Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

become increasinglyimportant and will continue to be so in the future. As part of the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation effort at Baylor University, the authors proposed aunique energy literacy class for incoming freshmen as an element of Baylor University’sQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP called for the development of several EngagedLearning Groups (ELG) for freshmen (from any major on campus) which met one semester hourfor four semesters. The purpose of this particular ELG was to address the lack of energyawareness on the part of students involved in all majors. Entitled “Energy and Society,” thecourse was also part of the residential learning communities on campus. It revolved around thetopic of energy

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; James Sakalaukus, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering design process. A series of preliminary designmeetings were held to develop a set of functional behaviors that included the following:≠ Speech recognition/synthesis capabilities - JagBot, like any tour guide, should be able to greet participants going on a campus tour. A directional microphone and a speaker should provide input/output for the speech synthesis system implemented in software.≠ Autonomous navigation - The robot should be able to determine its position at all times. As landmarks and locations are reached and identified, questions might be posed by the human participants that should be answered by JagBot and/or lead to possible detours from the planned route.≠ Physical interaction with participants - To

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-289: PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS: A REQUIREMENT FORGRADUATIONJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Applied Automation Engineering, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 15.989.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Professional Internships as a

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) is a field of study which focuses on the applications of engineering and modern technology, rather than the theoretical.What does ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) say? ABET describesthe difference between engineering and engineering technology as: "Engineering and technologyare separate but intimately related professions. They differ on the basis of: ≠ “Engineering undergraduate programs include more mathematics work and higher level mathematics than technology programs. ≠ Engineering undergraduate programs often focus on theory, while technology programs usually focus on application. ≠ Once they enter the workforce, engineering graduates typically spend their time planning, while

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

of early fostering of communication and collaboration skills that are seen by industry as paramount and essential for team based software development [27]. With PBL, students will work as a team, which mirrors the professional behavior of software developers. As a result, students’ teamwork and leadership skills will be developed or improved. 4. Life-long learning is a necessity for software developers due to the rapidly and continually changing nature of the IT industry. PBL can develop students’ self- learning capability, which can help them keep abreast of multicore computing and other new technology.4. Apply PBL to the Multicore Programming Course I plan to apply the guided problem-based

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Turek-Krengel, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul; Scott Woelber, Edina Public Schools; Ellen Johnson, Edina Public Schools; AnnMarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

specific focus on theterms A(amplitude) and (angular velocity). There were four primary goals for this project: (1)to open lines of communication between the University Saint Thomas and local PK-12 teachers,(2) to aid in the teaching of trigonometry lessons through the use of hands-on activities created tosatisfy MN Academic Standard #9.2.1., (3) to incorporate engineering content into math lessons,and (4) to hone students’ visual-to-mathematic conversion skills, which has been recognized asan increasingly important skill1 for students to possess. This paper discusses the collaborationprocess and presents a lesson plan that can be replicated by other schools.IntroductionThe engineering department at the University of Saint Thomas was approached by

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Jesiek, Purdue University; Deepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juila Thompson, Purdue University; Yating Chang, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

the identified areas. Thesurvey instrument is unique in that it presents students with a realistic global engineeringscenario, and then prompts them to pick the specific abilities and qualities they think would bemost essential for completing the described assignment. The list of 15 attributes presented torespondents is focused on the professional and global dimensions of engineering practice, and isbased on relevant attributes from Purdue University’s Engineer of 2020 initiative. In addition topresenting aggregate results from the survey, we use demographic data to discuss somesimilarities and differences across different sub-populations. We conclude with a discussion ofongoing and future work, including similar surveys planned for faculty

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramesh K. Agarwal

connections.• Boeing is working with several airports, airlines and other partners in developing tools such as SARA (Speed & Route Advisor) for “tailored arrivals”.• SARA delivered traffic within 30 seconds of planned time on 80% approaches at Schiphol airport in Holland compared to within two minutes on a baseline of 67%.• At San Francisco Airport, more than 1700 complete and partial tailored arrivals were completed between December 2007 and June 2009 using the B777 and B747 aircraft. The tailored arrivals saved an average of 950kg of fuel and ~ $950 per approach. Complete tailored arrivals saved approximately 40% of the fuel used in arrivals. For one year period, four participating airlines saved more than 524,000 kg of fuel and

