Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Guenther, Wright State University; Bruce Rahn, Wright State University; Mark Falknor, Wright State University; Adam Kelly, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Video GPS Ground Plane Antenna Stamp Switching Overlay Antenna Circuit DVR Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Flow Chart 1 Page 15.1016.4 B. Project designWhen searching for a video transmitter we kept the FCC, FAA and environmental issues in mindand decided upon a Videolynx VM-70X transmitter. We chose this transmitter due to its lightweight, small size, its ability to transmit at a low frequency

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

collaborative work. It is hoped that atsome point, this can be a part of a meaningful GER program that will incorporate genuineinterdisciplinary collaboration, provide meaningful skills in communication, social interaction,the value of other points of view and first hand insight into other disciplines.1 Sprecher, Thomas B. "A Study of Engineer's Criteria for Creativity." Journal of Applied Psychology 43.2 (1959):141-147.2 Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. Rising Above the Gathering Storm.National Academies Press, 2007. Augustine, Norman R. Is America Falling off the Flat Earth? Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press,2007.3 Coates, Joseph F. "Innovation in the Future of Engineering Design." Technological

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, we expect our students to acquire these skills, and must develop a scalable modular approach to delivery. ≠ Utilization of Web 2.0 methods that are intensively used by today’s young adults, to develop projects by remote teams. These methods include among others wikis, blogs, and server-based file sharing such as Google Docs, Office Live, or SharePoint.Four summary product descriptions are included: MIT’s Lighter-than-Air project (Appendix B),USNA’s Dragonfly (Appendix B), Colorado’s composite lay-up and test (Appendix D), andMIT’s Skyscraper (Appendix E). The summary descriptions are the front end of multi-filepackages that faculty can download for review, adoption or adaptation to their project context.Three

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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International

Engineering as a pluralistic pure scientific Research practice discipline research Publication Communication Economics Communication (Teaching) Environment Page 15.1374.6 (a) Academic engineering (b) Engineering practice Figure 1. Distinctions between academic engineering and engineering practice.The epistemology in contemporary engineering discourses is a multi-disciplinary one. Thestrictly technical focus, a past

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

further research. Educational Technology Review, (9), 10 – 14. 2. Arons, A. B. (1990). A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 3. Halloun, I. A. & Hestenes, D. (1985). The initial knowledge state of college students. American Journal of Physics, 53(11), 1043 – 1055. 4. McCloskey, M., Caramazza, A., & Green, B. (1980). Curvilinear motion in the absence of external forces: Naïve beliefs about the motion of objects. Science, 210, 1139 – 1141. 5. McDermott, L. C. (1984). Research on conceptual understanding in mechanics. Physics Today, 37, 24 – 32. 6. McDermott, L. C. (1991). A view from physics. In M. Gardner, J. Greeno, F. Reif, A. H. Schoenfeld, A. diSessa, and E

Conference Session

Structure and Form in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Powell Draper, Manhattan College; Edward Segal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger; Robert Sicurelli, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

aproject like this teaches one about suspension bridge basics in a hands-on manner. These lessonsare countless, but some examples are listed below: 1) How does one read structural engineering drawings? a. How can one utilize such drawings to reproduce a model, whether digital or physical? i. What is “CAD” and why, as a prospective civil engineer, is it important for me to learn the ropes of three dimensional computational modeling? b. How do these drawings give us the insight the chief engineer had when crafting the structure of the bridge? 2) How does a suspension bridge work? a. Why is there a cable and how

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

MaxAttendance at the group meetings 80 97 100100-always0-neverEasy / Hard to get in contact with 85 96 100100-very easy0-impossibleCompleting his/her part of the project 80 97 100100-always0-neverFinishing assignments in a timely 90 97 100manner100-on time or earlier0-always lateCollaboration with other team 80 94 100members100-commendable0-noneOverall grade B A A(result of the above, but in the letter form:A, B, C, D, or F with +/-)Recommended/Not Yes Yes Yesto stay on the team(n/a for this year, but please fill-in)Student experience and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Kettering University; Ada Cheng, Kettering University; Odesma Dalrymple, ASU Polytechnic

