Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Educational Policy and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

worked in research and develop- ment in artificial intelligence, computer vision, robotics, and sensor fusion. Prof. Nathan also has worked on computer-based tutoring environments for mathematics education that rely heavily on students’ own comprehension processes for self-evaluation and self-directed learning (so-called unintelligent tutoring systems). Prof. Nathan directed the STAAR Project, which studied the transition from arithmetic to al- gebraic reasoning. He served as Co-PI for the NSF-funded AWAKEN Project, which documented how people learn engineering in K-12, college, and the workplace. Dr. Nathan recently served as a member of The National Academy of Engineering (NAE)/National Research Council Committee on

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #10401Investigating Assessment Methods for Informal Environmental EngineeringEducation Modules for K-12 Students, Specifically Focusing on Sustainabil-ity (Extended Abstract: Hands-on Environmental Engineering Panel)Ms. Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College Rebecca Citrin is a senior Civil and Environmental Engineering student at Lafayette College with a strong interest in K – 12 Engineering Education. She is currently working with Lafayette College and North Carolina State University faculty members on an NSF funded education project. Rebecca has conducted research on various informal K – 12 engineering education

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

“specialists” working together to obtain significantimpact towards defined education and outreach goals.Large-scale research centers face the challenge of integrating the EOT operation into the generalframework of the research enterprise rather than running an ancillary EOT project to fulfill acontractual agreement specified by the funding agency. One model is to concentrate education Page 24.843.2programs on the research potential of the graduate students and post-doctoral scholars working atthe facility. This model emphasizes the production of new knowledge related to the ongoingresearch conducted at the sites. As illustrated in Figure 1, the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Pando P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Luis E. Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Virginia Tech; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Domniki Asimaki, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brady R. Cox, University of Arkansas; Joseph Wartman, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

inequity mentioned above, a BDP program is proposed to help increasethe size and diversity of the graduate student population. The BDP program described herein wasinitially proposed as part of an NSF research project funded within the Network for EarthquakeEngineering Simulation (NEES) program, but it can be applied as a model for any multi-institutional research proposal. The proposed BDP model, based on the participants of the NSFproposal, is shown schematically in Figure 2. As shown in this figure, the proposed BDP iscentered around the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM), a predominantly Latinoinstitution, and involves connecting the Latino students from UPRM with academic institutionsin mainland USA which in this case are the ones

Conference Session

Information Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Moore; Jeffrey Richardson; Michelle Perry

Page 10.1279.1includes aspects such as motivation2 . Students must be motivated to learn the new material.Academic students, who are high achievers, motivate themselves to study and learn. Non- Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationacademic students often require extra levels of motivation3 . Activities that engage the studentsand allow them the ability to interact with the new material can build motivation and thus,improve learning.Traditional TeachingIn a traditional college lecture, PowerPoint may be used to project materials to a classroom fullof students. PowerPoint is a great tool for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Lisa F. Bullard; Douglas G. Schmucker; Misty Loughry; Richard Felder; Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton; Cynthia Finelli

UniversityAbstractA multi-university research team is working to design a peer evaluation instrument forcooperative learning teams that is simple, reliable, and valid. In this work, an overview of theprocess of developing behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) will be presented, includingthe establishment of a theoretical basis for the instrument and a description of the extensiveclassroom testing of the draft instrument conducted during fall 2004.Introducing the draft instrument to the engineering education community through exposure in theNSF grantees’ poster session is expected both to improve the validity of the scale itself throughthe feedback we receive and to accelerate the dissemination of the instrument.IntroductionThis project and its goals

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

undergraduate students to the concepts and practices ofentrepreneurial thinking. Using a combination of lectures, case studies, student led discussions,team business plans, and investor presentation formats, the course teaches life skills inentrepreneurial thought and action that students can utilize in careers ranging from startingcompanies to initiating R&D projects in large company entrepreneurial endeavors. Major coursethemes include: Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Idea Generation and Feasibility Analysis, andBusiness Planning. The table 1 also shows the content of the course3.Course objectives include exploring the entrepreneurial mindset and culture that has beendeveloping in companies of all sizes and industries; examine the

