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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Youssef Shatilla; Adnan Zahed

lectures, group work, quizzes, and videos isemployed to deliver and assess the material. Generally, it is assumed that the students haveread the material related to the topic prior to the class meeting; therefore, class time is used toassess what has been learned, clarify the reading, and, in small groups, test the ideas that havebeen presented in class. Thus, group work is required during class and individual work isrequired outside of the class. The Engineering Journal is also used in the Concepts Session toinitiate the reflection process which includes both Self Regulation and InformationRestructuring. This journal is designed to be used for recording, or documenting, andcontinuously improving the student's learning process through student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

needs of the community and meet instructional objectives using action andcritical reflection to prepare students for careers and to become meaning members of a justand democratic society”. 2 The interdisciplinary aspect of the course is carefully planned out. There are 12college students in the course. Six of these students are from Chemical engineering, andthe others are from multiple disciplines such as biology, communication, geology andgeophysics. The multi-leveled nature of the course is due to the partnership of theAcademy of Math, science and Engineering (AMES) and the 12 high school students whoattend the class for college credit. AMES draws students from grades 9-12 from two different school districts. It isaligned with

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela J. Théroux; Gary Gabriele; Brad Lister; Deborah Kaminski

Instrument consists of 12 questions in which a student self-reports theirperceived preferred style of learning2. The LSI categorizes learning styles with regard to anindividual’s preference for concrete experience (diverger), reflective observation (assimilator),abstract conceptualization (accommodator) or active experimentation (converger). David Kolb(1984) described learning as a process in which knowledge is created through experience.Consequently, Kolb defines learners according to how they grasp and transform information. Inessence, different learners approach the learning experience with different types of expectationsof the learning situation. For example, divergers ask Why?, assimilators What?, accommodatorsWhat if? and convergers How?The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Adam Kowalski; Frank Kowalski

throughout Colorado through thedissemination of and support of classroom communication technology. Also, we strive tostrengthen the relationship between the university and area K-14 educators.Description of Outreach ProgramIn overview of CSM’s outreach program, K-14 teachers come to campus to learn both technicaland pedagogical aspects of using classroom communicators. They return to their ownclassrooms with a classroom communication system and all necessary associated equipment.Three weeks later, they bring the equipment back to campus and complete this professionaldevelopment activity with shared reflection and summative assessment. After successfulcompletion of the training, they are eligible for subsequent free checkout of the equipment.The CSM

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Warren

⎟e RC ⎥u (t ) R C ⎣⎝ RC R C ⎠ ⎦ for R1 = R2Figure 2. Signal processing of light reflectance signals using cascaded filters (EECE 512). Page 10.976.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education Input Signal: 100 ms Pulse

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

in scores indicates a general improvement in studentunderstanding of engineering amongst all project students as reflected by the Checklist criteria.In addition to raw score increases, the post-drawing mean score for all categories combined, 2.45(SD = 1.43), was considerably higher than the pre-drawing mean for the same categories, 1.88(SD = 1.63). A dependent t-test with a 95% confidence interval showed this difference to bestatistically significant. Page 10.92.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter; Trevor Harding; Cynthia Finelli

index. Students who reported the pressures “cheating works”, “the materialwas too hard” and “grade pressure” reported the highest average temptation index. Thesepressure themes might be reflective of students who are more “grade-oriented” than their peers,seeing grades as the ultimate purpose of college. This contrasts with those pressures with loweraverage temptation indices, such as “lack of motivation”, “it’s not cheating” and “others neededmy help”, which are not as easily linked to a grade-oriented disposition. Table 3: Temptation index for the college setting as a function of the reported pressures and hesitations to cheat. Pressure to Cheat Temptations Hesitation to

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

completely different field of knowledge[3] . When referring to a particular aspect of the field, some researchers would reply “that’s Drexler”, or “that’s physics”, reflecting their belief that this isn’t truly nanoscience. Hence, there are different degrees of belief in the existence of the nano field itself, and in the multidisciplinary aspect of this field also. On the other hand, when the researchers are asked to talk about their work, what they do, and what they invent, there is a unique element that comes up. Indeed, the discourse suggests another revolution in terms of economics, social implications, laws of physics and chemistry, and devices soon to be created. There are those researchers who do claim that the field instills never

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

engineeringand engineering education. Should these ideas prove useful to a beginning teacher who isworking with a very complex and important subject matter, it would lend considerable supportfor this sort of curricular integration.Theoretical framework“Reasoning scientifically” or “thinking like a scientist” are two expressions frequently used byeducators to describe an important, long held and almost universally shared educational goal; seeDewey [1]. Recent suggestions for reform in science education such as those from AAAS [2],or NRC [3], reflect this by making scientific inquiry a primary learning goal and alsorecommending that the actual conduct of scientific inquiry serve as a core instructional strategy.“Reasoning scientifically” and “thinking

