AC 2010-1016: THE CONSTRUCTIVIST-BASED WORKSHOP: AN EFFECTIVEMODEL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACTIVITIESSusan Donohue, The College of New Jersey Susan Donohue is an assistant professor of Technological Studies in the School of Engineering at the College of New Jersey.Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky Christine Schnittka is an assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at the University of Kentucky.Larry Richards, University of Virginia Larry Richards is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia
AC 2010-1679: MODEL OF STUDENTS' SUCCESS: IMPORTANT FACTORS OFSTUDENT PERSISTENCE IN ENGINEERINGJoe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue UniversityP.K. Imbrie, Purdue UniversityQu Jin, Purdue University Page 15.879.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Poster Model of Students’ Success in Engineering: Important Factors of Students’ PersistenceAbstractEvery year a group of quality graduates from high schools entered the engineering programsacross this country, with remarkable academic record in terms of grade point average andstandardized test scores. However, as reported in previous literatures, the
AC 2010-2357: INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OFNANOTECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (STS)COURSESAhmed Khan, DeVry University Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a senior Professor in the EET dept., College of Engineering & Information Sciences, at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optic Communications, Faculty Development, Outcomes Assessment, Application of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Education, and Social
AC 2010-798: MASS UNBALANCE IN AN MET COURSENancy Denton, Purdue University Nancy L. Denton, PE, CVA III, is a professor and the associate department head for the Purdue University MET Department. Her educational endeavors focus on awareness and inclusion in STEM and experimental mechanics, while her research interests include applications of machinery monitoring and data acquisition. She is active in ASEE and serves as the Academic Director for the Vibration Institute.Marc Williams, Purdue University Marc E. Williams does contract work in the field of vibration analysis. He has extensive experience with rotating and reciprocating equipment in the Power, Paper, Steel and Food
AC 2010-811: THE CURRENT STATE OF CAPSTONE DESIGN PEDAGOGYJames Pembridge, Virginia TechMarie Paretti, Virginia Tech Page 15.1217.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Current State of Capstone Design PedagogyAbstractIn the fall of 2009, faculty involved in capstone design courses were surveyed to track trends inthe course structure and to explore current pedagogical practices. Where prior surveys probedcourse logistics, faculty involvement, project coordination, funding details, and industryinvolvement, this survey complements that work by also addressing the teaching beliefs andpractices of capstone faculty. The results provide a basis for
from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, in 2000 and 2005 respectively. Since 2005, she has been an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. Her current research interests include the design, modeling, and control of MEMS devices, adaptive control of linear time-varying systems, modeling, and control of power systems, and engineering education research. She is currently an associate editor of the Proceedings of American Control Conference and a reviewer of multiple IEEE journals and conferences. She is also the chairperson of IEEE Control System Society, Cleveland Chapter.Theresa Nawalaniec
Participation of Undergraduates in Engineering Research: Evolving Paradigms over Three Decades of ChangeIntroduction:Participation of undergraduates in research has received escalating attention over the last twodecades as a “win-win” situation for students, faculty, and institutions. It serves as experiential-and service-learning enhancement of students‟ total education and marketability, often within amultidisciplinary and honors context. Many institutions and government agencies haveestablished infrastructures to support undergraduate research. However, the author hasadvocated and mentored undergraduate research for nearly three decades, starting when it wasn‟tnearly as in-vogue as it is now. References 1
effective toolto implement in their classrooms. Tablet PCs and pen slates provide a stylus that allows the userto input data (in the form of digital pen strokes) through a variety of applications, such as inkannotations in word processing software and handwriting in notebook software. While theseinnovations offer a promise of improved student learning and faculty teaching, researchers areonly beginning to measure these impacts in any systematic way.Since 2003, faculty members at our institution have been implementing digital ink through tabletPCs and slates in engineering, humanities, mathematics, and science courses. As theseimplementations have been developed, we have conducted assessments of the projects andreported these results to the faculty
AC 2010-2221: WATERSHED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STORM WATERASSESSMENTWilliam Roper, George Mason University Dr. Roper is a professor at George Mason University. He is a Founding Director & President of Rivers of the World Foundation and a Sr. Advisor to the consulting firm of Dawson & Associates. He joined George Mason after serving as Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Washington University. During that time he also served as Sr. Science and Technology Advisor to the NGA. Prior to this position he was the director of the U.S. Army Geospatial Center in Alexandria, VA and earlier Dir. of the Corps of Engineers world-wide civil works
AC 2010-218: INFUSING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN AN ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMKristen Eichhorn, SUNY OswegoCara Thompson, SUNY OswegoDavid Vampola, SUNY OswegoFritz Messere, SUNY OswegoRachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego Page 15.736.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Infusing Communication Skills in an Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe development of a new electrical and computer engineering program offers a rare opportunityto design an innovative and modern curriculum that incorporates important skills and content.The envisioned program is project-based and includes innovative and multidisciplinary aspectsin its curriculum, organization and its operation. This work
