Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

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Women in Engineering

forward in other, non-URI, legal cases. One of the most interesting is whether “thereasonable woman standard” as opposed to “the reasonable person standard” should be Page 11.143.7used to determine whether behavior is sufficiently offensive to create a hostileenvironment. Courts have gone both ways in assessing harassment claims.Positive Change in the College of EngineeringThe Independent Audit Team recommended changes in 1) recruitment and hiring, 2) retention offaculty, and 3) communications and education strategy. Most significantly, the audit teamrecommended that URI select a new Dean who is supportive of gender equity and skilled indealing with

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuko Hoshino, Nihon University; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

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International

fortheir own assessment of the goals, many of them realized that their skills were not enough tocommunicate effectively. During the interviews, both the students and instructors could pinpointmost troubled areas as lack of vocabulary, listening comprehension, and expressions forquestioning. Difference in pronunciation and sentence structures from their native language alsoposed a challenge. What the students felt to be most helpful in the course was the collaborativeteaching by the American professor and Japanese professors. They could experience authenticAmerican style teaching with the help of language and cultural instructions in Japanese.Learning the basic structure of an English paper and presentation was also very useful. One oftheir

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University; Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

experience in, and awareness of, aerospace engineering at Purdue University. AIAA 36th Aerospace Meeting and Exhibition. Reno, Nevada, USA, 98-0821 (1998).2. Costlow, T., Projects Pose Grand Challenge. Design News, 60, 18, 39-41. (2005).3. Smith, S., More on Engineering Education - A Renaissance in the Offing. Sound and Vibration, 40, 3, 5-6 Page 12.1166.7 (2006).4. Shull, P. J., Collaborative Learning and Peer Assessment to Enhance Student Performance. Journal of Engineering Technology, 22, 1, 10-15 (2005).5. Panchaksharaiah, U., Stress Fundamentals in CS Education, Simplicity in Production. Communications

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

visualization facilities, what have been the ramifications? 3. If organized as a center, is there an established mission statement? Are there identified outcomes and methods established to assess them? 4. If not organized as a center, how can the organization be characterized and how is its effectiveness evaluated? 5. What was the funding model for the initial effort to acquire visualization technologies? 6. What funding models exist for the continuation of visualization technologies, especially in curricular integration? 7. What mechanisms exist to promote the capabilities of the available visualization Page 12.1594.6

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Darris White, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

opportunity to sit in and inspect the vehicle. Theenthusiasm of the Baja team is transferred to the prospective students, which is apparentfrom the prospective students’ reactions to the exhibit. Figure 8 shows the women’s BajaSAE team at an outreach exhibition at Sculptor Charter School. To further disseminateinformation about the program, a documentary DVD is being developed that will bedistributed nationally. Figure 8: Women’s Baja SAE Exhibit at Sculptor Charter SchoolTeam SurveyThe surveys were used to assess the impact the Women’s Baja SAE project has had onthe students. A series of statements were given to the women’s baja team members. Thestudents were asked to indicate if they “Strongly Agree”, “Agree”, “Neutral”, “Disagree”,or

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University

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Two Year College Division

to review the success of the courses that I taught and review the strategies that I have learned more about. I plan to share the most relevant information with other faculty members.Project Goal #3: Does the Program prepare individuals and enhance instructors’ abilities toresearch, design, implement, and evaluate distance learning and classroom instruction?As a result of the then-post questionnaires after the first three core courses, community collegeinstructors assessed their own technology skills before and after the courses. Statisticallysignificant changes existed for the following items: • Ability to establish and use student- and/or instructor-organized discussion groups/forums (e.g., WebCT, Discussion Board

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Daughton, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

potential entrance vehicles to the MS degree that will increase theirpopularity and serve a very practical purpose for the potential working engineerinterested in further professional graduate education.The EMSE department at UMR will continue to evaluate the market for new interests inspecialized bundles of knowledge as well as continuing to assess interest in the currentcertificates. Over time, current certificates may evolve into new forms or may disappearaltogether, while new ones will be added as interest and demand dictate. The flexibility tohandle these in this fashion is a real strength of the certificate options.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ms. Krista Chambers,Engineering Management Graduate