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

engineeringand engineering education. Should these ideas prove useful to a beginning teacher who isworking with a very complex and important subject matter, it would lend considerable supportfor this sort of curricular integration.Theoretical framework“Reasoning scientifically” or “thinking like a scientist” are two expressions frequently used byeducators to describe an important, long held and almost universally shared educational goal; seeDewey [1]. Recent suggestions for reform in science education such as those from AAAS [2],or NRC [3], reflect this by making scientific inquiry a primary learning goal and alsorecommending that the actual conduct of scientific inquiry serve as a core instructional strategy.“Reasoning scientifically” and “thinking

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton

resonance in the class. It wasboth easier and harder she decided, and certainly more complex. But more rewarding. She feltmore challenged and knew that her students were functioning at a higher level throughout theclass than they ever had before. Yes, more challenging and more rewarding.She would share these reflections at the weekly CS105 debriefing. Her own agent functioneddifferently from the student agents. It had kept track of some vital information from the class,and would help her discussion. These debriefings were becoming one of the most importantparts of her week. Page 10.604.4Scenario Discussion Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sherman

the academicachievement of their child in this College, this factor had the highest numerical countoverall and had the highest level of concern by both male and female parents. Thiscomes despite the child’s high school academic achievements, high test scores, andacceptance into this College. This choice is most likely to be reflective of parentconcerns over the academic preparation of their child, the quality of the child’s secondaryschool education, their perception of the child’s study habits and skills, and the perceivedrigor of an engineering undergraduate education. The literature referenced on parentalinvolvement contains several references to parent concerns with how their child mightperform in a competitive curriculum in college.The

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy Morse

65 86 FIU 44 45 89 UCF 55 135 190 UF 2 106 108 USF 22 60 82 Total 149 421 570 Table 1. Course Offerings Academic Year 2003-2004The 5,308 course enrollments in Table 2 reflect a significant 17.4 % increase over last year'sproductivity, notwithstanding that last year’s enrollment figures were the highest in FEEDS’history. Only the public institutions are given

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff

participated via the Internet 7,” andby the end of the 2000-2001 academic year, “about half of all course enrollments in distanceeducation courses were at public 2-year colleges 8.” The importance for updating science,technology, engineering and mathematics content, the growing desire for distance educationcourses, and the increased necessity for community college faculty to develop knowledge andskills in instruction 9 and distance delivery 10 reflect a set of compelling needs for significantprofessional development outreach to community college faculty in the science, technology,engineering and mathematics areas.In North Carolina and other states facing severe budget shortfalls, the pressure for technologyprograms is mounting at precisely the time

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Massoumi

functionality. Moreover, in large designs, knowledge of the designarchitecture is helpful in achieving full coverage efficiently. The following property reflects theexpected behavior.assert always (din && (next din) && (next[2] !din)) -> (next[3] match);Furthermore, it should be proved that there exists no other condition under which a match isdetected. This is accomplished by reversing the original property, as shown below.assert always (next[3] match) -> (din && (next din) && (next[2] !din));Uses of the PSL “next” operator, in the above assertions, capture the temporal relationships onboth sides of the implication operator. The entire property spans four clock cycles, whichincludes the present cycle and three

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

40 30 20 10 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Year Figure 1. Spam TrademarksPatents Reflect Growth in Spam InterestA patent search gives a better indication as to the growth of interest in spam. Current researchtrends in a given field can be determined by the number of patents granted over time and thenumber of patent applications in the USPTO. As shown in Figure 2 below, there has been anexplosion of spam interest.Searching the USPTO web-site on

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Tracy Van Zandt

EducationDivision Grant EEC-0314875 entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching BasicCore STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation The authors are gratefulfor the support obtained from NSF to further engineering education.VII References1 Davis,B.G., “Tools for Teaching”, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1993, p100.2 Piaget,J., “To Understand is to Invent”, Grossman, New York, 1973.3 Vygotsky,L., “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes”, Harvard University Press, MA, 1978.4 Avitabile,P., Hodgkins,J

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

systems.AcknowledgmentsThis work was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF Engineering EducationDivision Grant EEC-0314875, “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching Basic CoreSTEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”). The authors gratefullyacknowledge this support. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.References1 Avitabile, P., Pennell, S., and White, J., “Developing a Multisemester Dynamic Systems Project to Foster Learning and Retention of STEM Material,” Proceedings of 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo.2 Avitabile, P., Pennell, S., and White, J

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Dunn

educator, I found that I needed to present the basic and most currentinformation to students such that they could understand the state of practice. The academicrequirements formed through the Industrial Advisory Committee and the ABET accreditationprocess introduced a different perspective to me that demonstrate the progressive development ofmodern educational standards.IntroductionThere is an old saying, “those that can do and those that can’t teach.” This saying reflects thebeliefs of many practicing engineers who feel that students are not taught practical information.Practicing engineers recognize that students learn the important theories of engineering inacademic settings, but students need to be “trained” to the work environment before they

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jeff Jackson

should describe the problem athand, your proposed solution to the problem and why it is of importance beyond a local scope.Objectives and outcomes should be clearly summarized.The proposal organization should reflect the suggested sections and length noted in the programsolicitation. Consideration should be given to the limited time panel reviewers may have toreview the proposal. Also, panel reviewers may be experienced or novice and may or may not beexpert within the proposals technical area. A proposal that is well organized and easy to readwill, in general, be better received by a review panel. Use of bulleted or list structured text fordescribing the major points of the proposal simplifies the review process and make for a wellreceived

