Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

more obstacle in the way of language students which is peer pressureto be discussed in more details later. In the first year of our experiment, the retention rate was44% and the remaining 56% were rather successful.At the end of the courses, a final achievement test was given, and every professor had todemonstrate a fragment of either their lecture or a scientific report in English to the audience.Traditionally, oral communication skills in a foreign language are very difficult to achieve inthe Russian system of education. Fluency in a foreign language has always been assessedaccording to the ability to read and translate the texts which can be assessed in written exams.Assessing oral communication is difficult at all levels of language

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HongLi Luo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

priorities to device, Ethernet port, and application4. Those features are designed to provide QoS for real-time multimedia applications, for example, Voice over IP (VoIP), video streaming, and interactive gaming.AssessmentThe assessment of this lab design is based on the feedback from the students and self-evaluationof learning outcomes. Learning outcomes of the lab assignments are: ≠ Learn how to build and maintain a home or small business network ≠ Understand the fundamental concepts of data communication and networking ≠ Understand the OSI and TCP/IP network models ≠ Know about the current network infrastructure, network devices and transmission medium ≠ Know about the functionalities, protocols and addressing at

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

for distributed product innovation teams; 2) instrumentation of that environment for design knowledge capture, indexing, reuse, and performance assessment; and 3), design-for-sustainable-wellbeing. His top development priority in the moment is the Hasso Plattner Design-Thinking-Research Program and associated "Electronic Colloquium on Design Thinking Research," a peer commentary journal. Page 15.726.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Incubating Engineers, Hatching Design Thinkers: Mechanical Engineering Students Learning Design Through

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Esmaeily, Kansas State University; Anil Pahwa, Kansas State University; J Thompson, Kansas State University; Donald Watts, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

International

in this paper are the result of a three-year partnershipbetween Kansas State University and Kabul University, as the first phase of a potentially 10 yearproject, funded by the World Bank; as well as the familiarity of a couple of the authors of thispaper with the cultural, social and economical facts in the region due to their much longerperiods of living in the region. The partnership started by an assessment trip to Kabul by a groupof administrators and faculty members from three major engineering departments, colleges ofArchitecture and Planning and Department of Modern Languages at KSU, on November 2006.Technical issues and the progress in rebuilding Kabul University Engineering Program areaddressed in another paper. This paper

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

Effect Diagram Create Multi-vari Analysis Manpower Materials Multi-vari Charts Determine Variance Components Scatter Diagram 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assess Correlation Variable Y

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

students quickly enrolled during the normalregistration period. We will continue to use this student newspaper avenue of courseadvertisement, given that we succeeded here and identified no other productive path toenrollment success. The latter may change when the course is included in the allowablelist of electives which satisfy the STS distribution requirement for non-technical majors.Examples from technology literacy instructors at other schools, e.g. John Krupczak(Hope College) and David Billington (Princeton University) have shown this latter pathto be very successful for producing good enrollments..What did the students learn ? Evaluation and assessment with the very small set of three students in Fall 2004 waspositive but not

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gustavo Molina

]. Page 10.1386.6 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The author is planning a more formal assessment of the technique in his present and futuresophomore design classes: the student success and difficulties when dealing with this paper’sexploratory exercises are used to design such assessment. Figure 5. FPD for the computation of helical compression or tension spring, see reference [11].ConclusionsThe main results of this exploratory study are (i) showing the feasibility of introducing the FPDat the level of a sophomore design class and (ii) exploring the students performances whendealing with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Terrence O'Connor

the authors designed lecture-style laboratory exercisesfor a range of high school and college student classes in order to assess its ability to improvelearning of fundamental thermodynamics over current approaches to which the students hadpreviously been exposed.This paper discusses the most important design modifications required for proper functionality ofthis slow-speed engine system, the data it generated during testing, laboratory exercises that weredeveloped to test its impact on student learning, and the results obtained from these assessments.DesignThe system began as a commercially available 5 horsepower Kohler engine with a horizontalcrankshaft and overhead valves. From this starting point the final design would have; a self

