Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela L. Eddy; David A. Pape

Institute of Technology10 also uses assignment of grades byprofessors as one of their outcomes assessment tools. If a student is assessed in thecontext of a course, the instructor has a large number of graded assignments includingtests, homework, and projects upon which to base the summative assessment. Thus eachinstrument does not have to stand the same rigorous tests of validity and reliability aswould instruments in a single measure environment11.These assessments are based on a linkage between the program level and the course levelthat is usually established through the coupling of the course objectives to variousprogram outcomes. Tacitly implied is the assumption that a student has achieved thecourse objectives simply by completing a course

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Delores Etter; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

point in the receiverdevelopment, the envelope may now be expressed as envelope of sAM (t) = I 2 (t) + Q2 (t) (4)which means the envelope can be extracted using DSP techniques. The square root operationin Equation 4 may be directly implemented (for example using the floating point sqrtfcommand available via the DSK’s C compiler) or by using a less computationally intensiveapproximation technique. As our teaching model suggests, the student first learns the theorywith the aid of interactive demos, then develops a working solution off-line in Matlab, theneventually moves to the DSK and implements a fully functional real-time DSP solution.Example plots from a student project are shown in

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

experience gainedfrom co-op. Interviews and site visits are taken to a whole new level, as I can both ask andanswer serious technical questions with confidence.¼I recall one experience in which I was thefirst interviewee with co-op experience that the company representative had every interviewed.She asked “tell me about a time when you had to work effectively in a group to accomplish agoal,” and was astonished when I recalled the occasion when I was part of a five-member groupresponsible for a 1.5 million dollar de-bottlenecking project. She later confided in me that shewas at a loss for words, as she had been expecting an example related to a school projec t orgroup.” Shaun Howard

Conference Session

Learning Styles

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

complex problem-solving literature and Alexander’s model. Questionsbased on the complex problem solving literature were: - Is the student’s conception of the process linear or iterative? - Does the student discuss the need to define the problem? - Does the student recognize that multiple solutions exist? And the need to generate alternative solutions? - Does the student discuss the need to make assumptions/approximations to proceed toward a solution? - Does the student discuss the need to go beyond textbooks as part of their solution strategy? - Does the student discuss trade-offs among conflicting goals for the project or design? - Does the student consider cost/profit, time to completion, safety

Conference Session

Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Stan Napper; Bill Elmore

of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwould endorse, probably as the prime duty of the engineer. If engineers have any duty to society as awhole, and the authors would argue that we do, then protecting them by our decisions should be one ofour prime duties. A problem could develop when a project might hurt a few people, but help manymore. An example might be a major dam project in the southwestern United States. Is our prime dutyto the few who might be displaced, or the many who might be helped by readily available water andcheaper electricity?A utilitarian approach might approve of this policy as being

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Dan Budny

with the professors of the freshmen engineering classes tocollect assignments and grade projects and presentations. The topics covered during the firstsemester of freshmen seminar include, but are not limited to: Page 6.1008.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Session: 27931. What is seminar? Why do I need to take seminar? Who is my mentor?2. Add/Drop, Medical Information, How to get involved in the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Val Girolamo; Seung Kim

knowledge and experience in problem solving.ConclusionThere are many laboratory projects that can compliment material engineering courses forengineering technology students. This paper presents an attempt to develop a laboratory exercisein the basis of a “practice-in-theory.” This laboratory exercise also provides a guide to approacha real world problem for solving. However, the relationship between weld line and tensilestrength loss (or retention) should be analyzed using a mold filling software: we will report moredetails in the conference.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. Malloy, R. Plastics Product Design for Injection Molding, Hanser/Gardner Publications, Cincinnati, 1994.2. Tushie, D, Jensen, G, & Beasley, N, Thermoplastic Injection Molding

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Academic Success Curriculum, Writing Across the Curriculum, and the ASU Service Learning Program. Steve also led a team that earned the President’s Award for Exemplary Service for the ”College Knowledge Project”, which partnered with Maricopa County school districts to raise the college-going expectations and readiness of inner-city middle school students.Dr. James Collofello, Arizona State University Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs Professor of Computer Science and Engineering School of Computing Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringMs. Robin R Hammond, Page

