Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

International

, and included: 1. Observation of engineering classes at different levels. 2. Supervised assistance teaching at variety of engineering courses to develop a variety of pedagogical models and options. 3. Assist in developing course(s) for HU, particularly in an electronic/computer-based classroom or for the distance-learning environment. One point of emphasis is the development of future shared projects between UH and HU students. 4. Observation, study, and practice of administrative and management skills, including ongoing faculty and curriculum development and revision. 5. Skill acquisition and practice for managing and completing the assessment process. 6. Academic advising.Junior faculty from HU pursue the

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

consuming, the tool was generally inflexiblefor conducting more complex interactions, and the necessary linkage to WebCT reduced thelong-term ability to store the data.The Fall 2003 semester saw two critical changes. First was the decision, based on feedback fromthe students, to allow face-to-face interactions. The second change was to move from theWebCT discussion board to a custom in-house developed interface. An MEA consisted of only asingle draft and assessment was based on the TA’s perception of the students effort andcompletion, so the tool only needed to consist of a couple of mostly static web forms to collectthe team’s response, a script to process that data, and a single database table to store all the data.The simplicity of the tool

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

AC 2010-2357: INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OFNANOTECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (STS)COURSESAhmed Khan, DeVry University Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a senior Professor in the EET dept., College of Engineering & Information Sciences, at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optic Communications, Faculty Development, Outcomes Assessment, Application of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Education, and Social

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

sections, including the use of the COE Style Manual.Second, the COE faculty adopted the COE Style Manual as a reference work in their classes.Third, copies of the COE Style Manual were placed as reference tools in the engineeringlaboratories and in the ERAU library.AssessmentAny gains engineering students have made in the writing of lab reports at ERAU may not bedifficult to assess, but attributing any such gains solely to the implementation of the COE StyleManual is problematic as other factors in the revised engineering/technical writing programshave likely contributed to student improvement (e.g., a unified Technical Report Writingsyllabus that targets the lab report genre, the supplemental instruction by HU/COM instructors inteam-taught

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Lax; Amy Van Epps

effectivelydelivering those skills to a linguistically and academically diverse group of engineering students.IntroductionOver the past couple of decades, research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) have becomean increasingly popular and effective way for engineering students to explore the world ofresearch. These programs come in an array of choices of topic, location, program goals,enrollment, and duration.1 Most of the papers published about REUs tend to discuss eitherresearch approaches, “how-to” run a program, or assessment.2Some programs assess their success based on future graduate school matriculation of theirformer students, or on the number of publications or conference papers for which these studentsare listed as co-authors.3-6 That a publication

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hani Tohme; Enno Koehn

, cultural, and economic issues. This was mentionedat an infrastructure conference by firms established to assist organizations to assess the risk ofworking in international locations15. The foregoing efforts should make international E&C moretransparent and less susceptible to corruption.In this regard, the Korean society of civil engineers believes that transparency is the key tooptimum construction operations11. It is perceived that the characteristics of the Internet such aseasy access and real time data can yield cost effective savings to providers and users.Transparent procurement though the Internet can also be accomplished utilizing the following

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

. Figure 6. Evaluate ladder logic.3. MethodologyThe developed ladder logic programming tool kit was evaluated by undergraduate students tofind out:• Does the Toolkit help students to learn more about ladder logic programming?• Student opinions about various aspects of the Toolkit, such as effectiveness, ease-of-use, and relevance to their education.• Student commentsIn 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 the Toolkit.3.1 Participants, Materials, and Experimental ProceduresParticipants. Participants in this evaluation were 30 undergraduate students who were learninghow to program

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

selected by the professional societies to be program evaluators. "c. There may be a need for supplemental materials both for multidisciplinary programs preparing to be visited, and for the multidisciplinary program evaluators. "d. Sponsorship of a training session might be a useful activity. "e. Could ASEE be a 'lead society' for multidisciplinary programs?” (This has financial implications.)"Further, this inaugural meeting reached consensus that: “a. The group should seek to form a constituent committee within ASEE. "b. The group is willing to have assessment of institutional fees to support some activities.”Year 2002 and the ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, QBThe second meeting was described in the early email

