Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theme that changes each year. Individual students write a paper of findings, which is evaluated by a judging committee. Top performers are invited to present their work in a conference format to their parents, teachers, peers and the general public. Page 13.23.4 3. A poster session competition that provides an additional forum for student teams to address the same open-ended problem as the career exploration contest. 4. A civil engineering related project which has included a bridge building contest in which student teams design, analyze and construct bridges to given specifications and then test the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Heun, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

-preserveinterpretive center provides laboratory space for K-12 education via camps and enrichmentactivities for nearby students. Our demonstration wind turbine and solar photovoltaic systemshave generated significant interest from nearby high school science teachers who want to exposeyoung students to the benefits and challenges of alternative and renewable energy technologies. Intentional living and learning communitiesAt the time of this writing, Calvin College is evaluating options for an intentional living andlearning community to be housed on one floor of a new dormitory whose heating and coolingloads may be partially offset by a geothermal system. It is envisioned that the geothermal systemand other innovative energy systems in the dormitory will

Conference Session

Engineering Accreditation Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Gisela Coto Quintana; Jaime Salazar, Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education (ASIBEI); Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, ACOFI

Tagged Divisions

International

.Engineering Education Capability Maturity Model 13Current accreditation processes are binary, the program either gets accredited or not. A multi-level model to facilitate the process of going through accreditation and to help find peers couldincrease the number of LAC programs that seek accreditation. The proposed model is based on afive-level process improvement model proposed in 1995 at Carnegie Mellon University, calledthe Capability Maturity Model (CMM)9. The CMM measures an organization’s processcapability, i.e. the inherent ability of a process to produce planned results. As the processcapability increases, the results become predictable and measurable, and the most significantcauses of poor quality and productivity are controlled or eliminated

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

6. AutoCAD exposureThe laboratory portion of the course continued to provide time each week for students towork on their specific capstone design, but this designated lab time became slightly morestructured. The first month of the semester, the course instructor guided the students tofocus on the planning aspects associated with their project. This phase of the courseconcluded with Planning Presentations and a chance for the students to share theirresearch and project goals with their peers and instructors. The rest of the semester, thestudents spent in the design/build (depending on the project) phase of their capstoneexperience. The semester still concluded with a final presentation where the studentsreported their results and summarized

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

6. AutoCAD exposureThe laboratory portion of the course continued to provide time each week for students towork on their specific capstone design, but this designated lab time became slightly morestructured. The first month of the semester, the course instructor guided the students tofocus on the planning aspects associated with their project. This phase of the courseconcluded with Planning Presentations and a chance for the students to share theirresearch and project goals with their peers and instructors. The rest of the semester, thestudents spent in the design/build (depending on the project) phase of their capstoneexperience. The semester still concluded with a final presentation where the studentsreported their results and summarized

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

6. AutoCAD exposureThe laboratory portion of the course continued to provide time each week for students towork on their specific capstone design, but this designated lab time became slightly morestructured. The first month of the semester, the course instructor guided the students tofocus on the planning aspects associated with their project. This phase of the courseconcluded with Planning Presentations and a chance for the students to share theirresearch and project goals with their peers and instructors. The rest of the semester, thestudents spent in the design/build (depending on the project) phase of their capstoneexperience. The semester still concluded with a final presentation where the studentsreported their results and summarized

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

experience of one of the GTA’s who was involved inleading 3 of the 45 workshops. The GTA taught the first workshop on the early mornings ofWednesdays (8:00 to 9:50 am), and the second and third on Friday mornings, the second beingearly in the morning (8:00 to 9:50 am), and the third being right after (10:00 to 11:50 am). In the1-day time gap between the workshop taught on Wednesday and workshops taught on Friday,the GTA, if possible, modified the instructional delivery process of the activities, with theobjective of improving the learning outcomes. The modified instructional delivery was based onthe GTA’s reflections, peer suggestions, and students’ feedback. Course modifications are, ingeneral, in accordance with the literature on human/student

