Conference Session

Statics and Strength of Materials

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Timothy A. Philpot, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Semesters 7 7 Question Categories 145 71 Root Questions 429 147 Graded Questions 84,651 38,139 Table 3. Multiple-choice exam usage during 2009-2011. By tracking how students perform on each multiple-choice question and then filtering thequestions by category, the authors have developed a concept inventory with numerical rankingsfrom the best to worst understood concepts. Exam difficulty can varied widely depending on how many questions are given, howmuch time is allowed, what topics are covered on the exam, etc. To assess how well studentsperformed on an individual

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

path findershading analysis tools. For the shading analysis, students were divided in three groups and wereprovided three Solar Pathfinders, assistive software, and laptops to use software. A shortdescription of the equipment summary of the experiment was provided to students. A sun pathcalculator was used to view the solar window for a particular location for assessing shading.Other means can be used to evaluate shading, but sun path calculators are usually the quickestand easiest to use. The Solar Pathfinder™ is a popular type of sun path calculator that consists ofa latitude-specific sun path diagram covered by a transparent dome. The dome reflects the entiresky and horizon on its surface, indicating the position and extent of shading

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology; Brian E. White, Complexity Are Us - Systems Engineering Strategies; Alex Gorod, Visiting Fellow, University of Adelaide; Vernon Ireland, University of Adelaide

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

(as an option) Performance Graphs.AnalysisThis section should contain a summary of the technical assessments performed as part of thetransformation effort. More importantly, the “Why?” questions should be answered, e.g., whatwere the root causes of the results from an analytical point of view? If it was or is not possible toreadily determine the causes precisely, do a credible job of explaining the primary set ofconditions responsible.Analytical Findings include principal Activities (i.e., the key tasks and their interactions), TimeFrame/Line aspects including the Sequence of Events (an option), Significant Delays Incurredand Why, and Methods Employed (and their efficacies).Lessons Learned, a very important topic in case studies, should

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the time (if not all)with the student participants. Graduate students (and I should add undergraduate students aswell) are the best ambassadors to recruit potential new students to the College.”6. Engaging administration on campus?“Definitely a must. Administration should be aware of the benefits of the program to theuniversity. Have Administration in the internal evaluation of the program.”7. Sustaining the program beyond funding?“Crucial. One of the main expectations from the sponsoring agency and probably the mostchallenging. Need to have good internal and external evaluation /assessment to strongly justifythe institutionalization of the program within the university

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference,2008.x Thomas P. Hughes, “Technological Momentum in History: Hydrogenation in Germany 1898-1933,” Past andPresent 44 (1969) 132.xi Ingrid H. Soudeck Townsend and Kathryn A. Neeley, “ ‘Naming the Complexity’: Women’s Experience and theHolistic Assessment of Technology,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)Annual Conference, 2000, p. 1.xii Ibid.xiii Clive L. Dym, and Patrick Little, Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, 2nd Edition (New York:Wiley, 2004) 24.xiv Bob Colwell, “Complexity in Design,” IEEE Computer 38:10 (Oct 2005) 10-12.xv George E.P. Box, “Robustness in the strategy of scientific model building,” in Robustness in Statistics, R.L.Launer

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher C. Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tamra Williams Ogletree, University of West Georgia

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Georgia Institute of Technology Meltem Alemdar is a Research Scientist in Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology. Alemdar has experience evaluating programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, after-school programs, and comprehensive school reform initiatives. Across these evaluations, she has used a vari- ety of evaluation methods, ranging from multi-level evaluation plan designed to assess program impact to methods such as program monitoring designed to facilitate program improvement. Her leadership evaluation work includes serving as a lead evaluator on NASA’s electronic professional

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Carr, U.S. Naval Academy; Michael V. Cristiano; Patrick Caton, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

vs. DiameterThe force applied to the piston varies with piston diameter and differential pressure applied to it.A 4-inch diameter piston was selected as the optimum dimension which allowed for sufficientforce to be produced, but not so great that the mechanics of the rocking beam and powerabsorber had to be overly large. The achievable vacuum pressure was assessed to be around 5psia, or around 10 psi below atmospheric. This number was assumed based off of historical dataresearched in an early stage of the design process.One component that was also evaluated by calculation was the rocking beam. The forcegenerated by the piston is an input to this calculation. We then determined the amount of bendingstresses in the beam at critical points

