AC 2010-1246: THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INMULTI-DISCIPLINARY FRESHMAN PROJECTSDavid Dinehart, Villanova UniversityJoseph Yost, Villanova UniversityShawn Gross, Villanova UniversityAleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University Page 15.1253.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Role of Structural Engineering in Multi-Disciplinary Freshman ProjectsAbstractChanneling the excitement of young engineers in a first year introductory course offers manychallenges for instructors. A common first year experience for freshmen engineers is now thenorm, with many universities having a second common year. During the introductory courses
AC 2010-245: RECONNECTING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITHTHE PHYSICAL WORLDLarry Glasgow, Kansas State UniversityDavid Soldan, Kansas State University Page 15.1018.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Reconnecting Chemical Engineering Students with the Physical WorldAbstract There is ample evidence of a growing disconnect between chemical engineeringstudents and the physical world. This chasm is being created by social and technologicalchanges; in particular, the proliferation of microprocessor-based “virtual experiences” forchildren and adolescents has had an inhibiting effect upon their opportunities to
FOR PROJECTS IN ROBOTICSAbstractIn this paper a hybrid course format is presented. It is an alternative way to introduce hands-onexperience into an otherwise lecture-only format robotics course. The course runs as a lecturecourse for the first half of the semester. In the second half, it turns into a “studio” setting wherethe students meet during the regular weekly lecture hours in the robotics lab instead. Details ofthe project assignment, hardware, software, grading and course assessment are explained. Threesample projects are provided.I. IntroductionRobotics courses are commonly found in many universities. They include coverage ofintroductory background in industrial robotics and often utilize some form of robot motionsimulation using
AC 2010-543: AN INITIAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WHILELEARNING ENGINEERING VIA VIDEO GAMEBrianno Coller, Northern Illinois University Brianno Coller is an Associate Professor of Mechanical engineering. He started his research career applying fairly deep mathematical ideas to gain insight into how complex physical and engineering systems work. His work was theoretical and somewhat abstract. Since then, his research has evolved toward studying a different type of complex system: how students learn and become excited about engineering. In this endeavor, Dr. Coller is mostly a "nuts & bolts" practitioner, an engineer, and an experimentalist.David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University
AC 2010-1619: STRATEGIES FOR USING TECHNOLOGY WHEN GRADINGPROBLEM-BASED CLASSESSusan Murray, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRuwen Qin, Missouri University of Sceinece and TechnologyIvan Guardiola, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.1100.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Strategies for Using Technology when Grading Problem-Based ClassesAbstractMore and more work is being done today using technology. Email and digital drop boxes areuseful tools for professors; however the challenge comes when one is teaching a quantitativeclass. The issue of using technology to
the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. This paper implements the findingsof the National Collaborative as a model pilot effort at a major university. The Masters forEngineering Professionals to be introduced at New Jersey Institute of Technology is reflective ofthe skills, knowledge and actions required for early career development in developingengineering leaders for the first stage of Direct Leadership [Levels 1-3 Engineering]. Thepostgraduate engineering curriculum has been designed as a matrix of advanced studies versusskills, knowledge and actions required for Level 3 engineering. Program emphasis is placed uponengineering creativity, innovation, and its
AC 2010-210: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO IN CASTING EDUCATIONCraig Johnson, Central Washington University Page 15.444.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Effectiveness of Video in Casting Education Craig Johnson, Ph.D., P.E. Central Washington University (CWU)AbstractOur traditional casting course features both lecture and laboratory venues. However it is notedthat many students have never interacted with foundry equipment, and there is a significantlearning curve associated with the ability of a student to execute basic green sand foundryoperations. Education methods were sought to reduce
AC 2010-237: ITS 2010 AND THE NEW ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGYPARADIGM IS EMERGINGGary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College Mr. Gary J. Mullett, a Professor of Electronics Technology and Co-Department Chair, presently teaches in the Electronics Group at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. A long time faculty member and consultant to local business and industry, Mr. Mullett has provided leadership and initiated numerous curriculum reforms as either the Chair or Co-Department Chair of the four technology degree programs that constitute the Electronics Group. Since the mid-1990s, he has been active in the NSF’s ATE and CCLI programs as a knowledge leader in the
AC 2010-780: INCREASING GIRLS' INTEREST IN ENGINEERING BY MAKINGIT FUNJeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology Jeanne Christman is an Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her academic area of distinction is in Embedded Systems Design. Jeanne received a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. She worked in industry as an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) designer prior to joining the faculty at RIT.Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth Dell is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing &
AC 2010-589: ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS:PLANNING, OPERATING AND GROWINGDonald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University Donald Reimer is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering and Associate Director of the Lear Entrepreneurial Program at Lawrence Technological University. He teaches Corporate Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Structured Approaches to Innovation in the Lear Entrepreneurial Program. Don is the faculty advisor for the Lawrence Tech Chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. He serves as a Kern Fellow in the Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network. Don also serves as the Program Director for the Coleman Foundation Faculty