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Ostheimer

time for attention to “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent writing, even though, when questioned, these professors assert that such writing is crucialfor their graduates.Recognizing our graduates’ need for strong communication skills, the ECE Department beganteaching its senior-level capstone design courses as writing emphasis courses beginning in 1989.Writing projects integrated into these senior classes included a well-defined problem statement, adesign proposal, a status memorandum, an engineering notebook documenting the designprocess, and a final technical design report. The

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

, andcompleting a Senior Design project. Data from several years of administering pre-tests of pre-requisite material clearly indicate that student retention declines rapidly over time. Research by Page 10.1082.1Spache and Berg (1978), and others have demonstrated that a simple study method significantly “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”improves understanding and memory (3). The method takes its name from the first letter of thefive steps that one follows - preview, question, read, self-recitation

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hankley

programmingassignments. Early assignments deal with using tools and composing standard components thatwill be used in the course project. The project consists of design phase, including severalreviews of the design models, followed by implementation of core parts of the design. Themajor code evaluation is to check that program code matches the design model documents.BackgroundMost engineering students take at least one computing course. If they take only one such course,that course is usually a programming course. Sometimes an engineering department will teachits own computing course, for example a course on numerical computing using FORTRAN.That occurs at our school because the CIS department does not teach FORTRAN. In other casesengineers take the core CIS

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Osman El-Sayed

policy of Mohamed Aly, the founder ofEgypt's Royal Dynasty, to modernize Egypt and integrate it in the international economy.Engineers were needed to take in charge the large infrastructure projects (specially in the field Page 9.537.1of irrigation) and the new industries required by the new modern state. "Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"The first school of Engineering dates back to 1816 and was located in Saladin's Citadel. It wasfollowed by a regular school

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Hutchinson; Larry Erickson; David Steward; Lakshmi Reddi; Alok Bhandari

Research-Integrated Curriculum in Geoenvironmental Engineering Alok Bhandari, Lakshmi N. Reddi, Larry E. Erickson, Stacy L. Hutchinson, and David R. Steward Departments of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5000IntroductionRapid growth in global population and industrial development in the past few decades have ledto several environmental problems related to soil and groundwater. As public agencies, privatefirms, and academia embarked on projects aimed at seeking solutions to waste management andsubsurface contamination problems

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

essential aspect of any technical research project is dissemination throughpresentations of findings arising from the study. However, a technical presentation is an abstract,with only key points covered. Presentations should never contain a lot of information because theaudience will get lost in the details. The biggest mistake a technical presenter can make isthinking the goal of the presentation is to place all the details on slides. Reality is that theaudience needs less information than most presenters believe. An audience remembers about tenpercent of a presentation; it is up to every presenter to ensure they remember the right tenpercent.5, 12, 13Technical Level. Thoroughly understand the potential audience. A presentation at aninappropriate

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

capture the knowledge and train the next generation of Chief Engineers. JACME2T provides training for its member companies by sharing internal resources and also by commissioning academic presenters to develop and deliver new course material. Topics are usually focused into 1 or 2-day courses which may then be combined as certificates. A certificate typically requires about 100 hours of class time. In the past 3 years, JACME2T has delivered more than 250 Project Management and 70 Software Engineering certificates. The challenge from the Board was to develop a Chief Engineer Certificate as the first step in the path to a long-term solution. Solution methodology New JACME2T programs are defined and commissioned by Learning and Competency

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marybeth Lima

details).2. Live by the 80/20 rule: you get 80% of a project finished in 20% of the total time it takes to complete that project, but the last 20% of the project takes 80% of the time.HINT: In academia, you can “80” most things. You will have to, because being on thetenure track is like trying to juggle 100 balls at once when you can really only handle 50.3. Keep your mouth shut in faculty meetings until you know the identity of the village idiot and the identity of the respected sage (every faculty has at least one of each). You want to be aligned with the sage and not the idiot. • Corollary: avoid statements like “At My Dissertation University, we did…” unless you are directly asked. Established faculty members tend to dismiss

