Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

chapters from the textbooks along with all of the material discussed in class. In order toovercome this issue, a combination of short answer and multiple-choice questions were used.The average exam scores using this assessment method improved from the low 60s to the mid70s.The student’s final grade is derived from their scores on the four exams and four essays. Theexams and essays each determine half of the student's final grade. That is, each exam or essayrepresents one-eighth (12.5%) of their course grade. Overall, eight graded assignments areutilized to calculate the final grade. As a result, a single poor grade on an exam or essay does notsignificantly detract from an otherwise good performance

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

given over the span of three14-week semesters starting with Winter 2008 (January 2008) and ending in with Winter 2009(May 2009) in three introductory programming classes with over 200 students each. Figure (2)lists the questions that were used to assess the competition, while the table in Figure (3) providessummary statistics with respect to the student responses for each question. Page 15.1243.5Figure 2: Competition Survey Page 15.1243.6 Figure 3: Survey ResultsOverall, the competition received a majority of positive feedback with some features more highlyrated than others. In

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students havecomplemented the Helmholtz resonator project as a very useful hands-on activity. We startedteaching Vibration in the fall of 2006 but the MET major field test (MFT) was developed in early2005. Therefore, we could not add questions from Vibration later as we could annuallymodify/replace only five percent of the MFT questions mainly based on the students’ feedback.Currently we are developing a brand new MFT for 2011-12 academic year that includesquestions from Vibration. We hope some of these questions will help us assess student learningoutcomes related to the resonator project.ConclusionsUnder the current budget situation we find that the Helmholtz resonator project is a suitablesubstitution for a Vibration laboratory activity. This

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; Tom McGlew, MATEC

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

attention. The most successful responsesappear to be those where features of typical real world systems are embedded in courses andcommunication is taught and assessed as an integral part of doing the job. To demonstrate howembedded systems may be tackled in a program, the following two sections show examples ofsystem decomposition into basic concepts and a complementary view of how one basic conceptis applied in many systems.One Concept, Many Systems Applications. The conventional treatment of circuitsstarts with Ohm’s Law then applies it to multiple combinations of series and parallelresistors. This keeps everyone busy with math but it is an application that will be rarelyseen. The more important concept is to understand the importance of the

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Clayton, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

impromptu design project was completed – data is notavailable for the other courses in which this exercise has been used. It is important to note thatthis questionnaire was extremely preliminary and a more complete assessment is being plannedfor future classes.The primary question this survey focused on was whether or not the students understood thepoint of the exercise – it should be noted that the impromptu design exercise was not explicitlyintroduced as an introduction to design, but just given to the students without any context.This was addressed by asking the students to respond to the question: “What was the point (educational objective) of the marshmallow bridge exercise?”Note that the project presented in section 2.1 was modified to

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

capabilities of the IVLP in terms of remote control of instruments andenabling its video conferencing feature.Quiz: The quiz module can be designed to provide an assessment about the level ofunderstanding of the students as they go through various exercises in IVLP. When this module isinvoked, the remote student will be prompted with a series of multi-choice questions. Figure 4(d)depicts an example of a simple quiz module. In this case, the remote student can select theanswer for each question by checking the appropriate radio buttons. Following clicking theSubmit button, the results are recorded in a file in the user profile directory for later review bythe instructor.Video Conference: In order to create an effective remote laboratory experience

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, M. and Schmidt, K. J. “AIM for Engineering: Lessons Learned from a K-12 Project,” Proceedings ofASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004.5. Ohland, M. W., Yuhasz, A. G., and Sill, B. L. “Identifying and Removing a Calculus Prerequisite as a Bottleneckin Clemson’s General Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of Engineering Education 2004.6. Budny, D., Bjedov, G., and LeBold, W. “Assessment of the Impact of the Freshman Engineering Courses,”Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference 1997.7. Klingbeil, N.W., Mercer, R.E., Rattan, K.S., Raymer M.L. and Reynolds, D.B "Redefining EngineeringMathematics Education at Wright State University," Proceedings, ASEE North Central Conference Ada, Ohio, April2005.8. Venable, W

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mamdouh Bakr, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dept. Of Engineering Technology

