Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

funds to improve the Faculty can be includedin this category. Mentoring of younger teachers is another aspect that can be counted as service.Scholarly work can be assessed based on the teachers’ own effort in his/her professionaldevelopment in the form of consulting and publications. Given the wealth of data that have beengenerated by all the domestic and international NGOs in the past fifteen years and in the future, itis not very difficult to come up with short research papers reflecting the compilation andinterpretation of those data. As an example, by compiling and interpreting the data from all theshallow and deep wells that are installed in various parts of the country, one can write a paper onthe status of groundwater in different

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

; Exposition Page 7.440.12 Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education6. EvaluationWhen dealing with assessment of creativity, there are four different facets to consider 49:1) Qualities of the person 49, 2) Aspects of the process 50, 3) Characteristics of products 51, and 4)Nature of the environment 52. This project deals mainly with the process facet of creativity. Itfocuses on the various stages of thinking or problem solving people engage in while producingsomething new and useful, including practical strategies for creative thinking 8. It also deals withexamining the effect of process training 50.Little

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

disciplines. They were meant to change the waystudent teams approach and solve problems with commercial potential in the short and long runs.In these activities individuals and teams experienced the eight strategies. In addition todemonstrating the strategies, the projects were intended to add an industry-related component tothe learning experience, allowed for self-paced, semi-guided exploration that improved self-esteem and encouraged questioning and daring.6. EvaluationWhen dealing with assessment of creativity, there are four different facets to consider 47: 1)Qualities of the person 47, 2) Aspects of the process 48, 3) Characteristics of products 49, and 4)Nature of the environment 50. This project deals mainly with the process facet of

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

on the projects in addition to courses, research and socializing. Some may think these extraefforts are not worthwhile and are not the purpose of graduate school. Instead, the focus ingraduate school should be learning about being an engineer. IEWorks provides an environment Page 7.645.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationin which these soft skills are allowed to be implemented and assessed. Research is conducted onthe various methods of practicing these skills.The benefits IEWorks has

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

students from different disciplines. They were meant to change the waystudent teams approach and solve problems with commercial potential in the short and long runs.In these activities individuals and teams experienced the eight strategies. In addition todemonstrating the strategies, the projects were intended to add an industry-related component tothe learning experience, allowed for self-paced, semi-guided exploration that improved self-esteem and encouraged questioning and daring.6. EvaluationWhen dealing with assessment of creativity, there are four different facets to consider 47: 1)Qualities of the person 47, 2) Aspects of the process 48, 3) Characteristics of products 49, and 4)Nature of the environment 50. This project deals mainly with

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

the conversations of the decision makers of the job to help support my ideas. • Visualization, I think it is a good quality, if everyone can understand what you are trying to do it will help them to make a good choice on the design you are pitching. • As I went through this case study, I tried to assess the engineering aspects as well as the ethical and economical aspects. Summary and Conclusions The data from the various aspects of the course evaluation seem to indicate thatthe case study method of instruction, which incorporated varying aspects of technology,is a worthwhile and beneficial method of instruction for teaching an engineering designcourse. Through positive ratings

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

chemical engineering programs starting to integrate process simulators throughoutthe curriculum. We will assess the features of process simulators that are easy to use and areeffective in communicating chemical process principles. In addition, we will examine aspectsof simulators that are difficult for students to comprehend, use and result in a poor utilizationof educational resources. What are the possibilities for courses that traditionally do not useprocess simulators because standard models have not been incorporated in processsimulation? Another aspect that will be discussed will be that many graduates will work forcompanies that do not currently use process simulators. In many cases these companiesinclude future growth opportunities for

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

students. This finding is consistent with research has shown thatteachers with more self-determination are better able to support their students‟ needs 14, 15.Usually GTAs have more contact with their students than the teaching mentors or coursecoordinators do, and may be in a better position to assess and address immediate needs. Fred, Page 22.757.10Nate, and Sam all taught workshop sections that were much smaller than the associated lecturesfor their courses. In addition, all three usually received instructions or advice with workshop orlaboratory coordinators that were different from the lecturers. Mary‟s supervisor did not attendher class

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University; Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University; Lee king-lien, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering,National Taipei University of Technology; CHAO-CHIA CHENG, NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIV

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

engineering collegestudents from a mid-level general university were selected. Page 22.782.3In order to collect the stable state of UT students in physics learning, the research instrumentwere sent to the sampled schools in the end of semester. In other words, these students hadpreviously been taught the topics of this research. To analysis the data in this study, answeringpercentages of the choices for every question and the statistical methods, analysis of variance[ANOVA], were conducted. ANOVA is a kind of statistical methods for comparing means ofseveral groups. In addition, we used a four-item criterion to assess students’ explanations in

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

experts orfrom material creation experts. There were very few exceptions to this finding in the seveninterviews and twenty-plus course change events. Both institutions used for this study boastsignificant faculty support organizations or learning centers. These learning centers are staffedwith professionals trained in instructional design and in creation of teaching materials (graphics,videos, assessment modules and so on). They are freely available to faculty to help with coursedevelopment. All the participants were aware of these departments but none made any significantuse of them.Teaching using current technology was another common theme. Several of the professorsinterviewed try to use the latest ephemeral technology to teach enduring

