Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan D. Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

% Time, efficient failing, DARPA. 3) Broken Buildings, Busted This book is read over the course of the first 6 weeks. Students read Budgets summary the book, submit a series of written responses to questions and questions participate in class discussions. 4) Mock Innovation Jury Students must evaluate and rate a variety of construction innovations Evaluation as submitted to the NOVA Awards. The rating requires assessment of each innovation utilizing established rating criteria found within a study authored by E. Sarah Slaughter. All evaluations are compiled to

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Lance Pirtle, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Jessica E Ruyle, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

“that is what I am going to do when Iget to college”. OU-ECE plans to use the Capacitive Touch Workshop again in future outreachevents in order to better assess its effectiveness. VI. References:[1] "America Desperately Needs More STEM Students. Here's How to Get Them." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 09 July 2012. Web. 03 Jan. 2014.[2] Engler, John. "STEM Education Is the Key to the U.S.'s Economic Future." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 15 June 2012. Web. 03 Jan. 2014.[3] Zimmer, Marc. "Are American Scientists an Endangered Species? | Inside Higher Ed."Are American Scientists an Endangered Species? | Inside Higher Ed. Inside Higher Ed, 2 July 2007. Web. 03 Jan. 2014.[4] C. Davis, M. Yeary, and J. Sluss, “Results and best

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. “An Approach to Developing Interdisciplinary Energy Page 24.791.9 and Environmental Undergraduate Programs.” ASEE Conference Proceedings 2012.4. Liao, Yuan, Lawrence Hoolway, Paul A Dolloff. “Development of a New Multidisciplinary Course: Smart Grid. ASEE Conference Proceedings 2012.5. Stansbury, Richard, and Massood Towhidnejad. “Using the EcoCAR Challenge as a Non-Traditional Domain for Software and Computer Engineering Capstone Course.” ASEE Conference Proceedings 2011.6. Zwickle, Adam, Tomas Koontz, Andy Bodine, Kristina Slagle, Mark Stewart, and Nicole Hovarth. “Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge

Conference Session

Construction Materials and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

wasdesigned to cover a wide variety of BIM topics including clash detection and constructability,design and visualization, model based quantity take-off (QTO) and estimating, and 4Dscheduling.The course assessment consisted of one midterm exam (10% of the grade), one final exam (10%of the grade), homework projects (30% of the grade), quizzes (10% of the grade), and a termproject with two milestones (40% of the grade). As all the lecture and lab sessions wereperformed in a computer lab, students had access to a working computer throughout thesemester. Exams and quizzes were conducted online through Blackboard Learn 9.1 in multiplechoice and open ended question formats. Considering the hands-on experience required excellingin the use of the computer

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; David Claudio, Montana State University; Durward K. Sobek II, Montana State University; Laura Stanley, Montana State University - Bozeman; Nicholas Ward, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

in multidisciplinaryenvironments (outcome d) and communicate effectively (outcome g). Since these interactionswill expose them to different perspectives and expertise, the cognate should also improve studentability to assess the impact of their work in a larger context (outcome h). Finally, since studentsmust take ownership of the development and execution of their cognate, the system should betterprepared them to engage in life-long learning (outcome i). Page 24.808.5 Table 1 - Example Cognates Developed by Faculty Manufacturing  Design ETME 217

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Jaime Rene Huerta

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

preparation needed to successfully pursue a postsecondary education.The focus of the project is to provide direct services to students through four strands: academia,assessment, college readiness and parental/community involvement. Each campus site has aCollege Access Team that provides direct services to students. The College Access Team ismade-up of a Site Coordinator and College Access Coach. II. The Program The purpose of this summer program was to address the lack of family support among theGEAR UP IV students by providing a synergetic summer learning experience to not only the Page 24.817.3students but their corresponding parents by

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

which steps were frequently visited and what other steps were promptingstudents to go back for more information. The navigational patterns can be used tounderstand students’ use of an engineering design process as well as to investigate andrefine instructional design aspects of the project.Results also point to the utility of log data to help researchers gain insight into the kindsof design processes that students may engage in during design projects. While log datashould not serve as a stand-alone assessment for how students were involved in thesescaffolded engineering design activities, it is a critical piece of evidence to show whatsteps are most utilized by students. The results form this work-in-progess study suggestthat students spend a

