Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

and role models (residence hall staff, all of whom are successful undergraduate or graduate students in a variety of disciplines; teaching assistants and faculty as well as minority and women professionals) • facilitate information and resource exchange between Michigan Technological University, parents, and personnel from each participating school • maintain students’ focus on post-secondary education and future career opportunities, especially in the sciences and engineering with various follow-up activities • regularly assess and change programs so that they meet the changing needs of students and parentsThe Tech PrEP program described in the following sections blends the proven success of theabove

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Billy Koen

operated by the West Virginia Archive Society that describes the flood using both photographs and text.14 The approach to incorporating ethics into an Engineering Communication course whichis described in this paper is currently being assessed. That assessment involves a review of thefinal papers in the class by several engineering faculty in the Department of MechanicalEngineering. Each faculty member will review 50 papers from the fall semester and evaluate thesuccess of the project in engaging students in a meaningful exploration of topics with ethicaldimensions. We believe this analysis from faculty who are not involved in or invested in thecourse will provide us with valuable feedback. In addition, portions of the

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John King; Dae-Wook Kim; Tom Stoebe

curricula on CAD, CNC machining theory and lab and CAM. This is notsurprising because most manufacturing technology instructors used to be CNC machinistsin their backgrounds. Also, it was determined that modularized curriculum should includea detailed lesson plan and all supporting resources such as slides (Power Point base),handouts, and skill check or assessment units. The format utilized for the modularizedcurriculum is: Introduction, Lesson Plan, Class Curriculum, Handouts, Assessment,Module evaluations, Overheads and Resources. Using this format, an instructor canidentify module content by reading the Lesson Plan. The Class Curriculum sectionprovides instructors with an overview of topics, content knowledge, and activities for themodule. All

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Fisher; Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

time, each Fellow is expected toadequately progress in his/her university program of study and complete their thesis research.From August 2001 through July 2004, three cohorts Fellows each were partnered with teachersin local public elementary and middle schools. The 2001 cohort of Fellows included 9 graduatestudents and 2 undergraduate seniors. The 2002 cohort of Fellows included 10 graduate studentsand one undergraduate senior. The 2003 cohort consisted of 13 graduate students.Assessment ProceduresMultiple assessment procedures were used to analyze the effect of the GK-12 program on the Page 10.516.1Fellows’ research and program of study

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

industrial engineeringcurriculum at Tennessee Tech University in the Fall 2002 semester. In the Information Systemscourse, students use Microsoft Excel, Access, and VBA to solve industrial engineering problems.Upon completion of the course, students have experience with constructs of the VBA language,ActiveX controls, and importing and exporting data between VBA and Excel. In the 2004-05academic year, as a result of assessment data from senior exit interviews and capstone designjuries, the course was moved to the fall semester of the junior year so that students could havethese tools available for courses in the spring of the junior year as well as the senior year. The

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Sahakian

the principles associated.The effectiveness of the designed apparatus and its demonstration was assessed throughasking students to reflect upon the presentation. Students’ perspectives were explored toevaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration. We report the study context--thedemonstration--, and its effectiveness for the targeted population as how it was informedfrom students’ reflections.Study context: The NMR demonstration.The present demonstration was done in a typical classroom rather than a laboratory.Though we do not simply claim that it is always feasible to conduct an NMR/MRIexperiment in a typical classroom rather than a laboratory, in our case, it was moreconvenient for us to bring the apparatus to the classroom rather than

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

. Page 9.1386.2 • Know what it takes to be an effective team leader and/or member.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education • Be able to solve PERT/CPM network problems and determine the critical path, early start, late start, slack times, etc., using Microsoft Project software. • Be able to make oral presentations about their proposals, plans, and project activities.Various methods are used to assess how well students are able to achieve the courseoutcomes, including: • Projects (either with industry or a simulated project) • Written technical reports (proposals, plans

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

scholarship and attendeda two-credit Academic Success Workshop. Additional minority freshmen also attended theclass.The students meet for two hours each week. The primary purposes of the Academic SuccessWorkshop are to help with the adjustment to being a university freshmen, to ensure that thestudents have someone to talk to should any problems arise by becoming acquainted with Schoolstaff, to assist in forming a support network for the student, to help teach teamwork, to sharpenpresentation skills, and to have an enjoyable experience.This paper discusses the program elements including a video tape series on making good grades,individual and team assignments, and assessment of the class which is done weekly. All of thestudents were retained to the

