Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

authors who pioneered in publishing on the BPR related topics orthe practitioners who have applied BPR programs revisited the subject and evaluated the claimswhich appeared in the earlier publications12, 13, 14. This second generation literature discussed thepros and cons of BPR concepts, provided insights for success and failure factors and mostimportantly revealed the unrealistic expectations and misconceptions from the concept admittingwhat was missing in the earlier literature. For example, Michael Hammer’s confession appears ina Wall Street article late in 1996 stating that he reflected his engineering background but failed toappreciate the human dimensions of the reengineering programs15. Even why the criticism of thetopic was on the rise

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin; Thomas Milner, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

faculty at three top-tier institutions. Thereforethese students may not reflect typical DE students who select distance delivery Page 12.553.3because of work schedules and family obligations or because they do not have tospend time traveling to campus. This is not say that these students will be atypicalwith expectations for interaction and timely instructional feedback, but ratherthese students should be highly motivated and should not find DE isolating and ahindrance because of their self-discipline.Purpose of the StudyIn order to identify the functional skills that faculty need to possess in order toeffectively teach at a distance, we wanted to begin by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Waskiewicz, University of Colorado at Boulder; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Ideen Taeb, University of Colorado; Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston; Frank Barnes, University of Colorado; Alan Mickelson, University of Colorado at Boulder

optic channel noise3. OTDR Determine medium & connector parameters using back- reflected energy4. Optical Sources Examine stimulated and spontaneous light emission5. Fiber Dispersion Detect pulse spreading due to modal dispersion in a 250 meter fiber6. Optical Receivers Quantify noise spectra & noise profile as a function of received power3.1 - Video: LecturesEach of the six lectures consisted of approximately 50 minutes of a prepared presentation by the Page 12.150.5professor. The majority of lectures were

Conference Session

Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

and their relevance to EngineeringHistorically the five main branches are generally agreed to be Epistemology, Metaphysics,Ethics, Logic, and Aesthetics. The contention is that by careful reflection on what constitutesengineering from the perspective of each of the above five branches, something definitiveemerges about ‘engineering’: in effect the branches are the ‘microscopes/telescopes’ that areused to examine and observe the subject.Table 1 summarizes the five branches of philosophy, and provides a simple description of eachbranch, and gives some examples of the categories within each division. It is admitted that the‘question’ that each branch attempts to address has shifted over the centuries but the definitionsgiven in the Table are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

. The survey starts with four open-ended questions:1. What do you remember about using the kits?2. What do you see as the purpose of the Lego kits in class?3. What was most helpful about using the kits?4. What improvements would you like to see in the kits or their use?The first two are primarily factual questions. In addition to providing a window on the students’memory and understanding of the kits they also encourage the students to reflect on theirexperiences before the move on to surveys later questions which ask for their opinions.Table 1 shows a content analysis of the results of this survey over four semesters. All areasmentioned by more than three students total are included in this table. The most common thing

Conference Session

Effective Tools for Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Rosenkrantz, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

is an attempt to provide credibleevidence that on-line technologies can produce learning outcomes that are at least equivalent toface-to-face classes.Part 2 - On-line Teaching Options, Strategies, and ConsiderationsThere are many books and articles that talk about on-line teaching and learning in highereducation. To provide context for the rest of the paper, it is helpful to reference a very excellentarticle that presents the usage of web technology as a ten-level continuum 1. Note: An emailresponse from one of the developers of the ten-level continuum indicated that there is really a 12level continuum. The Twelve Level Continuum is reflected in Table 2

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Ana Nieves, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Cristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Nayda Santiago Santiago, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; José Vega, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Vilma Lopez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

point to students with a more dominant sequential style. Table 1: Summary of student and professor preferred learning styles. Students Professors Balanced Moderate Strong Total Total No. % No. % No. % No. No. Active 22 29.7 12 16.2 7 9.5 41 2 Reflective 22 29.7 8 10.8 2 2.7 32 3 Sensing 27 36.5 21 28.4 2 2.7 50 4 Intuitive 17 23.0 5 6.8 1 1.4 23

Conference Session

Effective Tools for Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; Rahul Marathe, Iowa State University; Pavlo Antonenko, Iowa State University; Piyamart Kumsaikaew, Iowa State University; Dale Niederhauser, Iowa State University; Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

