Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

work on course projects and seniordesign projects, where self-learning is critical. With the early exposure to the idea of self-learning, the students should be able to make a smooth transition from learningeverything from the teacher to learning everything on their own. This way, the life-longlearning habit is gradually cultivated. In addition to effective learning of the material andthe life-long learning benefit, learning-through-teaching also has some positive socialbenefits4: better adjustment to the college life, heightened social membership in college,improved social skills, and a positive attitude toward college. The students thus get thebest out the education program. As one gains more experience, the learning-through-teaching

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bell, University of Illinois-Chicago; Thomas Moher, University of Illinois-Chicago

alternative, in whichcomponents are designed to fall into place by themselves, under the influence of attractive andrepulsive forces, ( generally hydrodynamics and/or some geometrical configurations. ) One Page 12.56.2example of this is the pixels on a common LCD computer screen. This latter application is animportant bridge in this project, providing a crucial connection between macroscopic,microscopic, and nanoscopic environments.Learning ProgressionIt has been found that students often have difficulty learning new material if they do not haveany pre-existing frame of reference upon which to relate the new content 1. Diving straight intototally new

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Lance Kenney, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

independentproject based on their experience of Irish history and culture. The resident director guidesstudents through these independent projects and evaluates them at the end of the semester for aVillanova grade. Students also enroll in a full-time course load at NUI, Galway and are able tovolunteer at various community organizations there to more fully immerse themselves into theIrish environment. With a Villanova faculty member onsite, students facing any academic or Page 12.1327.4other challenges can immediately consult with the resident director to quickly and effectivelyaddress the issue.Villanova also offers a semester-long study abroad opportunity

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University.Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc MARC LOCKARD is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Lockard and White, Inc. in Houston, TX. Lockard and White is a telecommunications project management and engineering firm with over 25 years of experience in providing telcommunications solutions for the utilities, petrochemical and railroad industries. Page 12.1424.1© American Society

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Michael Moore, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

imaging systems, this approachrequires no additional capital hardware or administration load on the department, and alsodoesn’t require download latency before beginning to work on an assignment. Finally, portabledrives allow students to learn through completely administering their own systems, unlikeoperating system-level virtual servers.ObjectivesGoing in to this project, there were several development objectives that we strove to meet. Theseobjectives were determined by the associated web development course, but the researchperformed has a much broader applicability. Page 12.878.3One of the most challenging aspects of developing a software

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgil Cox, Gaston College; Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College; Phyllis EssexFraser, Gaston College

Mary Beth Ross earned a Ph.D. in English from Syracuse University and undertook post-doctoral work in linguistics at University College London. She has over twenty years experience in higher education as a classroom teacher and curriculum developer (Syracuse University, S.U.N.Y Utica/Rome, The Women’s Writer’s Center, and Philander Smith College). Currently serving as the director of grants and special projects at Gaston College, she previously spent nearly a decade with The National Faculty, planning and implementing K-12 teacher summer workshops like this one from Alaska and Hawaii to Louisiana and Arkansas. This was the first time she was involved with one that included students. She is

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Experiments and Labs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey; Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

state ofstress for comparison purposes. Obtaining meaningful strain levels, and at the same timeavoiding damage due to permanent set of the precious gauged specimens is always a challenge.To control this catch 22 situation, a backward analysis has been conducted to prescribe theallowable range of loads. The students must develop the mathematical model for predicting thelevels of strain and stress in the two beams and manually calculate the expected levels of strainand stress. Modeling of the two different beams in ANSYS and comparison of the behavior of thebeams may be added as an optional integral part of the project. This experiment vividlyillustrates the advantages of the tapered beams over the prismatic ones. Students however, mustcomment

