. His research centers on demography, stratification, and Jewish studies. He is coauthor of articles in the Journal of Engineering Education and the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering on this research. Page 11.259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Attitudes toward Group Work: Gendered Differences?AbstractTeamwork has been proposed as a “female-friendly” pedagogy because it emphasizescooperation and equality over competition and hierarchy. However, sometimes teamwork servesto reinforce a gendered hierarchy, depending on the actual experience of the teamwork
2006-1643: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ROBOTICS COURSES IN THECOMPUTER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING CURRICULUMAfsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College AFSANEH MINAIE is an associate professor in the Computing and Networking Sciences Department at Utah Valley State College. She received a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. all in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma in 1981, 1984 and 1989 respectively. Her current interests are in Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Design, and Computer Interfacing.Reza Sanati, Utah Valley State College REZA SANATI MEHRIZY is an associate professor of the Computing and Networking Sciences Dept. at Utah Valley State College, Orem
2006-1665: PREPARING YOUR TENURE DOSSIER FROM DAY ONEMicah Hale, University of Arkansas Dr. Hale is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering where he teaches courses in structural engineering.Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas Dr. Edwards is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering where he teaches courses in environmental engineering.Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas Dr. Dennis is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering where he teaches courses in geotechnical engineering. Page 11.1021.1© American Society for Engineering Education
2006-2158: PROMOTING ACTIVE LEARNING IN TEACHING THEORGANIZATION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES COURSEJun Luo, Ohio Northern University Jun Luo is currently an assistant professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Beijing University of Technology, Tsinghua University, and University of Florida in 1994, 1997, and 2002, respectively. His teaching interests are in data structures and algorithms, databases, compilers, and organization of programming languages.Robert Hovis, Ohio Northern University Robert A. Hovis has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Ohio State University and
, using a questionnaire methodology: i) Do engineering studentsbecome more active and metacognitive readers between their freshman and senior years;ii) do engineering students become less “transmission” oriented and more “transaction”oriented in their beliefs about text? The results are considered in terms of theirconsistency with other available data about engineering students’ study behaviors, and interms of implications for the design of undergraduate engineering curricula.IntroductionThe claim that “Engineering is a profoundly creative process”1 seems entirely correct as adescription of the nature of professional engineering. It also conveys a sense of themindset and skill levels that are set as goals for advanced students in engineering
2006-1255: LET IT ROLL WITH YESS!Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Taryn Bayles, Ph.D. is a Professor the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she teaches Introduction to Engineering Design and various Chemical Engineering courses. She has spent half of her career working in industry and the other half in academia. Over the last three years, she has received over $3M of NSF funding in Engineering Education & Outreach to develop hands-on curriculum to increase the interest, participation, recruitment, and retention of students in engineering and science. She has been recognized with several teaching
for Engineering Education, 2006 Building Industry/Education Partnership’s for Tomorrow’s Workforce Tech Careers: “I Am The Future”Abstract—The island of Maui is known the world over as a beautiful vacation destination. It isalso home to an emerging High Technology sector. The technology industry in Hawaii has beenfaced with chronic recruitment and retention challenges due to a local labor force insufficient tomeet the growing demand for engineering and technical talent and the expense of recruitingoffshore. The Maui Economic Development Board and Women in Technology1 (WIT) havehelped industry to understand that women and other underrepresented minorities are
, 2006 Evolution of the Electrical Power Technology Program at the University of HoustonAbstract A revised Electrical Technology (ELT) program, now designated as Electrical PowerTechnology (EPTE), was started in the College of Technology at the University of Houston in2003. The program will serve to not only electrical utilities, but also the large base of electricalcontracting, equipment manufacturing, and sales companies in the Houston area. This paper willtrace the steps taken by the faculty to change the program from Electrical Technology into theElectrical Power Technology program, and the steps that provided information for the resultingcurriculum
2006-2432: “ENGINEERING IN HEALTH CARE” MULTIMEDIA CURRICULUMFOR HIGH SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONSara Titus, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Sara Titus is a graduate student in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC. She received her Bachelors degree from UMBC in May 2005.John Raczek, University of Maryland-College Park JOHN W. RACZEK is a Web Developer in the Office of Medical Education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His work focuses on developing software systems for education with an emphasis on simulation.Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland School of Medicine BRUCE JARRELL is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Surgery at the University of
2006-34: DESIGN-BUILD APPROACH TO PROJECT DELIVERY: THE CHECKSAND BALANCES IN THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION PROCESSVirendra Varma, Missouri Western State University Virendra K. Varma, PhD,PE,F.ASCE, is Professor of Construction, and Chairman of the Department of Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State University. He is the Chair of the ASEE Construction Engineering Division. He is a Past President of MSPE-NW Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and a Past President of ACI-Missouri. He served on the TAC/ABET Commission as a commissioner from 1998-2003. He is an Instructor of the SEMA-MO ATC-20 course on Earthquake Damage Assessment (Structural), and is also an ACI
