Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

2002 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.David K. Click is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University ofVirginia. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia inMay 2001, and has been involved with the solar house project since September 2000. After graduating with a Masterof Science degree in Electrical Engineering in May 2004, he plans to work in the field of solar and wind energy.Shana C. Craft is a graduate student in the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering at the University ofVirginia. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics/Pre-Engineering with a minor in Mathematicsfrom Longwood College in May 2002

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Nippert

sites as extremely functional because a wide range of course materials and teaching/learning activities could be organized within a single web site. • They compared their newly acquired skill to a means to achieve greater accountability because their ability to develop web sites afforded them more autonomy in the design of instruction.Anecdotal evidence revealed that the science scholars were disinclined to use the Internetas part of their regular classroom instruction because of the impermanence of the content.Fear that web site content would change was cited as a reason for not developingdetailed, specialized lesson plans around such content. To mitigate this concern, oursolution was to provide the scholars with a

Conference Session

A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Greg Mowry

maturation process that often accompanies the process of developing a command ofany field of study. However, another important source of this deficiency is the lack ofunderstanding, attention to, or appreciation by the students of the general underlying conceptsthat unify all scientific fields of study. This deficiency is starting to be addressed by severalinstitutions1, 2. However, a significant amount of planning and intradepartmental coordination isrequired to affectively achieve a complete integration of the appropriate knowledge.Furthermore, the ability of these integrated approaches to adapt-to-change remains to be seen.Discrete modules that can be integrated into existing courses or new curriculum that focuses onthe desired level of concept

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

ofCivil Engineers (ECCE) [3].4.1. Proposed semester plan of module Ethics in the Built Environment1. week General introduction into the subject, definitions2. week Ethics and philosophical development3. week The importance of value systems, in general life and in technology4. week Values in technical action: functionality5. week Values in technical action: economy6. week Values in technical action: prosperity7. week Values in technical action: safety8. week Values in technical action: health9. week Values in technical action: environmental quality10. week Values in technical action: personality development and social quality11. week Correlation between values, types and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Goda; Pete Hanlon; Lisa Shay

(Figure 2) between two cadet teams and two faculty entries. The popularity of theproject is due primarily to its destructive nature and a fair amount of freedom of mechanical Page 9.593.5design. Many cadets enjoy the brain storming phase of the project and trying to gather Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationintelligence on the designs and plans of the other teams. The cadets frequently complain that thefaculty have the advantage in the competition since we have complete access to the

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales

of English speaking populations only. The position of thispresentation will involve the ethnography of HCI as applied to a worldwide population withsubsequent planning and preparation directed toward cultures in addition to English speakingHCI systems. Theories of diversity, learning paradigms, cultural mores, and attention to casestudies will be discussed. A focus of recommendations to assist cultural diversity considerationsas applied to web system design and management will be offered for a fully enhanced globalapplication of HCI. The utilization aspect of Unicode compliant standards will further assistwith the UI practices.IntroductionFor the most part, people and therefore cultures, have begun to consider issues of communicationas we

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Workforce Commission of the American Association of Engineering Societies. (1999). Engineering and Technology Enrollments - Fall, 1998. Washington, DC: Author.20 21 Pattatucci, A. M., (1998) Women in Science: Meeting Career Challenges. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.22 Wilson, S. S. (2000). Developing a Plan for Recruiting and Retaining Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology at Western Kentucky University. Conference Proceedings. Washington DC: American Society for Engineering Education.23 WEPAN Role Models. 24 Clark, M. & McMurchie, D. (2001). Integrating Humanities and Engineering Technology Education in the Classroom: A Case Study. Conference Proceedings. Washington DC: American Society

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcurrent (or at least fresh) process experience on the part of the mentor. Such process skillsinclude: • consulting practice skills: the role of the consultant; stakeholders; interviewing skills; client/consultant relationships and "buy-in"; implementation issues and reward systems; • the context of business management; • proposal preparation and proposal "selling"; costing; project planning; • problem structuring methods, methodological issues, ethical issues; • how groups of people work; and • the use of decision support systems