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Safety Requirements SME-MTF Performance Assessment Other SME-Faculty Glossary and Terms Curriculum Industry IDM Design Check SMEs Revision Instructor Student Module Module Figure 1: Module Design and Development Process FlowModule Delivery and ApplicationThe delivery of the curriculum was constrained by four overriding

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kavetsky

-developing-retaining talent, and resultsorientated organizational cultures.The challenge then is to attract and retain the brightest scientists and engineers into the WarfareCenters. One important aspect to achieving this is to create an educational, research and trainingenvironment commensurate with the best organizations throughout the country today. Thus, acritical component of N-STAR will be to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the neweducational environment unfolding in our leading Universities.The NNR projectThe Naval Studies Board was commissioned by ONR in 1999 to perform an assessment of theONR program in Undersea Weapons S&T. One of the outcomes of that study was the creation ofa focused program in undersea technology. This

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Greco

network.Students are also responsible for devising tests for quantitatively assessing the performanceof the network (i.e., measuring the network efficiency).Throughout the design process relevant material from previous ECE courses is re-introduced to students and applied to various aspects of the design problem. The coursesinclude: Analog Circuit Analysis; Digital Circuit Design; Computer Organization; SolidState Devices and Circuits; Signals and Systems; Control Systems. In their final reports,students must address societal and ethical implications of the project. To do this, studentsrely on material from their earlier course in Engineering Professionalism and Ethics.The laboratory facility accommodates a maximum of seven groups, each group consistingof

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Gandolfo; Ken Alford

, write exams and other assessment instruments, and how to teacheffectively. All new instructors are required to prepare lessons plans for the course they will beteaching that fall. In most cases, experienced instructors present a few sample lessons to the newinstructors to model techniques of instruction, and then the new instructors are providedopportunities to teach. These new instructor lessons are typically critiqued, both by the other newinstructors and by the more experienced senior faculty members who attend. In manydepartments during the summer, new instructors prepare most of the 40 lessons they will teachthat fall. A sample daily schedule for a department summer teaching workshop is shown atTable 1. Time

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

professor met weekly with the students to receive progress reports, encourage the students,and assist in problem solving, if needed. At other times of the week, the students worked bythemselves, as a team, gaining and improving skills through interaction with each other.At the end of the semester, an assessment was made of the success of the course in meeting thecourse objectives. The assessment was made by both submittal of a formal design report by thestudents and through an oral presentation given by the students to members of the faculty andstudents not on the team. A review of the design report showed that the students had madesignificant advancement in their design capabilities. The report contained considerableinformation on heat exchanger

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Stuart

Professor and Student Response to the Daily Quiz Ben J. Stuart Ohio University, Department of Civil Engineering, Athens, OH, 45701 Phone: (740)593-9455; Fax: (740)593-0625; email: stuart@ohio.eduIn an academic environment where teamwork is stressed, assessing individual competency cansometimes be a challenge. The benefits of students learning by working with other students isclear, unfortunately any grader of homework can readily identify the members of a particularstudy group through obvious similarities in approach, and more often through the repeatedobscure error. The temptation of the ‘weaker’ or ‘busy’ student to copy solutions withoutparticipating in the

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

the State of Connecticut. Examples are then given on how a town’s stormwatermanagement plan can used as a basis for service learning projects that would enhance theeducational experience of environmental engineering students. A case study is then presented ona stormwater monitoring service learning project that includes how it was linked to courseoutcomes and an assessment of the project by students, town engineer, and CT DEP engineers.Benefits of Service LearningService learning provides a meaningful service to the community as well as a relevant learningexperience for the student. The service done by the student is linked to course outcomes andenhances the learning experience that occurs in the classroom. The EPA Service LearningDocument 3

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Musto; William Howard

tools in other classes, probably due not only to this class but toan increased emphasis on computer usage throughout the curriculum.Course-level assessment is done for every MET course through student questionnaires andfaculty reports completed at the end of the class. During the 2003-2004 academic year, sevenstudents completed MT-3901. Their responses to six standard assessment measures aresummarized here. Possible answers for each of the first five statements range from 7, stronglyagree, to 1, strongly disagree, with 4 representing a neutral response. 1. I feel that the courses taken previously as prerequisites prepared me well for this class. Average response = 4.1 (average of all MET classes = 5.5) There are no formal