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Song; Niranjan Chakravarthy; Leon Iasemidis; Andreas Spanias

is for a student to read a high-level DNAtutorial and execute our Java simulations. A series of learning modules and accompanying web-based exercises have also been developed. Exercises include: DNA fundamentals, numericalmapping of nucleotides, DNA power spectrum computation, and amino acid sequencing. Thesoftware and hands-on exercises have been assigned and assessed in the undergraduate DSPclass at ASU. Page 9.1181.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education1

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dona Johnson; Harriet Hartman; Beena Sukumaran

. This research focuses on engineering enrollment in Kerala in India. Keralahas seen higher enrollment of women in engineering for a decade or more. This study examinesthe cultural, political and social aspects that have made engineering enrollment in Kerala reachlevels that are rarely seen in the United States or the Western world, and assesses how the social,cultural and political aspects of the region can create the preconditions and facilitating conditionsnecessary for higher enrollment of women in engineering. The study will also focus on lessonslearnt from this region of the world, which can be adopted in other countries to improve theenrollment of women in engineering. The paper also describes a study which is currentlyunderway among

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Nadir; Peter Young; Il Yong Kim; Olivier de Weck; David Wallace

conception to implementation. Activities include hand sketching, CAD, CAE, CAM,design optimization, rapid prototyping, and structural testing. The learning objectives, pedagogy,required resources and instructional processes as well as results from a student assessment are discussed.1. IntroductionA recent survey of undergraduate students in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics atMIT has shown that there is a desire for training in modern design methods using state-of-the-artCAD/CAE/CAM technology and design optimization. Individual students have suggested theaddition of a short and intense course in rapid prototyping, combined with design optimization.The specific reference from the student survey is paraphrased here:"The CDIO [conceive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

, American Society for Engineering Education” Table 2: Students practicing the RP in Fall 2003Evaluation PlanIn order to evaluate the impact of these courses’ enhancements through RP, the following toolswere developed:TTU Assessment Office conducts course assessment every semester through the official facultyevaluation process. Through the feedback of this evaluation, results are used to further improvethe RP courses.An unofficial TTU evaluation team was formed to monitor the course enhancement with RP. Aspecial assessment instrument was designed with a mix of multiple choices and written detailquestions on the efficiency and effectiveness of the RP portion of the courses and labs in relationto course objectives. Figure 2

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

exams.To ensure that the students develop good communication skills, they are required to writeperiodic progress memos throughout the semester. In their first memo, students are askedto describe the goals of their sub-team and their own personal goals. In their last memo,students are asked to evaluate whether or not they met the goals set forth in the firstmemo and describe any challenges that they overcame in attaining them. These memosare used as part of the assessment plan for the AFE enterprise, which will be described ina future ASEE paper.The culmination of the semester is summarized by each sub-team in a final report. Thisreport is submitted in both electronic and hard copy formats. The reports are used toensure that the students are

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Walsh; Sean Pearson; Jeffrey Cotton; Jane Hall; Robert Caverly

relevant technicalliterature.Faculty mentoring was a large component of the program. The faculty mentor met individuallyand in groups with the students several times per week to gauge progress and assess workedperformed to date. The mentoring load was heaviest during the initial summer month while thestudents learned the foundational material, with a lessening of the mentoring load as the studentsbecame more self-sufficient and confident in their research abilities. The undergraduatestudents also had the opportunity to work with an entering graduate student during the durationof the summer research experience that had a similar undergraduate research experience theprevious spring.Based on past experience, it was noted that electrical engineering

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek

1. Analysis of creativity-teaching businesses 2. Analysis of examples of disruptive technologies 6 1. Draw a mind map of the course contentsThe first mid-term exam is web-based, and contains one hundred (100) multiple choice andtrue/false questions. The second mid-term exam is in a take home format. It consists of fiveopen-ended problems, requiring some background research, analysis and assessment. Studentshave 72 hours to complete their work and submit the results. Page 10.256.6Team-based class projects are the primary activity of students’ experience and the significantbasis for final assessment. Each