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

shows that ECPs are still in flux about their proximal career path through theirsenior year and outcomes vary by gender and educational institute, which aligns with other workconducted1,2. Now that we have mapped the pathways of ECPs, we are well positioned to tiethese mappings back to the SCCT framework to understand the factors that contribute to theseearly career choices. For example, we know that the economic decline played a role in ECPsearly career choices 18. Moreover, by connecting this information with that from the APSinterviews, a fuller longitudinal assessment of the ECPs and the development of their careerchoices and goals is possible. Such mapping has already begun21.Our research also showed variety with regard to ECPs meeting

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

-condensable gases are easier to exploit.” [5, p454]What are we doing about global warming?Global warming policy dates all the way back to 1896 when Swedish scientists presented theidea that fossil fuels adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere could increase global temperature.After this, scientists began to see upward trends of the temperatures in the North Atlantic in the1930s and reports of the 1950s showed that greenhouse gas levels were increasing year afteryear. It wasn’t until 1988 that the World Meteorological Organization and the United NationsEnvironmental Programme set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to assess dataon climate change and global warming.International efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions started in the

Conference Session

Outreach, Engagement, and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter John Arslanian, NASA/Computer Sciences Corporation; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

assessment of wind tunnel flow quality. Progress in Aerospace Sciences Journal., Vol. 44, pg 315-348, July 2008.12. Phillips, Ben. Estimation of Lift by thin Airfoil theory. MATLAB program. March 2011, University of Maryland Eastern Shore.13. Tsien, Hsue-Shen. On the Design of the Contraction Cone for a Wind Tunnel. Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, February 1943. Page 25.1390.21

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Mara London, Gonzaga University; Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University; Melanie Ruth Walter; Spencer Joseph Fry

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, the forging of consensus and the resolution of differences. • Environment: an awareness of the resources and fragility of the physical environment and the affects on it of human activity and decisions, with a commitment to factoring environmental concerns into social and economic policy development. • Economy: a sensitivity to the limits and potential of economic growth and their impact on society and on the environment, with a commitment to assess personal and societal levels of consumption out of concern for the environment and for social justice”. • The values, diversity, knowledge, languages and worldviews

Conference Session

Using Applications and Projects in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Moore, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Instruction: The VaNTH Biomechanics Learning Modules. Advances in Engineering Education, 1.4. Parsons, J.R., (2002). Engage Program: Implementing and assessing a new first year experience at the University of Tennessee, Journal of Engineering Education.5. Pendergrass, N.A., Kowalczyk, R.E., Dowd, J.P., Laolache, R.N., Nelles, W., Golen, J.A., & Fowler, E. (2001). Improving First-Year Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, 33.6. Bass, H., (1997). Mathematicians as Educators, American Mathematics Society, 44(1), 18.7. Prince, M.J. & Felder, R.M., (2006). Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases. Journal of Engineering Education, 123.8. Prince, M. (2004). Does Active

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A. Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education for Emerging Technologies and Competitiveness

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Firasath Ahmed Syed, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. T. and Wood P.G., 2008, “Assessing the Motivational Impact of Including Rapid Prototyping into a Freshman CAD Class,” Proceedings of 2008 ASEE Pacific Southwest Annual Conference.9. Lantada, A. D., Morgado, P. L., Sanz, J. L. M., Munoz-Guijosa, J. M., and Otero, J. E., 2010, “Toy Design Experience: Improving Students’ Motivation and Results in a Final Year Subject,” Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Education Engineering (EDUCON), pp.1481-1487.10. Johnson, W. M., Coates, C. W., Hager, P., and Stevens, N., 2009, “Employing Rapid Prototyping in a First- Year Engineering Graphics Course,” Proceedings of 2009 ASEE Southeast Section Conference.11. Sinha, A., 2009, “New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education: Rapid Prototyping, 3D

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oluwapelumi Olufemi Aboluwarin, iLab Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Kayode Peter Ayodele; Lawrence O. Kehinde, Obafemi Awolowo University; Babatunde Isaac Ishola