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Healy

how they learn we introduced them to Gardner’s3 nine stylesof learning: mathematical-logical, verbal-linguistic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic,interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, musical, and existential. We had them do anexercise in which they used each of the nine styles to learn something during the day.We also had them take an internet-based inventory, that covers eight of the ninecompetences, athttp://www.ldrc.ca/projects/tscale/?PHPSESSID=5411287433414017d900a24e8c73b66dto get an idea of where they scored high and low. Forty junior-level electricalengineering students took the inventory. With 50 as a maximum they scored thefollowing averages: Mathematics 38.5 Music 34.7 Naturalistic

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leotis Parrish; Devdas Pai

able to providea larger pool of qualified applicants for permanent hire. This project is serving as a model for theother programs in the college. A&T’s CoE, along with the other schools on campus, has enjoyed surging enrollmentincreases over the last three years. This increased enrollment has benefited the campus in termsof increased faculty and staff positions to serve the students, but has given rise to an equalnumber of challenges – such as strains on physical resources such as classrooms and computingfacilities. More importantly, there has been an imperceptible but very definite creeping up ofclass sizes in the lower-level critical core classes – the ones where one-to-one interaction iscrucial for students to grasp the more

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

. The course culminates in a final project that requires students toproduce a three-dimensional object, of their choosing, which is related to their major field ofstudy. The final projects are posted on a course website gallery after each semester. Students arenot expected to have a math background beyond basic mathematics. This requires faculty toteach students to build models without relying on complex mathematical parameters.Student DemographicsStudents enrolled in the class came from a broad range of majors including: radio TV & film,graphic design, music, art, math, urban studies, journalism, biology, psychology, chemistry,political science, business, child development, theater, health science, interior design,criminology, sociology

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

academic quality under various titles such asTQM, CQI, and TQI etc. Continuous improvement is the buzz word that is used by ABET. Wewill describe a process that has worked for us to improve the learning and retention ofknowledge by the students.I. IntroductionClassroom assessment techniques are widely used to measure students’ acquired knowledge.These techniques include assigning home work problems, quizzes, tests, term papers andothers.Minute papers, Muddiest point, one sentence summary and what is the principle techniques arewell described in literature[1]. At the macro level assessment activities include: 1) Studentlearning as evaluated by test scores, grades, project presentations etc. 2) Curriculum and courseobjectives evaluated by an

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Prathivadi Ravikumar

Page 9.1163.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Engineering Management (Required) PM 7010 Project Management Techniques ITECHNICAL EMPHASIS COURSES (Total of 9 credits in a single emphasis area) Engineering Design CEE 7830 Optimization with Engineering Applications MIE 6800 Finite Element Analysis MIE 7300 Experimental Design MIE 7550 Product Design and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith

andthen perform measurements to validate parameters such as illumination intensity,functional effectivity, and energy efficiency. Lighting is a national priority as itconsumes approximately one-third of all expended electrical energy. This hasresulted in national and state regulatory legislation for both new and retrofitlighting. This project will also establish the Internet protocol whereby any remotecomputer location can be granted access to and interactively participate in thedeveloped experiments and facilities.This project involves collaboration with Dr. Richard Mystick, of the Architectural Page 8.1022.1Engineering Department and Global University at Penn

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

of theelectrical power industry. The purpose of the Power Engineering Institute is to provide basic andadvanced continuing education to power systems and electrical utility engineers as well asfurther strengthen the undergraduate program in electrical power engineering at UPJ. Theinstitute project is now in the planning stage that includes: ‚ Assessing the state of power engineering education in the region ‚ Assessing the requirements of the electrical power utility industry ‚ Exploring cooperative opportunities with other educational/training organizations and electrical utilities ‚ Developing a program which completely utilizes the capabilities of the Power System Simulator for both training and