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Sherick

activities. We continue to assess these program activities andadjust to best fit our program goals and objectives. We are hopeful that we can report inyears to come that our Native American students are completing engineering, engineeringtechnology, and computer science degrees. Bibliography1 The DOC program contract was adapted from a contract used by the American Indian Student Services,Division of Student & Outreach Services, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND,www.und.edu/dept/aiss.2 Pavel, D.M, Skinner, R.R., Farris, E., Cahalan M., Tippeconnic, J., Stein, W. (Jan 2005) AmericanIndians and Alaska Natives in Postsecondary Education. Education Statistics Quarterly, Vol 1; Issue 1;Topic

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

legislative procedure at Community level, based on the drafting of essential health and safety requirements and the use of harmonized European standards. EU Directives laid down common technical requirements for each product category and procedures for assessing conformity. National authorities issue certificates of conformity, in accordance with Directives, before products could be placed on the market. e. ISO15 (International Standards Organization) is the world’s largest developer of technical standards. f. IEEE16 (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is the leading developer of global industry standards in a broad-range

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aura Gimm

ethyleneglycol, a drop of which can be transferred to a microscope slide for optical observation with a20X objective lens (Figure 6). The students are able to manipulate the nickel nanowires with amagnetic field. For visualization purposes, the nanowires in this lab are 200 nm in diameter, butmuch smaller diameter wires can be created with the same technique. The manipulation bymagnetic field explored in the lab is related to an important new construction method fornanoscale devices.23Assessment of the Nickel Nanowire LabThe development of the lab was an iterative process, and assessment was used extensivelythroughout. This improvement with formative assessment can be seen in the data presented inTable 3. With the modifications and refinements that

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

the positive influence of employing laboratorydemonstrations on student learning of System Dynamics concepts. Out of 120 students (in sixsections of 20) that have been introduced to mechanical, electrical and thermal systems vialaboratory demonstrations by the authors and their colleagues in Spring 2004, all contained onlypositive comments. Several commented that the course must be given an official laboratorycredit. It can be safely stated that the incorporation of laboratory demonstrations will continue toenhance student learning of System Dynamics at MSOE. The authors envision a follow-uppaper on the student reaction/feedback and the integration/implementation updates upon teachingthe class several times and assessing the overall impact in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

; 3) TheEngineering Profession & Engineering Careers; 4) What is a Christian Engineer?; 5) TheEngineering Design Process; 6) Needs Assessment; 7) Structuring the Search for the Problem;8) KT Situation and Problem Analysis; 9) Acquiring and Applying Technical Knowledge;10) Abstraction and Modeling; 11) Design Analysis; 12) Intellectual Property and TechnicalInformation; 13) Basic Engineering Economics – Time Value of Money; 14) Ethics and ProductLiability; 15) Hazards Analysis, Failure Analysis; 16) Engineering and Society.III. Blackboard Learning SystemAlthough the Blackboard Learning System is most effective in distance-education classes, Iappreciate the organization and ease of communication the system brings to traditional classes

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Graunke; Jeffrey Will; Peter Johnson

virtual reality into the classroom and assessing the cost benefit ratio from astudent cognition standpoint is of special interest at the present time. Page 10.1454.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationVirtual Reality System In the past decade, visualization systems have cost from $300,000 to several milliondollars. On the low end, companies such as FakeSpace (www.fakespace.com) have madeavailable such devices as a one-user ImmersaDesk, offering a display of roughly three by fourfeet

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Janice Singleton

with theaerospace industry and an institution of higher learning that has proved successful. Theinstitution conducted a comprehensive validation and feasibility study on an automated partpositioning prototype for use in present and future aircraft assembly lines. The success of thisproject has thus far demonstrated the many advantages to such a partnership and serves tostrengthen future industry presence within engineering technology programs.Introduction There is currently a great deal of interest in the engineering technology community inacademia in integrating applied research into the educational environment. This is mirrored by aninterest on the part of industry to assess, evaluate and resolve current manufacturing andassembly