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

market, and the need to modifythe current design in the project under development to include a revised set of product features inresponse to the competitor's action.It is worth noting that the majority of these projects were performed by senior students as part oftheir capstone courses, which are similar to those in most other institutions.4 In our case thecapstone courses consist of a series of two courses; the first covers project fundamentals,proposal development and project planning, and the second course involves the projectundertaking.9 Students work in teams, following their project plan under the guidance of aninstructor, and may consult with other faculty in the department.Project information, including the definition and assessment of

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University; Hyun IK Shin, Kumoh National Instute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

and Environmental Engineering Education(CEEE) transformational change: Tools and strategies for sustainability integration and assessment in engineeringeducation. Proceeding of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, United States,2008. [11] Ahn, Y. H., Kwon, H., Pearce, A. R. & John, W., Integrated sustainable construction: A course inconstruction for students in the USA. Proceeding of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference,Pittsburgh, United States, 2008. [12] ABET., “Tech Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology” ABET. http://www.abet.org/Accessed December 15,2009). [13] Russell, J. S., Hanna, A., Bank, L. C., and Shapira, A., Education in Construction Engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

learn. Office hours are by nature very student-centered. They are a good timeto get to know students and to evaluate student learning, and in turn, your teaching. It is a timeto assess the development and background of students, information that might impact the waythe classroom is run. With students in this one-on-one situation, ask what they like in theclassroom, how they like the teaching style, what environment they like, and how things can beimproved. They will probably say more example problems should be completed: this is anactivity that can be student- and team-centered and very useful in assisting individual learning. 6. Include students in research endeavors – this is a great learning mode for good students.In graduate school this

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmuid McCarthy, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Curriculum. 1997, Trinity College Dublin: Dublin. p. 124.5. DES. Taoiseach launches €150m plan for "smart schools". 2009 [cited 2010 5th January].6. DES. Project Maths "breaks new ground" in approach to curricular reform 2008 [cited 2010 5th January].7. Lane, D., Seery, N., Gordon, S., The Understated Value of Freehand Sketching in Technology Education. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2009. 73(3): p. 13-22.8. DES, Leaving Certificate Design and Communication Graphics Syllabus. 2007, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Dublin.9. t4. About t4. 2006 [cited 2010 January 5].10. Keays, P., National Co-ordinator t4. 2010: Galway.11. t4, In-service attendance database Des, Editor. 2009: Galway.12

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Senior Design Capstone course.Background StudyThe paper “ Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: a National Study”1 states that “asignificant number of institutions engage industrial clients to sponsor capstone projects” but doesnot elaborate on how sponsors are engaged, the type of projects provided or the benefit to thestudents in this process or the advantages or disadvantages of the process. Howe, et al. performeda study on the content in capstone courses2. This study focused “on the design, project andprofessional attributes associated with capstone engineering courses”. The study performed asurvey to determine course content and its importance from student, faculty, and industryperspectives. This report found that industry places

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

one discipline are brought to bear on researchproblems in another discipline.Finally, the breadth of experience of panelists will generally be greater than that of thediscipline-specific mail reviewer. The panel may include experts on educational theory orassessment, community college faculty, and college administrators. Thus the proposal authorsshould not overlook the “support” components of the proposal, such as: assessment,dissemination, project management, K-12 and other outreach activities, and attention to diversityissues. Each of these sections must be taken seriously, with thoughtful consideration of theproposed strategies.ConclusionsA database of 528 current awards granted by the NSF with the designation “multidisciplinary” inthe

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jane Parmentier; Rajeswari Sundararajan

thisseminar, as well as journal articles from many academic journals, including World Development,Human Development, World Politics, Technology and Society, Third World Quarterly,Information Technology and Society, and Information Technology and International Development.Students in this seminar must consider questions that center on nation-building, war and conflict,technology and the possible changing role of the nation-state. Does democratization equalpolitical development? Is the secular western model of state-building relevant or applicable toother social, cultural and religious contexts? Does technology serve to promote politicalparticipation, or enhance the power of repressive states?Student assessment in both seminars is designed to help each