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Amir Abtahi, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

fully document the Page 25.3.9strengths, weaknesses, achievements, and improvement areas of the proposed course. 8This mixed methods approach will lead with quantitative measures/criteria whereverpossible. Qualitative data will be used to help triangulate and explicate themeasured/observed phenomena.The assessment will be completed within this academic year (fall 201, spring 2012 andsummer 2012) for all these courses. There are currently 16 students in the AlternativeEnergy class. The results for the first phase of the project will be dissemination by DOE/FPL upon the completion of the first year of the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Koenraad E Gieskes, Binghamton University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

of the InternationalConference on Engineering Education. Coimbra, Portugal.[5] Lockwood, Peter, Chris Guppy, and Robyn Smyth. “Should lectures be compulsory?”. In UniServe ScienceAssessment Symposium. 2006. UniServe Science Assessment Symposium Proceedings. pp. 178-183.[6] Office of Technology for Education. Carnegie Mellon. “Lecture Webcasting: A Teaching with TechnologyWhite Paper”. In Teaching with Technology. January 2007[7] Pinder-Grover, Tershia, Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, and Crisca Bierwert. “Work in Progress – UsingScreencasts to Enhance Student Learning in a Large Lecture Material Science and Engineering Course”. InFrontiers in Education Conference. October 22-25, 2008. Proceedings of the 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation

Conference Session

Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Alan Hekman, California Baptist University; Mark T Gordon, California Baptist University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the object. This provides amethod to determine if the drawing was completed accurately. This approach has a limitation ofnot clearly showing the students their mistakes.A similar approach is taken by Hamade et. al. in their work in assessing CAD competence usinglearning curves.2 In addition to technical accuracy based on geometric parameters, students arealso evaluated on the time it takes them to construct a 3D solid model.An improved approach is seen in work at San Diego State University3,4 where in two masters’theses, they created an electronic grading for CAD files based on the AutoCAD DXF (DrawingInterchange Format) file format5. The DXF format is an ASCII method of saving the drawinginformation. The first thesis consisted of programing

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Tiffany Barnes, NC State University; Richard Burns, West Chester University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

23.261.7enhancement of their communities.      Through these experiences we have learned the importance of the following:   ● Creating a safe space for a discussion of community challenges so that participants feel comfortable discussing personal experiences.   ● Allowing ideas to originate from participants organically rather than being handed down.   ● Providing adequate support to scaffold participants’ use of technology in order to express ideas. The amount of support varies based on the previous experience of the participants and should be assessed prior to the workshop.   ● Helping participants become experts of

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

travelthrough the air. Specifications for receiver sensitivity and transmit output power are in the PHYlayer.The tasks of the physical layer include: enable/disable the radio transceiver, link qualityindication (LQI) for received packets, energy detection (ED) within the current channel and clearchannel assessment (CCA).The MAC layer defines how multiple 802.15.4 radios operating in the same area will share theairwaves. This includes coordinating transceiver access to the shared radio link and thescheduling and routing of data frames. There are network association and disassociationfunctions embedded in the MAC layer. These functions support the self-configuration andpeer-to-peer communication features of a ZigBee network.The MAC layer tasks include

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins; Ambrose Barry; Nan Byars

computers, and havebeen using them for years. While this may at first seem to be an advantage, it turns out thatexactly the opposite is true. Because these students have mastered email, the web, and instantmessaging, they feel they already know everything a computer can do.This paper describes the basic methodologies used in developing this course, along with thevarious strategies employed in its delivery. An assortment of teaching practices is examined,with opinions offered as to their effectiveness with this unique student population. Before andafter survey data are presented, including an initial self assessment by the students of theircompetency in various software packages, which in most cases turned out to be somewhatoverestimated

Conference Session

Building New Communities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberley R. Breaux; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

-sponsored Page 10.1074.8projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions inProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThermal and Transport Sciences (DUE - 0127806), Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (ESI-0227558), and Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice (DUE-0341127).KIMBERLEY R. BREAUX has collaborated with CSM in the Academic Pathways Study as an ethnographer andinterviewer. She holds a Master’s in

Conference Session

Building New Communities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Smith; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

the ColoradoSchool of Mines and Associate Research Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler receivedher Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She also holds aMaster of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biologyfrom Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying EngineeringStudent Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE - 0127806), Center for theAdvancement of Engineering Education (ESI-0227558), and Rigorous Research in EngineeringEducation: Creating a Community of Practice (DUE-0341127).KARL A. SMITH is Morse-Alumni Distinguished