AC 2010-433: COLLABORATIVE TOOLS FOR GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECTMANAGEMENT: CASE STUDY OF AN ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEIvan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engineering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American Society for
AC 2010-723: EXTENDING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: RESULTS FROM THEPROJECT TO ASSESS CLIMATE IN ENGINEERING (PACE)Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Staffin Metz is Senior Advisor for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens. As a founder and president (1997 – 2002) of WEPAN, Women in Engineering Proactive Network, Susan has worked with over 200 colleges and universities to increase access and engagement of women in engineering and science through research, policy and program development. She is currently the principal investigator for ENGAGE, Engaging Students in Engineering, (www.EngageEngineering.org) a five year project funded by the National
RCI (Cartagena Network of Engineering). Dr. Claudio da Rocha Brito has received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, B.S. degree in Mathematics, B.S. degree in Physics, M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering all from the University of São Paulo. He is listed in "Who's Who in the World", "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in Science and Engineering", "Five Thousand Personalities of the World", "Dictionary of International Biography", "Men of Achievement" and others similar publications.Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety Dr. Melany M. Ciampi is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; President of Organization of Researches in
AC 2010-338: IMPROVING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF STRUCTURALDYNAMICS USING FULL-SCALE, REAL-TIME EXCITATION OF BUILDINGSCole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoGraham Archer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Page 15.700.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Student Understanding of Structural Dynamics Using Full-Scale, Real-time Excitation of BuildingsAbstractCurrent engineering educational practices often fail to prepare students to use computerseffectively. In the field of structural engineering, fresh graduates frequently producecomputational models of a building
. Page 15.451.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Eliciting P-12 Mexican Teachers’ Images of Engineering: What Do Engineers Do?AbstractThis study collected data using a modified Draw an Engineer (DAE) test followed up byunstructured informal interviews. The 134 Mexican teachers participating in the study weregiven the DAE test at the beginning of an unrelated workshop. The purpose of the DAE test wasto determine individual conceptions of engineers and engineering. Analysis of the teachers’drawings and answers to question prompts indicated the emergence of three main categories: 1)Engineers in action, 2) Occurrence of gender, and 3) Engineering tools. Drawings recorded asRepairing-Building
AC 2010-1797: MICROCONTROLLER CONTROLLED WALKING ROBOTKenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland 1. Dr. K. M. Fotouhi is a professor of Electrical Engineering Technology Department at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He received his MS from Oklahoma State University and his PHD from University Of Missouri- Rolla. He has published numerous papers in Electrical and Solid State Physics fields. He is actively involved in joint research in growth and developing new semiconductor. He was the recipient of 1990 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Presidential Distinguished Research Award and he is a member of the honor Society of Eta Kappa Nu.Susan Cooledge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
AC 2010-242: FACILITATING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THE LANGUAGECLASSROOM: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES PROFILES TO IMPROVEFOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCEAdrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, GrazAnnette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied SciencesFrank Newman, University of Graz Frank Newman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz in Graz, Austria. Frank has been teaching English, mainly writing skills, and American culture since 1984. He also teaches English for Engineers at the Graz University of Technology and was involved for many years in in-service teaching training in Austria and abroad. His current focus is using wikis in language teaching
Motivation and Maturity of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students with and without Co-Op ExperienceAbstractExperience-based education in the form of Co-Op is generally accepted as having a positivecorrelation with a student’s academic and early career performance. Unfortunately, most of theevidence is anecdotal or based on statistical studies of large databases. It does not explain whyand how a Co-Op experience correlates with enhanced student or employee performance. Thispaper proposes a model that can explain how Co-Op experience can result in better grades inschool and better performance at work. The paper also describes an experiment performed todetermine if students with Co-Op experience are more motivated
AC 2010-83: MOTIVATION AND MATURITY LEVEL OF ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT COOPEXPERIENCEMario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of TechnologyQuamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint Page 15.889.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Motivation and Maturity of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students with and without Co-Op ExperienceAbstractExperience-based education in the form of Co-Op is generally accepted as having a positivecorrelation with a student’s academic and early career performance. Unfortunately, most of theevidence is anecdotal or based on statistical studies of large databases. It
Academic Careers AbstractFor students graduating with a Ph.D. in engineering today and opting for an academiccareer, the path to eventual promotion and tenure is likely to be long and difficult. Whilenew Ph.D.s may understand the importance of continuing to do cutting-edge research,establishing a solid funding record, and obtaining strong teaching recommendations,there are many other factors important to career success of which they may be unaware.For example, they may have little knowledge of how formal promotion and tenure rulesmay be interpreted by their colleagues, what an annual performance evaluation reallymeans, how to establish a good network of mentors with whom to discuss importantcareer decisions