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, Page 25.1117.16 B. Harrison, I. Jabbour, P.D. Long, T. Mao, L. Naamani, J. Northridge, M. Schulz, D. Talavera, C. Varadharajan, S. Wang, K. Yehia, R. Zbib, and D Zych, " The iLab Shared Architecture: A Web Services Infrastructure to Build Communities of Internet Accessible Laboratories", Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 96, No. 6, June 200810. Barry Duncan, EmonaDatex Lab Manual for NIELVIS volume 1. Emona Instruments Pty Ltd, 2009.11. http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/10676, 2006, assessed 2011.12. K.P. Ayodele, L.O. kehinde, O. Jonah, O. Ilori, E.O.B. Ajayi, O.O. Osasona, "Development of an Operational Amplifier Virtual Laboratory Based on iLab Architecture and NI ELVIS," in ASEE Annual

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gamze Ozogul, Arizona State University; Amy M. Johnson, Arizona State University; Martin Reisslein, Arizona State University; Kirsten R. Butcher, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

characteristics than the problems presented during thepractice session of the program. Two engineering instructors scored the near-transfer testquestions (inter-rater reliability 98.5 %). The far-transfer questions were designed to assess students’ ability to transfer theirproblem solving skills to solve a novel set of problems. These questions had different underlyingstructure and different surface features than the practice problems within the computer-basedlearning environment. Specifically, given the individual resistance values and the current throughone of the resistors, the students were asked to calculate the total current in the parallel circuit. Inorder to solve the far-transfer problems the participants had to apply the same basic

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

objective, participants were given a brief but thorough summary of thesculpture’s functions with specific details regarding the technical and metaphorical aspects of theart. The participants were then asked to complete a post-survey that was identical to the initialsurvey to determine if the information had an effect on their impressions. To simplify theprocess, the pre-survey, the informational summary, and the post-survey, along with somedemographic questions, were all packaged into a single online assessment (please see appendix). Page 25.1125.6The entire campus community at Oregon Tech was invited to participate in the study. Theuniversity

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

//IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2007: Milwaukee, WI.14. Castles, R., Scott, E., Lo, J., & Lohani, V., “A Tablet-PC Based Electronic Grading System in a large First- Year Engineering Course,” in Proc. 116th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2009: Austin, TX.15. McMillan, J. H., “Education Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer (5th ed.),” 2008, Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.16. Ferrance, E., “Action Research (Themes in Education Report),” 2000, Retrieved from Brown University, Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory website: http://www.lab.brown.edu/pubs/themes_ed/act_research.pdf17. Susman, G. I. & Evered, R. D., “An Assessment of the Scientific Merits of Action

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

thatonce JD students make the transition from the community college, they are more likely to beretained than those who did not receive the same support and advantages as students in the JDprogram. Academic performance using semester GPAs shows that once students overcome thedifficulty of adjusting to the senior college, their GPAs improve and they may be more likely tograduate. More data, especially from JD students who reach the senior college, are needed tofully assess the success of the JD program. Page 25.1207.3IntroductionWhile the demand for highly skilled engineers is greatly increasing, minorities and women arenot well represented in the

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles; Wang Wei, Southeast University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

, assessment, and curricula regarding thesubject of teaching and learning of information retrieval. The authors collected and analyzed 159papers during the 40-year period of 1968 to 2008 that has anything to do with teaching andlearning of information retrieval. The authors found that about 85 percent of these papers arefrom the field of library science and computer science. This collection of papers gives a trend inthe evolution of information retrieval. While the authors didn’t give a full list of the 159 papers,they did list 104 references in their survey paper, which is invaluable to the community ofinformation retrieval education. The British Computer Society (BCS) held two internationalworkshops on the teaching and learning of information

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

. Page 6.946.14 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2001, 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

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Norine Meyer; Deborah Fisher; Cynthia Villanueva; Amy Strobel

– based on facts – after watching the video. a. Not just for guys b. Not just for the computer geeks c. Lots of people contact and ways to help people 2. Will have specific ideas about career options in engineering and/or computer science fields after viewing the video. a. Glimpses of all engineering and/or computer science disciplines 3. Will know that women can do all types of engineering jobs after viewing the video. a. Scenes of women working on teams Length: Eight Minutes Evaluation Method: A pre – and post - questionnaire will be developed to assess knowledgebefore