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Jenny Lo; Bevlee Watford

students immediately after their summer experience and at the end of thefall semester portion of the course. To answer the final question, we will have an outside assessment of the final reports andpresentations created by the students in the pilot course. Those reports and presentations will becompared with reports and presentations created by engineering students of similar GPAs in atraditional technical communication course. The purpose of this evaluation is as follows. Iftechnical communication instructors across the country are to be persuaded to accept such anoption in their technical communication course, they need to be convinced that the writing andspeaking skills acquired made by the students in the research-option course will be

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

self-studies for the two visits. Webelieve there would be much overlap between the two self-studies, and they could becombined in one document. Analysis of the current EAC/ABET self-studyquestionnaire16 reveals that the faculty, facilities, institutional support, financial, andtabular data required for an advanced level program would be very similar (if not thesame!) as that of a basic level program of the same name. The form and content of theother sections of the self-study would be similar because the advanced level programevaluation would also utilize an outcomes based assessment process. In most cases, theextra coordination time for an additional program would be significantly reduced by thereality that the same academic department would

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Maxwell; Frank Pietryga; John Stratton; Ilya Grinberg

power systems industry which is struggling toassure reliable and economic delivery of power in the light of deregulation and the blackouts of the recent past.The authors are looking at TC2K Criteria Elements, such as program educational objectives, program outcomes,assessment and evaluation, as well as program characteristics. All these components are compared between threeuniversities. Methodology for continuous improvement is proposed based on the results of the study.The four faculty compiled the results of the surveys and determined which input was most valuable to eachuniversity, comparing the various metrics which were available.Materials Developed for TAC of ABETBuffalo State College (BSC) and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) were

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Runciman; Lisa Christensen; Katherine Chen

EducationOutcomesWhile we have no formal assessment of how much our outreach participants actually learn aboutmaterials, we believe that we do make some impact and at least provide a positive, funexperience associated with science and engineering. As part of the MatEland sign-in guest book,we also asked the visitors the simple question, “What do You think about MaterialsEngineering?” (Figure 8). The comments were affirmative and thankful. Our main goal was toget the participants so excited about materials that they go home and share their experience withtheir family and friends.On the other end, our Materials Engineering college students not only enjoy the experience, butalso develop valuable presentation skills. They gain a better and deeper understanding of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

assignment included tasks that could becompleted in one or two weeks. Project activities included field data collection using manualmethods and special devices, data analysis and presentation using analysis and design software,and writing reports.Cooperative learning was used as the instruction style in the lab. Cooperative learning is definedas instruction that involves working in teams to accomplish an assigned task and produce a finalproduct, under conditions that include the elements: Positive Interdependence, IndividualAccountability, Face-to-Face Promotive Interaction, Appropriate Use of Teamwork Skills, andRegular Self-assessment of Team Functioning .(4)The term “Team” is used here and not “Group” because in teamwork, activities span over a

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanislaw Maj; Anuradha Sutharshan; D Veal

. These results will provide a starting point for assessing architecturematurity and alignment within organizations, and can be used to help harmonizedifferent architectural tunes played within organizations for a great project success.The development and effective implementation of an Enterprise Architecture is amajor challenge for organisations [2]. Researchers have not fully covered all theissues related to architecture [12]. The effective application of all skills forms amental framework from which the Architect may drive the software project tosuccess. In practice this adds significant value to an organisation, and is important tothe growth and development of our profession, and represents the essence of theeffective architect [15].Though EA

Conference Session

New Endeavors

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Polito; Rachel Husfeld

. The purpose of this tripwas to perform an initial survey of the area, assess the needs of the community, and determine theavailability of supplies. During the trip, the groundwater was tested and found to be of good qualitywhen it was collected directly from the aquifer.By holding meetings with the local community, it was determined that the lack of food sources in theregion was of greater urgency to the local people than the quality and quantity of the drinking wateravailable. This was a shift of focus from the initial perspective held by EWB-VU, which had placeda higher emphasis on drinking water supply.Additionally, while on this trip, arrangements were made with a Kenyan drilling company to drill thewell in the village center. The