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

needs of the industry. In fact, the missionstatement of the College refers to this fact. The Advisory Committee also recommended that theCollege consider setting up an international program that would provide students with someelements of international experience expected of current graduates 3.Guidelines were developed that would allow College administration to work with partnerinstitutions abroad in developing international program. The guidelines focused on certainrequirements, such as: • The UM-D students be able to enroll in technical courses or design projects related to their major at the partner institutions. • UM-D students be able to transfer credits earned abroad into their major • The students be not burdened with

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

programs can also enhance learning experience ofundergraduate students in the ET programs through direct involvement in applied research projects. Page 9.1027.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 8 2004, American Society for Engineering Education A case study for research in the laser cutting process is presented. Kerf quality is often a criticalparameter during this process. The quality of kerf depends upon several controllable and uncontrollablevariables. For the laser beam cutting process, the controllable variables include: feed

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Considine; Paul Kauffmann

Management was the first program offered as a result of this agreement. TheConstruction Advisory Board had strongly encouraged the development and delivery of thesecourses and it was felt there would be a large demand for the course series. The constructionseries included the following course offerings: • Construction Cost Estimating • Construction Project Management • Planning and Scheduling • Construction Contract Law and NegotiationThe initial offering of the program in spring 2003 was not well received and registration waslimited so the course series was cancelled. However, upon evaluation of marketing efforts, itwas determined that the effort had been limited and had not been directed at the appropriateaudience. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Heaslip

the programschedule to be presented on a more or less 18-month basis. While there are courses that areinformally "core" to the program, the curriculum is constantly evolving as additional coursesmay be to be added in response to industry and student needs and interests. Similarly, somecourses may not receive repeat presentations if their relevance to ADMI program intent anddirection becomes in question. One beneficial characteristic of ADMI Business ManagementStream courses is that they are developed and presented with an engineering environmentperspective and are highly focused, through course material outline, projects and casestudies, on the realities of business life for working engineers.Courses presently offered in the Technology &

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Mesa, Arizona, 85212.AbstractBy responding to the needs of many organizations, a critical mass of faculty and industryexpertise has been assembled around the Microelectronics Teaching Factory (MTF) atASU’s East Campus. With students from the University and local Community Colleges,the aggregate number of students provides a large load for the MTF. All students (andfaculty) follow the same safety training and industry-standard qualification. The BSclasses follow a sequence: web-based preparation; simulation to explore keyrelationships; MTF lab work appropriate to the degree level; class work to integrate thelearning experience and internship or project in one of the participating companies. Thegoal is to develop an efficient learning

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dan Parshall; Anthony Buonaquisti; Anita Callahan

, justprior to the next round of FCAT exams. A total of 209 students began the program, of which120 completed the entire curriculum. (For details regarding age, gender, and other samplingfactors, contact the first author.)Classroom EnvironmentThe curriculum itself varied over a wide range of topics that were selected by the scienceeducation team at MOSI, based upon the hope that they would both spark student interest, as wellas being related to everyday activities. Each class typically featured a brief lecture to introducethe basic concepts, followed by a hands-on experiment that allowed the students to see theconcepts in action. Over the course of the project, the broad subject areas covered wereastronomy, physics, and biology. Specific topics

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Toby Boulet; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Richard Bennett; Arnold Lumsdaine

problems presented in engineering are reality that has already been modeled. Once the initialLOs are developed, a new set of problems will be developed for the students to develop their ownmodels of reality. The students will be given access to the advanced modules when they havesuccessfully completed the review modules. The completion of the modules will automaticallyprovide them with a password and also send the faculty member an email about the studentcompletion.This project has been initially funded by the University of Tennessee College of Engineering andthe Innovative Technology Center. Each participating faculty member received a day of trainingfor the developments and funding for an assisting graduate student.PlanThe following survey was

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

. Page 8.804.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ? 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Introduction Some schools of technology are experiencing as much as a 38% decline in enrollment intheir engineering technology program. Many programs are being developed to increaseawareness of engineering technology Prominent examples of such include Project Lead The Way(PLTW), Expand Your Horizons (EYH), Purdue’s Women in Technology and a similar programby IBM. These programs, along with others, are aimed at the overall problem of the lack ofawareness of engineering technology. They are aimed at the general population and not at