Conference Session

Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

can ask for immediate help.” “Working problems in class is very helpful because I can work with classmates and get help right away.” “I feel that I learned more because we did homework in class where I could ask questions. It always makes class more exciting because we are doing something rather than just listening to a lecture.”Assessment of EffectivenessThe flipped format is effective for learning fluid mechanics concepts, and students strongly feltthat the flipped format enabled them to learn successfully. However, in the format as presentedin this paper, a flipped format class is less effective than a lecture-based class, as measured bytest performance. Comparing the student performance for both methods shows

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI; Steven Anthony Zusack

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

particip nts to assess educational outcomes off this experience. pating studenAnecdotaally, the bus ride home was w far moree convivial thhan the ride out. At the second SED DSmeeting, all elected officers o weree among the 10 participaants of the Sppace Scream m experimentt.Figure 5 shows the reesults of fou ur key questio ons from thee survey. Alll students seelf-identifiedd asbeing in technical t (ass opposed to o non-techniccal) fields off study, and all were unddergraduatess

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

the magnetic domain are the fundamental and practicalconcepts of this course, and fit well with the goal of this study. There are several interestingphysics concepts involved in this project such as voltage, resistor, current, circuit, magnetic field,magnetic flux, and magnetic force on current carrying wire, torque and more. The project alsohelps students to learn about the physical process and the theory behind building the motor. Forexample, logic such as the force produced by the magnetic field on a current carrying wire is thefundamental behind rotation. This report will present detailed information about designrequirement; materials provided, constraints, outcome and student feedback via assessment. Atthe end of the semester, a survey

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Arnold, Alma High School, Alma, MI; Ze Zhang; Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Bingbing Li, Department of Chemistry, Science of Advanced Materials Doctoral Program, Central Michigan University ; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

others, and think outside of classroom time because they want to understand and contribute. Assessing student learning and understanding has to also be accounted for in our datadriven educational system in order to determine the effectiveness of the changes made.Therefore, this year’s students were given the same exams that were given to students in theprevious school year. Upon analyzing the results, it was found the engineering approachimproved student testing and understanding about 11-13% per unit.Conclusion There are instructional changes to be made as new expectations by the Next GenerationScience Standards are being set for science teachers and students alike. Through the teacher’sengineering experience, incorporating

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Charmian Wu, Tufts University; Ryan Poling-Skutvik

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

in teams,and (3) students improved their technical communication (oral and writing) skills through theassignment and critiquing of a required final technical report and presentation.The disadvantages of this outreach activity include: (1) impellers and motors can be costly, (2)concentration analysis requires UV-Vis Spectroscopy and buffer preparation, and (3) dissolutionexperiments take time (at least 30 minutes).Overall, this outreach activity was successful in achieving its goal of introducing K-12 studentsto the field of pharmaceutical engineering. Assessment instruments (i.e. surveys) were given tothe students following the program to help determine the success of the program. From thesurveys, it was found that most students felt that

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

were introduced in that order to quickly bring students up to speedon the strengths, weaknesses, and suitable applications for each device.The graduate students in the class came from both civil engineering and constructionmanagement undergraduate programs. As such, they had limited backgrounds in electronics andprogramming. This assessment was reflected in an initial course survey where students ratedtheir abilities in electronics theory, electronics hands on, LabVIEW, and MATLAB as beingweak, slightly weak, or average (the three lowest categories on the survey). Conversely, theyrated their abilities in math and physics as being average, strong, or very strong (the three highestcategories on the survey).National Instruments LabVIEW and a NI

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College; Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

reduces the cost perplatform. Being a member of a team with common educational goals and using available tools toachieve these goals creates a significant leverage for instruction and makes the task easier foreveryAssessing the Effectiveness of the Collaborative Efforts This collaborative effort between 2- and 4-year institutions and local high schools is inthe early stages of development. The implementation of the common platform has just startedwith one high school teacher. Assessment data have not been collected to date. Plans are forcomparisons to be made between class grades from the year prior to implementation of theautonomous vehicle into the curriculum and this year’s student grades. Students are also requiredto complete