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dean

a PC without purchasing the PLCs [7]. (2) “Microsoft Visio” is diagramming program that helps you business and technical diagrams that document and organize complex ideas, processes, and systems. The Fluid Power diagram function within the program enables rapid design and prototyping of hydraulic and pneumatic actuated systems, using mechanical and electronic controls [10].5. Using an Analytic StrategyAs noted in the introduction, the basis of the analytic strategy is three-fold: formulation, analysis,and interpretation [2,3]. While this may sound exceedingly simplistic, breakdown of the thesethree elements of the analytic strategy to the assessment context of the experiment and studentresponse allows

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

Valuable Lessons from the Successes and Failures of Teams of Engineering Students Bijan Sepahpour, Shou-Rei Chang Department of Mechanical Engineering The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718ABSTRACTPerformance of engineering students at regional, national and international competitions is oftenused as benchmarks for assessment of the quality of the education provided by theirundergraduate institution. In such competitions, the potential for success of a small programentering the competition for the first or second time may be significantly different than that of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Keller; Jeff Frolik

. Page 10.1474.5Figure 3. Example student design projects: Wireless Wind-Chill Instrument (left) and WirelessDoor Alarm (right) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEvaluation and Results Since a key course objective was to establish an appreciation for the team-based,interdisciplinary nature of engineering, student assessments include their level of participation.The specific breakdown in terms of grading is as follows: lecture attendance (25%), onlinequizzes pertaining to lecture material (25%), evaluation of laboratory activities (25%) andfaculty and peer evaluations of design projects

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

asked:“What can be done with this seminar to better serve as a vehicle for formation ofmultidisciplinary teams?” Responses included: • have more in-class or homework involving multidisciplinary group work (13 responses) • discuss/warn about/encourage multidisciplinary teams (6) • have multidisciplinary projects (4) • have more majors (2) • have more interaction in and out of class (2) • post projects earlier (1) • force the issue (1) • structure is OK as is (1) • do personal assessment before teams are made (1)Discussion: In 2003 few multidisciplinary teams were formed (3 of 24 in BME, 2 of 11in ME, and 1 of 4 in EE/CE). In 2004 we added an exercise in the first class to introducethe students to each other

Conference Session

Real World Applications

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

heat exchanger, although for CRH, this was a non-factor considering it’salready in place.Finally, in order to address several learning outcomes of the institution and thereforeaccreditation agencies (ABET)2, the groups were required to submit a written report, tomake an oral presentation and to rate themselves as members of a team performing aspecific task. Assessment rubrics were developed to evaluate the reports, oralpresentations, including both the individual presentations and the overall teampresentation, and teamwork. For the presentations, several faculty from other disciplineswithin the Purdue College of Technology at Columbus/SE Indiana attended and scoredthe individual and team presentations. These results are discussed later

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhumi Mitra; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

inaccordance with Figure 1 using VRT to the ECPA farm tract after documenting the yieldlevels with soybeans, corn and wheat in the present soil condition.4. Remote Sensing and Aerial Observation of ECPA TractIn consultation with NASA WFF Observational Science Branch engineers andtechnicians, Bayland Aviation and UMES Aviation Science Department efforts areunderway to integrate the Phase-III of the UMESAIR project with the ECPA project.Several aerial imaging platforms will be developed and implemented in Phase-III of theUMESAIR project with possible applications in selective harvesting, yield estimation,weed management and plant health assessment in concert with ECPA efforts.The aerial imaging platforms will include: (i) Blimp and Kite Aerial

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Morgan; Beverly Davis

learning styles, preferred by “Millennials” should be incorporated into theengineering curriculum and adapted for different methods of information and instructiondelivery. The new technological environment is resources-based and rich in data andinformation and promotes learning through active task performance rather than more orless passive attendance at lectures. Research has shown that Millennials respond well toanything experiential. The techno-savvy millennial generation, as a whole, will bemotivated by opportunities for creativity and challenging learning environments. Theopen-ended access to information, the ability to tailor the paths to learning, and thepossibility of continuous and instantaneous performance assessment, offer a great deal