) Page 12.1316.7can be present in some information context and a subject makes a decision (yes or no) aboutwhether the signal is present. This decision is based on the amount of evidence perceived by thesubject. In our context the decision corresponds to whether an information element is relevant orirrelevant to solving a problem. The amount of evidence is considered to be a random variablewith a normal distribution. The probability distribution reflects the inherent noise (either in theinformation or a subject’s internal decision making process). The decision is modeled as twonormal distributions having the same variance. One distribution corresponds to pure noise (nosignal present) and the other distribution is the signal with noise. The model

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

it.Feminist pedagogy strives for a more egalitarian classroom where power is shared betweenteacher and student learners; this must include self-reflection of teachers, acknowledgingteachers and students as learners and knowers thereby seeing the role of the professor more asguide than expert and valuing the voices of individual students. Rather than serving as the all-knowing deliverer of truth, the teacher is a guide for student learning… While teachers are encouraged to enrich syllabi by choosing materials that will appeal to a wide range of students and that cover areas that include the students’ subjectivities, students are encouraged to comment upon and negotiate syllabi, course

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Dale Feldman, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Science Partnership conference onchallenging courses and curricula and the five strands of teaching for math proficiency (from theNational Research Council report, Adding It Up [4]), GBMP has arrived at a definition ofchallenging courses and curricula. For GBMP, there are four key aspects of challenging coursesand curricula: ‚ Deepening Knowledge of Important Mathematical Ideas ‚ Productive Disposition ‚ Inquiry and Reflection ‚ CommunicationDeepening knowledge of important mathematical ideas includes developing conceptualunderstanding, procedural fluency, and strategic competence. A productive disposition includesdeveloping a willingness to persist in working on mathematical problems and developingconfidence in one’s own ability

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

discipline-specific intellectual problems or help them understand the complexities of their chosen professions” 17 • “English professors are ill prepared to engage engineering students in a discussion of technical issues currently relevant to the students’ course work, or to share personal experiences with engineering report writing, or to understand students’ writing from an engineer’s view point. English professors are not familiar with engineers’ thought processes and are not prepared to direct students in clarifying engineering concepts through writing.” 61Such comments, though they certainly reflect individual faculty’s experiences, suggestsignificant misunderstanding of current work in the field of

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Shawn Stevens, University of Michigan; Namsoo Shin Hong, University of Michigan; Molly Yunker, University of Michigan; Cesar Delgado, University of Michigan; George Bodner, Purdue University; William Fornes, Purdue University; Nick Giordano, Purdue University; Joseph Krajcik, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

is assumed thatcomprehension of a phenomenon develops from thinking and reflecting on the phenomenon andthat any particular phenomenon that society will encounter will be experienced and understoodin only a limited number of qualitatively different ways.12,14 From the limited number of ways aphenomenon can be experienced, categories of description are formed, which can in turn behierarchically ordered if desired by the study, which is called the outcome space.Phenomenography seeks to comprehend the phenomenon from the subject’s viewpoint asopposed to the researcher reflecting upon the phenomenon. Therefore, this study will require thedevelopment of a limited number of categories of description to describe factors that studentsbelieve affect

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

these puzzles has had demonstrated success in student learning yet twochallenges remain. The first challenge is to develop robust puzzles that revealmisconceptions. The second is to find enough colleagues to critically assess thework. The project recently received additional NSF funding (DUE-0618861) and* This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE-0618861. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. Page 12.37.3† The student confessed this long after the

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

resource. Problem sets were assigned weekly. Most of the assigned problems were taken from theend of the textbook chapters, frequently with added open-ended parts calling for reflection on themeaning of calculated results or speculation about possible explanations for differences betweenthe calculated results and results that might be measured. Most assignments included oneproblem from the text workbook to be completed individually. Every three or four assignmentsthe teams were asked to assess their performance as a team. The assignments can be seen at. One assignment has to do with information literacy. Early in the course, librarians visitduring a problem session to introduce students to important discipline-specific resources

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

Tagged Divisions

International

environment where we must become adept atlearning. We must reflect on what we do, learn how to learn and find out how totransform our organisations, institutions and societies34.Academic Change InternationallyThe pressure for change in Ireland is a fairly recent occurrence. But earlier developedeconomies have already addressed many of the issues now facing higher education inIreland. Let us examine how the pressure for change elsewhere has impacted on thosesystems. The credit framework, the movement towards transferable skills rather thandiscipline content, modularisation and semesterisation, accreditation of prior andexperiential learning, the increasing diversity of student intake and the increasingdemand for accountability have put pressure on