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Yaron Doppelt, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students electricity concepts in science classes.Design-based learning is intended to engage students in ways that enhance their abilities to solvereal-life problems and to reflect on their learning processes. This style of active learning is anextension of project-based learning, which is argued to enable students to relate problems toscience concepts.10, 15 Design-based learning differs from project based learning in that, inaddition to constructing and building, students engage in a design and planning process thatfollows engineering design.Typically, as was the case in the subject school district, electricity (and science in general) istaught using a guided/scripted inquiry approach to learning. Students are given materials andprocedural

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

. Finally, there is amechanism that will provide feedback from all colleges within the institution for thecontinuous assessment and improvement of overall programs. Student academic advisorsplay a vital role in supporting and retaining students until they complete their education.The ModelFigures 1a and 1b together present a proposed IHE diversity model. The model looks atthe existing total number of minority students (MS) and projects MS growth over a spanof time. The MS growth is achieved through aggressive recruitment and retention.The model looks at both UG & G programs and incorporates them under the mission ofIHE. Both UG & G programs are linked and to succeed they should be enhanced at thesame level of effort with proper allocation

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University; Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

alsooffered in the Master of Industrial Technology program of the College of Technology. All ofthese courses have a laboratory component integrated with the lectures. The laboratory activitiesin these courses emphasize industrial sensors, actuators and data acquisition to investigate thebehavior of the measurement and control systems. National Instrument’s NI-ELVIS station withLabVIEW software is used in these laboratory activities. Students do mini-projects using thePC-based laboratory workstations that integrate NI-ELVIS shown in Figure 1. These projectsenable the students to analyze, design, build and test complete instrumentation and processcontrol systems. Through this approach, students obtain exposure to many real problemsassociated with

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Damian Dufau, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a MS in Technology at ASU Polytechnic campus. His project work involves embedded knowledge structures in advanced multidisciplinary technologies; specifically photo-lithography. Page 11.866.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Lean education – has its time arrived?AbstractThe curriculum for almost any university-level technology program is overloaded. Thecommitment to keep up to date with industry developments and at the same time cover allthe necessary principles of science and engineering means that more and more is beinginserted and little is ever taken out. As a response, the paper

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

Tagged Divisions

International

bring numerous gaps in their knowledge, particularly in physics and mathematics. Theinitial contact with this new reality in their lives is crucial to future success, revealing a greatimportance for personal and professional development and creating tight bonds with positiveinfluence on dropout rates. These challenges led to the decision to implement a new socio-pedagogical project called GOIS (from Damião de Góis, a prominent Portuguese andEuropean renaissance man). It introduced important innovations and new strategiesinvolving computer-student interaction during teaching-learning processes. Problem-solvingskills are fundamental tools for the future engineer; so, the goal is to improve those tools andcoach the student in a rational way. A

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; David Rinard, Steelcase, Inc.; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

research interests include wear phenomenon in orthopeadic implants, ethical development in engineering undergraduates, and pedagogical innovations in environmental education. Currently, Trevor serves on the ERM Division Board of Directors and on the Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Dr. Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. She serves as the Co-PI for the NSF project titled “Development of a Course in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing for Undergraduates” and will team-teach the course once developed. Her

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-1406: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTIONMANAGEMENT AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMBruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. G. Bruce Gehrig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1984 and worked for over 15 years as a licensed professional civil engineer in both the public, private and international sectors. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in 2002 and has taught courses in construction methods, cost estimating, project management, hydraulics, and highway design.David Cottrell, University of North

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Ashwinn Natarajan, Arizona State University; Rony Ferzli, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

assess their understanding of real time DSP.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section II discusses the hardwareaspect of this educational setup. In section III, we explain the software andinterfacing aspects of this project. Section IV outlines some of the functionsavailable to students, while section V provides concluding remarks. 2. HARDWARE OVERVIEW2.1 The TI DSK6713 boardThe TI DSK6713 board [8-12] is based on the TMS3206713 processor, which is afloating-point DSP chip operating at 225 MHz. The board also includes the 32-bitstereo codec TLV320AIC23 (AIC23) to access and produce input and outputanalog signals. Sampling rates can be varied between 8 and 96 kHz. The boardhas 16MB of SDRAM and 256kB of flash