2006-939: FOCUSING THE LENS ON WOMEN FACULTY ISSUES: THREEYEARS OF ADVANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASOEvelyn Posey, University of Texas-El Paso Evelyn Posey is the Dorrance D. Roderick Endowed Professor and Chair of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Department of English and PI on the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation for Faculty Diversity initiative. A specialist in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, she has served as Director of English Education; Director of the West Texas Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project; Associate Dean of Liberal Arts; and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.Jana Renner Martinez, University of Texas-El Paso Jana
2006-1297: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE, SUSTAINABLE, MUTUALLYBENEFICIAL INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS IN ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGYMichael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University Dr. Michael Dyrenfurth is responsible for International Programs involving the College of Technology at Purdue University.Michael Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology Page 11.438.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Developing Effective, Sustainable, Mutually Beneficial International Collaborations in Engineering and TechnologyThis paper shares the experience and effective practices involved in building a systematic set
research interests include wear phenomenon in orthopeadic implants, ethical development in engineering undergraduates, and pedagogical innovations in environmental education. Currently, Trevor serves on the ERM Division Board of Directors and on the Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Dr. Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. She serves as the Co-PI for the NSF project titled “Development of a Course in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing for Undergraduates” and will team-teach the course once developed. Her
2006-485: RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT: NEW JERSEYWINDSBilly Hill, Rowan University Billy Hill is a junior electrical and computer engineering student at Rowan UniversityPeter Jansson, Rowan University PETER MARK JANSSON is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University teaching AC and DC electric circuits, power systems, sustainable design and renewable energy technologies. He leads numerous Sophomore, Junior and Senior Engineering Clinic Teams in solving real world engineering problems each semester. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MITRyan McDevitt, Rowan University Ryan McDevitt
2006-2549: DOCTORAL DEGREES IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: WHATARE THE REAL ISSUES?Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology Page 11.494.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 DOCTORAL DEGREES IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: WHAT ARE THE REAL ISSUES?ABSTRACT In 1982 I published a paper in the ASEE, Journal of Engineering Education, which attempted to bring the issues concerning graduate education in engineering technology into focus.i At that time it was the masters degree that was the point of contention. Engineering technology educators wanted masters degreesii, but the broader engineering education community was still ambivalent about
2006-412: USE OF GRAPHICS IN MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONALMATERIALS: RESEARCH-BASED DESIGN GUIDELINESEric Wiebe, North Carolina State University ERIC N. WIEBE, Ph.D. Dr. Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Graphic Communications Program at NC State University. He has authored or co-authored four texts on technical graphics and has been involved in Computer-Aided Design (CAD)/3-D modeling development and use since 1986. He has also worked on the integration of scientific visualization concepts and techniques into both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has been a member of the EDG Division of ASEE since 1989
2006-283: ENGINEERING CAPACITY BUILDING IN LATIN AMERICALueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard LUENY MORELL, M.S., P.E., is a member of the University Relations staff of the Hewlett Packard Company. She is responsible for relations with universities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining HP, Lueny was full professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez where she held positions at the Campus and UPR system level, including director of the UPRM R&D Center. Recipient of the 2006 US National Academy of Engineering Bernard M. Gordon award, her work in curriculum, research, accreditation and economic development activities has been published in more
2006-26: LIFE IN MOVING FLUIDS: INTRODUCING CLASSICAL FLUIDMECHANICS INTO BIOENGINEERINGGeorge Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton Dr. Catalano is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He researches and teaches in the areas of engineering design, the fluid dynamics of the natural world and applied mathematics and is included in the Philosophers’ Index for his work in environmental ethics Page 11.896.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Life in Moving Fluids: Integrating Classical Fluid Mechanics into an Undergraduate Bioengineering ProgramAbstractA new course that seeks to
2006-369: THE CHANGING CHE CURRICULUM – HOW MUCH CHANGE ISAPPROPRIATE?Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University Joseph A. Shaeiwitz received his B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His professional interests are in design, design education, and outcomes assessment. Joe is an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, and he is a co-author of the text Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes (2nd ed.), published by Prentice Hall in 2003.Richard Turton, West Virginia University Richard Turton received his B.S. degree from the University of Nottingham and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from
2006-493: MEASURING CHANGES IN MOTIVATION AND LEARNINGSTRATEGIES: COMPARING FRESHMAN TO OTHER UNDERGRADUATESTodd Johnson, Washington State University Dr. Johnson is Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology. His primary teaching activity includes theoretical foundations of learning and instruction, educational statistics, educational measurement,assessment of learning, and program evaluation. He served as Co-PI on an NSF ?Bridging Engineering Education? grant called the CyberMentor (Mathematics and Engineering via New Technologies: Outreach and Recruitment) project. A major part of this grant was to promote and develop partnerships and interdisciplinary initiatives connecting education