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Victor Yu, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

identify these portions due to the distinct boundary observablefrom samples of cross-sectional specimens which had not been further cut to produce cubiccentimeter cortical specimens.IV. Reflections After teaching the course and conducting the first iteration of the bone laboratoryexercise, one of the primary faculty completed the 1st semester of medical school, and felt someadditional changes could be made to the format of the biomaterials block by incorporating thestudy of cartilage and bone as a lead into the bone lab. If the students were able to learn aboutcartilage and the formation of cartilage from chondroblasts through appositional or interstitialgrowth, then they would be able to more clearly understand the development of bone

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; William Kelly, Catholic University of America; Manoj Jha, Morgan State University; Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

ASCE Committee on Sustainability published Sustainable EngineeringPractice: An Introduction in 2004. This report …is intended to be a ‘primer’ on sustainability that … can inspire and encourage engineers to pursue and inte- grate sustainable engineering into their work…and describes the state-of-the-art at the time of its publication. A great deal of practical materialis assembled in this document.The NAE convened important symposia in 2004iv and 2005v to address engineering and engi-neering education reflective of contemporary challenges. Sustainability was clearly emphasizedas part of this: An even greater, and ultimately more important, systems problem than homeland security is the ‘sustainable development’ of human societies on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Ting, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Donn Clark, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

theirown courses.IntroductionService-learning is the integration of academic subject matter with service to the community incredit-bearing courses, with key elements including reciprocity, reflection, coaching, andcommunity voice in projects (Jacoby, 1996)2. Service-learning (S-L) has been shown to beeffective in a large number of cognitive and affective measures, including critical thinking andtolerance for diversity, and leads to better knowledge of course subject matter, cooperativelearning, recruitment of under-represented groups in engineering, retention of students, andcitizenship, as well as helping meet the well-known ABET EC2000 criteria (a)-(k) (ABET,2005)1.Service-learning team projects have the potential to ensure students learn and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines

told what they knew and then eitherasked for a hint on how to proceed or requested some clarification to get them over a stumblingpoint. Since the instructor can frequently refresh the webpage that shows the student responses,he/she can monitor the responses submitted and provide immediate feedback to help studentsmodify their misconceptions. Students can then amend their responses to reflect their newunderstandings.2. Greater differences in rate at which students work on questions posed. Addressing thisdifficulty actually opened the door to introducing more differentiated learning experiences inlarger-enrollment classes. Each InkSurvey question can be designed to probe a particular level ofstudent learning. Then, a menu of two to four

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Muthar Al-Ubaidi, University of Cincinnati; Richard Kegg, Tech Solve Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

othereducational institutes ranging from elementary schools to the college. The strategies and plan for enhancing manufacturing program is the response to the needs ofour industrial partners and manufacturing community. The implementation of the plan is the workin progress. As more work is being done, more reflection and data will be reported in the additionalpapers. Page 12.1185.5Bibliography 4[1] MET Department Industrial Advisory Board Meeting Minutes, University of Cincinnati, March 2006[2] MET Department Industrial Advisory Board Meeting

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

discipline, reflecting international trends. This paper suggests that a study ofthese disciplinary subcultures may clarify the persistence of this differential participation ,and lead to the formulation of new approaches to increasing women’s participation inengineering education.Introduction Is it a self-fulfilling prophecy that engineering disciplines with more women develop cultures that attract more women? Can, and should, this pattern be disrupted?These questions arose in the context of a cultural analysis of engineering education, whichprimarily sought to explore the interaction of the participation of women (the feminine) witha culture which has often been named as masculine (i.e. not feminine). The masculine natureof the culture of

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Hynes, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, students explain theresults of their exploration and the teacher helps facilitate this explanation with the vocabularyrelated to the topic. The elaborate phase requires the students to apply this new knowledge tonew problems. The final design and construction of the LEGO assistive device will be theelaborate phases of the curriculum. Students testing their designs and reflecting on theirfunction is the evaluate phase. During this phase, the teacher is also assessing students’ learningof the topics. Page 12.828.3Teacher Professional DevelopmentThis new engineering curricular unit will only be successful if the teachers implementing it do

Conference Session

Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Schox, Stanford University; David Chesney, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, I modified the syllabus to reflect how I had learned patent law in law school. Iincorporated the Socratic Method and taught from a law school casebook6. The class includedlively debates over the intricacies and nuances of the law, such as the Festo rule7 (the exceptionto the exception to the exception to the rule of infringement). One of my main goals for thecourse was to teach engineers how to determine whether their invention is patentable andwhether making and selling their invention infringes upon a competitor's patent. Despite thesolid attendance by the students and my detailed explanation, some of my students still confusedthe patentability and infringement tests on the exam. Some of the students applied the