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2010 ERC

Authors

David Shaw

 Research Projects Technical Expertise  USDOT ­ Validate use of GIS ØGIS  and RS technologies for ØRemote Sensing  major corridor planning ØData/Image Visualization ØData/Sensor Fusion ØScientific Modeling ØHigh Performance Computing ØSystems Engineering  Pixel’s ØSatellite Engineering  Spectral  reflectance  Reflectance  Clutter Target

Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

David Shaw

 Research Projects Technical Expertise  USDOT ­ Validate use of GIS ØGIS  and RS technologies for ØRemote Sensing  major corridor planning ØData/Image Visualization ØData/Sensor Fusion ØScientific Modeling ØHigh Performance Computing ØSystems Engineering  Pixel’s ØSatellite Engineering  Spectral  reflectance  Reflectance  Clutter Target

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, AZ State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in graduate school in engineeringor computer science at ASU, the student is supported for a maximum of four semestersby a second CIRC program funded by an NSF S-STEM grant (#0728695).Through the CIRC/METS program, transfer students in the Fulton Schools ofEngineering can apply for and receive a $4,000 scholarship per academic year. Therequirements for the scholarship include: U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, full-time student in engineering or computer science, a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0, andunmet financial need according to FAFSA. Each semester six workshops are held withmultiple meeting times for each. The topics include the “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan”14,resumes, interviews, how to use computer data bases for research papers

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

mobile robot programming for ER1 Mobile Robot49Universidad Catolica autonomous navigationde ChileAugsburg College CS course on robot history and theory Robix Manipulator, instructor- created vehicle50Course FormatThe first offering of the IMR course was in spring 2007 and it quickly became apparent that theproposed topics were too ambitious. The topics included simulation, actuators, effectors,locomotion, kinematics, sensors, control, navigation, localization, path planning, computervision, image processing, human-robot interaction and GUI design. The problem was that someof these topics were entire courses in themselves (i.e. computer vision, human-robot

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Colin Neill, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to single individuals,”6. Furthermore, the team itself performs cognitive tasks inthat “they detect and recognize pertinent cues, make decisions, solve problems, rememberrelevant information, plan, acquire knowledge, and design solutions or products as an integratedunit.”7. This is not to say, however, that team cognition is a natural outcome of working on ateam. In fact, it requires a lot of effort and is a distinguishing feature of high-performance teams8 . Team members come with differing perspectives, backgrounds, and expectations and from thisdiversity a shared mental model must emerge9.An individual’s mental model is an “internal conceptual representation of an external systemwhose structure maintains the perceived structure of that

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

information from this assignment revealed student attitudes aboutcivil engineering. The course included additional assignments on sustainability (2009 only),ethics, a team West Point Bridge Designer project, a curriculum plan to graduation at CU with aB.S. in CVEN, a paper on a significant event or structure related to civil engineering (such as theThree Gorges Dam, the flooding in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina, etc.), and a shortsummary of a professional society meeting that they attended (such as ASCE or AGC). In thefinal assignment of the semester the students wrote a reflective essay that instructed them to statewhether or not they planned to remain a civil engineering major and why/why not. The studentswere also instructed to comment on

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Sam Conn, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include work-life spillover among faculty and issues confronting underrepresented groups in the STEM fields. Catherine has served as the Coordinator of Special Projects for the Office of the Provost at Virginia Tech focusing on faculty work-life issues, diversity efforts, excellence in undergraduate education, and coordinating university planning activities and served as a doctoral intern with the State Council of Higher Education.Sam Conn, Virginia Tech Prior to joining Virginia Tech's Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning as Director, Sam served as Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Information