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Amadei; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt

architectural engineering in society andthe interaction between the built environment and natural and cultural systems. This paperdescribes the courses, modules, and assessment methods that will be used to evaluate theintegration of ESE concepts into the Civil Engineering curriculum.Background on Earth Systems EngineeringIn response to the global nature of the problems that the Earth is facing today and is likely to facein the near future, we have started a new initiative called Earth Systems Engineering (ESE) in theDepartment of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University ofColorado at Boulder. Further details about the initiative can be found on the web(http://ese.colorado.edu). In general, the initiative emphasizes

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

chosen by her/him.At the end of the period they bring a report to the council compounded of a psychologist, apedagogue, an engineer professor and the coordinator of the program, who discuss it and give thestudent the approval or not. The assessment has not the goal to retain the student just to provideher/him a self evaluation about their performance in other area.The program is a five years program, under graduation, morning or afternoon classes. Thestudents have the basic science courses, basic engineering courses and specific engineeringcourses besides the courses they choose to attend during the "free period" [6].The curriculum was elaborated in according to the curricula directress established by the FederalLaw No. 9.394 known as LDB

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Dick

been addressed.In addition to the technical goals above, the primary pedagogical goal was to increasestudent interest, motivation and learning by demonstrating the relevance of C languageprogramming to Electrical Engineering. This is addressed in the following section. Page 10.1091.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAssessment.In order to assess the effectiveness of this project, two surveys were administered tostudents during the fall term of 2004. The first was administered after the BeowulfVending

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suketu Shah; Gaurav Agarwal; Mohammed Haque

relevant. Worldwide efforts have resulted in theacceleration in the development of new “green” building technologies, which are constantlychallenging AEC professionals and students to explore unfamiliar building alternatives. Firstly,this makes it imperative to develop evaluative skills that will allow the assessment and test theappropriateness of these unfamiliar technologies. Secondly emerging professionals must beequipped with the necessary knowledge and skills required to design the most energy consciousbuilding.Hence, it is increasingly becoming important to develop a web based 3-D visualization andanimation to explain the various environmental conscious concepts and elements. The objective

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Carter; Catherine Brawner; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe

component. At the pilot sites it was demonstrated on many occasions that LabWrite,by itself, would not make a widespread impact on the quality of the lab experience and the labreport. The most able, self-sufficient students were able to make use of the LabWrite materialswithout much support from the instructor. However, those students who would most benefit fromLabWrite needed encouragement and support from the instructor to make use of these materials.It meant that the lab instructor had to take time to review the LabWrite site and effectivelyintegrate it into the lab curriculum.Students are, not surprisingly, goal-oriented. They will assess what expectations the instructorshas for them, what each component of the course is weighted relative to

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

Education.[2] Anderson, V., July/August, 1995, "Identifying Special Advising Needs of Women Engineering Students", TheJournal of College Student Development.[3] Anderson, C., 2000, "Michigan Technological University, 2000-2001 Select Student Support Services ProjectRISE Proposal". Grant Period: October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001, Senate Bill No. 967 of 2000.[4] Hewitt, N.M., Seymour, E., April 1991, "Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates Among Science andEngineering Undergraduate Majors". Ethonography and Assessment Bureau of Sociological Research, Universityof Colorado, Boulder, (83-95).[5] Tinto, V., 1993, “Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition”, Second Edition,University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Conference Session

International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology; Chi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

Technology, 36(2), 193-203.Li, B. H, & Wang, X. O. (2004) Concept mapping pedagogy melting in science and living technology domain. Living Technology Education Journal,37(2),32-47.Marchand, C., D’ivernois, J. E., Assal, J. P., Slama, G., & Hivon, R. (2002). An analysis, using concept mapping, of diabetic patient’s knowledge, before and after patient education. Medical Teacher, 24(1), 90-99.Qiu, S. Z. (1989). Knowledge structures assessment concept mapping skill development and trial. Journal of Special Education, 4, 215-254.Zele, V. E. (2004). Improving the usefulness of concept maps as a research tool for science education. International journal of science education, 26(9), 1043-1064

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shi-Jer Lou, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; C. Ray Diez, University of North Dakota; Hsi-Chi Hsiao, Cheng Shiu University; Wen-Hsiung Wu, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences; Shu-Hsuan Chang, National Changhua University of Education