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

). “Key Competencies for US Construction Graduates: Industry Perspective.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, 138(2), 123-130. 2. Chan, E. H. W., Chan, M. W., Scott, D., Chan, A. T. S. (2002). Educating the 21st Century Construction Professionals. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 128(1), 44-51. 3. Pries, F., Doree, A., van der Veen, B., and Vrijhoef, R. (2004). “The Role of Leaders’ Paradigm in Construction Industry Change.” Construction Management and Economics, 22(1), 7-10. 4. Skipper, C. O., & Bell, L. C. (2006). “Assessment with 360° Evaluations of Leadership Behavior in Construction Project Managers.” Journal of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Jonathan P. Ruffley

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First-Year Programs

Year & Program Honors Standard Honors Standard Avg. # of quarters 5.7 6.3 6.3 6.6While it is noticeable that the honors-enrolled students tended to get into their majors sooner, thedifferences are not statistically significant.Comparisons of First-Year GPAs and Introductory STEM GradesIn the previous assessment of the program, it was found that students who chose to participate in thehonors sequence started with slightly lower GPAs, but by the end of the freshman year, they hadhigher cumulative GPAs than their counterparts in the standard track. The analysis was repeated forthis study; the average GPAs for the cohorts are shown in Table 4

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Jim Tappel, University of Cincinnati; BJ Zirger, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Figure 1. Course materials were developed andpresented using this model to frame the topics and build competencies. The second was the ideathat students would use what they learned through the course and in each module on a project ofpractical importance to them. Figure 1 Spiral Development ModelThe course was offered over a 7 week time frame with each week addressing a module ofcontent. Each module contained four short presentations, reading materials, exercises, and a Page 24.71.4video featuring practitioners in the topic areas. Each week also had discussion topics posted bythe instructors and a quiz to assess student

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon S. Field, University of Southern Indiana; Kerry S. Hall, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

with values in kip-ft) inthe typical frame of the Tech Center under existing loadsCompared to previous years, the students of this Structural Analysis course performed much Page 24.74.4better in subsequent assessments of their abilities to model structural systems and to use thestructural modeling software. This hands-on activity modelling an actual structure on campusseems to have aided in their understanding of structural behavior and motivated their efforts inusing the structural analysis software.Strength of Reinforced Concrete ElementsThe Reinforced Concrete Design class is a senior level elective for civil engineering emphasisstudents in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Nichole M. Ramirez, Purdue University; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

programadministrators better assess the benefits to participation and the conditions that help encouragestudent participation.Research OverviewOur objectives and research questions are summarized below. Figure 1 provides a flow chartoverview of the research project.Objective 1: Identify key predictors for cooperative education participation by engineeringdiscipline. • Which factors predict co-op participation? • What types of conditions promote co-op participation?Objective 2: Evaluate patterns in co-op interest and application rates among first-yearengineering students using detailed administrative records and individual student interviews froma large research-intensive institution. • Are there variations in co-op interest and subsequent

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia R Laugerman P.E., University of Iowa; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

distributedto utilize ML estimation (see Table 1).Table 1 Assessment of normality Variable skewness kurtosis act cmpst .144 -.217 act math .062 -.025 Tr BP GPA -.212 -.877 first fall GPA -.491 -.335 Tr BP Cr_ -.203 -1.046 IBP Cr_ .707 -.059 first spring GPA -.555 -.427 first fall Cr -1.416 2.308 IBP GPA -.647 -.144 first spring Cr -1.021 1.159 EngGrad .059 -1.996 first year Cr -.362 1.327 first year GPA -.461 -.321 act engl .170 .113

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla J Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University ; Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

reduction and energy savings are emphasized. In addition to discussing thebenefits of these approaches, it is emphasized that this approach will not work for all chemicalsystems. Since this module has been used twice with two different instructors, it is expected tobe transferrable to other instructors. Assessment of student understanding is being performedusing pre/post surveys on the content.IntroductionProcess intensification is a concept increasingly used in the chemical processing industry.Definitions of process intensification (PI) have varied over time1, but it generally refers tochanges that produce a drastic improvement in a chemical manufacturing process. PI includesthe concept of increasing process efficiency by combining multiple unit

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

chemistry -techniques of project management or how did the team manage the project -other issues that needed to be addressed.The overall final report required the teams to organize all of the project reports andcommuniqués that were submitted during the term. This enabled the teams to review theiroverall project. At this time, any previous deficiencies in the project plan or laterassignments were to be corrected. To assure accountability, teams submitted peerevaluations at each step of the process to assess their efforts and that of their peers ontheir project. The evaluations showed that with few exceptions, project responsibilities

