Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

ages 5 – 13 will increase by 12%, and 28% for ages 14 – 171.In response to teacher shortages, many communities and states have resorted to hiring educatorsfrom other countries, lowering teaching certification standards, and staffing science andmathematics courses with unqualified teachers who don’t have a major or minor in the field. Thelater two items are most troubling in light of the recent quantitative research by Darling-Hammond2 indicating “that measures of teaching preparation and certification are by far thestrongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics, both before and aftercontrolling for student poverty and language status.”In this context, ATA was developed to educate, nurture, and facilitate science and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamy Fry; Mark A. Nanny; Mary John O'Hair; Teri Reed Rhoads

chose a set of survey instruments developed by researchers at the Departmentof Educational Studies and Center for Research on Cognition and Learning and the EducationalResearch Institute at Utrecht University in Ljubljana, The Netherlands. The surveys weredeveloped and tested in response to a national push in the Netherlands to improve teaching andencourage authentic teaching methods7 . A pair of Authentic Pedagogy questionnaires created byRoelofs and Terwel1 were designed to elicit information from secondary students relating theirexperiences with authentic teaching practices. The instruments initially consisted of twoseparate surveys: one for foreign language (English) courses and one for mathematics courses.A separate teacher’s manual was

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

International

Matherly is Associate Dean for Global Education and Applied Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Tulsa, where she directs the institution’s international study, work, and volunteer programs. She is currently directing the university’s initiatives for new university partnerships in China. Dr. Matherly is the co-PI for a National Science Foundation Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) Grant that funds initiatives to expand international research opportunities for science and engineering majors. She serves as the director of the INNOVATE conference, which involves students from five countries 14 in the study of globalization and technology in Asia, and the

Conference Session

Pre-Service Development Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

some of the ambiguity forstudents producing deliverables for a design challenge and provides the instructor with apractical approach to assessing student work. In addition to offering a new pedagogical approachto engineering design thinking, the following research offers empirical evidence of studentcognition as they go through an engineering design process. Finally, we provide definitions andstudent generated examples of the four modeling artifacts to include; conceptual models,graphical models, mathematical models and working models.The Need The case for infusing engineering ‒ specifically engineering design ‒ into K-12 settings hasbeen made by educators and policy makers 1-3 . Yet determining how engineering design will beoperationalized

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft; Monica Pfarr; Jack Waintraub

Technology Students (2000) is available on the SC ATEwebsite. In addition, two special recruitment strategies have been developed, one through theATE Scholars initiative and the other is the ET Career Ambassador program.The SC ATE designed workplace research activity helps instructors, particularly those fromgeneral education, understand what students really need to know and be able to do in theworkplace. The activity is designed to be done by interdisciplinary teams and is useful forhelping instructors prioritize instruction. Faculty report that after completing this researchactivity, they can focus on the more valuable skills and knowledge and spend less time oncontent that is not critical for student success.Colleges wanting to adapt and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Fisher; Jed Lyons

fellows, the K-12 teachers, or the K-12 students. Thispaper focuses only on the GK-12 fellows. The research questions addressed here are: 1. How does the GK-12 program affect the science related communication and teaching skills of the fellows? 2. Is there a difference between the elementary-based and middle-school based GK-12 programs with respect to the answer to question 1?Fellow survey results. Seven items on the initial/final fellow survey instrument directlyaddressed development of science related communication and teaching skills of project fellows.Initial and final surveys could be paired for 10 Cohort 1 fellows and for 9 Cohort 2 fellows. Itshould be noted that the survey asked fellows to indicate their prior teaching

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Olds

undergraduate andgraduate. One objective for this project is to increase the developers’ abilities to designinstruction materials for teachers and students that are consistent with the research and theory onHow People Learn1. Another objective is to increase the depth of BME students’ contentknowledge. The university students have partnered with university faculty, industry experts, andK12 teachers to develop a 3-week engineering module. The module challenges middle schoolstudents to draw on previously learned scientific principles as they design and constructprosthetic arms to accomplish tasks requiring either strength or fine motor control. The group'saffiliation with the Center for International Rehabilitation has led to the creation of a 3

