Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Northrup, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Structure and ContentThis section discusses the course structure, content, objectives and assessment. The courseinvolves in class learning, literature review and research, and multidisciplinary service learningduring a two-week period in Guatemala, and culminates in a research paper. During thesemester, students meet with the professors every other week to learn about the science andsocial aspects of the projects and to discuss the interactions of engineering and social impact ofthe projects. Because the majority of the students in the course are non-engineering students,design of complex projects is not a goal of the course. This aspect differentiates the course fromtraditional engineering service learning courses that are project driven

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

Page 10.1265.1manufacturing engineers are frequently involved in programmable logic controller (PLC)programming and creating scripts for automated interfaces. We describe how our close Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationconnections with local industry influenced our decision to teach programming to all engineers,and in particular, teach C. Finally, we include results from our assessment survey that indicatethe usefulness of proficiency in programming for the graduating engineer and for the industriesthat employ them.Pr ogr amming in the Cur r iculumIn this section we describe how programming

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Halpin; R. Mark Nelms

Using Problem-Solving Videos in an Introductory Engineering Circuit Analysis Course R. M. Nelms, R. F. Halpin Auburn University/Program Evaluation and Assessment Consultants nelms@eng.auburn.eduIntroduction Even though research has been conducted in the university classroom in an effort to evaluateand improve different teaching methods in the presence of ever-changing technology 1-3, theinvestigation of how to improve students’ problem-solving skills through the use of study toolsneeds further investigation. The technology reform movement has led to changes in howinstructors of engineering material teach the content and

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Helbling; Patric McElwain; Angela Beck; Ron Madler; David Lanning

Writing or Values and Ethics, Page 10.783.6responded positively to his presence and indicated, at the end of the semester as well as during it, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthat having an HU/COM instructor available to help them with their written and oral workenabled them to produce work that was stylistically clearer, grammatically correct, and moreprofessionally formatted.SuccessesAlthough a quantitative assessment of the success of the team-teaching arrangement is difficultat this

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kedmon Hungwe; Seyed Zekavat; Sheryl Sorby

Curriculum Subspace 2 Teaching Assessment Faculty, Final Space Area 2 Analysis by all working group members Non-EE Curriculum Subspace 3 Faculty, Area 3 Figure 2 The process of creation of the Curriculum Final Space.Furthermore, by firmly making the connection between disciplines, students may be morestrongly motivated to pursue basic skills and knowledge through the web based strategy. Bytranslating the

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

instructor, this is hard work and should be accompanied by more than usual care inpreparation. Different challenges attend the assessment of learning. When the focus is on designing amanufacturing solution for a practical part of a multi-part product, it is sometimes difficult to Page 15.92.103 Incidentally contributing to fulfillment of the ABET outcome for developing competencies for life-long learning.maintain student attention on the correct causal relationships in the underlying manufacturingscience. One of the persistent assessment challenges is centered on how to assure that studentstruly know the correct relationships

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Steve Chenoweth, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

projects of significant design complexity and highpotential impact in the community to be completed. The designs that are produced by the EPICSteams address compelling issues in the local community that often have potential applications inother communities through dissemination or commercialization.Quantitative and qualitative student evaluations have shown that EPICS is effectively teachingcommunication, leadership, teamwork, and design skills that are required for success in today’sglobal economy. Qualitative assessments have also shown that participation in EPICS enhancedtheir desire to continue within engineering.16,17 EPICS has shown the ability to attract women athigher rates within engineering which is consistent with other engineering

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

and assessments that have been developed. The mostcommonly used within engineering is the Felder-Silverman learning styles model [4], with itsassociated assessment, the Index of Learning Styles (ILS). This model categorizes studentsbased on four dimensions, which characterize different aspects of student learning: sensingversus intuitive, visual versus verbal, active versus reflective, and sequential versus global. Interms of learning programming content, the two most important scales are the visual versusverbal scale and the sensing versus intuitive scale.There have been numerous studies that have looked at the learning styles preferences ofengineering students [5-7], and those preferences are consistent across populations [8]. Whatthese