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Brose, Hamburg University of Technology; Christian H. Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2011-847: IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING STUDENT DIFFICUL-TIES IN ENGINEERING STATICSAndrea Brose, Hamburg University of Technology Andrea Brose earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 1999 to 2008 she was in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA where she taught undergraduate math, led and developed the mathematics teaching assistant and faculty training program, and contributed to other aspects of academic administration. Since 2009, she is involved in a project on ”Active Learning in Engineering Education” at Hamburg University of Technology.Christian H. Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology Christian H. Kautz received his doctorate degree from the University of

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provide evidence that the RET program and its associated research-based modules positively affected student motivation.Introduction Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the goal of the ResearchExperience for Teachers program has been to support “the active involvement of K-12 teachersand community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge ofengineering and technological innovation into their classrooms.” In the winter of 2003,Vanderbilt University was awarded a site award for this program to host the “VanderbiltBiomedical Engineering RET Site Project.” Held in the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, thisprogram was designed with the previously discussed professional development characteristics inmind

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University, Engineering Technology; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

University. He at- tended the Business School of Istanbul University and received an MS degree in Production Management. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engineering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Mo- tor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MS&T in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a faculty memer at Trine University teaching mainly

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samia A. Suliman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

) are being employedfor the first time in two courses on statics and strength of materials during the Fall 2010semester. This paper will present details of the development of the tools as well as evaluation ofassessments acquired during use and at the end of the semester. Page 22.1356.2IntroductionThe tools developed for this project are an applied extension of recent work at the LeonhardCenter for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. We seek to apply what waslearned about educational research (related to problem solving, transformational representation,prior knowledge, self-explanations, scaffolding, and worked examples

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H. Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University West

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Advanced Manufacturing and Research Initiative (NAAMREI). Dr. Gonzalez is a founding leader of the initiative which seeks to develop the infrastructure for an integrated PK through practice educational system for the Rio South Texas Region. This endeavor involves a strong relationship with the Economic Development community, South Texas College and Region One Education Service Center which facilitates the activities of the proposed project. Because of his experience and role as a regional leader in a wide variety of endeavors, Dr. Gonzalez has served and continues to serve in leadership positions in technology based economic development in the Rio South Texas Region.Connie M Borror, Arizona State University West

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yegin Genc, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

mandatory senior level Process Control course in PlasticsEngineering Department at University of Massachusetts Lowell. In the Fall 2011semester 33 undergraduate students were enrolled, 31 of them choose to participate in theself-directed lifelong learning experience. The course teaches principles of controlsystems, process block diagrams, feedback control, process monitoring, DOE, SPC/SQC,and Taguchi methods. The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 1 hour 15 minutelong sessions. Following each class meeting, students were assigned homework. DuringFall 2011 semester a total of 22 homework assignments were given. The total weight ofthe homework assignments was 25% of the course grade. The course also included twoseparate projects, both of which

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

goals of this project include: (1) elucidate how firstyear engineering students utilize problem solving strategies, and (2) evaluate successful andunsuccessful problem solving strategies, as well as errors and misconceptions, in terms ofcognitive and metacognitive processes. Data collected from 36 students in Spring 2011 has beenanalyzed using a validated coding structure. The analysis identifies relevant events within well-structured word problems which had multiple possible ways of solving the problem but only onecorrect answer. To assess mental workload students experience as they solve problems, a taskload index (NASA-TLX) was administered after students completed each problem. The NASA-TLX is a survey with six subscales: three measuring

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Peter Vogt, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

- quisition boards;E-learning platforms;e-teaching;Experimentation;LabViEW;Learning pro- cess;Remote laboratories;Student-centered learning;.[15] B. Kapralos, A. Hogue, and H. Sabri, “Recognition of hand raising gestures for a remote learning application,” (Santorini, Greece), pp. COST 292; aceMedia; K–Space; Muscle; Eu- ropean Association for Signal Image Processing –, 2007. complex problems;Distance learn- ing (DL);hand gestures;hand motions;International (CO);markov modelling;motion cue- ing;Multimedia interactive services;Omni directional;Remote learning;.[16] J. Dong and H. Guo, “Enhance computer network curriculum using collaborative project based learning,” (Vancouver, BC, Canada), 2011. California State University