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Linder; Murat Tanyel

already started with a senior designproject and we have even larger goals for the next phase of the senior design project. Oneobjective is that the work on the Advanced Toolkit Manual for intermediate to expert LabVIEWusers will be completed. We plan to do this by developing help documents that explain theprocess in simple terms so that anyone looking at a program file will understand its operations.We also feel the need to develop a template of standard input and outputs for variables. In otherwords we will be determining a standardized way that instruments will be passing signals fromone subVI (subprogram) to another. Another goal is to fully understand how complete the toolkitbased on the Communication Systems (ELE 409) class syllabus. We will

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Dilorenzo; Kurt Gramoll

can be quickly and dynamically generated with the use of the Flash application. Twoprinting features are contained on the menu. A user can either print just the tree structure whichis visible on the screen, or they can print the entire technology tree.ImplementationTechnology trees for several ammunition families have been completed and used. In the comingyear, it is planned that database-based technology trees for all current ammunition families willbe created will be implemented at DAC. Also, addition methods of modifying existing databaseswill be evaluated to avoid unnecessary information logging. Once the application is brought on-line, authorized individuals will be able to access the system and learn from the information itdelivers

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Wanke; Stephen Williams; Michael Scheuerell; Glenn Wrate

conversion principles from this project to their classmates during class.References1. Wrate, G, “Focus on Energy – Wisconsin’s Initiative to Reduce Industrial Energy Consumption,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Page 9.533.122. Wisconsin Division of Energy, Department of Energy, “Public Benefits in Wisconsin: The Focus on Energy Plan” Request for Proposals, October 2000.3. Neun, J.A., “Improving the Efficiency of Plastic Injection Molding Machines: A Case History,” Kadant-AES white paper, September, 2002, Queensbury NY.4. Schaufelberger, W., “Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chean-Chin Ngo; Kurt Gramoll

or conditions.V. AcknowledgmentThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of this work from the National ScienceFoundation through Grant EEC-0230681, “Planning Grant for a Courseless Curriculum”. Theauthors are indebted to Dr. Kolar, R. L., Dr. Knox, R., Ms. Patricia, R. Q. (School of Civil Page 9.128.9Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma), and Dr. Rhoads, T. R. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Leon Chuck

effort to meet these educational objectives, the students were required to develop atest plan, design molds, manufacture and fire the bricks, inventory and track the resultant testmaterials, interpret and apply the appropriate American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM)test standards, locate the needed test equipment, conduct the tests, analyze the data, compare thedata with data generated from previous semesters and make conclusions from this data.Additionally, the students had to coordinate their activities among the three sections and managetheir time as they only had one semester in which to complete the project. In all sections of thelaboratory, students were required to maintain a laboratory notebook. However, in one of thesesections, the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; David Silverstein; Kevin Dahm

description has beenpublished previously.5,6Each student started the game with $10,000. The semester was divided into twenty turns. Thestated goal of the game was to finish turn 20 with as much cash as possible. Thus, allinvestments had a fixed, known planning horizon (and no salvage value unless otherwise stated).Students were given the option of placing money in a savings account- with no minimum ormaximum balance and no restrictions on frequency or size of withdrawals- at 5% interest perturn. In addition, students had the option of borrowing an unlimited amount of money at 15%interest, compounded every turn.Many investment opportunities were introduced into the game through auctions. Studentsreceived specifications for each of the assets that

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

been published previously.5,6Possible InvestmentsEach student started the game with $10,000. The game was divided into twenty turns. Thestated goal of the game was to finish turn 20 with as much cash as possible. Thus, allinvestments had a fixed, known planning horizon (and no salvage value unless otherwise stated).Students were given the option of placing money in a savings account- with no minimum or Page 9.1176.2maximum balance and no restrictions on frequency or size of withdrawals- at 5% interest perProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt; Eydie Lawson; Barry Lunt; Joseph Ekstrom

committeeplans to write a document similar to the CS volume of the CC2001 document; this document isover 100 pages in length, including the Appendix. The IT curriculum writing subcommittee hasalready met once, and has completed a draft of approximately 4 of the 13 chapters of thedocument. Plans are to hold further writing subcommittee meetings approximately every 2months, with the goal to have, by June 2004, a draft document ready for posting to the SIGITEwebsite for all to review and comment on. Page 9.370.8 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Kuznetsov