witnessedsome success (academic improvement) using hands-on, lab-based design and problem-solvinginstruction, but these advances have not been documented. In the year 2000, the InternationalTechnology Education Association (ITEA) introduced Standards for Technological Literacy(STL) (ITEA, 2000). To date, no clear methods for measuring and assessing student attainmentin these standards has been instituted. It is the interaction of instruction in technology educationand its influence on student learning that is the central problem addressed by this research. Moreimportantly, it is the need within the technology education field to have a reliable and validassessment tool to measure student learning in the study of technology. The study design was atwo
AC 2010-1957: DESTINATION UNKNOWN: GENDER DIFFERENCES INATTRITION FROM GRADUATE STUDY IN ENGINEERINGLisa Frehill, Self employed consultant Lisa Frehill is an evaluation consultant with more than a decade of experience evaluating educational programs. She earned her PhD at the University of Arizona in 1993, after which she was on the sociology faculty at New Mexico State University and then the PI for New Mexico State University’s ADVANCE: Institutional Transformation award. Current projects focus on: engineering workforce; gender and ethnic issues in access to STEM careers; and women’s international participation and collaboration in STEM.Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant has an MA in
AC 2010-267: WHAT IS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING?Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo Jane M. Fraser is chair of the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo. She was formerly on the faculty at the Ohio State University and Purdue University. She has a BA in mathematics from Swarthmore College and MS and PhD in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California-Berkeley.Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology Abhijit Gosavi is an Assistant Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He was formerly on the faculty at Colorado State University-Pueblo. His BS and MS is in Mechanical Engineering
AC 2010-134: EXCEED II: ADVANCED TRAINING FOR EVEN BETTERTEACHINGDebra Larson, Northern Arizona University Debra S. Larson is a Professor and Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. She served as department chair for civil and environmental engineering at NAU for four years. Prior to her faculty appointment at NAU, Debra worked as a structural and civil engineer for various companies. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Arizona. Debra received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Arizona State
AC 2010-1452: HYDROTOPIA: INTEGRATING CIVIL ENGINEERING ANDHUMANITIES TO TEACH WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING ANDMANAGEMENTSteven Burian, University of UtahEdward Barbanell, University of Utah Page 15.660.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Hydrotopia: Integrating Civil Engineering and Humanities to Teach Water Resources Engineering and ManagementAbstractThis paper describes a unique integration of civil engineering and philosophy disciplines tocreate an interdisciplinary learning experience for a multi-discipline set of students frompredominantly civil engineering and disciplines in the humanities and social sciences interestedin professions in
AC 2010-1008: AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF ION EQUILIBRIUMAnca Stefan, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Stefan earned a Diploma (1996) and M.S. (1997) in Electrical Engineering from the "Politehnica" University of Bucharest in Romania. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2005. Page 15.135.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
AC 2010-1186: STEM AT WORKRichard Gilbert, University of South Florida RICHARD GILBERT is a professor of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. He is a co-pi on the FL-ATE Center Grant. He has developed educational materials for ISA (Instrument Society of America), AVS (American Vacuum Society) Science Educator’s Workshop, and the National Science Foundation through a grant to develop high school science and math curriculum content. He is currently working with D. L. Jamerson Elementary School to develop curriculum content for its Center for Math and Engineering. Dr. Gilbert has over 20 patents for biomedical equipment and
collaborative learning and knowledge creation inconstruction education. The purpose of this paper is to present the use of wikis in a ConstructionManagement (CM) course as a case study. Knowledge Management System (KMS) for theconstruction and engineering industries is a new and exciting area of study, and wikis are a formof electronic KMS. In the last few years there have been studies done on the use of KMS as itrelates to a construction or engineering company’s internal tacit knowledge capture,collaboration, and retention. But little has been researched in the use of these technologies in theeducation sector. If the construction industry is using these types of technologies as a part ofnormal operations, then construction academic programs should
many industries and across manyapplications such as scientific visualization, product development, and interactive entertainment.The goal of this research was to examine the potential impact of augmented reality technologyon the successful completion of a standardized visualization test instrument. Participants in thestudy were students enrolled in an introductory engineering design graphics course at aMidwestern university. Two test groups were organized from the students in the class, onecontrol and one treatment. The control group completed the standard Vandenberg MentalRotations Test, with static images displayed on computer workstation monitors. The participantsreceived 90 seconds to answer each question on the test. The treatment group
AC 2010-1476: THE IMPACT OF ACTIVE LEARNING DURINGOUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME (OST) ENERGY CLUBS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUDENTSLynn Albers, North Carolina State University Lynn Albers is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. She has been a Graduate Fellow in the RAMP-UP program since the fall of 2005. She received her B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Music from MIT and her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Nuclear Engineering from Manhattan College.Karen Lindsay, Wake County Public School System Karen Lindsay is a third grade teacher at Washington Elementary School and has been a RAMP-UP Teacher since the fall of 2005. She obtained dual certification in