Conference Session

Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ken Burbank, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

general structure of graduate programs in Engineering Technology Many graduate programs in Engineering Technology (or discipline specific Engineering Technology) offer two year M.S. programs and each program requires a total of 30 -33 credits. Some programs have options to complete the Masters program by completing courses only or combining the course work with research credits. Research can be conducted using either a thesis option or paper (directed project) option. In the thesis option, the student undertakes a research problem that requires extensive research, often for a total of 6-8 credits. In the paper or directed project option, the student‟s research problem is of lesser magnitude, typically with a total of 3-5 credit hours. Students

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

 the elements of at least one non‐US culture or  society with respect to energy.  This is done through the class project.    6.  Students will demonstrate a grasp of the global inequalities and diversities that exist with  respect to energy across the world.   These were the objectives specifically for the Global Dynamics General Education requirement.In addition to these were broader objectives regarding understanding: the basics of energy; themix of sources including pros and cons of each; the basics of electric power transmission anduse; and the environmental, economic, political, and social aspects of energy,  The course is divided into five major blocks.Energy Basics: This section of the course covers definitions of power and

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford R. Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Lesley Rigg, Northern Illinois University; Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

journalpapers were initiated. Overall this has been and continues to be a very impressive and profitableundertaking for all of the parties involved and all of the constituent groups served.Developmental Issues EncounteredThe most important issue encountered in this project to date is the mode in which team taughtcourses are treated in the loading of a faculty member. To the faculty member, this is not a majorissue, however, to the departments, it is a major concern. At the start of the project, it wasdiscussed at a high level, and the governing board was told that it will be no problem. At thispoint in time, several courses have been offered using interdisciplinary faculty teams, typicallytwo-three faculty members. Again, at this point, the departments

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

assessments will help the instructor tailor the followinglecture(s) to address any remaining difficulties, and will also guide the revision of thelaboratories. Students’ responses to exam questions will then be used to assess students’understanding once again.(2) Modeling + Experiment: Computation is now a ubiquitous tool in science and engineering,complementing theory and experiment. There have been several successful efforts to introducecomputation in the introductory physics sequence and upper-level curriculum (for example,Matter and Interactions,8 the course developed by J. Tobochnik and H. Gould,9 and projects atLawrence University10 and Brigham Young University,11 among others12), using VPython,Maple, and other computational languages. However

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo G. Sanfelice, University of Arizona; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks; Manuel Abraham Robles, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

target for educational integration of the developed hands-on kit.The introduction of this real-life renewable energy challenge in such courses will provide a practi-cal application to solve using classroom control theory. Currently, the kit has been incorporated ina graduate course on hybrid control systems as a final project assignment. The current assignmentfocuses on extraction of solar energy using solar tracking algorithms, but a follow-up assignmenton wind energy analysis will be developed. In this assignment, the students are asked to performthe following tasks: • Task 1: Modeling of the mechanical components of the setup including the effect of the servomotors. In this task, the students derive a simple mathematical model

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Samuel Frost, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

soon as possible or risk becoming uncompetitive.Identifying an emerging DfX and its stage of development may also be helpful to the academicrealm. Identifying the stage of development that a nascent DfX is currently in can suggest to adesign researcher that they explore how to “push” the guideline into the next sensible stage,ideally based on historical precedent or on a general understanding of DfX development.Furthermore, recent research in the field of Engineering Design theory has advocated for a TopDown approach to the development of a DfX system that incorporates multiple DfXs into asingle omnipotent process[5]. Yet, the literature currently lacks a convincing overview of how asingular DfX develops. Prior to embarking on a project to

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

prescriptive texts, may Page 25.1348.7encourage consensus, but partly by so doing that emphasis deflects students from interrogatingdifference or fairness. For example, some educators equate "functioning on multidisciplinaryteams" with working well with business and management representatives, hardly a recipe fordiverse political or social outlooks in an engineering project.2 Nor is "sending kids to the Web,"as one educator suggested as a partial fulfillment of outcome J ("a knowledge of contemporaryissues") likely to introduce a critical sensibility into the engineering classroom. 12Also worrying are increasingly frequent invocations of "global