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Haig Vahradian; Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

© also was introduced atthe end of the fall 2004 semester.Questionnaire ItemsDemographic information and a self assessment of basic tooling knowledge were asked. Theseincluded each subject’s: Question 1, academic standing and Question 2, rate your level ofknowledge about manufacturing tooling applications (Figure 5 and 6).Figure 5. Academic standing Figure 6. Tooling knowledge self assessment Page 10.59.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEvaluation

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Palmquist

result, the solution is case specific. Any changeor modification of the initial variables as is common in engineering practice is at considerableeffort and expense.Using a more general mathematical approach, the applicable equations can be developed andmanipulated symbolically in terms of unknown variables to develop a class of solutions (orsystem of equations). The resulting family of solutions is then reduced to a simple mathematicalform, which can then be solved directly for the specific numerical solution. The focus of thispaper is to present the student assessments of a sophomore level engineering statics coursefocusing on a mathematical technique used to develop generalized solutions to engineeringproblems. A fundamental approach is

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Christy

entries were read at a poetry reading gathering andposted in the hallways. Results were evaluated to assess the effectiveness of this approach and toguide future planning.IntroductionA “Renaissance” man or woman can be characterized by a balanced life, well-rounded interests,and abilities in both arts and sciences. Such integration and balance can be difficult to attainamidst higher education’s culture of specialization, fragmentation, and compartmentalization. Page 9.1055.1Moreover, accelerating change cannot be managed by any single discipline of technical Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

level of difficulty of visualization. When designing tests for spatialvisualization, it would be preferable to cover all 24 views (including the initial view). If more orless views are to be used in an assessment, the degree of difficulty of visualization should betaken into consideration. Depending on the goal of assessment, questions may be chosen fromappropriate levels of difficulty of visualization as listed in Table 4. For example, if a test intendsto assess all levels of visualization, an equal number of question items may be chosen from eachtype of rotations as listed in Table 4. A spatial visualization test should provide a trueassessment of students’ visualization skills and reflect the fact that the more complicated therotation, the

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

consistentfor many years, are distressing when one considers that 28% of the Charlotte population isAfrican American1, North Carolina is home to Cherokee and Lumbee Native Americans, andmost recently there has been explosive growth in the Hispanic American population in theCharlotte metropolitan area.Over the last few years, the College has developed a recruiting plan to attract qualified andtalented undergraduate students, particularly underrepresented minorities. It has alsoimplemented several programs which, according to assessment data, are having a positive impacton undergraduate retention. These programs are especially important for underrepresentedminority engineering students as the graduation rate for students of color in engineering is

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi

successfully in high school are insufficient in the demanding college atmosphere. Inaddition, for many, it is the first time that they are managing their time and responsibilitieswithout the aid of their parents.In business and industry, setting and charting goals has long been recognized as an effectivebusiness practice. According to Jeffery Mayer, author of Setting and Achieving Your Goals,“When you know what you want, and have created a plan to get you there, everything else fallsinto place.”(1) It is always advantageous for students to learn what will be expected of them inindustry.Suggested in the paper is a method that empowers professors to have an influence on the habitsof freshmen. Freshmen will be expected to set goals, assess their progress

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paolo Tamayo; David Florida; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

will be upgraded from Half-Duplex mode to Full-Duplex mode. Bydeveloping a suitable cable set with connectors the bonus part of the CAN Bus lab will beextended such that all groups in the lab will connect to the same data bus to send and receivedata to/from multiple controllers simultaneously.3. AssessmentThe assessment of the course and the lab [8] resulted in a good, positive response from the Page 10.863.10students on the overall quality of the class and also on the experiments done in the lab. Some of “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

for 6th graders. Constructivist-based methodology is employed to create goals,expected outcomes, and the logistics for the field experience. The 6th graders use computers tofollow step-by-step instructions, program their creations, and operate their systems. The studentsin the Toying With TechnologySM course serve as classroom facilitators for the engineeringactivities used to attain the goals and achieve the outcomes desired. Assessment of the success ofthe program is through multiple measures. These include: a written feedback from the 6th graderswith answers to specific questions as well as any comments, observations and feedback by theTWT student facilitators during problem solving and design projects, interpretations of theresults by the