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

suggested program of study for Kettering University and include students with primarilyjunior and senior standing. During the Summer semester of 2009 three problems were assessedfor 43 students in the Fluid Mechanics classes only. During the Fall semester of 2009 threeproblems were assessed for each of the 179 students included in the study.Pre-test questions for the Summer distribution (Appendix A) were selected for the preview of thelongitudinal survey to cover partial derivatives, the dot product and equivalent force systems.Initial analysis of the equivalent force system pre-test question led to a host of failure modes, toomany to be useful, and the question was replaced with a more basic static equilibrium question(Appendix B). Identification

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Holly Stretz, Tennessee Technological University; Angela McCulley, White County High School; Bridget Pugh, Monterey High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

.”B. Legacy CycleThe legacy cycle developed as part of the RET program was implemented in the ninth gradeclassrooms of approximately 25 students each. The class was a good mix of male and femaleand included special education students. The classes were mostly Caucasian; with 3 Hispanicstudents and one African American student. The school is a Title I school which means thatmost of my students are low income. The legacy cycle was implemented in all blocks taught bythe participant as well as the classes of a fellow teacher. The legacy cycle was implemented atotal of 5 classes. It took nine, ninety-minute classes to complete the legacy cycle. The grandchallenge of the legacy cycle was: “You have been invited to attend a surfing competition with

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

) Collect data from aerator in IDEAS 4) Design a floor plan for the aquaculture facility Center 5) Design a new impeller for the chosen pump5) Use a spreadsheet to calculate: using UGNX a. Total amount of oxygen transferred 6) Test the pump performance with the new from air to water impeller in the IDEAS Center b. Amount of electricity required to 7) Develop MATLAB math model to determine: run aerator a. Fish growth c. Costs associated with aerator use b. Feed conversion d. Statistics of class performance c. Amount of electricity required to run pumps data d

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

a movement and sensing mission (i.e. open a valve to maintain its position above the moon's surface).Programmer/Test Fixture RequirementsThis fixture will need to program and test the avionics (FPGA, FPAA). This device should alsodemonstrate the ability to: ≠ Communicate via Ethernet ≠ Communicate via USB ≠ Communicate via CAN busAppendix B: Designs Published for the December Poster Session (Two Posters) Page 15.903.13Page 15.903.14Page 15.903.15

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Mechtel, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1463: MAKING THE ABSTRACT COME ALIVE IN ANINTRODUCTORY ELECTRODYNAMICS COURSEDeborah Mechtel, United States Naval AcademySamara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy Page 15.850.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Making the Abstract Come Alive in an Introductory Electrodynamics CourseAbstractIt has long been recognized in the engineering education community that practicallaboratory exercises improve student understanding of abstract engineering concepts. TheDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the United States Naval Academy(USNA), a four year undergraduate institution, meets this challenge by makinglaboratories

Conference Session

IE and the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

fairly popular with the studentsincludes data collection on the time between orders of a fruit cup at a popular on-campus coffeebar. Prior to the exercise, students are asked to review the expectation and distribution modulesand explore distribution shapes via the plotter/calculator. Students are then given basicinformation, a timeline for data collection, and detailed information as to how data is to becollected. Following data collection, students are assigned to informal groups in class and askedto a) determine the underlying distribution and b) determine the parameters for the distribution.This is an enormously tough concept for students and initially, groups are slow to respond.Eventually however, one of the groups will propose a histogram

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Schaufeld, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

proposition, its commercial feasibility, the various risk factors, and the resourcesrequired. The class was divided into five separate groups, but all groups worked on the sameoverall problem. Additionally, excerpts from the writings of thought leaders on innovation, suchas Carlson, Christensen, and Porter, were included. To give us more time for extendeddiscussions, the class met twice a week, for two lecture hours each time. The syllabus for the fallof 2009 is shown in figure 1.Our institution operates on a somewhat unusual academic calendar where each semester is splitinto two seven-week terms. Terms A and B are taught in the fall (September to December) andterms C and D are taught in the spring (January to April). During each academic term

