool (Figure 2) allows students to reflect ontheir own learning of this module, and to interact with course instructors directly for anyquestions or feedbacks, which could lead to further discussions between course instructors andstudents. The assessment component contains an objective knowledge of information literacyand ethics test

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

educationalexperience conducive for the development of the desired characteristics of graduates.Ultimately, a structure, philosophy, and subject matter specificity, compatible with the newculture, and providing the experiences identified with the above characteristics, would emerge.More specifically, the salient features of the new paradigm, reflecting author’s views(1,2,3,4,5,6) andconsonant with recent views of other advocates(11, 12, 13, 14) of engineering reform, plus the “crux”of relevant reports on future of engineering education,(15, 16, 17, 18, 19) would entail many or all ofthe following: ≠ Recruitment of qualified academics, with experience in developing education tools, curricula, and delivery systems. Their primary role is to

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Jay DeNatale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

give thepresentations. All students attend these presentations together in a lecture environment, andconcepts are reinforced through in-class reflection exercises.The course also provides formal instruction in four different civil engineering emphasis areas -geotechnics, structures, transportation, and water resources. Technical modules within theseareas focus on quantitative considerations important for the design project and serve to reinforcesome of the knowledge areas that typically appear in the breadth session of the National Councilof Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Principles and Practice of EngineeringExam. These modules focus on such quantitative considerations as bearing capacity of shallowfoundations, axial capacity

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

supported by a National Science Foundation grant no. 0837634. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Online resource available at: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/atp/2006/12/atpctry/atpg06.html (last accessed on March 27, 2010)2. Online resource available at: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/atp/2008/03/atpctry/atpg06.html (last accessed on March 27, 2010)3. Hsi, S. and Agogino, A.M. “The impact and instructional benefit of using multimedia case studies to teach engineering design,” Journal of Educational Multimedia and

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina White, Columbia University; Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, George Washington University; Andy Szmerekovsky, US Air Force Academy; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

that we provided in the CG suiteresources and the majority of the teams included their own research of a historical innovator(Appendix B). In their reflections about the direct inspiration that historical innovators providethem with during their design process, a number of teams indicated that their historical innovatorwas the impetus for their final innovative design. The diversity in inventors supports ourinclination to consider demographics to include many types of people in our CG suite. Indeed,the diversity and interests represented by the students across gender, year of study, and ethnicitywould not have been addressed without a more diverse set of historical innovators. Table 1illustrates the design inventions and the corresponding

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

problems related tolearning most frequently are not related to the complexity of the subject matter. Problemspertaining to learning may actually be a reflection on the level of cognitive process that isabsolutely essential to master the material at the appropriate level. In this presentation, theauthor outlines how he has successfully designed, created and implemented instructional andlearning modules that can probably help address certain important criteria specified byaccreditation agencies.Introduction Instructional Systems Design (ISD) was made popular by Walter Dick and Lou Careywhose famous quote is: “You can’t provide a solution until you know what the problem is.” Inother words, first and foremost, instructors should select a few

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

identifying basic, emergent, proficient and distinguished attributeswas developed and used. The Assessment Plan and Reflection criteria were also adapted fromNYSATL,16 the remaining criteria were deemed important for our internal STEM Partnershipgoals and the assessment of Learning Experiences developed through the Summer Institutes.Table 3: Self assessment checklist components for institute instructors to challenge participants to reach a higher level of rigor and relevance in STEM Institutes Effective Strategies: Institute participants are asked to… Brainstorm Classify data Work in cooperative pairs/teams Complete analogies Participate in simulation/role play

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

International

list. On the one hand, theNAE list is a very specific set of challenges that seem to reflect the expertise of thecommittee members whereas on the other hand, the students’ list consists of a broad viewof people with less specialized knowledge. The authors’ contention is that both lists arenecessary! Exclusively using the NAE list can result in missing important challengesbecause of its specificity. Using the students’ list exclusively can result in missingimportant details such as what is feasible and realistic due to lack of technologyunderlying the challenge’s definitions. The authors chose to blend the two lists into whatwas hoped was a coherent whole for the students that allowed engagement in some