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Homkes; Henry Kraebber; Donna Evanecky

engineersshould look at the architecture, partitioning, and decomposition of the software elements in thesystem. Assessment can be made as to a modules failure to execute, incomplete execution,execution at the wrong time, or incorrect result. Software Interface FMEA “is intended to focuson failures affecting the interfaces between disparate software and hardware elements.”9 In thiscase software engineers should assess how a value may not be updated, be updated incompletely,be updated at the wrong time, or be updated incorrectly. Software Detailed FMEA is meant to“assess the effect on the software and the system of failures in the software functionality and inthe variables used in the software.”9 In this case incorrect values that may result from

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyejeong Kim; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

. midway through a run.3. PROTOTYPE EVALUATIONThe prototype line balancing problem solving environment was evaluated by undergraduatestudents to find out:• Did the lessons help students to learn more about line balancing concepts such as cycle time, workstation utilization, and work-in-process?• Student opinions about various aspects of the Toolkit, such as effectiveness, ease-of-use, and relevance to their education.• Student comments.In addition, a learning styles inventory was used to find out more about these students’ learningstyles in order to assess possible relationships between learning style and response to theprototype.3.1 Participants, Materials, and Experimental ProceduresParticipants. There were two groups of participants in

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

ahighly energetic response that caused the complete destruction of the lab, the scientistsand a local village. DO NOT attempt to open the case on your test device. Allexaminations of these devices must be performed without exposing the contents.Restrictions: Do not apply more than 5 V DC to any terminal of the device. Do notremove the suspected alien technology from EERC room 619.After you receive your approved Test Proposal from your TA, conduct the tests accordingto the procedures developed in the Test Proposal. Report your conclusions about theexact nature of the circuit, including circuit topology and component characteristics instandard lab report format prescribed by department policy. Include drawings,schematics and an assessment of your

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

designs in formal, technical reports. Marketingstudents create sales slogans, advertising materials and product descriptions. Businessstudents prepare notes of company meetings and send invitations and thank you messages tofaculty who serve as consultants.Evaluation and assessment of the projectSince the one-semester MIMIC project was expanded to a four-semester program beginningin fall 2004, a full assessment of the impact of the program will not be possible until the firstgroup of freshmen have completed their technical programs. An examination of the productsredesigned in the fall of 2004 (see strobe light example above) is a clear indication thatproduct quality and viability has improved even in one semester. As the program continues,students

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Rossler; Martin High

technical issues confronted in practice. The paper begins with a brief discussion as towhy legal studies are helpful to technical professionals. Next, Oklahoma State University’s legalstudy program goals are described, followed by an overview of the curriculum and courses thatcomprise the Legal Studies Program. Delivery issues are then discussed. The paper concludeswith program assessment results to date and general conclusions as to the benefits of thisprogram to our graduates. Page 10.885.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kline

ownsimulation solutions to problems as well as experiment with models provided by the instructor.Preliminary assessment data shows that students respond favorably to the combined textbook andsimulation approach.introductionThe manufacturing sector plays a vital role in the national economy and the recent pressures ofoutsourcing and offshoring have placed the sector under enormous stress. Since July 2000, some2.8 million jobs in manufacturing have been lost and manufacturing employment has been inoverall decline from its peak in 197911. Despite the decline of the manufacturing sector since2000, the manufacturing sector still accounts for 13.8% of GNP and 10.5% of employment in theUnited States6. These recent and continuing trends of the decline of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

, personal objectives or overall career growth from their participation in the project. This should be a key factor in assessing the impact of the project. Given the educational nature of the project undertaken, the goals and objectives should be clearly stated. Figure 1 provides a framework to ensure the plan associated with the project covers all areas for participation. Customers Mission Objective

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Johnson; Andrew Jackson

area in aclean, organized, and safe condition. The team schedules audits of the area to check for each ofthe 5S’s. During the audit, the area is scored. The audit score sheet is posted in the area. Theteam also asks for improvement suggestions from other team members and other stakeholders.Incorporating 5S into the IE Curriculum As part of a current Industrial Engineering curriculum-wide assessment, in preparationfor an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation visit during2005, faculty members in the Industrial Engineering Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce (TAMUC) are developing a multi-phase exposure to the 5S Philosophy. Thisexposure will introduce students to the importance of workplace