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

graphics. The developed layouts can then be used with process planning totrack the status of a system in real time. Figure 1 shows all of the courses which will utilize theIRAM Laboratory and how they relate to future student senior design research projects.Goal 2: Assessing the educational impact with mini-module laboratory projects for problemsolvingThe equipment utilized in the IRAM Laboratory combined with the OpenCIM software (whichaccompanies the equipment) will enable the IE Department to teach how CIM is applied tobusiness, engineering, and factory floor elements and the links between them. The softwareprovides an open software architecture that allows users to easily incorporate other applicationsand obtain data for statistical

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

therefore multicultural. In emulating this world, one mustconsider educational collaboration in the virtual environment and test and refine it at theinstitutional level, between institutions and across national boundaries. Stevens hasalready begun to address this aspect with an in-depth assessment of the issues that willinfluence the success of virtual, international student teams in addition to some firstimplementations that will be described later. The third environment that must be integrated is that of the real world, in thatvirtual design and collaboration only have value once a tangible output is produced. Inthis regard, the ability to quickly produce prototypes or other demonstration models, etc

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

: Ask for a light service load – as an untenured faculty your record will be judgedmore on the number of papers you have published instead of the number of committeesyou have served on. Try to get one less committee than is required by the tenured faculty.Tip #2: Volunteer for departmental committees that you are interested in. Avoid the onesthat take up a lot of time and generate extra pressure (such as ABET coordinator).Tip #3: Keep university service to a minimum. One committee is okay, but ask your chairto protect you from too great a service load outside the department.Tip #4: Consider trying to turn your service work into an ASEE paper on assessment,curriculum improvements, etc.Tip #5: Do not volunteer to be chair of the committee - let

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Cornwell

forced to passively accept one. Assessment of the interactive exampleproblems will also be presented.I. IntroductionEngineering educators are struggling with the question of how to most effectively utilizetechnology, multimedia and the WWW to enhance engineering education. In the subject area ofdynamics one of the most natural applications of multimedia has been in the use ofsimulations1,2. Dynamics textbooks often include a CD-ROM with simulations. For example,Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics by Hibbler3 has over 120 simulation models.Often these models are of example problems or homework problems and allow students to varyparameters to hopefully explore the problem more fully. In the author’s personal experience,these sorts of

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Teachers College, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Page 24.432.2inaccurate math assessment and placement. While there is evidence that an increase in mathcourse-taking positively affects educational attainment and earnings up to 10 years later, evenafter controlling for ability,11 how this finding relates to students in STEM programs atcommunity colleges remains largely unknown. PurposeResearch suggests that postsecondary STEM credential receipt offers important benefits toindividuals and society. Yet STEM completion has been little studied at community colleges, inpart because these colleges have low graduation and transfer rates. Further complicating thematter is variation in what constitutes STEM at four-year institutions and at community

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy W. Melton, Department of Computer Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shanchieh Jay Yang, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE)

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

classtime were used to collect information about preferences for teams and to make teamassignments. On the first day of class, each student was given a team formation questionnaireconsisting of four parts: schedule, interests, self-assessment (summarized in Table 3), and(optionally) requests for specific people to include or not to include on his or her team. Theschedule part asked what times students were not available in 30-minute increments from 7:00a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday, and the interests part asked for their primary interestor hobby. Table 3. Questionnaire: Self-Assessment Rate yourself for each of the following using the scale 1 (excellent), 2 (very good), 3

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

International

faculty since 1985. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 1986. His work in engineering education involves teaching and learning innovations, curricular change, faculty development, and assessment. He also teaches and conducts research in combustion and thermal sciences. He is Fellow of ASEE and ASME, and he serves as an Associate Editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He can be contacted at tal2@psu.edu.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Mustafa A. Biviji, E2RG