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and planning to acquire ITskills. These reasons are (a) the growth of IT has created shortages in IT skills, (b) theadvancement in IT technologies have created new skills while eliminating outdated ones, and (c)the realities of downsizing, outsourcing and cost reductions. Their research discovered thatcurrent classifications reveal that the number of skills required range from 43 in curriculummodels and up to 97 that have been revealed from empirical studies. To understand thesemultitudes of skills, the skills were placed in two groups, the first as organizational level skillsincluding “organizational knowledge, abilities and skills as well as general IS knowledge, ISproduct knowledge/skills, and technical skills”.14 And the second group

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas; Nicholas Evangelopoulos, University of North Texas; Uyi Lawani, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Lawani, M.S. is a doctoral student in strategy in the Department of Management and also a Fellow of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies at the University of North Texas. While his doctoral minor work was in Economics, he has a B.S. degree in Microbiology and received his MBA in Finance from East Carolina University. His research interests include Organizational governance structures: mergers; acquisitions; and alliances. His solo authored refereed paper has been published in the proceedings of the Decision Science Institute’ Department of Management. Page 15.929.1© American Society

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Scholars: On Establishing a Caring Community. Journal of Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education (Jan. 2002), pp. 49-55.8. Douglas, K., (2007). Kansas State University’s Women Mentoring Women (WMW): Impacts of Shifting from Individual to Group Mentoring. American Society for Engineering Education 2007 Conference.9. Faculty Mentoring Program. Marquette University, (2010). .10. Faculty Mentoring Program. The University of Iowa: College of Engineering, (2010). Page 15.440.10 .11. Faculty Mentoring Program. University of California, San Diego, (2009). .12. Hacker, B., Dong, W., Lucero Ferrel, M., (2009

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Lucy Kollhoff, Kansas State Univerty; Michael Kollhoff, Salina South High School

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and careers. b. Ability to theory learned in a hands-on STEM activity in the Science Area using tools of the profession. c. Ability to theory learned in a hands-on STEM activity in the Technology Area using tools of the profession. d. Ability to theory learned in a hands-on STEM activity in the Engineering Area using tools of the profession. e. Ability to theory learned in a hands-on STEM activity in the Mathematics Area using tools of the profession. f. Understand the importance of global skills and globalization. g. Understand the importance of teamwork.Structure and Format of Course:The course will consist of face-to-face lectures and laboratory exercises. Critical portionsof the lecture will be taped and

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2053: SYSTEM SCAFFOLDING OF CONTENT INTEGRATION IN HIGHSCHOOL ENGINEERING AND DESIGNTom Benton, University of Texas, Austin Tom Benton received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1999 and is currently a Masters student in the University's Educational Technology program. He is primarily interested in the development and study of systems that support collaboration between designers while scaffolding elements of the design process.Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin Taylor Martin received a B. A. in Linguistics and an initial teaching certification from Dartmouth College in 1992, an M.S. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2000, and a Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Evaluation ABET Criteria 5 4.5 4 Term 3.5 3 08A Mean 2.5 09W 2 09A 1.5 1 0.5 0 a b c d e f g h i j k ABET category Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie Watson, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Kyle Prather, Louisiana Tech University; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Stanley Cronk, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Students Constituent Committee

adependence of the interactions from the three graduate instructors for each question with a P-value 0.143 thus greater that the 0.05 alpha threshold. In Figure 2B, the standard deviation errorbars corroborate an overall overlap of all questions except Questions 5 and 10. Page 15.596.7 Figure 2 - A) Individual graduate instructor question averages. B) Graduate instructor question averages based on the gender of the graduate instructor.Question sets 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are displayed in Figure 3. Each set represents a pairing of two tothree questions. These combinations are employed to highlight particular concepts. Figure 3Auses

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Wendell, Tufts University; Kathleen Connolly, Tufts University; Christopher Wright, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University; Mike Barnett, Boston College; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Ismail Marulcu, Boston College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design into science curriculum is supported by the NationalAcademy of Sciences, which reports that the number of students who have had formalengineering education since 1990 is less than 6 million, whereas the number of students enrolledin U.S. K-12 classrooms was about 56 million in 2008.7 This means that less than 10 percent ofstudents between 1990 and 2008 have had some type of formal engineering education. TheNational Academy of Sciences documents the potential benefits of including engineeringeducation in K–12 schools as (a) improved learning and achievement in science andmathematics, (b) increased awareness of engineering and the work of engineers, (c)understanding of and the ability to engage in engineering design, (d) interest in