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy; Jamie Phillips

processinvolves teaching “teaching”, where similarities may be drawn to technical subject matter whereteaching a subject is known to be one of the best methods of learning a subject. The mentoringaspect of the teaching internship forces the faculty member to not only assess the effectiveness ofthe teaching intern, but also to evaluate the teaching approaches of the faculty member and toevoke thoughts of pedagogy in general. These effects were pronounced in this teachinginternship, and are consistent with feedback from the Georgia Tech program3. The teachingintern for this project had recently taken a course in teaching and had interest in integratingactive learning strategies and evaluating their effect on students with varied learning styles

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Dunn; John Brauer

have the opportunity to take a ManagementStyle Assessment to see what their own dominate management style will be when they entermanagement. Management principles are reinforced with a homework exercise using the casestudy “Tipping Point Leadership”8 , a study of the management style of Police Chief WilliamBratton. The HR/Management section is concluded with a management guest speaker fromIBM.3. Product Development ProcessesThe learning objectives of the Product Development Processes are to be able to identify andevaluate the elements of the five steps of a project management and to describe the seven Page 9.1335.4elements of a well executed

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

course.IntroductionMasters of Education candidates within the Technology Education program are required todevelop vehicle-based technology projects to use in their own high school and middle schoolclasses. The purpose of the vehicle project is to motivate students to learn about teamwork,engineering design, math, physics and technology. The candidates create a curriculum plan thatincorporates the project. The curriculum plan includes the educational objectives that thecandidates intend to meet and the assessment tools that the candidates will use. The candidatesbuild examples of the vehicles and test them in a friendly competition at the end of the course.During the summer of 2002, candidates were introduced to the Ekranoplan vehicle. This vehicleprovides educators

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Healy

, is that it brings together in one place material thataddresses the eight ABET considerations, and that it provides a set of case studies thatcan be used to help students study the topic, and which can be assessed to measurestudent understanding.This paper has four parts. • Description of the Handbook • General Use of the Handbook in the Program • Some Specific Examples • ConclusionDescription of the HandbookThe Handbook has an introduction and 12 chapters. 1. Manufacturability 2. Sustainability 3. Usability 4. Health and Safety 5. Environmental Impact 6. Ethical 7. Social 8. Political 9. Economic 10. Compassion 11. Lifelong Learning 12. Bringing it All TogetherEach of the twelve

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Almeida; Guillermo Salazar

spreadsheets, AutoCAD, and Revit Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe background survey represented a valuable source of information for future design andassessment of assignments, as they are shown in the next part.AssignmentsThree assignments were given to the students during the week.Assignment 1: The first assignment asked the students to work in groups and to issue a requestfor painting and carpeting services for the classroom where the class was being taught. Theobjective of the task was to assess their ability to perform measurements of essential buildingelements, such as walls, windows

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Li Bai; Saroj Biswas

feedback time, protection of students identity, and eliminationof bias of students response with their grades. The system is in operation at the College ofEngineering, Temple University since Fall of 2002. Students can assess faculty teachingperformance anytime during the semester, and the results are immediately prompted back to theinstructor. This allows the instructor to make changes in the course material or in teachingtechnique before the semester is over. This paper also introduces a technique for analyzing web-based raw data, and correlating it with students expected class performance so as to remove anybias. The course evaluation system can be quickly modified, and implemented by an instructorfor any course.1. IntroductionEffective

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

centered on the assessment of the currentconditions of Yosemite Slough. Primary concentration was on involving and educating thecommunity and gathering a viable baseline dataset that could play a critical role in future phasesof restoration efforts.This paper focuses on i) the training program for community members; ii) the process of datacollection; and iii) how data is shared with the broader community and utilized to influencecommunity decision processes.Training RequirementsCommunity research teams consist predominantly of local high school students, referred towithin this text as research assistants (RAs). As previously described5, the University of SanFrancisco coordinates the training of these RAs in fundamental water quality concepts