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

University after 32 years. For the last 12 years there, she was the Vice Provost for Education and Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. She has designed and taught several interdisciplinary courses including ethics of science and technology, environmental science, technology and decision-making and radiation, health and policy. Her research has ranged over: risk assessment and communication, green design, bioelectromagnetics, education in general and pedagogies for the modern-day literacies such as scientific, environmental and global literacy. Dr. Nair chaired the national Global Learning Leadership Council of the American Association of Col- leges & Universities (AAC&U) from 2010 to 2013

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

-focused approach begins with FDM (registry) model, one entity, andanalytical usage. After the first step the MDM solution will become more mature to addmore entities, different models such as CDM, and integrate the solution with operationalsystems. Shankar [13] found that starting with FDM approach allows organization to startquickly. However, this approach will be limited unless organization considers currentbusiness and possible future needs, this will allow organizations to get the righttechnology and have a better road map in place. Starting with CDM may be useful for thefuture growth and fast ROI [13].Risk factor: The use of CDM provides complete master data view and enabling full riskassessment. CDM system allow assessing and understanding

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; George Jonathan Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the course of asemester for a class titled “Control Systems 1”. The results, although preliminary, have beenpositive. A larger effort is presently being conducted re-assess the success of the method bymonitoring the progress of a class and its individuals as the semester moves on. Page 24.173.2 1. Introduction “Visual literacy in the classroom has become increasingly important as more and moreinformation is accessed through technology. Students must maintain the ability to think criticallyand visually about the images presented to them in today’s society” 1. With the advent of television, computers and all the engaging social media

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Paper ID #9129Applying Self-authorship Theory among Chinese Engineering Doctoral Stu-dents in U.S. InstitutionsDr. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China. She obtained a B.S. in Physics from East China Normal University, a M.S. in Optics from Chinese Academy of Sciences, a second M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her primary research interests relate to the development of engineering students’ professional skills, the assessment of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

calculated as 0.06392which means that approximately 6.4% of the students received GPA of less than 2. Therefore,the defects per million is 63,920 that meets 3σ level of quality in the process. To achieve sixsigma level of quality the value must be reduced significantly. Page 24.191.10Analysis Phase:After the development of the process map, it is important to identify the causes for poor qualityin higher education. A cause and effect or fishbone diagram is a widely used approach toidentifying the root causes and their effects. The sources of poor quality were identified ascurriculum, teachers, students, assessment, and the academic and social

Conference Session

Architectural Design Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa A. VanZee, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

simulatedlighting environment under overcast skies in the tropics, primarily with no external or internal Page 24.222.3obstructions to complicate the data.In 2006, computer simulations were used in a study of daylighting performance and energy usein heavily obstructed residential buildings in Hong Kong 4. The study noted that the daylightingperformance of a building is dependent on many factors, including a thorough understanding ofthe subtle interactions of design features. Utilizing a computer simulation can reduce the amountof calculations required to accurately assess daylighting performance. The authors reviewed theimportance of using the Daylight

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey A Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Light Up the World Foundation lacked the manpower necessary to advance thebusiness, students Matthew Scott and Amit Chugh founded Cosmos Ignite Innovations to deliverthe marketable MightyLight lamp to Indian consumers.8 Scott secured venture capital for thebusiness while Chugh coordinated with non-governmental organizations operating in India. Thebusiness worked to improve the lamp design, ultimately reducing the market cost to $25. By2011, Cosmos Ignite Innovations had sold 150,000 MightyLights to consumers in 18 countries.This approach has several strengths. First, products already existed that used the low-cost LEDlight technology. Students had comparable products to use as benchmarks when improving thedesign and when assessing market

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy L. Bozic, Purdue University; Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

curriculum.One approach to teaching innovation theory is case-based instruction. Case studies are effectivein engineering education because they bridge the gap between theory and practice. Students alsoreport being more engaged in coursework when case studies are included in the curriculum.Although effective, case analysis is not as prevalent in the classroom as the more traditionallecture-based instructional methods.This paper explores student attitude toward the use of case studies in engineering education. Thedata is drawn from the results of a mixed-methods study of engineering technology students whoparticipated in a case study analysis of disruptive innovation theory. An assessment of studentattitude toward the use of the innovation case study was