AC 2010-1006: TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCES OF ANUNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSERaghu Echempati, Kettering UniversityRichard Dippery, Kettering University Page 15.1166.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCES OF AN UNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSEAbstractTeaching and learning a fundamental core course such as Mechanical Engineering Design (orMachine Design) continues to be fun but a challenging task for many instructors, as well as forstudents. It certainly helps if an instructor has both hands on and/or professional consultingexperience to share their rich and real-life knowledge to keep
AC 2010-1377: EXPERIENCES WITH STUDENT-DEVELOPEDSOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS IN THE SMART RADIO CHALLENGESven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University SVEN G. BILÉN is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at Penn State and Interim Head of the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs. His research interests include software-defined radio and cognitive radio.Okhtay Azarmanesh, Pennsylvania State University OKHTAY AZARMANESH is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Penn State. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and his M.Sc. from Télécom Paris and SUPAERO
AC 2010-869: USING COMPUTER MODELING PROBLEMS FORUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONSteven Gordon, The Ohio State University Page 15.1321.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Computer Modeling Problems for Undergraduate Engineering EducationAbstractModeling and simulation can be used to implement inquiry-based learning in engineeringcourses that actively involve students in the learning process, improve their problem-solvingskills, and encourage them to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) disciplines. This approach was used in the creation of a thirteen dayworkshop for college credit for high
AC 2010-470: DRAW BRIDGE DESIGN: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, HANDS-ONPROJECT FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSSami Khorbotly, Ohio Northern University Sami Khorbotly received a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Beirut Arab University in 2001. He then received his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Akron in years 2003 and 2007 respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH. His research interests include real-time implementation of DSP systems. He is a two time recipient of the IEEE real world engineering projects award in recognition of his
AC 2010-520: KEYS TO PUBLISHING IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALSRobert Chin, East Carolina University Robert A. “Bob” Chin is a full professor in the Department of Technology Systems, East Carolina University, where he’s taught since 1986. He is the current Director of Publications for the Engineering Design Graphics Division and Editor for the Engineering Design Graphics Journal. Chin has served as the Engineering Design Graphics Division's annual and mid-year conference program chair and he has served as a review board member for several journals including the EDGJ. He has been a program chair for the Southeastern Section and has served as the Engineering Design Graphics Division's vice-chair and
AC 2010-1962: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING:PERSPECTIVES ON INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS IN HONDURASDan Baker, The University of Vermont Daniel Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics at the University of Vermont. He specializes in participatory and collaborative projects between academic institutions and community groups -- in international, regional, and local settings. With a background in technology transfer, agricultural economic and business analysis, he is engaged in numerous projects throughout Honduras. He is also a PI for a multi-year grant investigating agricultural labor practices in Vermont.John Merrill, The Ohio State
Computer Projects Designed to Enhance Student’s Learning Experience with Public-Key CryptographyAbstractCryptography plays a fundamental role in safeguarding today’s information infrastructure.Public-key cryptography is a cryptographic approach utilized by many cryptographic algorithmsand cryptosystems. In contrast to symmetric key systems, it eliminates the need to share a keysecretly. This distinguishing characteristic makes it a widely and successfully used technologyaround the world. It is the foundation for public-key infrastructure (PKI) and Internet standardssuch as Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). A thoroughunderstanding of public-key cryptography is indispensable to not
AC 2010-809: IMPLEMENTING ETHICS ACROSS ENGINEERING CURRICULAEdward Glynn, Villanova University Edward Glynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer.Frank Falcone, Villanova University Frank Falcone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer.Mark Doorley, Villanova University Dr. Mark Doorley is an Assistant Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at Villanova University and the Director of the University's Ethics Program
AC 2010-1950: CONSIDERING GRADUATE RESIDENCIES AND CO-OPS INHEALTHCARE ENGINEERINGBarrett Caldwell, Purdue University Barrett S. Caldwell, PhD Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics Phone: (765) 494-5412 E-mail: bscaldwell@purdue.edu; URL:https://engineering.purdue.edu/GrouperLab Prof. Caldwell is a Professor in Industrial Engineering, and Aeronautics & Astronautics, at Purdue University. His background includes undergraduate degrees from MIT in 1985 (one in astronautics; one in humanities) and a PhD (1990) in social psychology from the University of California-Davis. He is a research leader and innovator in human factors engineering
Intensive Immersive Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Teachers: Undertaking Creativity and Innovation, Diversity of Thinking, and EntrepreneurshipAbstractOne objective of National Science Foundation efforts is the training of the future work force inscientific and technical fields. In summer 2009 research experiences for undergraduates (REUs)and teachers (RETs) were developed and implemented introducing participants to leading edgeresearch currently underway. These experiences were intended in part to fulfill the mission tocreate a diverse pipeline of future practitioners and educators in the Biomaterials field.The Research experiences for undergraduates and teachers were six weeks in duration and