Conference Session

National and Multi-university Initiatives

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University; Timothy J. Kriewall, Kern Family Foundation; Christopher Kitts, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2012-4902: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AMONG UNIVERSI-TIES: A DENSE NETWORK APPROACHProf. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of computer science and Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, Baylor University.Dr. Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University Sridhar Condoor is a professor in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department. He is also the Program Director for Mechanical Engineering, a KEEN fellow, a Coleman Fellow, and the Editor of the Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship. Condoor teaches sustainability, product design, and entrepreneurship. His research interests are in the areas of design theory and methodology, technology

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ioannis Miaoulis; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

fellowshare the instruction during the unit. In this format the teacher often communicates to thegraduate student what the next unit will focus on. The graduate student will then research severalengineering activities that could be presented to the class. The fellow then lets the teacher knowwhat ideas they have come up with and they discuss the activity the teacher selects. The fellowprovides the teacher with information on the project and how it will work as well as backgroundinformation. The teacher then presents the majority of the material to the students, occasionallyleaving the most technical concepts information for the graduate student to explain.While working with the Teacher-Fellow instruction model the fellows must be aware of theteachers

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint; Dhruba Baishya, University of Michigan - Flint

Tagged Divisions

International

engineeringeducation is at its infancy stage. Researchers, academic institutions, and industry have employedmultifarious projects to understand and model globalization of engineering educationWe strongly emphasize that optimum work needs to be done to prepare upcoming U.S. studentswho will be competent in an increasingly demanding global work environment. In order toestablish new models, we made an attempt to understand and analyze perspectives of current(U.S. and non-U.S.) students, academic faculty, and engineering professionals currently workingin industry. One of the goals of this study was to test the hypothesis that the current U.S.curriculum do not adequately prepare engineering students to work, manage and communicateeffectively with engineers and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Roe

).3. Eric Roe, M. Barger, A. Hoff, R. Gilbert, J. Hickey, K. Rogers, A. Greenway, M. Hepburn, K. Loweke, B. Smrstick. High School Technology Initiative (HSTI): High Tech Curriculum Materials for High School Science. In Seventh Annual Conference – Advanced Technological Education in Semiconductor Manufacturing. ATESM, 2001.ERIC A. ROE is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at USF. He received his MS in Chemical Engineeringfrom USF. Prior to his study at USF, he was employed in Research and Development at Tropicana Products. Hisresearch interests are Food Engineering, Fluidized Bed Drying, and the integration of engineering and education

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Creese, West Virginia University; M. Adithan, Vellore Institue of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

programs are listed inTable 1. Additional undergraduate engineering programs were started in 1993, the first MSprograms started in 1994, the M. Technology started in 1995, and the Master of Philosophy andPhD research programs were started in 2003. The admissions for the various engineeringprograms through the first 24 years are presented in Table 2 and the graduations rates for thoseTable 1. Schools and Programs at VIT University in 2007 School Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs (MS, M. Tech., M. Software, MCA, MBA)School of Mechanical Engineering Automotive EngineeringMechanical and Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #10025Freshmen engineering course in an Oil & Gas UniversityDr. Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his PhD in Indus- trial Engineering from University of Louisville (2006), masters in Industrial Engineering from University of Louisville (2003) and also a master’s in business administration from Indira Gandhi National Open Uni- versity (2001). His research interests include advanced manufacturing, design methodologies, six sigma, lean manufacturing, and engineering education. He previously taught at Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

Paper # 2003-1125 Engineering Ambassadors in the High School Classroom Robert F. Vieth, Kazem Kazerounian School of Engineering University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3222AbstractStudents and faculty within the School of Engineering and the Neag School of Education at theUniversity of Connecticut have initiated a program, with the support of the National ScienceFoundation, to introduce core engineering concepts to select high school students in the State ofConnecticut. This program, entitled the

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #10246Lessons in Manufacturing Education for the U.S. from Austria’s Dual-TrackEducation SystemDr. Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics Dr. Victoria Hill is a Founder and Research Scientist of Numeritics, a research and consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. She was recently a part of a delegation of U.S. experts on Advanced Manufacturing and the STEM Talent Pipeline that traveled to Vienna, Austria as a part of the George C. Marshall Foundation’s efforts to increase cooperation between the U.S. and Austria in the area of Advanced Manufacturing. Dr. Hill has worked on STEM talent issues for many years, and recently