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Owe Petersen

some extent it is a social gathering place, butthat also serves a very useful purpose.Quarter 3 – EE-409. The design should be nearly complete and testing should be taking place.The grading and course structure are similar to EE-408, but instead of the formal presentation, aSenior Electrical Engineering Design (SEED) Show takes place on the last day of final examweek. Since the next day is graduation, parents, siblings, friends, professors, and other students(juniors, it is hoped) will attend. The professors who served as advisors visit this “trade show”display of the projects, assess them, and use this information in determining the “prototype”portion of the grade. A final design report is required. Additionally, the teams are required

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rassa Rassai; Mensah Patrick; Jean-Pierre Bayard; Valerie Young; Joseph Tront; Edward Perry

theUniversity of Guelph (www.chemical-stoichiometry.net, or search for Chemical Reaction inMERLOT).Example 3: use simulations and virtual tours as the basis for demonstrations, in-class projects,or out-of-class projects. Simulations and virtual tours let your students see and try things thatare too small, too far away, too expensive, or too dangerous to experience physically. However,undergraduates will rarely think deeply about a simulation or virtual tour if they are just sent to“try it”. It is important to decide what you want students to learn from the tour or simulation, Page 10.910.5then guide them to and assess that learning objective by

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Olson

Diego this practice was modified to determine whether these pre-lecture quizzes affectedstudent learning.One half of the class completed the quizzes before hearing the lecture on the material. The otherhalf of the class completed the quizzes after hearing the lecture. Students also completed briefsurveys assessing how well they understood each lecture immediately after the lecture. In thispaper, the relationship between the timing of the quizzes and student perceptions of theirunderstanding of the lectures is explored. The effects of quiz timing and lecture comprehensionon homework and exam grades are also examined. The results of this work show that thestudents who read the text before the lecture tended to understand the lecture better than

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Graf; Ann Christy

throughout the Agricultural Engineering Building to advertise the contest. Tobuild a healthy competitive spirit, students were also encouraged to break Michigan State’spoetry submission records.The author met with OSU Faculty and Teaching Assistant Development (FTAD) personnel todiscuss evaluation approaches and the project in general. This allowed the project to benefitfrom the expertise of that office, and helped in the development and implementation of a surveyinstrument to assess students’ attitudes toward poetry, engineering creativity, and humanities ingeneral. This survey evaluated their attitudes toward creativity, communication, the role ofhumanities in technical education, and of course, poetry (Figure 1).Results and DiscussionTwenty-nine

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

Page 10.208.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”activities. Each student spends about 8 to 10 hours per week outside of class on the Six Sigmaproject activities, for a total resource and mentor effort of approximately 5200 hours across the16-week semester. The students complete a team assessment to extract lessons learned as well asa 360 degree assessment across the teams to understand the level of effort and commitment ofeach student on the Six Sigma project. The students share knowledge across the teams byuploading their presentations and reports to a shared website. The project

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

and scope of the project in consultation with the project advisor and instructor for the capstone class, 3. obtain a detailed letter of support from the external organization project sponsor, 4. develop the project individually or collaboratively with other students from the class 5. submit for approval, one month prior to defense, a customized, deliverable rubric for project assessment created in consultation with a Capstone Project Advisor, 6. deliver a project report on or before the final presentation.The instructors will 1. ensure that the project selected is relevant to the student’s area of specialization, has academic relevance, and will produce