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as students work withtheir teachers and peers 2. When engaged in active learning, students make gains not only incontent knowledge, but in process skills and attitudes towards science. When teachers use acurriculum based on active learning, their behaviors also become more student centered, withless focus on worksheets and lectures, and more focus on lab work and inquiry 3. In general,active learning reaches students who possess a wide variety of learning styles, much more sothan traditional teaching and learning 4.In contrast to traditional lecture-style classrooms, active learning takes place when teachersengage students such that that they think about and perform meaningful activities. This can be assimple as pausing several times during

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

object to a situation in whichothers strive more intensely towards ethical conduct? Surely most who prize moralconduct in the professions would hesitate to object to any around them findingheightened internal motivation for ethical behavior, whatever the source of the motivation,particularly where those ethical conclusions are largely congruent. Their self-interest isserved by the religious principles of others. The most common objection I’ve heard is that a Christian engineering ethic wouldbe globally and culturally constrained. Peers assert that engineering requires a secularethic that can be universally embraced, as other religious systems or worldviews wouldbe justified in rejecting a religiously derived ethic. We must recognize

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K12 Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Andrews, University of Michigan; Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; Joy Oguntebi, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

graduate students, whoacted as teaching fellows. At this writing, ten Fellows are currently working during the secondterm 2007-8 with ten YPSD Faculty Affiliates. Fellows contribute time, knowledge, and energyto the classroom to increase student understanding, appreciation, and interest in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each Fellow assists in one or two teachers’classrooms each week for at least two, two-hour periods, along with an additional one to twohours of preparation time outside the classroom. Each team determines the exact role that theFellow will play in the classroom so that each partnership is mutually beneficial. Fellows alsoassist with design and help conduct labs, group work, and class discussions. They are free

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; William Moeller, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

participation had significant positiveeffects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinkingskills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy,leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of aservice career, and plans to participate in service after college. “These findings directly replicatea number of recent studies using different samples and methodologies.”(p.ii) 5 They found thatS-L to be significantly better in 8 out of 11 measures than just service without the courseintegration and discovered “strong support for the notion that service learning should be includedin the student’s major field.”(p.iii)6.Eyler and

Conference Session

The Academic Environment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

.” “Lack of security and promotion possibilities.” “I don’t have a peer group in my department. I don’t get reviewed, and I’m not considered for promotion.” “No guarantee on classes being available. No benefits.” “There is no security. There is no recognition for the work that I do. The university and department have no stake in my success so I often feel like a target instead of a valued team player. Often made to feel like a second class citizen because I don’t have tenure. Still held to a higher standard.”Finally, faculty were asked to rate their work life balance (Q34). Table 6 shows how faculty

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Margaret Bates, Northeastern University; Brittany Damon, Northeastern University; Alison Reppy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

towards their learning, and therefore inclined towant more involvement in the process. They also want to relate learning to their life experiences,understanding that education is for life. Young learners, on the other hand, have little experience to drawon, and therefore tend to be dependent on the instructor for guidance. They are also motivated to learnmore by reward and punishment, i.e. good grades, failing grades4. Typically, the traditional lecture isbased on the pedagogical model, with the professor providing information to the student, while theandragogical model allows for more interaction and cooperation between the student, peers, professor,and subject matter (active learning). With both approaches, effective learning can occur. Yet

Conference Session

Investigating Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels in the Classroom and Lab

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

experience focused only on membrane electrode assembly (MEA) components and performance. Good hands-on experience. Want to eventually work at TARDEC.B-27) Any other comments about your participation in the LTU-TARDEC Fuel Cellresearch group?: Not only did I learn about Fuel Cells while working on this project, but I also got to learn about design and implementation of experiments, was involved in test stand development and about interaction with peers, superiors and clients. The progress and involvement in the LTU-TARDEC research group nearly eliminated the learning curve that I would have required to become fully successful at an engineering company. There is no doubt in my mind that the knowledge I