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Snyder, Taylor University; Joshua Gates, Taylor University; Lydia Kilmer, Taylor University; Emily Paladin, Taylor University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

area that needed to be changed in the next workshop. The workshop organizersthen ranked the changes that needed to be made according to their priority for change and thendesignated people were responsible for making changes for the next workshop. This processprovided a continual improvement plan for the workshops and a second source of data for ourholistic assessment of changes in the faculty that attended the workshop.Focus groups At the closing banquet each university was asked to give their perspective on threequestions. The first question asked what was the most important thing they had gained from theworkshop; the second question asked them to indicate in what class they were planning onimplementing the program; and the third

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

growth requiresthoughtful planning.” Almost all leading colleges and universities have recognized this fact andcontinuously participating in an ongoing discussion on assessment. Therefore, one recognizesthe fact that any strategic plan for continuous ongoing assessment should have a clear vision ofwhat the university needs to assess and how the process will be implemented. In reality, themethodology used in designing a continuous assessment plan should actually direct and raisequestions about the significance and effectiveness of instructional delivery techniques. Gregorc Page 15.215.2and Ward (1977) are of the opinion that instructors should

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

, team management, market assessment and benchmarking, user needsassessment, product exploration, a development plan, and the target specifications. We expectothers who adopt FEED to modify it according to their own views, as we probably will in thefuture also.This process is then assessed through an early design review to make sure it was done well. It isthen followed by the familiar solution development stage, and that is followed by a criticaldesign review. Throughout these stages, we use a new concept of design validation to show theway in which both the design process and the product ideas are continually subject to validationand ultimately to testing, manufacture, use, and disposal. This is aimed at teaching design as athoughtful

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

to fulfill (demonstrate accomplishment of) an expanded list of equally desirablefuture CE program outcomes.7 Since the CE Program at UT Tyler could not properlyassess either ABET a-k or their own nine outcomes as written (multiple requirementslumped under a single outcome; i.e., mathematics, science, and engineering science inABET outcome 3.a as well as in UT Tyler PO 1 in Table 1), the outcomes were brokeninto a larger number of smaller outcomes for their assessment plan. This type ofexpansion of outcomes is mirrored in the BOKII outcomes such that ABET Outcome 3ais broken into three separate outcomes.The UT Tyler CE curriculum (Figure 1) provides a broad undergraduate experience asenvisioned by the Body of Knowledge (BOKI) and implied in

Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

Steven McKnight

 to Know •  What are your research and educational objectives?  –  This is what directs your proposal to the appropriate  program •  What is your approach?  –  Outline — just a few sentences •  What is the specific research contribution you will  make to the knowledge base (the intellectual  merit)? •  If successful, what will be the benefit to society (the  broader impact)?Thank You!Backups 12 Steps to a Better Proposal 1.  Know yourself ‐ strengths/weaknesses 2.  Know the program from which you seek  support 3.  Read the program announcement and GPG 4.  Formulate clear and appropriate research  and education objectives 5.  Develop a viable plan 6.  State your objectives up front in your  proposal 7.  Frame your

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2010 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Chris Greer

 rural broadband coverage  Infrastructure for National Priorities  •Directs NTIA and FCC to collaborate in a  plan to make spectrum available Technology Highlights in FY 2011 BudgetHarnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy  Small Business  •Extends by one year the 50% deduction Invest in the Building  for qualifying investments Blocks of American  Initiative Innovation  •Extends by one year the $250,000  write­off for qualified investments Spur Productive  Regional

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2010 ERC

Authors

Kei Koizumi

2008 2009 2010FY 2009 figures include Recovery Act appropriations. Research includes basicresearch and applied research.FEB. '10 OSTP President's Plan for Science and Innovation, FY 2006-2017 (budget authority in billions of current dollars) $20 $15 ARRA $10 NIST labs

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2010 ERC

Authors

Steven McKnight

 to Know •  What are your research and educational objectives?  –  This is what directs your proposal to the appropriate  program •  What is your approach?  –  Outline — just a few sentences •  What is the specific research contribution you will  make to the knowledge base (the intellectual  merit)? •  If successful, what will be the benefit to society (the  broader impact)?Thank You!Backups 12 Steps to a Better Proposal 1.  Know yourself ‐ strengths/weaknesses 2.  Know the program from which you seek  support 3.  Read the program announcement and GPG 4.  Formulate clear and appropriate research  and education objectives 5.  Develop a viable plan 6.  State your objectives up front in your  proposal 7.  Frame your