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emine Atasoylu, Eastern Mediterranean University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

assertion made by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) that engineering curricula should include courses in engineering ethics.As a result of this study, an action has been suggested which targets provision of shortcourses or periodic seminars to increase awareness and to teach the skills on how to preventand how to deal with ethical issues, especially for those who haven’t previously received anytraining in engineering ethics. Another outcome of the study reflected that the difference incultural norms and laws in Cyprus might be yet another reason necessitating professionalethics education.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires that allengineering programs they accredit or give

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Devine, University of Notre Dame - College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

surveying to be aware that error exists in allmeasurement values.The concept for theme of error in measurements originated at a teaching workshop on campus.A question was posed to attendees, “what do you want students to know three to five years afterthe class”. The author decided that one aspect of class that students should know years later isthat error occurs in all surveying measurements. This is one piece of knowledge that may serveuseful in many types of work. This knowledge reflects recognition that a student knows theissue of quality if pertinent to all surveying measurements. TAC-ABET program criteria includea “commitment to quality” (ABET). Even though a small number of students who actually takean elementary surveying class will

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Osman Tokhi, University of Sheffield, UK.

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

social welfare benefits aregetting stricter, but in case of an unemployment situation, still one can rely on this. Tofacilitate all these benefits, the income tax rate is relatively higher than in the US. In contrast, the US has an economy of capitalist at its best. Relatively, there arevery little social welfare benefits for the poor and under achievers. One needs to managehis/her health care provision and higher education expenses. People at the lower earningband need to work long hours to manage their livelihood. On the other hand, the US is stillin the growing phase, and one can have success with hard work and smart thinking. As itappears, the US is still considered as the land of opportunity and that also reflects throughthe current

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Beth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Columbia University; Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Shih-Ying Yao, Museum of Science, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

% worded and was revised for future 17 18 19 20 21 22 assessments. Question #(3) Students improved their ability to answer questions about windmills and bladematerials. Students performed consistently better on post-assessments than on pre-assessmentsbut not all changes pre- to post- were significant. Page 12.649.5CIESE staff collected the reflections and observations of the teacher participants using informalsurveys and classroom visits. A summary of teacher comments indicate: • Teachers discovered that

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warith Al-Sulaimani, Modern College of Business and Science-Sultanate of Oman; P Mani Joseph, Modern College of Business and Science-Sultanate of Oman; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

were diverse due to the varyingcircumstances of interference in the 2.4 GHz band. The outcomes reflected the fact that thereis some sort of interference that will occur depending on the different sources of interference.As the Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 continue to grow and gain popularity, it becomes apparentthat more studies should be conducted to avoid the interference issue in the 2.4 GHz band. Toachieve this, IEEE 802.15.2 Task Group has been formed specifically to consider proposalsfor mechanisms to improve the level of coexistence between Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11devices and to come up with recommended practices derived from these.Although different authors discussed the effect of Bluetooth on IEEE802.11b and vice versa,none of them have

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

on pre- and post-test performance of integrated sectionsonly (collected during the process of course revision as a formative evaluation) shows thegreatest improvement in laboratory safety skills, with data on mastery of course content varyingfrom discipline to discipline. While this likely reflects the fact the differing rates ofimplementation of the course revisions in each of the disciplines during the time frame this datawas collected, differences in use of graduate teaching assistants in the labs and the varyingdegree of training they receive also may be contributing to this behavior. Data collected thisyear, after full implementation of content revision, should provide a clearer picture of studentperformance.ConclusionTraditionally

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henriette Bier, TU Delft; Dave Hoffers, TU Delft; Matthijs Frederiks, TU Delft; Sander Korebritz, TU Delft

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

AC 2007-934: BR: AN INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE-PROTOTYPE FOR 3DLAYOUTHenriette Bier, TU Delft After graduating in architecture [1998] from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, H. Bier has worked with Morphosis [1999-2001] on internationally relevant projects in the US and Europe. She has taught computer-based architectural design [2002-2003] at Universities in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands and started a doctoral research at TU Delft [2004]. Her research focuses not only on analysis and critical assessment of digital technologies in architecture, but also reflects evaluation and classification of digitally-driven architectures through procedural- and object-oriented studies. It