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

of others at their stage in their careers, were asked toanswer a set of five questions regarding the process.Professor A is the Chief Academic Officer and Vice President of Academics. The “CAO”receives the results of the evaluation process and is key in determining if a contract is renewed.He has 41 years of experience including many years of teaching and serving as a departmentchair. He reports to the President of the University.Professor B has 35 years of teaching experience (25 years at our University) and has been on thefive-person university-level peer review committee for a total of 16 years (“Senior Faculty”).For three of those years, he was chair of this College Faculty Appointment Review Committee(CFARC). He has conducted

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Baker, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, Outreach, A. Spreading the Word; Invite to apply Phase I. Recruitment & B. Receipt of applications: Applicant Tracking Selection C. Review and selection of candidates D. Invitations and rejections A. Welcome Reception B. College presentations and tours C. Faculty panel, group photo Phase II. Program (Highlights) D. Dinner with university President E

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Schreck, University of Louisville; Angela Cline, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

a superior product to the Model 1000 with highercustomer value, the selling price will be increased from $2500 per unit (Model 1000) to $3000per unit (“Model 2000”). Sales are predicted to increase from 1500 units per year worldwide to2000 units. The resulting XYZ benefit is increased sales of $2.25 million/year and increasedprofit approximately $450,000/year. IV. STUDENT BENEFITS a) Discuss how you applied math/science/engineering knowledge. I had to apply science and engineering knowledge during the characterization of the materials used in the carbon test seal samples. b) Discuss experiments you conducted and how the data was analyzed. I participated with the technicians in evaluation

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Jane Leung, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

, based around themes that are relevant to theclients, to assist in skill and knowledge development.Over the eight week project, each group of 30 students will select a theme to shape theirwork, then split into groups of four, with each foursome developing a solution for a) anacademic challenge, b) a study skill challenge or c) a life skill challenge. ProjectManagement tools, oral and written communication skills and sketching will beemphasized during this project. The challenge will culminate with an open house, whereeach of the 24 groups of 30 will present their work to the clients for evaluation.This paper tracks the development of the project, from the initial contact with theorganization through the development and refinement of the project

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

R/W /OE /OE R/W Logic RAM (8K) Figure 4: Example Memory System Block DiagramNote that a block diagram may intentionally disregard certain details. Figure 4 does not indicatethat A[15:8] is Port B and that AD[7:0] is Port C and that the processor is in expanded mode.Figure 5 is a schematic of the memory system corresponding to the block diagram in Figure 4.Note that the abstract bus concept used in Figure 4 corresponds in Figure 5 to loose collectionsof wires. The abstraction that is possible in a block diagram saves the reader from such detail. Page

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

A R2 R1 im i2 i1 mechanical input causes + a change in one or more eo mV output from bridge of the resistances B D − i3 i4 R3 R4 C

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

that they report to. The managing of conflict at the DH/C level is extremelycomplex when considering an environment where faculty are concerned with promotion, lack ofaccountability, and concerns of discipline.21 The knowledge that tenured faculty are consideredby some, employed for life, may create added difficulty in leading and motivating this group. Allthese issues are compounded by increased enrollment with declining budgets. The DH/C playsthree basic roles at a university or college: (a) academic, (b) administrative, and (c) leadership.15The academic responsibilities involve teaching, research, advising, and curriculum development.Administrative responsibilities involve managing faculty and staff, budgets, record keeping, andrepresenting

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

him apart was that he not only mastered the technology ofhis profession but also discovered the need for better organization of the technical literature. Outof his interest for doing things better, the idea of an index for the engineering literature was born.Norman F. Koch8, in his short biography of J. B. Johnson, best describes the beginning of TheEngineering Index: “The Index of Current Engineering Literature” was started by professor Johnson because Page 15.1230.2 he found the need of such an index while doing research work. It originated in an outline of a few of his own engineering journals. This suggested a more