Tagged Divisions

International

outlines of the planning, framework, functions ofthe solar trolley, manufacturing process and steps and the difficulties that could encounterduring manufacturing; 4) contingency plan: describe contingency plans and steps whenencounter with difficulty in each stage; 5) realizing planning: according to drafted contingency,complete the initial model of solar automatic trolley and give simple introduction andcharacteristics description of the model; 6) assessment: with reference to the initial modelcompleted in the fifth stage and conduct final test and modification of solar automatic trolleyand describe process and what has learned from the test and modification as shown Figure 1

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Education in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lau, Universidad del Turabo; Sastry Kuruganty, Universidad del Turabo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

turn implies that the clearance time in cell D10 will be 0.36 (scales the value in cell K10 by afactor of 1/100). The effect of having a clearance time cl = 0.36 s (> cr ) is illustrated inFigure 7. From the figure, it is obvious that for this clearance time the system will be unstable, asthe generator rotor angle incurs large excursions without being able to produce oscillations thatcan steer the system to a new quiescent operating point.In summary, the proposed spreadsheet allows the user to assess the stability of a single-machine,infinite-bus system. The critical clearance time can be determined by manually adjusting theslide control of a scroll bar. The effect of different values of clearance times on system stabilitymay be observed

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Fadi Deek, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

, and development of software systems, their architecture, and automatic and semi-automatic approaches to assessment of their design and code quality. Dr. Sangwan has several peer reviewed publications in these areas. He actively consults for Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, NJ and also holds a visiting scientist appointment at the Software Engineering Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers (IEEE)and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). Page 15.1002.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2010-64: PERCEPTIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONCOMMUNITYHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His interests include Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, with a particular focus in control systems. Page 15.946.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Perceptions in the Manufacturing Education CommunityAbstractA number of studies have been conducted to assess the status of manufacturing education. Thesefocus on the departments and schools specifically. There is a

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lau, Universidad del Turabo; Sastry Kuruganty, Universidad del Turabo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. The ambitious students may even improve upon the spreadsheets presented in this paper by macro programming or creative use of other Microsoft Excel functions. (v) It would be interesting to investigate the impact of the use of spreadsheets in electrical engineering courses. At present, the authors do not have formal assessment data other than positive reactions from students.In fairness to specific-purpose software designed for BVPs modeled by PDEs, it can be arguedthat such programs serve other purposeful needs, namely, handling large-scale systems,accommodating highly irregular geometries, and handling complex boundary conditions.Problems of considerable size and high complexity may not be handled efficiently by

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tabas, IUPUI; William Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

received many scholarly citations. As such,this list will serve as the basis for the discussion of key parameters of engineering technologyeducation.1. Designing, developing, deploying, implementing and utilizing technological systems such as communication, transportation, manufacturing, and construction technologies as an educational base to assess the needs of society and industry.5Salinger, (2005) found that “understanding [the] impact of engineering solutions in global and social contexts” and “being aware of contemporary issues” are key parameters to the development of anET program, further pointing to the coupled nature of the technology and ET life cycles. Engineering technology programs need to be cognitive of this during

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno; Quamrul Mazumder

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Page 15.890.4disturbing to some volunteers and 2) sexual knowledge was not considered critical to academicor career success. The questionnaire also included the questions from Prof. Mehrabian’s MACHand DGO tests25 to assess motivation to succeed.The third and last group of questions were from Prof. Mehrabian’s LIE test, which can detectindividuals that have a tendency to answer in a way that they believe makes them look “better”.These individuals bias their answers towards what they think is the “correct” answer and theirscores are not consistent with the answers of the general population. This makes the testinstrument and results unreliable. In this research study, the answers from these individuals wereexcluded from the final analysis.The

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

from the short form of the Epstein-Dumas test foradultness14. One question from the original test that was not included in this study was “Are loveand sex the same thing?” There were two reasons: 1) the sexual nature of the question could be Page 15.889.5disturbing to some volunteers and 2) sexual knowledge was not considered critical to academicor career success. The questionnaire also included the questions from Prof. Mehrabian’s MACHand DGO tests25 to assess motivation to succeed.The third and last group of questions were from Prof. Mehrabian’s LIE test, which can detectindividuals that have a tendency to answer in a way that they believe