of American Society for EngineeringEducation, Montreal, Canada.6. Kuznetsov, H. (1996, April) " Innovative Multimedia Instruction and SophisticatedProblem Solving Exercise and Testing in Engineering Statics and Structural Planning,"Journal "Computer Applications in Engineering Education", Volume 4, number 1, JohnWiley & Sons, Inc.7. Kuznetsov, H. (1996, March) "Development and Integration of Interactive Computer-Judged Problem-Solving Software in Statics and Mechanics of Materials Courses,"Proceedings of 1996 Spring conference of the Illinois-Indiana ASEE section at BradleyUniversity, Peoria, IL.8. Kuznetsov, H. (1994, November) "Innovative Usage of Computer-based MultimediaInstruction and Problem-Solving Courseware in Engineering

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

Sample Figure 5: Xbar/S Chart of Question 2.3It appears that sample nine is below the LCL making the point out of control. The point wasinvestigated using other SPC tools to determine root cause of the point. Q2.3 refers tosequencing of the material. Investigation determined the sample nine was 24Feb occurred on aMonday. It also was determined that on that Monday, Annual Review Reports were due. Itappears that the extra workload may have prevented the instructor from preparing a wellsequenced lecture. In the future, better planning is required to prevent this from occurring onceagain. On other SPC control charts there were similar instances, but not all were below theLCL. Some points were

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas, Pan American; Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

identified as relevant to the subjects taughtby the teachers: (i) sensors, (ii) data analysis, and (iii) design constraints. These elements werefound to be translatable to relevant educational activities that teachers would be able toimplement in their classrooms. During the weekly curriculum discussions, teachers discussedtheir research experiences and shared ideas for their learning activities with other programparticipants and the program management team. Throughout the lesson plan developmentsessions, inputs from teachers, engineering and education faculty were instrumental informulating the engineering-based learning activities.To serve as a motivation for students’ learning, each activity is expected to have an engineeringconnection that shows

Conference Session

Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Bourne, Wright State University; Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Frank W. Ciarallo, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

data showed increases in yearly retention numbers and highsatisfaction with the course from the students. Following years of success, the course was fullyincluded in the curriculum for engineering majors and continued success was apparent asretention rates among engineering majors continued to increase. As a result of these trends alongitudinal study was planned to provide greater understanding of the effects of the course.A longitudinal analysis of the effects of the EGR 101 intervention demonstrates the increase instudent performance as a result of the course.1 As summarized in figure 1, graduation rates forstudents taking EGR 101 increased significantly across ACT math scores from 18 to 30. Theseresults are for engineering students that

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

] Page 24.428.2These findings echo a trend toward more inductive or project based learning that has been Page 1 of 10documented in recent literature. [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12] As such, new models are required to movethe STEM disciplines forward.Finger, et al. informs that rarely does a professor or a company plan to use the results generatedfrom an engineering project performed by engineering student groups. Furthermore, the studentswork in an unstructured environment even if project roles have been assigned. [13] In addition,collaborative work or team assignments are frequently completed by students workingindependently during the project and combining work near

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Liz Rayfield, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University; Niraj Kashinath Palsule, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

about solar energy as well.Also, exposure to various databases used as references in the modules would probably increasethe critical thinking of students. The information that students would gain would be beneficialfor them while preparing reports, presentations and projects during their entire engineering study.To give an example, the module titled Greenhouse Gas Emissions contains the Emissions &Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) database as a reference. This database isgenerated by EPA and is contains data related to the output, corresponding emissions andresource mix of power plants across the United States.Future DirectionsOur module development is in the initial stages and we plan to achieve the following objectivesin the

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; Nausheen PashaZaidi, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

course is more of a theoretical approach with computer simulation andanalysis. Both are core courses to be taken in succession. The overall aim of the STEPSprogram is to introduce and expose students to the engineering design process andintegrate a range of skills and competencies that will simulate project management andreal-world design activities in a professional engineering environment.Teams of students are required to respond to hypothetical client specifications bydesigning, managing and presenting technically feasible solutions rooted in real worldengineering problems. Teamwork, organization, planning, research skills, and problemsolving are essential for success in the STEPS courses. All students are actively engaged