Conference Session

Hurricane Katrina

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

NOVA, 1989/2004, 60 minutes; and Page 11.706.5 • A Tale of Two Rivers, Great Projects: The Building of America Series, Production of Great Projects Film Company, Inc. in association with South Carolina ETV and the National Academy of Engineering, Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2002, 60 minutes.Student Questions Regarding Hurricane KatrinaAs part of another assignment, each student was asked to pose three questions that warrantdiscussion in this course, which created an aggregate of 29 questions. Each student wasencouraged to consider both engineering and non-engineering issues that are of personal interest.These 29 questions

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

understanding of the essential fundamentals and convince them ofthe inadequacies of their stubborn misconceptions and poor procedural habits. Page 11.687.5While Wyatt’s prescription of small student-executed original research projects for the broadrange of important engineering fundamentals would definitely help open student’s minds,comprehensive implementation without a massive overhaul of the current system is unlikely.But the idea of a supervised exploration of the unknown in her paper is suggestive. And anengineering education adaptation of Jeremy Silman’s approach to teaching chess3 I believe willprovide a more efficient and workable system, without

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology department. He has served as the Associate Chair in charge of electronics-related academic programs. He organized two technical sessions for ASME’s IMECE (formerly known as the Winter Annual Meeting): one on fluidic sensors and the other one on respiratory mechanics. For several years he was the secretary and newsletter editor of the Fluid Control Panel (a technical panel of the Dynamics Systems and Control Division of ASME). He has also served as a reviewer for several ASME journals. He participated in an interdisciplinary, project whose goal was to design and build a cart that would autonomously paint the stripes in a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, including software installation, configuration, and integration, which cannot be accomplished using resources directly available from ASU.• The laptop policy addresses the Division’s unique computing demands and provides access to the latest industry standard software at no cost to the student. Appendix A lists the current software requirements for Division courses.• A laptop policy permits faculty and instructors to make more immediate decisions on software selection for their courses, both software products and versions of those products. Students in group projects are also not constrained to software already installed on the campus builds.• The laptop policy increases the opportunity and impact of student mentoring

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Steve York, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

2006-2238: A COMPARISON OF ON-LINE AND TRADITIONAL TESTINGMETHODSSteve York, Virginia Tech Dr. Steven C York is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his BS degree in chemistry from Radford University in 1984 and his PhD in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1999. Dr York has taught courses in engineering problem solving and design, chemical engineering and chemistry. Dr York has also designed and implemented a number of design-build projects and engineering laboratory experiences for first-year engineering students at VA Tech. Dr York is a member of ASEE and the American Chemical Society. Address: Engineering

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manager in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 11.1420.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Utilizing Collaboration for a Real World Engineering EducationAbstractIt is becoming increasingly difficult for educational institutions to offer quality engineeringprograms. The costs associated with laboratory and related

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Tasha Zephirin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

think abouttheir children’s post-secondary education. The parents are given step-by-step instructions to helptheir child make informed decisions about his or her education. The parents also participate inVirginia View, a workshop providing the parents with numerous materials ranging from websitesto find information about colleges to salaries for different types of professional jobs. In keepingwith this theme, an accomplished and inspirational speaker speaks to the parents about breakingdown barriers for students of color and highlighting success strategies parents can implement toincrease their child’s opportunity to obtain a higher education degree.During the parent’s workshops, the PCI students are engaged in an interactive design project

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Derek Ogle, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Megan Svarczkopf, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, yet it was cumbersome to sort through, select the ones that best fit,and gain an understanding of how they actually worked. In order to provide depth to theresearch project, several methods were eventually adopted, in keeping with the triangulationmethod of research (e.g., Berg 5, Thyer 6) or multiple operationalism (Krippendorf 7). Oneexample of this technique used in the architectural field is noted by Dana Cuff 8 ( p. 6), who, inher research with architectural firms, used a variety of methods - case study, interviews,ethnography - to achieve what she terms “thick description”. The use of ethnographic techniques are not uncommon to architectural research (design),and Cuff’s work stands out amongst others that have been directed at