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Millard

web-basedlearning modules that are geared toward K-14 grade levels. The paper describes the piloting ofprototype web-based educational materials for students in grade 4 (electricity) and lower levelundergraduate courses (engineering) – in an attempt to inspire students to pursue a science orengineering degree program. The initial pilot testing and assessment efforts of the project arepresented in conjunction with our intent to help K-12 students and teachers meet the rigorousNYS science standards.MotivationU.S. students are typically exposed to the use of computers in the K-12 classroom or mediacenters, yet rarely link their use of technology in school with how they use computers at home.They now have greater opportunities to garner knowledge

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Miller; Gayla Neumeyer; Matthew Schmidt; David Jonassen

immediately available for assessment or monitoring bythe instructor.Course DesignStudents work in collaborative groups to solve one problem for each problem domain in threeweeks. There are three problems per domain, meaning that different groups will be workingon different problems and comparing and contrasting their findings during each 3-weekperiod. Each group will solve a total of five problems in one semester. Page 10.74.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn addition to the scaffolds, each UUNES

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fengfeng Zhou

Incorporating Math and Design in High School Physics Fengfeng Zhou University of CincinnatiIntroductionGlobal competition is intense not only in business, but also in education. Although the mostrecent report (2003) from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)1reported progress for U.S. 8th-graders in their math and science performance, the newest report(2003) from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)2 showed that 15-year-oldU.S. students rank near the bottom of industrialized countries in math skills. To promoteinquiry-based learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills in K

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shreeekanth Mandayam; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; Yusuf Mehta

) . Page 10.481.5 Figure 1: Digital Images of (a) Table Salt (b) Sand (c) Lava Rock Proceedings of the 2005 Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 2: Digital Imaging Equipment for acquiring 3-D imagesThese simple exercises allow students to better visualize material properties and structure withoutalways relying on pictures illustrated in a textbook. This allows the course content to come alivefor the students as they themselves are involved in the acquisition of an image of a material tobetter understand the material structure and properties.Impact and DisseminationImpact of the experiments will be assessed

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

sample test questions. The questions focus on problem solving skills.Students record their answers for each question. Figure 12 shows the results of assessment afterthe student submits their test. An X or check indicates whether the question is incorrect orcorrect, respectively. The number of points received for each question is displayed beside thequestion number. Page 10.437.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright C 2005, American Society of Engineering Education Figure 11: Sample online Questions

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Peattie; Andrew Robinson; Andrew Malick

broadercurriculum, involves appraisal of important questions relating to prerequisite knowledge,integration of disciplines, learning by design, teamwork, competitions, assessment andevaluation.As an example of one such extensive project, in this paper we consider three years of experienceincorporating the Trinity College Walk-on-Water Project in the senior design capstoneexperience. Educational objectives, project organization, learning activities and pedagogicoutcomes in designing, building and operating both human-powered and robotic mechanisms forwalking on a water surface are reviewed. Special attention is paid to assessment of the teamlearning process. Based on our findings over this period, we believe this project stronglyimproves student ability to

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G.T. Lineberry; David Silverstein

initial deployment over thefollowing two years. The first offering of Process Principles via this enhanced ITV system(eITV) is scheduled for Fall 2006. Equipment costs are expected to run about $35,000 per site.V. AssessmentIt is key that students are indeed achieving the learning outcomes needed to succeed later in theengineering curriculum. The assessment methods practiced by the ABET-accredited UK CMEDepartment (which includes BS-degree programs both in Lexington and Paducah) will be usedas a baseline for assessment. Common exams and assignments will be offered to f2f sectionsand distance sections of the course. Dr. Joan Mazur, Associate Professor of Education at UK, isassisting with implementing an evaluation plan to determine the efficacy of

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

. Course includes a“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” qualifying examination to assess the cadets' understanding of the acquisition and design process prior to starting the course project. Final report and briefing. Sem hrs: 3 fall or spring.With some history and information of Engr 410 complete, let’s look at how Engr 410 isactually administered and some of the challenges associated with this course.Course FormatEngineering 410 is a course that every senior-level cadet at the USAF Academy isrequired to take during his/her senior year. Engr 410 is part of the Academy’s corecurriculum, making the