AC 2010-378: KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES HELD BYENGINEERING STUDENTSEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno “Ed” Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Dr. Koehn has served as the principle investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction. He also has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. He has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education, as well as the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and is a registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.Finhasali
University(BE@SLU) is to provide early undergraduate students (students entering their first or secondyears) with real examples of bioengineering career options (both research and industry) tosustain their interest in engineering through their early curricula. By exposing students to abioengineering research experience after their freshman year, the students may be better able torecognize their academic interests and may have a better idea of their career options inengineering. The program is structured to accommodate these early career students, with peermentoring, career discussions, and research training embedded into the program. The first weekof the program, “Training Week” not only covers basic laboratory technique, but we also have ajournal
AC 2010-1203: SUCCESSES OF AN EARLY CONCEPTUAL DESIGNPRESENTATION FOR SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSNabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Nabila (Nan) BouSaba is a faculty associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Nan earned her BS in Electrical Engineering (1982), and a Master degree in Electrical Engineering (1986) from North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to her current position at UNC-Charlotte, Nan worked for IBM (15 years) and Solectron (8 years) in the area of test development and management. She teaches the senior design course and manages the standalone computers in the Electrical
AC 2010-1345: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OFINSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIESGlenda Scales, Virginia Tech Dr. Glenda R. Scales serves as both Associate Dean for International Programs and Information Technology and Director of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP) in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. As Director of CGEP, Dr. Scales manages a state-wide distance learning program that has a long history – over 25 years – providing working scientists and engineers with access to exceptional graduate degree programs. Dr. Scales also provides leadership for international programs, research computing and academic computing within the College of
AC 2010-23: USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING TO TEACHMECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING COORDINATIONThomas Korman, California Polytechnic State UniversityLonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University Page 15.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Building Information Modeling to Teach Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing CoordinationAbstractThe coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems has become a majorchallenge for project delivery teams. The MEP coordination process involves locatingequipment and routing Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) duct, pipe, electricalraceway
AC 2010-1791: WATER TRAINING INSTITUTE: INDUSTRY LINKAGES ANDINSTITUTIONALIZATIONJana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies at Western Kentucky University. Her role includes project coordination and budget management of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky University, and is currently conducting research for her Master's thesis on ways to connect hands-on experiential components with distance learning opportunities for students in STEM disciplines. Ms. Fattic worked in both the public sector as a regulator and private
AC 2010-194: THE FIRSTE DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUMJoan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington Joan A. Kowalski earned both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering from Penn State University. In 1987, she joined the faculty at the Penn State New Kensington Campus, where she has advanced to the rank of Senior Instructor in Engineering. In 1999, she assumed the role of Program Director for the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Program. She co-founded the Females Interested in Reaching for Science, Technology and Engineering (FIRSTE) Program in 1993 and continues serving as a co-director. This program is designed to attract high school females towards
AC 2010-2048: ENGINEER DEVELOPMENT AND MENTOR PROGRAMTammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Tammy Baldwin graduated with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Idaho. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Educational Administration. Tammy has been with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. for four years and is the University Relations Coordinator responsible for encouraging and supporting engineering curriculum at universities across the United States and internationally.Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc Page 15.473.1© American
AC 2010-1975: EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NSF WEB-BASEDTECHNOLOGY PROJECTS IN CURRICULUM, COURSE, AND LABORATORYDEVELOPMENT FOR FIRST TIME NEW ABET ACCREDITATIONRichard Chiou, Drexel UniversityWilliam Danley, Drexel University Page 15.550.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experience in Implementation of NSF Web-based Technology Projects in Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Development for First Time ABET AccreditationAbstractThe new Applied Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University received a first-timeprogram accreditation from the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of theAccreditation Board for
NASA lessons learned. Mr. Forsgren began his career at Cleveland’s NASA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in 1983 as an apprentice mechanic. After attending evening classes and gaining years of experience, he was promoted to a project manager role. Success in this position led to a move to NASA Headquarters in 2005 to become the deputy director of NASA APPEL under Dr. Ed Hoffman. Mr. Forsgren holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, both from Cleveland State University. His contributions have been recognized by the Agency, having