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashanth Jayaraman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Garrett Bradley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Odis Griffin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Dooley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

International

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and concentration in Green Engineering. During his academic career, Garrett actively participated in numerous international initiatives at Virginia Tech and has maintained involvement in several projects since graduating.Odis Griffin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Hayden Griffin is the Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include the theories of human learning, especially in an engineering context, design of effective engineering courses and curricula, and design of graduate programs in engineering education.John Dooley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; Jerald Varner

Probability and Random Processes”, Proceedings of the 2004 Frontiers in Education Conference, Savannah, GA., October 2004. 3. Creswell, J. W., Research Design: Qualitative \& Quantitative Approaches, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1994. 4. Stevens, F., F. Lawrenz and L. Sharp, User Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education, NSF 93-152 revised February 1996. 5. Srinivasan, S., Pérez, L. C., Palmer, R. D., Anderson, M. F. and Boye, A. J., “Assessing Laboratory Effectiveness in Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Courses”, Proceedings of the 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO., October 2003. 6

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Lacey Prouty; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

education, and ability to work effectively with teachers andchildren involved with program.Within the graduate academic program, GK-12 graduate fellowships take the place of atraditional research assistant (RA) or teaching assistant (TA) position at the School ofEngineering providing tuition and stipend. Fellows spend 20 hours per week on the project, with16 hours (2 full school days) per week spent in the classroom of their partnering teacher. Theremainder of the time allotted by fellows is spent taking part in seminars relating appropriateeducational pedagogy, discussing classroom strategies for learning, and interacting withundergraduates working to support curricula ideas. Currently, graduate fellows formally partnerwith 10 technology education

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Harrah; Martha Cyr; Brad George

varioustasks that are component to its efficient and timely completion.As the planned tasks mirror the steps of the engineering design process, this exercise alsobecomes a pedagogical tool to review and reinforce this material. In addition, theusefulness of the graphical representation of information is also emphasized. It is ourexperience that students respond well to this exercise and in the periodic charting ofactual progress against initial goals, experience the reinforcement of planning skillswhich are broadly applicable to many types of team based problems.It is the objective of this paper to discuss in detail the motivations, instructional methodsand impacts of implementing engineering timelines into middle schooltechnology/engineering design

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Distinction in 2010. Dr. Natarajarathi- nam’s research interests include coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and optimizing global supply chains. Her research articles have won best paper awards at Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference and Society of Marketing Advances Conference. She currently serves on the Editorial advisory board for International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. Dr. Natarajarathinam has worked on several research projects funded by government agencies and industry. She has a strong passion for student development. She is the founding faculty of the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution

Conference Session

National and Multi-university Initiatives

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Edmond John Dougherty, Villanova University; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Kenneth F. Bloemer, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

developing countries. He also writes and does research in the areas of engineering ethics and engineering education.Edmond John Dougherty, Villanova University Edmond John Dougherty is a graduate of Villanova and Drexel universities. He is the Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship program at Villanova University. He is also President of Ablaze Develop- ment Corp and a Founder of Wavecam Media. Ablaze provides electronic and software product design services. Wavecam designs, produces, and operates a number of aerial remote camera systems for sports and entertainment. He specializes in product design, engineering project management, artificial intelli- gence, and creativity. He was a key part of a team that won an

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Moayyad AlNasra; Virgil Cox

too late. What was accepted in the1970s may not be accepted today as far as civil engineering technology curriculumis concerned. The civil engineering technology industry changed drastically latelywhile the civil engineering technology education changed a little. Five-year study atGaston College of the Civil Engineering Technology two-year program will bepresented. The study will focus on the factors affecting the survival rate, studentacademic performance, initial salary, and the waiting period before getting the firstjob after graduation.Techniques and procedures to enhance creative environment in the civilengineering technology program will be discussed. Reforming math and sciencecourses in the engineering technology curriculum became a

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Session 2530 TTU College of Engineering Pre-College Engineering Academy© Teacher Training Program John R. Chandler, Ph.D. and A. Dean Fontenot, Ph.D. College of Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on progress to-date in the planning, design, and initial implementations of aK-12 engineering program being developed collaboratively by Texas Tech University, LubbockIndependent School District, and a growing number of other entities. The paper discusses variousissues endemic in K-12 and post-secondary education that have driven the evolution of

