Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

entrepreneur. Particular emphasis is placed on rigorous assessment of the technical andbusiness merits of selected innovations through individual and group projects.Using guest lectures from Venture Capitalists, Financial Advisors, Patent Attorneys, TechnologyIncubator directors, representatives from the NASA Technology Commercialization office andTRDA (Technological Research and Development Authority), and successful / strugglingentrepreneurs, the students are encouraged to mold their innovative ideas into realistic products,business plans and commercial ventures. The faculty from the various disciplines of FloridaTech’s College of Engineering and the School of Management and the resources of the localorganizations such as the Space Coast Economic

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

assessment of the entrepreneurial teams. A subsequent update will be providedat the conference. The teams are arranged in descending order of my assessment of theirprobability of success, where success is defined as attaining an initial revenue stream.Each of the teams below appears to be driven by one or two students with entrepreneurial vision,commitment and enthusiasm. Most of the team members are committed to at least projectsuccess, if not entrepreneurial success. Most of the teams also have one or two relatively weakteam members, in the sense of no particular commitment to success and/or weaker technicalteam skills. Note that senior design is a required course sequence which all students must take,strong or weak, and all students are required

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela J. Théroux; Gary Gabriele; Brad Lister; Deborah Kaminski

EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN STUDENT LEARNING STYLES & GRADES IN AN INTRODUCTORY THERMAL-FLUIDS COURSE: A Three-Year Study of Associations Deborah A. Kaminski Associate Professor Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Nuclear Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute kamind@rpi.edu Pamela J. Théroux, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Assistant Director of Research & Assessment Center

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

number of challenges which were overcomealong the way will be described. An overall assessment will be presented based on technicalresults achieved, student exit interviews and feedback from industry experts.I. IntroductionOver the last decade, pressures to decrease time-to-market for new products have forced thesemiconductor industry to adapt, moving to the formation of ever-larger design teams to developintegrated circuits (ICs). For example, in a recent development effort, a team of 20 engineersworked on the analog portion of an IC. Of that team, 5 engineers (including the authors)designed the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) portion of the IC. This is in sharp contrast to thedevelopment of a very similar IC immediately preceding this one

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

Page 10.92.3counted: “Tools or Equipment,” “Diversity of Fields,” “Process,” and “Design”. Points were Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationallocated based on the number of drawing artifacts that could be placed within the categorycriteria outlined below. The sum of all four items (maximum possible score 8) was then used asan initial assessment of students’ perceptions of engineering.• Tools or Equipments: Each hammer, screwdriver, ruler, computer, or other tool that might be used in engineering was counted. One point was given for one object, two points for two to three objects, and a

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Bowman; Cliff Goodwin

.”“No problem,” laughed Lunts, sensing Twigg’s interest. “We can get you geeked-upquickly enough with the right training and support. See, check this out,” said Lunts as hehanded Twigg a brochure from the Campus’ Center for Teaching and Learning. “Thecenter can help you learn all you need to know.” Twigg took the brochure and quicklyscanned it. The brochure explained very clearly how the center could quickly teachprofessors how to design, implement and assess online courses. Page 9.822.2 2“Let me think about it Bruce. I’ve got to go now and get to my class

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

developing skills needed for advance experimentation.The ABET 2000 assessment criteria [1] requires the outcome of students’ academicperformances that includes students’ ability of designing and conducting their own experiments.For the past several years a variety of assessment surveys have been conducted in the MechanicalEngineering Program to investigate students’ opinion on the educational effects of laboratorycourses through the exit interviews, alumni surveys, and student focus groups. The numericaldata compiled from those surveys have showed that the ratings on certain categories such asdesigning components, systems, and experiments are lower than the other remaining outcomes[2]. Although the integration of design in the entire curriculum and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha; Randolph Thomas; John Kulka

act upon,6. ability to speak and write in a way that is logical, complete, consistent, and clear, and that can recognize potential objections to one’s position,7. ability to recognize the historical importance to our society of previous ethical decisions made in relation to engineering and technology,8. ability to recognize actions that expose oneself to legal liability,9. ability to use basic risk assessment techniques in engineering decision-making,10. ability to recognize the regional and global consequences of engineering decisions.This list is based on the belief that there is significant overlap in criteria and thus, they should beconsidered together. Most construction engineering educators are unsure how to include thiselement in