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

are needed. Students benefit if a project management and teamwork orientation isintroduced to the curriculum. 2, 3In this study, we describe the design of the three consecutive Unit Operations Laboratory (UOL)courses offered by the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yeditepe University, Istanbul,Turkey. The course design introduces professional skills while preserving the core componentsof the UOL courses. We track the course outcomes with a graduate survey to assess theeffectiveness of additional components introduced in course design. Our paper contributes to theliterature firstly by innovative design of a UOL course and secondly by measuring courseeffectiveness by a graduate survey. The paper starts with describing the institutional

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Capstone. I doubt we would fund any future work without the IP arrangement we currently have.”There were a couple of sponsors who indicated they would support BYU’s Capstone programeven if they did not receive the IP rights as illustrated below: “Typically owning the IP is not paramount to our company but this would need to be assessed on a case by case basis.” “On occasion our company is involved in product development and may or may not share in the ownership of the resultant IP. Although understanding and managing IP is very important for our company, we would not let the question of IP prevent us from sponsoring a Capstone project with BYU.”A follow-up national survey to the survey conducted by BYU in 1994 on engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. As the name suggests, complex systems are not easily defined and havegiven way to various precepts and constructs. Sweeney and Sterman25 assert that, Page 22.1520.4 There are as many lists of systems thinking skills as there are schools of systems thinking… [yet] most advocates of systems thinking agree that much of the art of systems thinking involves the ability to represent and assess dynamic complexity. (p. 250)Davis and Sumara26 further concur that complex systems are dynamic and adaptive. Systems aredynamic with respect to time, and these distinct variables may differ along unique time scales.Complex systems have

Conference Session

Issues and Answers in Mathematics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Learning Project. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.19. Smith, B., & MacGregor, J. (2009). Learning Communities and the Quest for Quality, Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, v17 n2 p118-139.20. Barnes, R., & Piland, W. (2010). Impact of Learning Communities in Developmental English on Community College Student Retention and Persistence, Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, v12 n1 p7-24.21. Weiss, M., Visher, M., & Wathington, H. (2010). Learning Communities for Students in Developmental Reading: An Impact Study at Hillsborough Community College, National Center for

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee K. Petersen, Washington State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

of Materials,both taught by the same instructor, and both covering the same material at the same pace. Bothsections participated in preliminary demonstrations and recorded their observations.Subsequently students in the test section participated in additional follow-up activities whilestudents in the control section did not. Last, both the test section and the control sectionparticipated in a final materials test. Performance differences between the two pedagogicalmethods were assessed through a set of questions asking students in both sections to identify andexplain the relationships of interest.Assessment results did not uphold the hypothesis. While only a small number of students ineither section correctly identified and explained the

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik N. Dunmire, College of Marin; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College, Santa Clara

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen G. Villa, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City; Elsa Gonzalez, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

comparative method is called axial coding and consists of relating categories to theirsubcategories to form more precise explanations of the phenomena; the term axial is usedbecause coding occurs around the axis of a category16. Initial categories were formed based onthe connections between the students‗ perception of the Mexican culture and the engineeringenvironment. The final process of coding consists in interrelating categories, or the process ofintegrating and refining categories at a higher level of abstraction16.Validity/TrustworthinessTo assess credibility, different methods to collect data for this study were used: interviews,observations, and documents. Interviews constituted the main source of data collection andallowed the researchers to

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ayre, University of South Australia; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

female respondents is provided in Table 1. If a surveyrespondent had left the profession they were asked to reply to employment related questions inrelation to the last engineering position that they had held. The similarities and differences in theemployment characteristics of the respondents to the two surveys are also shown in Table 1. Chi-squared significance tests have been applied to assess the level of confidence in differencesbetween the two samples: the symbol * indicates 95% confidence (p < 0.05), referred to in thetext as „significant‟; and ** indicates 99% confidence (p < 0.01), or „highly significant‟differences. Table 1: Profiles and employment characteristics of the ATU and CREW2 respondents Employment

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

of Engineering Education 2002;18(4):438-46.21. Marra R, Bogue B. Self efficacy in women engineering students: Three years of data at U.S. institutions. ASEE Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI.; 200722. Chalk LM, Meara NM, Day JD, Davis KL. Occupational possible selves: Fears and aspirations of college women. Journal of Career Assessment 2005;13:188-203.23. Eccles J. Gendered educational and occupational choices: Applying the Eccles et al. model of achievement- related choices. International Journal of Behavioral Development 2011;35(3):195-201.24. Eccles J. Who am I and what am I going to do with my life? Personal and collective identities as motivators of action. Educational Psychologist 2009;44(2):78-89.25. Dweck CS, Leggett EL

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Sergio Martin, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera Martín, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Tovar Edmundo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Martin Llamas-Nistal, University of Vigo; Gabriel Diaz Orueta, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Juan Peire; Manuel Castro, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED)