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

of initial goals and objectives,and an effective operational structure that matches the State's needs and desires. As a result, FL-ATE reflects a holistic vision for an NSF ATE regional manufacturing education center thatcatalyzes the individual manufacturing stakeholders within the region to evolve into a viable anddynamic manufacturing community- a central resource for educational institutions to collaboratein order to meet the education and training needs of this manufacturing community.AuthorsMARILYN BARGER is the Executive Director of FL-ATE, the Florida Regional Center for ManufacturingEducation housed at Hillsborough Community College. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College,and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

does the student prefer (sensory or intuitive)? Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 2. Which route allows course information to be most effectively presented (visual or auditory)? 3. By which method is information best organized for the student to learn (inductive or deductive)? 4. How does the student process information (active or reflective)? 5. How does the student progress in their learning (sequentially or globally)?The teaching style of a course instructor can also be described by the same categories.This paper will focus on an aspect of the fourth classification, active vs

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Mays

. Students are required to write a technical lab report,which presents their results and reflects upon their understanding of the exercise. The designprocess for the initial labs is non-existent and each lab requires a preliminary setup by alaboratory technician and assistance from the professor during the experimental process.Following the completion of the five professor designed experiments, student designedexperiments are introduced to create an environment of active learning.The student designed exercises cover bending stresses in a beam, shear and bending moment in abeam, beam deflections, and column buckling. Each of the aforementioned experiments areconducted on fixed structural frame that allows students to accurately conduct their

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

such as TheNew Yorker, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and the Times of London. There is alsoa thriving discourse about PowerPoint on the Web, most notably the weblogswww.edwardtufte.com and www.sociablemedia.com. The range of these publications and thevivid, emotional language used to discuss PowerPoint reflect the key role that PowerPoint hasplayed in a cultural shift in the way information is presented. As one critic put it, “PowerPointhas become as much a part of the fabric of professional life as power ties and protein bars”(Zielinski 2003). In our own efforts to get students to adopt the alternative design, we, too, haveperceived the extent to which PowerPoint and the traditional slide design have becomeembedded in engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

competitions are well known student activities in civilengineering. Almost without exception, students who participate in these events carry awayrewarding memories and reflect positively on their experiences. Another positive benefit frominvolvement is the ability to establish talking points during interviews with potential employerswho were also involved during their college years. Page 10.740.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Many institutions integrate the Steel Bridge competition into the

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

seesuch projects as extremely valuable to student learning. Some of the more germanereasons are (1) an opportunity to reflect on the course materials and apply the knowledgelearned, (2) experience to improve independent learning skills, (3) a chance to solveopen-ended design problems, encouraging students to use their imaginations, and (4) anopportunity to exercise both software and hardware skills. The overall experiencesupports and enhances the students’ probability of success in their senior capstone designcourse.ConclusionIn this paper, we presented a case study of a student project, the Tetris game, in a secondmicrocontroller/microprocessor course at the US Air Force Academy. The projectprovided the student with ample opportunities to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

Mathcad in the Civil Engineering Curriculum Brian L. Houston University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownIntroductionThe core curriculum for civil engineering and civil engineering technology programs has notchanged significantly over time. Courses in statics, dynamics and strengths of materials attemptto teach the same concepts as were taught decades ago. The difference lies in how theseconcepts are visualized, the teaching methods employed by the instructor and the development ofcomputer-aided design.Many institutions have added entry-level courses specifically aimed at providing students withbasic skills in various software packages reflecting the

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

the capstone project reflect reality, the outcome of the project had to beinterdisciplinary in nature. In an attempt to make the capstone project interesting and mutuallybeneficial, the students were given a variety of project choices. All projects required a degree ofinteraction between the IE students with ME and EE students. EE professors and ME professorswere identified as consultants or resources for information within their respective disciplines.Students were also responsible for adding resources to the reference room that proved useful tofuture capstone students. Four capstone project choices for the Winter 2004 semester wereidentified as described below

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Tannous

the subject at hand, JiTT can also bring benefits by helpingstudents structure their time and their ways of approaching a new subject. Most instructors agreethat students get more out of classroom time if they prepare for class by reading the text ahead oflecture (2). It also helps students to develop and practice writing skills. JiTT promotesconstruction classes instruction as dialogue whether student-student or student-teacher.The give and take in the classroom suggests future discussions/questions that will reflect themood and the level of expertise in the class at hand. In this way the feedback loop is closed withthe students having played a major part in the endeavors.The JiTT assignments are designed to encourage students come to class

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

active classroom learning, we have also developed out-of-classwork/questions for the exercises that offer individual reflective components to compliment andstrengthen the in-class learning experience. Along with a review of the exercises that highlightsthe learning objective and student response to each activity, the paper offers notes on deliverylogistics that have been successful in our classrooms and an account of the expenses associatedwith each exercise. The worksheets that we have created for these activities are provided as anappendix to the paper for reader use, and solution keys to the worksheets are available from theauthors upon request.Introduction In the past, experiential learning was often reserved for formal laboratory