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

a result, they derived more fromthe course than was possible prior to the integration of actual artifacts, graphics, pictures, andvideos. Incorporating a visual and hands-on component to the lectures fostered very interactiveresults in terms of questions and more in-depth discussions. Although not totally unexpected orunanticipated, it was still encouraging to realize this outcome. This aspect of the project, byitself, has made it a worthwhile and rewarding experience. By using a variety of differentpresentation styles, more students were able to relate directly to the material and learn from it.This was also reflected in the course and faculty student evaluations completed during the lastclass session of the term. Their comments were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Dudevoir, United States Air Force Academy; Andrew Laffely, United States Air Force Academy; Alan J. Mundy, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Once we finallyagreed on a schedule, a set of common products and what design reviews ought to look like, wehad to consider how to develop grades for individuals on the team that reflected more than justthe team success. Initially, some programs were reluctant to have their students evaluated bystudents in other majors (from other departments), but we eventually decided to continue thesame peer evaluation technique described above.We typically scheduled peer evaluations surrounding three events each semester. In the fall,students evaluated each other at the conclusion of requirements definition (system requirementsreview), after completion of a preliminary design (PDR) near the middle of the fall semester andat the completion of detailed

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Will Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Forms Page 15.1063.8To facilitate grading in a large class, much of the feedback from the projects is obtained by theuse of online forms. Each student is required to fill out an online form as part of their grade.The online forms are used both for students to record their data, as well as to reflect on theirperformance as a team.The first team project that the students accomplish is usually an estimation project (e.g. Paint theJumbotron Orange). The feedback form for this project focuses on the performance as a team.The questions asked are:  List all the members of your team.  Did your team choose a leader?  Did your team make a plan

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

like this might be used both as instructional activities or asanother means for assessing problem scoping ability.Implications for the instrumentThe significant difference in total score suggested that the instrument were able to reflect theteachers’ gained experience during the workshop. To further validate the instrument, we plan tohave a second coder apply the rubric to the data and have another group of teachers who do notgo through professional development workshop perform the task twice within the time frame of aweek.Although the total scores showed significant differences, the effect size represented only a smallto medium difference. Because the difference is small, it is possible that the instrument needs tobe refined. It could be that

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

fina inalists are chosen from the pool of lab section wininners by thecourse staff based upon the comm ments received and also on the quality of the preresentations.Once the period of online reflecti ction and finalist selection is complete, the two finalists fin deliverthe actual exam review lecture fo for the entire class. Once the teams finish, the class cl is given fiveto ten minutes to reflect on the prresentations with their peers while the course staff

Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

statement of the final project position at the selected end point. 5. Reflections. This is the only section where any personal opinions or comments are made but they are very limited. They can only cover lessons learned by the Page 15.1208.5 author from the case.Sections 1 through 4 are strictly factual and even section 5 has limited scope for comment.It is important to stress that the case study is not about reliving the project and decidinghow it could or should have been managed. The original participants may share someopinions but the case preparer must stay strictly neutral and objective. It is a difficultposition to take but it is also a

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

students to chat in real-time and participate in virtual face-to-face communication with the instructor. We emphasize that IVLP is still in its prototype stageand requires further testing and enhancements and this paper only reflects our initial results.The rest of this paper is organized as follow. In Section 2 we briefly describe the basic coursedelivery model used in IVLP. In Section 3 we describe the architecture and then we go over thelayout and implementation of IVLP and provide details about individual modules of the system. Page 15.45.22. IVLP Delivery MethodologyThe Integrated Virtual Learning Platform is a pilot project developed by the

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Eddy Rojas, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Page 15.740.4Learning through games and simulations itself emphasizes the learning process.Games and simulations offer interesting and engaging learning processes wherestudents can actively participate, interact with others, and use their experience asthe context. Thereby, students are able to critically reflect about the content.Games and simulations facilitate students’ reflection on those experiences toempower them into altering their current perspectives.In addition, through well-designed and developed games and simulations,supported by innovative technologies, students can inexpensively practicedecision-making as well as problem solving in real-like contexts while having fun.The use of games and simulations may create immersive and highly