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

InitiativeThe Virginia Middle School Engineering Education Initiative (VMSEEI) was designed toaddress this need. Our goal is to design and implement Engineering Teaching Kits (ETKs)to introduce engineering concepts and methods to students in middle school science andmath classes. The four major objectives of VMSEEI are to: (i.) Show middle school teachers and student teachers how to introduce engineering and technology into their classes using ETKs; (ii.) Use ETKs to promote awareness and stimulate excitement among middle school students concerning the nature and practice of the engineering profession; (iii.) Develop in the students an early appreciation for the tradeoffs involved in the

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

season (i.e. semester)without losing eligibility. The key element of Redshirt Camp is the creation of a learningcommunity in which students collaborate in small groups on challenging exercises. Topics arenot only intended to strengthen students’ base knowledge in pertinent course-related content (e.g.units, vector calculus, and linear algebra), but are intended to help the students discover andpractice effective learning strategies such as time management and reading comprehension,which they can apply to future coursework, research, and work projects. All entering sophomores and incoming transfer students are invited to participate at nocost to the student. Since many of our students hold part time jobs and taking time off from workcould

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

assessmentsconducted during a teachers’ workshop held at the University of Virginia in August of2003. This paper reports the results of these assessments, and their implications for ourcontinued work in this area.IntroductionThe Virginia Middle School Engineering Education Initiative (VMSEEI) has beendeveloping ETKs to introduce middle school students to engineering concepts andtechniques. Each ETK emphasizes the engineering design approach to problem solving.We identify topics from science, math, and technology that have interesting engineeringapplications, and then help students learn science and math in the context of engineeringdesign. Each ETK includes real-world constraints: budget, cost, time, risk, reliability,safety, and customer needs and demands

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmundo Tovar; José Carrillo; Jesús García

Tagged Divisions

International

VIEWPOINTS TO DEVELOP QUALITY POLICIES IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREAAbstractQuality assurance in Higher Education is by no means only a European concern. All over theworld there is an increasing interest in quality and standards, reflecting both the rapid growth ofhigher education and its cost to the public and the private purse. Accordingly, if Europe is toachieve its aspiration to be the most dynamic and knowledge-based economy in the world, thenEuropean Higher Education will need to demonstrate: it takes the quality of its programmes andawards seriously and is willing to put into place the means of assuring and demonstrating thatquality. The initiatives and

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

greater adoption ofmobile technologies are concerns regarding data integrity and wireless network security. Thiswork details creation of a new 2-year degree program in wireless communications that integratessecurity throughout. Security concepts and hands-on experiences are woven into the programitself and within individual courses. This model curriculum will benefit individuals andinstitutions interested in developing similar programs based on regional workforce needs.Key topics include an overview of the current program under development and the expectedevolution that will occur over the next few years. Additionally, the authors share research andinsight into future trends for this new technology; describe the skills needed by this

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Hugh Rogers, University of Central Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

throughout the state to articulate various A.S. degrees to appropriate B.S.programs. This paper will review some of the new and innovative approaches variousinstitutions are taking to developing new A.S. to B.S. articulation agreements.State-Wide-ActivitiesUnder the new criteria, all Florida A.S. degree programs can develop their own articulationagreements with appropriate upper division programs throughout the state. However to furtherpromote this initiative; the state designated twelve Associate of Science degrees to beautomatically articulated to specific university programs. To date, only five AS degree programshave been approved for articulation to a Bachelor of Science degree. These programs areElectronic Engineering Technology, Radiography

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

survey.The National AGC reviewed and approved the survey and mailed it to selected local chaptersafter considering geographic factors. The initial mailing was in the spring of 2000, with afollow up mailing in the fall of 2000. From the two mailings, 280 questionnaires werereturned that were used. PRESENTATION AND ANALYZING OF DATA Data Analysis was divided into three parts corresponding to the three parts of thequestionnaire: (1) relative importance of various subjects, (2) the comparative significance ofthe seven general/topic subject areas, and (3) background information of the respondents andfirms. The results from the constructors were keyed into a spreadsheet and double-checked