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

3 CET 339 Computer System Administration 3 CET 346 Signals and Systems 3 CET 349 Networking Devices 3 CET 366 Fundamentals of Logic Design 3 CET 449 Advanced Networking 3 CET 453 Microcomputers 3 CET 498 Senior Project 3

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in context (EIC), through a semester long project. EIC emphasizes the “applicationof the engineering problem-solving method to a current challenge or opportunity, coupled withmore focused consideration of problem identification and definition and the potential impact of asolution.” The EIC class replaced a traditional class based on the engineering science model,which focuses on the classroom presentation of technical knowledge and skills out of the contextin which they are applied. Students taking this class provided a higher overall course rating andexhibited a slightly higher retention rate than previous students under a more traditional format13.First year experiential learning courses should address the various disciplines in an effort

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York; Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

materials, and (2) improving engineering education through innovative teaching and research techniques, with emphasis on attracting under-represented minorities and women. Through years he has published more than 70 refereed papers with funding support from NSF, NASA, ARPA, AFOSR, ARO, U.S. Army TACOM-TARDEC and ARDEC-Picatinny Arsenal, AT&T, Digital Equipment Corporation, Alliant Techsystems, Frontier Performance Polymers, NYS GRI and PSC CUNY. In addition to being active in research, he had also served as the ECSEL Project Director at CCNY in 1993-2001. The main charge of the NSF-funded ECSEL Coalition is to improve undergraduate engineering education through design across the

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

-time review and supplemental instructional support, theindustrial engineering department embarked on a long term project to provide online self-correcting modules in the areas of finance, entrepreneurship, economic valuation, andmanagement science tools. This paper discusses a strategy for designing web-based tutorialsthat can help provide an element of scaffolding necessary for a developmental approach whilesimultaneously addressing alternative learning styles. Tutorial examples along with preliminaryassessment results are provided.IntroductionCalls for greater accountability in higher education are more strident than ever. Although statedin a variety of formats, these calls may almost always be couched within two distinct butoverlapping

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-456: IMPROVING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS THROUGHADAPTING PROGRAMMING TOOLSLinda Shaykhian, NASA Linda H. Shaykhian Linda Shaykhian is a computer engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC). She is currently co-lead of the Information Architecture team for the Constellation Program’s Launch Site Command and Control System Proof of Concept project. She was lead of the Core Technical Capability Laboratory Management System project, which is currently used for resource management and funding of KSC Core Technical Capability laboratories. She was the Software Design Lead and Software Integrated Product Team Lead for the Hazardous Warning

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

iscampus- or curriculum-based assessment. This paper does not address program educationalobjectives, which describe career and professional accomplishments of program alumni. Theformer usually requires different evaluation and assessment tools than the latter; although, someoverlap does exist. In addition, we will also refer to course objectives, which are not to beconfused with program educational objectives. Therefore, given this context and the imminent importance of using direct assessmentmethods, this paper provides a review of direct assessment measures. These methods include,but are not limited to, instructor end-of-course assessments, use of targeted assignments(assigned problems, exam questions, projects), capstone examinations

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Zahorian, Binghamton University; Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Kyle J. Temkin, Binghamton University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

rate of engineering majors between freshmen and sophomore years is related to thestudent-disconnect between the difficult and theoretical math and science intensive curriculumwhich is common in most engineering programs and the engineering hands -on design-orientedtypes of things intended engineering majors are most interested in. Salient characteristics ofWTSN 111 and 112 include several lectures and labs on engineering design topics spanningseveral areas (such as basics of digital circuit design, an A rduino system design), small designprojects (such a simple mechanical design using Solid Edge), a larger design project (essentially Page