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

input/output values. Once a networkhas trained on a data set, its knowledge can then be assessed and validated by testing its ability topredict output variables for a data set that it has never seen before. ANNs have a wide range ofapplications and details of their operation are described in many resources, such as J. Lawrence.6Students are introduced to back propagation ANNs through directed readings and a variety ofclass activities. During this time they must complete three assignments in which they learn touse a feed-forward, back-propagation artificial neural network using Brainmaker software7 tocomplete increasingly advanced, open-ended assignments. The first two of these assignmentsare based on tutorials that are provided with the

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Dockter; Carol Muller

centralized infrastructure to serve a growing number of colleges anduniversities, corporations, professional societies, and government labs and agencies, and theirrespective students, employees, and members, all interested in advancing women in engineeringand related sciences through mentoring. These organizations provide financial support forMentorNet operations, and help to recruit prospective participants. MentorNet uses research andevaluation in its design, for continual quality improvement, and to assess preliminary outcomes.a MentorNet intentionally encourages men as well as women to serve as mentors, for several reasons: 1) there aretoo few women to meet the need, 2) women are already more frequently called upon to serve mentoring functions

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports; Carolyn Fausnaugh; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

options which are available to thetechnical entrepreneur. Particular emphasis is placed on rigorous assessment of the technical andbusiness merits of selected innovations through individual and group projects.Using guest lectures from Venture Capitalists, Financial Advisors, Patent Attorneys, TechnologyIncubator directors, representatives from the NASA Technology Commercialization office andTRDA (Technological Research and Development Authority), and successful / strugglingentrepreneurs, the students are encouraged to mold their innovative ideas into realistic products,business plans and commercial ventures. The faculty from the various disciplines of FloridaTech’s College of Engineering and the School of Management and the resources of the

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

Session # 1630 A Quantitative Investigation into whether the Publication of Engineering Pedagogical Material is an Indicator of Value in ‘Rankings’ when Assessing Instruction Barbara Williamsa, Paul Blowersb a University Library b Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering The University of ArizonaAbstract Academic departments, colleges and universities are ranked by a variety of agencies, allutilizing different criteria. Arguments

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

experiences often focused on practical issuesrelevant to daily life, but when educational settings became more structured in the form ofschools, students were often not able to see the relevance of the topic they were learning. Sincethat time, teachers have been aware that these formalized educational settings often lackefficiency and effectiveness, some of which can be attributed to the lack of a sound theoreticalbasis for learning and instruction 1.Any particular learning theory has with it an implied set of classroom practices for the design ofinstruction and the assessment of learning. The manner in which educators select learningmaterials and design classroom experiences for their students is dependent in large part on howthey define “learning

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

discussion on the future needs of industry • Engineering research projects • Success strategies students might use in pursuit of an engineering career • Overview of engineering education, including curriculum, facilities, resources and opportunities for studentsThe approach taken in presenting many of the topics was to provide fun ‘hands on’ activities,during which the participants competed for a variety of ‘prizes,’ including UMBC t-shirts,key chains, and gift certificates. Pre- and post-surveys were conducted to assess the knowledge,abilities, and understanding of engineering, career opportunities, high school preparation, successstrategies, incorporating projects to introduce high school students to engineering and advisingstudents

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Rütters; Bernardo Wagner; Andreas Böhne

and text chat for the communication with the tutor(e.g.: “In the remote experiment, the text chat was important”, scale: 0=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree). Our definition of contentedness with tele-tutorial support comprises differentaspects of the instructional quality: availability of the tutor (one item), clearness andcomprehensibility of tutor’s explanations (one item), request to contact a local tutor (two items).The task success was evaluated by the tutor. He qualitatively assessed the results (e.g.: laserpicture, Java program) of a group by comparing the results with other groups and with the pre-determined goals. We distinguished six different types of motivation: amotivated, extrinsic,introjected, identified, intrinsic and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Delplanque; Joan Gosink

such as power regulation in a windmill or a solar array,process control in a sewage treatment plant, or control of a pumping station for a communitywater supply.New engineering and technical coursesWe are planning to develop a variety of new courses with topics focusing on technical issuesrelated to humanitarian engineering projects: small hydro; micro-turbine design; desalinization;photovoltaic systems; alternative energy; biomechanics for the disabled; groundwater andpollutant transport and remediation; low-cost medical imaging methods; small-scalecommunications systems; remote sensing as a tool in community planning, infrastructureplanning, natural resource planning, environmental assessment, and disaster relief. We havebegun a pro-active