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

Programs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1997 ASEE Conference, available online at http://www.asee.org/acPapers/00939.pdf, accessed March 2, 2005.5. Durak, Tolga; Johnson, Kayenda; Middlebrooks, Sam; Sousa, George; Stanfield, Jennifer; and Smith- Jackson, Tonya, “Impacts of the COE Laptop Requirement – Assessment of the Potential Impacts of the College of Engineering Laptop Computer Requirement for Fall 2001,” May 5, 2001.6. Lo, Jenny; Goff, Richard; Lohani, Vinod; Walker, Thomas; Knott, Tamara; and Griffin, O. Hayden, “New Paradigm for Foundational Engineering Education,” submitted to the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sam Geonetta

knowledge from the field of IT. As the capstone project, it is designed to assess program outcomes defined in TAC-ABET Criterion 2. It specifically requires learners to demonstrate: • an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools in IT, • an ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering and technology, • an ability to apply creativity in the design of systems, components or processes, an ability to function effectively on teams, • an ability to identify, analyze and solve technical problems, • an ability to communicate effectively, • an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik Peterson; Ian Papautsky

; more explanation of fewer topics instead • The amount of information covered was too great; cutting some of the course martial and covering it in another class in MEMS would have helped in some places where we were rushedConclusionsThe assessment revealed that student reaction to the course was generally favorable, althoughmixed. Most of the students felt that the goals of the course were met. The use of researcharticles to supplement lecture material worked very well and students were enthusiastic aboutreading the articles as they provided a real world perspective. This was a new experience formost of the students, and was quite different from what they have come to expect from othersenior /first-year graduate level courses

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

, the Office of Technology Transfer, and the Ben FranklinTechnology Partners. In the spring 2005 semester, the first and third entrepreneurshipcourses will be piloted, while numbers two and four begin fall 2005. This paper is areport on a work in progress. It describes the background, benchmarks, design andplanned implementation of the entrepreneurship minor and how it is integrated intoLehigh’s undergraduate curricula. We plan to follow up with additional papers in thefuture with details on the implementation, assessment metrics and lessons learned.Backgr oundIn 2003 Lehigh University received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department ofCommunity and Economic Development to improve the Lehigh University infrastructurein support of

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Suchora

even aftercompletion of the course. It seems that some students, even with hard work, still cannotvisualize more complex objects given the traditional 3 view drawing. In the future onepossibility being explored is to have a solid modeling package available for the instructor andstudents to aid in developing good visualization skills.As a means of assessing the results of the course, the Proficiency Exam of Figure 1 was given toall freshmen engineering students for a period of 2 years prior to taking this course. The averagescore achieved over this period was 31% out of a possible 100%. This past year, the final examin the course included problems more difficult that those of the Proficiency Exam of Figure 1,and the average grade achieved on

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven York; Lynn Nystrom; Elizabeth Joyce; Michael Gregg; Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor

freshman engineering lecture series. In addition to providingmoney for the initial purchase of hands-on supplies, the SEC has provided money for theirreplacement and enhancement. This money has been instrumental in the department’scurriculum reforms.BibliographyColb, D. A. (1984). Experiential Learning : Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice-Hall.Connor, J. B., and Goff, R. M. "Assessment of Providing In-Class, Hands-On, Activities to Virginia Tech's First Year Engineering Students." 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Albuquerque, NM.Connor, J. B., Lohani, V. K., Bull, E., Wildman, T. M., Magliaro, S. G., Knott, T. W., O.H. Griffin, J., and Muffo, J. A. "An Analysis of Freshman Engineering: A

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

action to make things better,and the interactive collaboration step brings the Dual Agenda expertise together with the internalexpertise of the organization’s members in exploration. Prior to implementing the model, it isimperative to begin with the Dual Agenda change itself – establishing a link between equity andeffectiveness.5To facilitate adaptation of Dual Agenda techniques to an academic setting, a highly experiencedconsulting team, having previously addressed issues in a number of business organizations, hasbeen hired to facilitate the program. These outside consultants have now worked with threedepartments, separately, to assess department climate, identify issues, and develop programswhich enhance the climate. Work was performed through

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Kephart; Robert Weissbach

to make this project feasible in the future.Improvement of solar panel, wind turbine, and power storage technology will also help bring theprice per kWh generated down, which will help to reduce hybrid-system component costs in thefuture.References[1] Weissbach, R. S. and T. S. Meyers, "Honors Thesis Work in Renewable Energy for an Undergraduate Student". Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, Session 2433, ID #2185, June 2003[2] Bruce Chase, Caroline (Receptionist). Moore Heating, Comfort Heating – Local Heat Pump Sales and Service.[3] U.S. Department of Energy website: Technology Installation Review. Assessment of Hybrid Geothermal Heat Pump Systems. www.pnl.gov