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

number of male and female students with a variety of learning Page 15.711.4challenges, including students that qualify for (Individualized Education Plans) IEPs and thosewho are English Language Learners (ELLs). There were also a number of students that were ator below grade level in mathematics and who have had limited success in previous educationalsettings.This Legacy Cycle was written to be used in Grades 9–12, but could easily be modified for usein Grades 6–8. The students were not expected to have prior knowledge for the project––in factmost of the students had never been exposed to the terms introduced during the lesson.The Legacy Cycle

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Diane Rover, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

technology. The rest of the total of 21 creditscan be filled from the approved class list, including 2nd-year, 3rd-year, 4th-year, andgraduate-level classes. Each engineering department is to offer classes in their field forsuch requirements. For this study the graduate educator will be helping teach the threeintroductory classes.The Graduate Educator: Future Faculty in EngineeringWe utilize a set of bright, eager-to-learn, and energetic graduate students to teach theseclasses. These students are selected from among those who are planning to be ineducation and become future engineering faculty. These students are likely to haveopportunities to teach technical classes within their department or their program. Thatexperience is very valuable and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

an optimization of thelearning experience that balances the needs of students and faculty alike.New faculty members entering the classroom for the first time have several daunting tasksincluding: teaching, research, service, and grantsmanship. The need for self-discipline and timemanagement was clearly established by Samples but the execution of the plan that results in abalance is always in question since it varies from person to person. Some faculty members cometo the classroom with a charge to be a great teacher and are challenged to use many of thestudent-centered techniques described in the literature. It may be expected that they areimmediately successful in implementing paradigm shifts within colleges and schools that taketeaching

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

students mentioned above whose academic backgrounds aresignificantly different, 2) to customize a curriculum that will enable the students in dual major tocomplete the degree within one additional year without compromising the integrity of theprogram, and 3) to offer an innovative curriculum so as to attract students to this new degreeprogram under tight budget constraints. In this paper, we discuss how we plan to address some ofthe issues through the design of our unique undergraduate Computational Mathematicscurriculum. Page 15.160.2BackgroundFaculty at our institution has been active in research related to Computational Sciences for manyyears

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University; Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Page 15.1320.3tasks encountered in the delivery process for construction projects9.In the past, there has been a wide variation in the level of technology used in the MEP coordinationprocess. At the low-tech end of the spectrum, specialty contractors drafted plan-views ontranslucent media and prepare section-views when necessary. At the other extreme, progressivecontractors have used three-dimensional (3-D) computer-aided-design (CAD) software to improvethe process. With the recent development of BIM technology software, the process has gravitatedtoward the use of BIM technology as BIM is becoming standard practice now for large-scaleprojects and is able to provide more efficient coordination, scheduling, and cost estimating.BIM has been

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University; Adrie Koehler, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Damon Hathaway, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Kelly Keelen, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and activities thatimpact student graduation from our programs. Specific activities were inventoried, analyzed, andevaluated based on the utility and effectiveness of various parts of the process that lead to desiredresults. The Task Force communicated to and involved other school stakeholders in its importantwork. Key outcomes included strategies and recommendations to guide implementation efforts tomaintain, enhance, or improve school-based activities that contribute to student success.This paper describes the purposes, processes, and perspectives associated with this planning andimprovement initiative. Each component of GREAT will be explained, and examples of bestpractices and indicators of performance will be identified. How to involve

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Land, Penn State University - New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

managethe development of a prototype exam. The contract was officially in place in late 2007.Exam Development ProcessWith funds in hand, a five person project management team representing the Association, theIEEE, and the SME was assembled, and the team, under direction of the SME, fashioned aproject plan that would produce a prototype exam in approximately one year. The plan includedfive major elements: Recruitment of members of the ECETDHA to serve as content experts, Development of a „body of knowledge‟ defining the field or electrical/electronic technology, Generation of exam questions covering „body of knowledge‟ topics, Independent review of questions for accuracy, appropriateness, and difficulty, and Exam