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

that these pilot efforts will reveal problematic issues within each element, provide uswith a comprehensive assessment of the synergistic interplay of these four elements as a Page 8.1142.10coherent, integrated program, and provide a good indication of the feasibility of the Global Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering College concept as a whole. These insights will be crucial in shaping our detailedplans for implementing the full-scale GEC vision starting in Spring 2004.4.0

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Wickert; Gregory Plett

premise is that these documents are dynamic in nature—they are developed and modified asthe semester progresses. Therefore, it is not ideal to simply keep a repository of dozens of files atan internet site. A mechanism must be in place to track the dynamic nature of the documents.This paper describes an internet-based course-supplement management system that we havedeveloped. Each student may log into the system by providing his or her student ID andpassword. The site keeps a data-base to annotate files with a description and to log all downloadactivity for each student. (The student access log also enables assessment: “Which students aredownloading files?”, “Are they doing so in a timely manner?”, “Is it helping test scores?”) Whenthe student

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

will produce the engineers without prolonging the time for graduation.Restructuring the engineering education system requires reviewing the philosophy of engineeringeducation, unifying the technical dimension of engineering, reviewing the status of engineeringprofession practices in the curriculum development, introducing the social dimension, andemploying a unifying approach to integrate these dimensions in one system. A dynamic self-assessment procedure is required to evaluate the working of the education system. Evaluationsubsystem must utilize an automated procedure to measure the performance of the educationsystem, on a systematic basis, to correct any deviations from the required goals of the system.This paper discusses the technical

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Whiting; Marion Usselman

staff for classroom coding exercises. Available on request from marion.usselman@ceismc.gatech.edu.Other Topics Discussed· National Science Education Standards 11· Instructional models for lesson organization.· Visual organizers· Alternative Assessment· Cooperative Learning· Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences· Action ResearchSchool Year ComponentDuring the school year teachers were asked to· Conduct a gender equity workshop for the staff at their school, Page 7.586.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Bill Elmore

detail in thelaboratory section of this paper.During the development of the course considerable care was used in the planning of instruction,use of instructional materials, and evaluation of practices suitable for teaching elementary andsecondary school students. Methods for teaching science, mathematics and engineering contentto elementary and secondary students were evaluated for appropriateness. Strengths andlimitations of a variety of teaching methods were considered. These methods and practices werethen modeled and assessed through the conduct of the course in classroom, laboratory, and in-service experiences. Methodologies included lecture, small group activities, whole group

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough

participants being drawn from economically disadvantaged households and half from thegeneral school population of Hamilton County, Tennessee. These groups are being trackedseparately so that the success of ACES in influencing attitudes in each can be assessed. ACESincludes a one-week residential summer workshop for twenty-four girls each year. It wasconsidered critical by personnel familiar with the economically disadvantaged segment of thepopulation that ACES attempts to reach that the girls stay on the UTC campus, as many of themmight never have been to a college campus or personally known someone who had attendedcollege. The workshop provides space-related activities at the UTC Challenger Center includinga "Mission to Mars," in which girls are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Malicky

-representation in undergraduate SME—more than can be covered in one literature review. Thisreview examines three factors which are among the best understood and considered mostimportant: ability, self-efficacy, and discrimination. To put these in context, a full literaturereview would also include these topics: expectations, enjoyment, contextualized knowledge,congruence, role-conflict, competition, group work, and support. The focus of this review is onthe undergraduate years, though it provides a brief overview of pre-college factors to inform theundergraduate experience. This focus is not to downplay the importance of the pre-college,graduate school, faculty, or industry research literatures on WIE; these must be understood for anoverall assessment