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

directly involved in planned organizational or socialchange.1 Hansen, et al, provide examples of AR that match this description and place theorganizational change in a higher education program assessment context.6 Another characteristicis that the researchers participate in the process or problem being studied, as opposed to adoptingan external observation-only role.5 A third characteristic of AR is that it generally involves aniterative process of cycles that include steps of planning, implementing and observing, andreflecting and assessing.1 The reflecting and assessing phase of a cycle generates the problem tobe solved by the next cycle of AR or it results in termination of the AR process. For the ARprocess results presented here, there were

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

practices that make all others pale in comparison. I'm sorry, but (for example) $35+ per hour with unbelievable benefits for general manufacturing jobs to push the start button on a couple machines every half hour and sit on their butt reading magazines and newspa- pers (instead of doing ANYthing productive) in between machine cycles is NOT GOOD for American manufacturing or America's economy.Comments that deal with the survey in general follow. The comments point out the variationbetween different manufacturing education programs. [Industry Comment] Obviously answers reflect opinions based on our programs and the perceptions of

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Karen Guo, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Teachers College/Columbia University; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

,programs that provide many opportunities for active learning and reflection on practice top thelist. Finally, when looking at impact on knowledge and practice together, the significance of aprofessional community became apparent.Fishman, Marx, Best, and Tal17 presented an analytic framework in their study linking PD tostudent and teacher learning. The participants included 40 teachers teaching sixth, seventh, andeighth grade students in 14 urban schools in Detroit, Michigan. Teachers learned project-basedscience through inquiry pedagogy, which is in line with the constructivist notion of learning.Analysis of pre- and post- assessment, surveys, focus-group discussions, and classroomobservations showed positive impact on teachers’ knowledge, beliefs

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Robert Davis, Purdue University; Shripad Revankar, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University; Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. IntroductionIn the five years leading up to the beginning of our current strategic planning cycle, the Collegeof Engineering at Purdue had undergone a period of significant growth both in faculty andfacilities. The key questions facing the college centered around how to identify and realize theopportunities that this growth was creating. With this in mind, when the work on the nextgeneration strategic plan began in late 2006, inclusiveness and widespread engagement ofstakeholders were defining goals for the planning process. Reflecting this goal of including alllevels of faculty and staff as well as students, outside academic and industrial experts andalumni,approximately hundreds of people across 25 continentshave been engaged in the preparation ofthe

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

by the department chair and numerical results aretabulated. The CAO is made aware of anyone not using the forms. The answers reflect aconcern for the details of the documentation required. The CAO and Senior Faculty responsestended to be at this level of detail as well.The answers to questions 1, 2 and 3 are more interesting. Here is demonstrated most clearly thedifference in how the evaluator and the person being evaluated view the Process. Those beingevaluated see it more as a method for ensuring that faculty members “measure up,” whereas theevaluators additionally see it as a process that assists in growth and improvement. Those beingevaluated are taking a pragmatic approach – in order to safely navigate the Process, they take itseriously

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

activities and challenges in the previous academic year andaccording to the agenda the participants discuss new topics. Finally, the timetable for the nextsemester is presented and all participants can consult each other about changes and updates.The internal lecturers meet as a group every week and reflects respectively discusses theimpact of changes in the time schedule and curriculum as often as possible. Page 15.967.8Figure 8: Distribution of the internal and external lecturers by semesterSharing the resources – human and machines – of the test beds also requires careful andprecise planning. Students, teachers, engineers and project customers use

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Misty Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Hal R. Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates, Inc.; David Woehr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida

to work in teams; 2), equipfaculty to manage teams; and 3), equip this research team to understand student teams. Thesegoals support each other in hierarchical fashion: research informs faculty practice, facultydetermine the students’ experience, which, if well managed based on research findings, shouldequip students to work in teams. People. People are the groups that will use the proposed system: students, faculty, andresearchers. The hierarchy of people reflects the hierarchy of goals: the work of the research Page 15.1069.3team supports the work of faculty, which in turn supports the work of students and their teams. GOALS