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

assessments concerning the overalluse classroom/laboratory. Page 8.419.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Conceptual PlanAfter consulting with the Vice President of Academic Affairs, representatives from InformationalTechnology Services (ITS), and various Department Heads, it was decided that the existingclassroom designated as CIE (Civil and Industrial Engineering) 102 should be the space dedicatedto the CCL. At that time CIE 102 was designated as a university classroom which could be usedfor

Conference Session

Computers in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Davin Swanson; Christopher Lynch

students.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are currently three labs (out of thirteen) that do not have completed WebLab materials.One of these three is actually a continuation of a previous lab and a separate WebLab is notplanned. The remaining two are planned to be implemented by the end of the current school year.Although there is convincing evidence for the efficacy of the WebLab, it is anecdotal. In thecoming semesters a survey will be given to students to better evaluate their assessment of theWebLab.Bibliography[1] ME3056 Course Webpage. http://www.me.gatech.edu/me3056/[2] ME3056 Course Description/Syllabus. http

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Spinelli

Page 8.1164.6 noise 66. ConclusionsVersions of the Signals and Systems toolbox have been used for several years in both theclassroom and laboratory portions of an introductory systems course at Union College.Student assessment has been quite favorable, and a number of students have used parts ofthe toolbox independently in later laboratory and project classes. The toolbox may befreely downloaded at http://grinch.union.edu/spinelli/SST. Using it requires a MATLABlicense that includes the Signal Processing and Instrument Control toolboxes.Bibliography 1. B.P. Lathi, “Signal Processing and Linear Systems,” Berkeley-Cambridge Press, 1998

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Educational Partnership for New Century”2. Richard Newman, Lakshmi V. Munukutla and John Robertson, “Building Bridges with Community College”3. Joseph S. Mattoon, “Metrics for Assessing Return on Investment from Information Technology” Biographical Sketch Richard L. NewmanRichard L. Newman joined Arizona State University East (ASUE) in August of 2001 and currently servesas Director of Training Operations for the Microelectronics Teaching Factory. In this position Mr.Newman is responsible for the identification, development and delivery of education and training for thesemiconductor manufacturing industry. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Richard served

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Assessment Tools We have applied a number of assessment tools to the comparison of these learningexperiences. These tools include: • A common survey on expectations of an undergraduate curriculum in engineering given to six study groups: o Students in the classroom experience o Students in the Haiti seminar o Applicants to the REU program o Participants in the REU program o A control group of Notre Dame seniors o Industry representatives visiting campus for student

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Corradeschi; Raymond Carr; Lewis Natiello; Donald Carlucci; Albert Messano; Keith Sheppard

,entrepreneurial and follow their interests. They are expected to come up with a product conceptthat incorporates the elements that have been addressed in the course, namely sensors, interfacing,control etc. while building in real world constraints. The team has to provide a Simulink model ofthe device that they design as part of the deliverables. They are also required to assess the marketfor their device, the economics of its design and related issues. A synopsis of the instructions tothe students is included below: Design Project DetailsOverviewEach Project Team will design a system that includes use of analog sensors coupled to dataacquisition instrumentation in an application to be chosen by the Team in

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

their technicalcourses.Future Plans To assess the Graduate Minor program, we plan to survey students both upon graduation andtwo years after they graduate. The survey will focus on the effectiveness of the minor programin preparing students for the industrial workforce. Specifically, students surveyed will be askedfor specific aspects of the courses that were or were not beneficial. Also, they will be asked torelate briefly specific situations where the Business Minor training was useful to them, and torecommend other topics that should be included in the program. If demand continues to grow, we will negotiate with the BSBA program to increase thenumber of slots for the minor program. Further, we will look at ways to modify the

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Noel Schulz

relate to early communications to the university andgetting details in writing for trailing spouses. For search committees, inviting spouses/partnerson campus during the interview process and involving the higher administration early in theprocess are important. For advancement couples must be creative locally to find advancement Page 8.635.4opportunities, continually re-assess individual goals and make certain that any move has some“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”benefits for both people. For balancing