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, and A. Morán, "Remote laboratory of a quadruple tank process for learning in control engineering using Page 25.326.15 different industrial controllers," Comput. Appl. in Eng. Educ., 2011.[34] I. Gustavsson, K. Nilsson, J. Zackrisson, J. Garcia-Zubia, U. Hernandez-Jayo, A. Nafalski, Z. Nedic, O. Gol, J. Machotka, M. I. Pettersson, T. Lago, and L. Hkansson, "On Objectives of Instructional Laboratories, Individual Assessment, and Use of Collaborative Remote Laboratories," Learning Technol., IEEE Trans. on, vol. 2, pp. 263-274, 2009

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lamis J. Behbehani, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P. Suresh C. Rao, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

assess the success of their solutions to problems onthe basis of a narrow set of usually technical predefined goals. Other possible impacts of thesesolutions or the effect of these solutions on actors other than the client are generally notconsidered. Therefore engineering students carry this mentality into the workforce, along withthe notion that their role is simply to solve technical problems without any consideration orassumption of responsibility for the context and impact of these technical solutions. This notionof the role of engineers was discussed by several of the experts. The role of the engineer in thepolicy process can be seen as that of a technical expert acting in an advisory capacity, or as thatof an advocate for a particular

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

developing theirown projects. Of the 30 sections across the university in any semester, there are around a dozendifferent first projects. The first project is more structured and provides the students with anopportunity to learn and apply a design process while developing their teamwork,communication, and ethics skills. The second project is industry-sponsored and more open-ended, and typically all teams in all sections work on the same project. Students applystakeholder needs assessment, ideation, research, analysis, testing, concept selection, detaileddesign, prototyping, and reporting.Background on Zero Energy Homes Page 25.398.3A Zero Energy Home

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Brent E. Nelson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

12/13/2011 from http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsedaddiss/35/.3 Allan, M., & Chisholm, C. U. (2008). The development of competencies for engineers within a global context. EE2008 (pp. 1-12). Loughborough: Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre and the UK Centre for Materials Education.4 Lohmann, J. R., Rollins, H. A., & Hoey, J. J. (2006). Defining, developing and assessing global competence in engineers. European Journal of Engineering Education, 31 (1), 119-131.5 Warnick, G.M., S.P. Magleby, R.H. Todd, A. Parkinson, Globalization: A New Frontier for Capstone Courses, Proceedings of 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. AC 2008-1230, Pittsburg, PA: ASEE.6 Todd, R.H., S.P. Magleby

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Matters in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Douglas William Twigge; John Block, Texas A&M University; Mickie Byrd

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the twentystudents in these classes through the wiki-based knowledgebase should provide additionalquantitative and qualitative assessment. These data will be added to the report and presented atthe conference.Future Activities. Based on early successes, the EET program is pleased with the ability toleverage E-Clock™ as a recruiting and outreach project capable of meeting our goals. The majorareas for future work include full deployment of E-Clock™, adding to the basic kit withexpansion kits, and continuing to improve the project and associated documentation. The goalwill be to identify at least ten different STEM high school teachers who will participate in the E-Clock™ initiative by integrating the kit into their course each year. The

Conference Session

Improving IE Course Content

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Scott Sink, Ohio State University; Joseph M. Cerrato, Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Engineering Education Inno- vation Center, the First-Year program serves approximately 1,800 students annually in courses organized to ensure student success through rigorous academics in a team-based environment. His responsibilities include operations, faculty recruiting, curriculum management, student retention, and program assess- ment. Merrill received his Ph.D. in instructional design and technology from the Ohio State University in 1985, and has an extensive background in public education, corporate training, and contract research. He has made frequent presentations at conferences held by the American Society for Engineering Edu- cation (ASEE) and its affiliate conference Frontiers in Education (FIE). He is part of

Conference Session

Techniques in Improving Mathematics Education in STEM Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vandenbussche, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christina R. Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

, Southern Polytechnic State University Christina Scherrer is an Associate Professor of industrial engineering technology at Southern Polytechnic State University. Her research interests are in the application of operations research and economic decision analysis to the public sector and assessing education innovation. She teaches primarily statistics and logistics courses, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. She received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology Page 25.150.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University; Jonas Bergman Arleback, Syracuse University; AnnMarie H. O'Neil, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

: Mathematical Association of America.[22] Beichner, R. (1994). Testing student interpretation of kinematics graphs. American Journal of Physics, 62(8), 750-755.[23] Monk, S. (1992). Students’ understanding of a function given by a physical model. In E. Dubinsky & G. Harel (Eds.), The concept of function: Aspects of epistemology and pedagogy (pp. 175-194). Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.[24] Thornton, R. K., & Sokoloff, D. R. (1998). Assessing student learning of Newton’s laws: The force and motion conceptual evaluation and the evaluation of active learning laboratory and lecture curricula. American Journal of Physics, 66(4), 338-352.[25] McDermott, L. C., Rosenquist, M. L., & van Zee