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. A learning communityatmosphere is created as the students are housed together in a dormitory and evening andweekend activities are planned. Periodic visits to engineering employers are arranged for thecohort. The students meet upper class and graduate engineering students, alumni from previoussummer cohorts provide formal lectures and all expenses (tuition, room and board, and books)are paid from a US Department of Education Title III grant. Two previous papers by the authorsprovided some of these data that are included herein for completeness. Results in the papersindicate that one, two, and three year retention rates were increased by 22%, 25%, and 29%respectively when compared with students in the identical ACT Math score group (17-25

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Anna Dollar, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

feedback on their practice.How might instructors encourage use of such a resource, if viewed as potentially valuable, in acourse that contains other standard learning resources, such as lecture, homework, and so forth?Can we move away from the model in which all students are assigned the same amount of work,regardless of how they perform, and instead give them the opportunity to self-regulate theirlearning? In the model of Zimmerman and Schunk6, self-regulatory learning involves a three-step process of planning, practicing, and evaluation for students to follow to independentlymonitor their learning. Learning resources that offer feedback may provide the evaluation uponwhich students can gauge their own learning and then choose to undertake

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Nadia Sunny, Grand Valley State University; Md Mehedi Hasan, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

from her employer in 2009, 2011 and 2012 for successful project management. Her areas of work and research interest are device design and regulation on medical devices.Mr. Md Mehedi Hasan, Grand Valley State University I have been working as a research assistant in supply-demand planning of Lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles while pursuing my MS in Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering in Grand Valley State University. I pursued my bachelor in Industrial & Production Engineering from Bangladesh Uni- versity of Engineering & Technology in 2012. My areas of interests are manufacturing processes, quality management, supply chain management etc

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin - Stout

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

previouslymentioned, when comparing the LMS dropbox submissions with the Titter posts, it was foundthat the Twitter posts in general contained more simplistic analysis of a given situation. However,the ensuing discussion surrounding a post was often more meaningful and timely than waspossible with the LMS submissions.As a result of this experience, it is planned to continue the use of this form of journalingassignment in future offerings of this course as well as in other similar courses. The submissionmethod used for these assignments will continue to be the Twitter platform for benefits ofreal-time communication and automation of the collection and distribution process. One of thefuture goals for this work is to use these assignments to encourage students

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, relevant topicsthat are covered and expected learning outcomes. Page 24.564.4Module 1: Introduction to Quartus II Software Design SeriesThis introductory module describes FPGA as a new design platform for digital systems, it alsoprovides extensive training on how to use Quartus® II development software to develop anFPGA or CPLD [10]. Students will be able able to create a new project, enter in new or existingdesign files, and compile their design. Students will learn how to plan and manage I/Oassignments and apply timing analysis of design to achieve design goals using Quartus® IIdevelopment software.Module 2: Numbering SystemsThis module introduces

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Huang, Wright State University; Steven R. Higgins, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University; Aaron Joseph Blake, Wright State University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Jason Allen Deibel, Wright State University; Ioana Sizemore, Wright State University, Department of Chemistry

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

theimprovement of the laboratory design. Based on the students’ feedback received in fall 2012, theinvestigators improved the Power Point presentations and standard operating procedures (SOPs),and further made some adjustments on laboratory planning and scheduling. As a result, theratings were improved in fall 2013.Figure 5 displays the histogram showing the class ratings of each laboratory module obtained infall 2013. Eight out of the twelve labs for Q2-Q4 were rated around 9.5 out of 10 manifesting thestudents’ true interest and good experiences with the novel, high-quality nanolab course. Page 24.575.7According to students’ comments, the relative low

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Patsavas; Barrett S. Caldwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Student

knowledge domainsremains a challenging task from both knowledge development and systems engineering processmodeling perspectives. However, the longitudinal examination (as well as my ongoingintrospection) regarding “Simulating Kelly” as an engineering process has helped to provide bothpersonal benefits and research outcomes. In addition, it is hoped that the student’s experienceprovides useful insights regarding the valuable role of research apprenticeships forundergraduate engineering students, regardless of their future industry, graduate education, orengineering domain career development plans. Page 24.584.6References 1. Caldwell, B. S. (2013