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

objectives. In this paper, we 1) present brief descriptions and key revision points ofindividual subsystems, 2) identify key technical knowledge required for a successful design ofthe subsystems in reference to specific Electrical and Computer Engineering course contents, 3)briefly describe how the HARD 2013 is being used to develop further research opportunities andattract new members (primarily sophomores and freshmen) to undergraduate research, as well asthe strategies to prepare new members to play key roles in future research opportunities, and 4)present and discuss assessment results on how these extracurricular project activities facilitateimproving the student learning outcomes defined by the ABET (i.e., “a through k” student-learning

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #10076Immersive Community Engagement ExperienceDr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning development and assessment, leadership, and assistive technology.Ms. Antonette T

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn K. Byers, Quinnipiac University; Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University; Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

women engineering student self-efficacy,” Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 27–38, 2009.3. Marra, R. M., Shen, D., Rodgers, K. A., & Bogue, B., Those that leave - Assessing why students leave engineering. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI., 2007.4. Johnson, M.J., and S.D. Sheppard. “Students Entering and Exiting the Engineering Pipeline-Identifying Key Decision Points and Trends.” In 2002 Proceedings of 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Session S3C.5. Seymour, E., and N. Hewitt. Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates leave the Sciences, Boulder

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

assignment within a courseover a semester, as compared with their performances in the research paper, presentations at ahigher level course. The course materials in nanotechnology program have been credited to anumber of students’ journal and conference publications. Some undergraduate students whopursued this program have contributed in undergraduate research, and presented the researchwork in national conferences. Further assessments will be conducted by collecting survey data onthe success of students who have taken these courses. The survey data may include informationon number of publications by the students, their enrollment in the graduate/postgraduateprograms, and job placements.IV. Assessment Results and DiscussionsTable I: Students

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools; Chien-fei Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin James Wills, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

level languages are more thoroughly understood. This paperdescribes a high school STEM education curriculum that provided sophomores hands-onopportunities to learn and understand microcontrollers through assembly language projects. Thecourse assessment evaluated the students’ computer science knowledge, course expectations,learning perspectives, creativity, and future field of study interests. Initial results indicate thatstudents have a greater breadth of knowledge, a stronger positive perception of computerscience, and a greater self-efficacy while at least maintaining student interest and creativity.Observations of the students indicate that the investigative nature of programming withmicrocontrollers is motivating the students to seek

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Leslie Braniger, Galveston College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

were allowed to choosetheir own topic, such as Green Building or Bottled Water versus Tap Water, so that they couldtake ownership of their work and peak their interest in STEM topics, courses, and majors. Theeffectiveness of this course is based on both its ability to meet its learning objectives and itsability to engage students in sustainability topics, projects, and career choices. Both classroomdiscussions and major assignments served as the basis for course assessment and revision of thiscourse.1.0 IntroductionThe focus of this paper is to assess the use of Sustainability Engineering within a Composition II Page 24.778.2course to increase

Conference Session

Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman "Storm" Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy A. Lingle, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

 multiracial,  6%  were  Asian,  and  4%  selected  “other”  ethnicity.    Just  over   half  of  the  students  were  female  at  54%.     Test  item  development  included  consideration  of  the  specific  content  areas  that  were   addressed  through  the  REDC  Units.    Although  publicly-­‐-­‐-­‐available,  released  items  were   reviewed  in  the  creation  of  the  assessment,  the  items  included  in  the  assessment  were   created  by  the  course  development  team  and  evaluation  team  and  reviewed  by  a   participating  teacher.    Items  were  tested  with  students  during  Quarter  4  of  the  2012-­‐ 2013  academic  year  to  determine  the  difficulty  of  items