chosen departmentalmajors. Perhaps more importantly they may not know what Engineers do as they ply theirprofession, and may have a misleading or unrealistic perception of their career choice.Engineering “Discovery” is a course intended for students entering an engineering curriculum.By using carefully chosen artifacts such as electric toasters and warm-mist room humidifiersstudents learn how engineers apply physics principles, most already learned in secondary school,in the design of such products. They observe the artifacts and sub-systems and theirinterconnectivity and speculate on the thought and problem solving processes used by practicingengineers in developing the product. A unique requirement is that students report their findingsusing
civil engineers will beequipped to handle the challenges of professional practice in the decades ahead.1 That paperreviewed ASCE Policy Statement 465 (PS 465), which promotes the attainment of a body ofknowledge deemed essential to the practice civil engineering at the profession level.. As part ofthis effort, the society developed a report delineating the body of knowledge (BOK) that futurecivil engineers will need to have. That report, published in 2004, is currently being updatedbased on extensive feedback from the initial BOK report.2 This revised BOK report should becompleted by the end of 2006.There are many organizations and technology experts who are deeply concerned about how theengineering profession will meet the challenges of the
2006-1374: INTERNALLY-DEVELOPED DEPARTMENTAL EXIT EXAMS V/SEXTERNALLY-NORMED ASSESSMENT TESTS: WHAT WE FOUNDVirendra Varma, Missouri Western State University Virendra K. Varma, PhD, PE, F.ASCE, is Professor of construction and Chairman of the Department of Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State University. He served as a Member of the TAC/ABET Commission from 1998-2003. He is a former President of ACI-Missouri, and a former President of the NW Chapter of MSPE (of NSPE). He has published and presented extensively. He is the Chair of the Construction Engineering Division of ASEE. He has held highly responsible roles in design and construction industry ranging from a project
2006-2243: IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL STUDY GROUP AND ACTIONRESEARCH IN ONLINE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COURSESHaiyan Xie, University of Arkansas-Little Rock HAIYAN XIE, Ph.D., CPC Dr. Haiyan Xie received a BE and a ME in construction engineering and management from the Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China. She also holds an MS in computer engineering, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), from the University of Florida. Dr. Xie earned her PhD from the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville. She has multiple years of working experiences with construction companies in both the US and
2006-1235: USING NONPROLIFERATION ASSESSMENT TOOL (NAT)SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING PROLIFERATION CONCEPTS ASSOCIATEDWITH THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLEKendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas Dr. Kendra Foltz Biegalski is a Research Engineer in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program. She has fifteen years experience in nuclear engineering, nuclear and chemical analytical techniques, and two years of nuclear reactor operations. She has thirteen years domestic and international experience in scientific research and collaboration as well as two years experience in the teaching, training, and licensing of nuclear scientists and nuclear reactor operators. Dr. Foltz Biegalski specializes in nuclear data
applications in allareas of research including medical research. A patient can be diagnosed as having ananeurysm by studying an angiogram. An angiogram is the visual view of the bloodvessels whereby the edges are highlighted through the implementation of edge detectors.This process is completed through convolution, wavelets and matrix techniques. Someillustrations included will be vertical, horizontal, Sobel and wavelet edge detectors.I. IntroductionTo help motivate this paper, we provide an introduction to some interesting problems inimage processing implementing matrix techniques, partial derivatives and convolutions.Section (2) provides an introduction to matrix and partial derivatives and how they areapplied to the pixels to obtain the gray level
2006-1800: CHALLENGES IN CURRICULUM ADAPTATION ACROSSINSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONALSTUDENT TRANSFERRoland Kempter, University of UtahCynthia Furse, University of Utah Dr. Cynthia Furse Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah Dr. Furse received her B.S. in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor in 1985, M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1988, and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1994. She is currently an associate professor at the University of Utah and has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave
University Page 11.1422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 VaNTH Observation System Component AssessmentAbstract- Since 1999, the VaNTH Observation System (VOS), a direct classroom observationsystem, has been used to collect data about classroom activities within bioengineering courses.Two components of the VOS, the Classroom Interaction Observation and the Global Ratings,specifically collect data about whether observed courses contain elements of the “How PeopleLearn” (HPL) framework, as set forth in the National Research Council publication How PeopleLearn: Mind, Brain, Experience, and School.1 VOS observers use
2006-1877: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FRESHMAN STUDENTINITIATIVES—LESSONS FROM NC STATE UNIVERSITYLisa Marshall, North Carolina State University In Fall 2001, Marshall became the Director of Outreach Programs for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University. Her research interests lie in enrollment management and engineering education. She is a ‘geography of science’ doctoral student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Before joining NC State University, she worked in enrolment management for several years at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University Bourham joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering at North
2006-1761: ADDING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES TO THESOFTWARE CURRICULUMHarry Koehnemann, Arizona State University Dr. Harry Koehnemann is an Associate Professor in the Division of Computing Studies at Arizona State University where he performs teaching and research in the areas of distributed software systems, software process, and modeling software-intensive systems. Prior to joining ASU in 2001, Harry worked several years as a software architect and software developer on software systems ranging from large enterprise applications to embedded control systems. Harry has also provided training and consulting services in software tools and technologies, software modeling, and software