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

-authored professional papers 10% 42% Worked more than 1 school yr N/A 50%V.6 MetricsSome metrics to assess the performance of this group might be:1. Development of students (continuous evaluation through weekly reports, levels of responsibility assumed, etc.2. Success of students in what they want to do next; i.e., Co-op jobs, graduate school, full-time jobs.3. Undergraduate co-authorship of professional-level papers and reports. These are listed in the Bibliography.4. Performance of teams in competitions: where appropriate, undergraduate teams have been encouraged to participate in national competitions. To-date, they have thrice won places in the NASA Reduced Gravity Flight Test program, and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhong Gu; Sheela Ramanna; James Peters; Hal Berghel; Daniel Berleant; Steve Russell

engineering-based treatments of a topic that are found, etc. Because this aspect of theresearch has yet to be carried out, we defer details to future accounts of the work.To evaluate the success of our approach on individual courses, a somewhat ad hoc approach isnecessary; evaluations can however be done in a well-disciplined manner. Because of thepanoply of ways the software engineering field can address different pedagogical issues indiverse courses, there is no single assessment method that would apply to all cases. Anevaluation plan is needed for each affected course. Each evaluation plan will be developed incollaboration with the instructor of the course, in accordance with the following outline.Start loop A) Schedule a consultation

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

presentations. The corrections were implemented, and the final reports were submittedon the last day of the Site.Each student participant was asked to give a written narrative evaluation of their experience, andturn it on the last day. Besides the narrative evaluation, a separate questionnaire was filled out byeach participant on the first day and the last day of the REU Site to assess the success of the REUexperience provided. In general, all students expressed great satisfaction with the experience andcommented that they would highly recommend a similar experience to their friends. The Page 6.185.10participants were given instructions on the work

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mitchell; Katherine Sanders; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Patrick Farrell

continue their work in Stage 2 in which they againmeet weekly and work with a facilitated team. They have three options for Stage 2 teams. Oneis a “Classroom Experimentation” team designed to provide a framework for plannedimplementation of classroom innovations, mentored and observed by other team members. Thesecond type of team is an “Advanced Learning Team” where the faculty collaborate on an in-depth study of a topic of the group’s choice (e.g. instructional technologies, gender issues inteaching, teaching large classes, developmental assessment, student motivation, criticalthinking). The third type is a “Seminar Series Team” in which the CCLE meetings coincide witha monthly campus wide Teaching and Learning Colloquium Series. The CCLE

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

using both objective and subjectivemeasures.Two examples of projects assigned to students from courses that employ an industrial setting inthe labs are presented. Students are provided with the technical fundamentals in the first part ofthe course before implementing the industrial setting. In the industrial setting the faculty take theapproach of a busy project manager thereby expecting the engineers (the students) to be more selfreliant by using their critical thinking and problem solving skills.No academic assessment of the effectiveness of this approach has been implemented yet. Butthe following observations have been made. Students working in teams in an industrial settingduring their junior year are better prepared for the more rigorous

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert George; Allen Soyster; John Lamancusa

company forstudent travel, tools and/or materials? It has been our experience that the sourcing of projectsshould be led by the administration of the program (in contrast with the individual faculty).There are several reasons for this. If industrial projects are a required part of one’s curriculum,then more than one faculty must be involved and course direction and oversight is shared amongseveral faculty. Hence, the responsibility of an individual faculty is intermittent. But, contactand on-going relationships with sponsoring companies needs to be regular and routine. Potentialprojects need to be assessed and reviewed well before the beginning of the semester. In essence,the university needs to have one or more individuals who are assigned to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T. Taylor; T. Egolf; R. Klenke; M. Salinas; J. Stinson; H. Carter; Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; Anthony J. Gadient

Verify, Compare, Contrast Create, Design, Testplan, Level 4 PRODUCTIVE Assess, Judge, Choose, Critique Industry Role Figure 2. The Education Maturity Model (EMM)The underlying ideas that motivate the EMM, illustrated in Figure 2, indicate that Level 1 (basic)can be supported by typical classroom instruction and presentation, Level 2 (applicative) can besupported by hands-on laboratories that make use of point tools (e.g., a VHDL simulator) toperform simple example problems, Level 3 (deductive) can be supported by advanced hands-onlabs and notes describing the design of