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters P.E., LMS International; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

community overall, and to improve the planet earth.In contrast, while Danielle took a leave of absence and planned to return to her current employer,the impact of the credential was the primary way in which her career would be enhanced by adoctorate. She was working on research projects that interested her prior to beginning herdoctorate, but without the degree, she was unable to be the Principal Investigator (PI) on herprojects. Now what I find is that unless I have a PhD you cannot own your own funding, no matter how many papers you’ve written… So you have to have a PhDBy getting a doctorate, she would be able be a PI on her projects, define their direction, and exerta greater degree of control.Harald, unlike Catherine and

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Mike Reese, Johns Hopkins University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

across disciplinarycurricula.A frequently used method for integrating computing into the engineering curriculum has beenthrough the development of introductory programming courses e.g., 11,12-16 introduction toengineering courses, 17,18 or numerical analysis courses 12 designed for all engineering majors. Asecond more-focused scheme has integrated computing through projects and exercises as part ofdisciplinary courses 19-21. And a third approach has focused on developing specific courses incomputational science and engineering 22. Other forms for integrating computation have centeredon the use of tutorials and online modules 23-25. Some instances have infused computing modulesin more than one course 26-28, vertically integrating problem-based

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Natalie Gedde, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

profilethe successful program developed for the Introduction to Engineering course, and to assess theattitudes of student assistants who are serving (or have served) in this role.Program Background and MethodsDuring the 2000-2001 school year, a new approach to the Introduction to Engineering coursesequence at the University of Notre Dame was developed involving cross disciplinary hands ondesign projects. Since inception, the course sequence has enrollments that have ranged from~350-450 first-year engineering students and involves large group lectures that introduce thebackground / theory of the projects and small group learning center sections. The learningcenters are groups of ~25-35 first-year students led by an instructor and an undergraduate

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia; Jim Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students, all registered in a common lecture section (i.e. there areapproximately 125 students in the classroom at one time). It includes two major design projects Page 25.1031.3and numerous assignments, labs, and other activities related to design. The second course,MECH 325, is a third-year course on machine design.13 It includes five large design assignmentsfocusing on different types of mechanical components. There are approximately 150 students inMECH 325, divided into two roughly-equal sections. All students who complete MECH 223normally continue on to take MECH 325. Following recommended practice, in both coursesteams are instructor

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

five venture companies, and as a management consultant successfully catalyzed more than $100 million of new shareholder value in client businesses. He has led cross-functional client teams in projects to find and capture value-creating profit and growth opportunities. Pariser is a Trustee of Mutual Fund Series Trust and serves as a member or the audit committee. Pariser received a Ph.D. and M.S. from Columbia University and a B.S. from MIT in electrical engineering. Email: bert.pariser@gmail.com. Page 25.1040.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Page

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ikseon Choi, University of Georgia; Yi-Chun Hong, National Central University; David K. Gattie, University of Georgia; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia; Melissa G. Gay, University of Georgia; Lucas John Jensen, University of Georgia; Hyojin Park, University of Georgia; YounSeok Lee, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-5074: PROMOTING SECOND-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS’EPISTEMIC BELIEFS AND REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-SOLVING ABIL-ITIES THROUGH CASE-BASED E-LEARNING RESOURCESDr. Ikseon Choi, University of Georgia Ikseon (Ike) Choi is an Associate Professor of learning, design, and technology in the Department of Edu- cational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia, where he teaches learning theories, learning environments design, and program evaluation courses. Since receiving his Ph.D. at Penn State University, he has been leading a series of research and development projects for case-based e-learning environments and real-world problem solving in both higher education and corporate settings. Through

Conference Session

Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

students wereenrolled in the course. The course covered topics such as, instrumentation, signal conditioning,data acquisition, feedback control, process monitoring, DOE, SPC/SQC, and Taguchi methods.The course meets twice a week for two 75-minute sessions. Students have two homeworkassignments per week and two project assignments per semester. While the homeworkassignments are individual effort, both of the projects are group effort. Even though there is nolab component attached to the course, the projects require students to perform hands-onmeasurements with thermocouples and DAQ data loggers. The homework assignments, projects,mid term and final exam are each worth 25% weight of the final grade. During the Fall 2011semester a new component