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

course come through e-mailto the instructor, usually sent in the evenings when the studying gets underway. Whereverappropriate, these questions were treated as questions asked in class, and the answers werecopied to the whole class. Towards the end of the semester, a discussion forum was set up on theAerospace Digital Library (see www.adl.gatech.edu) so that students could discuss issues in theirdesign project; this was used less than the instructor hoped, for reasons not quite understood.IV. Data on student perceptions of the courseTable 5 lists the methods used to document feedback on student perceptions and performance, toevolve the course. The techniques have evolved from the mostly “quantitative” assessments usedby the Institute, to the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffery M. Saul; Rhett J. Allain; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

Page 5.510.10 Poster 7 Cooperative Grouping• Individual accountability. Each member is responsible for doing their own fair share of the work and for mastering all the material.• Positive interdependence. Team members have to rely upon one another.• Face-to-face interaction. Some or all of the group effort must be spent with members working together.• Appropriate use of interpersonal skills. Members must receive instruction and then practice leadership, decision-making, communication, and conflict management.• Regular self-assessment of group functioning. Groups need to evaluate how well their team is functioning, where they could improve, and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaw A. Owusu; Tarsha Dargan; Kimberly M. Richardson; James Thagard

. Although different countries approach theissue differently, the upward trend is clearly strong. The third term, the amount ofenvironmental impact per unit of output, is primarily a technological term, though societal andeconomic issue provides strong constraints to changing it rapidly and dramatically. It is thisthird term in the master equation that offers the greatest hope for a transition to sustainabledevelopment and it is modifying this term that is the central tenet of industrial ecology; andtherefore, it must be the focal point for the design component of ECDM course.2.2 Design Model for Risk Assessment for ECDM CoursesThe inevitability of uncertainty in dealing with environmental issues is compounded for theindustrial ecological student

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002. American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionPurpose of the paper is to explore and answer the following important questions raisedfrequently by all stakeholders of an educational program.1. What evidence is there at the university/college/department level that outcomes-based accreditation is fostering an environment of innovation and continuous programimprovement?2. How are institutions/programs sustaining the use of assessment in qualityeducational processes?3. What evidence is there, that outcomes assessment and the implementation ofquality processes are producing innovation in educational programs?4. How has the change in accreditation standards

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendell King

. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climate Change 1992: The Supplemental Report to theIPCC Scientific Assessment. Geneva: United Nations, 1992.8. White, Rodney. North, South, and the Environmental Crisis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.9. Horel, John, and Jack Geisler. Global Environmental Change: An Atmospheric Perspective. New York: JohnWiley, 1997.10. Houghton, John. Global Warming: The Complete Briefing. Oxford, England: Lion Publ., 1994.11. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climate Change 1992: The Supplemental Report to theIPCC Scientific Assessment. Geneva: United Nations, 200112. Titus, James, and Vijay Narayanan. The Probability of Sea Level Rise. Washington, D.C.: USEPA, 1995.13. Food and Agriculture

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

theirprojects and how to achieve results. Time management skills are also covered at this point.Students will have settled into routines with their time so it is useful to have them keep track ofwhere their time goes for a week. We then discuss roommate conflicts, how to study whennothing seems to be working, and how to use resources on campus to help them succeed. Again, the course is heavily discussion oriented. All opinions are valued and students areoften able to give advice to each other to help them get past the problems they have encountered.Students are routinely encouraged to offer up their experiences to the others. A consistent themethough all of the assignments and discussion is self-assessment and creating a feedback loop to

Conference Session

Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experiences. Once we’redone with that, the students will know what will be taught or what they want to learn. Questionsare usually put up and instruction begins. Instructions may include doing experiments,collaborative work, research presentation, creative thinking, or demonstrations. Onceinstruction is done, I assess what has been learned either by oral or written assessments.”Table 8. Teacher implementation of 21st century skills through pedagogical approaches andteaching strategyConclusion and DiscussionThe purpose of this study was to describe teachers’ initial conceptions of 21st century skills andhow they foster the acquisition of these skills in the context of a teacher professionaldevelopment program in science and engineering. Semi