Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University; Zoe Wood Wood; Alana Christine Snelling

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Curriculum and Lab Development

Paper ID #11042Comparative Assessment of Scaled Global Engineering InitiativesDr. Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State UniversityDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University Jane Lehr is Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies at California Poly- technic State University. She is also Faculty Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority and Underrepresented Student Participation (LSAMP) in STEM Program at Cal Poly and Co-Director of the Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Program. She previously served as elected co-chair of the Science & Technology Taskforce

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

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Faculty Development

Paper ID #11075Preparing for global leadership in STEM fields: Working in an internationalsettingDr. Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyDr. Renetta G. Tull Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyMr. Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University Miguel A. Nino is a training, development, and e-learning professional. He earned his BA in International Business from Lindenwood University, his MA in Instructional Systems Development from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and he is currently completing his PhD in Instructional Design & Technology

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Hirsch; Ann McKenna

Evaluating Student Confidence in Engineering Design, Teamwork and Communication Ann F. McKenna1, Penny Hirsch2Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science1/The Writing Program2, Northwestern UniversityAbstractMany researchers have focused on the role of confidence and motivation on learning and havesuggested that students be encouraged to engage in reflection about the role of their self-perceptions in achievement. In this paper we explore how students’ confidence levels changeduring our freshman engineering design program. During the 2003-2004 academic year weimplemented a survey designed to measure students’ confidence

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fabio Urbani; Juan Iglesias

of commercial analysis packages are currently available, they are ratherexpensive, and the source code is not available. The latter prevents students from understandingthe logic behind the simulation.In this paper we describe an ongoing project being developed at the University of Texas atBrownsville (UTB) that intends to overcome these limitations by implementing, based on aconsolidated frequency domain technique, a novel electromagnetic structure simulator using apre-existent 94-node Beowulf machine.The merit and innovation of this project is how it integrates disperse tools and techniques into asingle coherent framework that can be utilized with minimal effort and high confidence by thecommunity interested in the research, teaching

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ever Barbero; Larry Banta

in 1997. It resulted in a six-year reviewrecommendation. In preparation for our first review under the EC 2000 criteria in Fall 2003, thedepartment implemented a comprehensive assessment process to satisfy criteria 2 and 3 [1-3].Three or more tools are necessary to accomplish triangulation [1]. Although surveys of varioustypes are the most popular tools for assessment, they are subjective, and over-reliance on themmay be misleading. Alternative tools such as standardized examinations, interviews, and focusgroups tend to be costly in time and resources. The objective of this paper is to describe ourapproach to assembling, assessing, and improving outcome portfolios [4], as an essentialassessment tool for outcome assessment under criteria 3

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Gad-el-hak; Judy Richardson; John Speich; James McLeskey

: Energy Conversion Systems.ConceptThe envisioned Experiential Engineering Library will be analogous to a traditional library. Itwill ultimately contain a large number of experiments and computer simulations either "onreserve" or available to be "checked out" by the students. At the instructor's discretion, hands-onproblems can be assigned as a complement to, or in lieu of, paper and pencil homework. Thelearning modules can also be used independently by students seeking to improve theirunderstanding through manipulation and visualization. Additional activities will provideenrichment opportunities for both undergraduate and visiting secondary school students. Theflexibility and integration of the experiments in the library make it superior to

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

Get with the Program: Integrated Project Instead of a Comprehensive Final Exam in a First Programming Course Beverly K. Jaeger, Richard Whalen, Susan F. Freeman College of Engineering, Northeastern UniversityAbstractPart of our responsibilities as engineering educators is to continually revise and update ourcurriculum, including assessment methodologies and procedures. We need to ensure that ourselected evaluation methods are not only fair and challenging to the students, but also relevant tothe requirements of their future employers and to the demands of technological advances inengineering. In this paper, we describe the motivation and set out the strategies for changing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Elizabeth Bauer; David Munoz; Joan Gosink; Barbara Moskal

attitudes towards service activities using the“Community Service Attitudes Scale” which was developed and validated by Shiarella,McCarthy, and Tucker1. During the fall of 2004, 78 students and 34 faculty responded to thisassessment instrument. Student data were collected in the first semester of the MultidisciplinaryEngineering Laboratory course sequence, a required course taken at the start of students’sophomore year before they have the opportunity to participate in the newly revised servicelearning courses. Faculty completed the attitudes survey during the first faculty meeting of theacademic year. This paper describes and compares student and faculty attitudes with respect toservice activities prior to the proposed intervention. Attention is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Martini

Section 1526 Real-time, Non-linear, Dynamic Simulation in Teaching Structures: Elementary to Advanced Kirk Martini Department of Architecture, University of VirginiaAbstractThe paper describes a project to develop software and teaching methods which employ real-timenon-linear dynamic structural simulation in topics ranging from introductory statics to advancedsteel design and earthquake engineering. The software is called Arcade and its computationmethod is based on a physics engine, a method which has been widely applied in computergames. The physics engine

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

secondcomponent of RISE consists of an eight-week team-based summer research experience.The purpose of this paper is to describe RISE and identify how this program uniquely addressessome of the issues that women face in STEM fields via the two program tracks. Theimplementation of this program will begin in summer 2002. This program is funded by a grantfrom the National Science Foundation, the Clark School of Engineering and the Office of theProvost at the University of Maryland.MotivationThe low representation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)fields is well documented. This trend continues due to the low numbers of women enrolling inundergraduate STEM programs, the subset that persists to graduate, the fewer numbers that

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

force, has increased 28% from 1992 to 1998. Thesenumbers indicate that many women face the problems of trying to balance both a career andfamily. As educators, we must address that differences in gender do exist and bring thedilemmas that will face our young female students as professionals. The choice to workprofessionally (full-time or part-time) or to stay at home is an individual decision. Either way,these workingwomen are still full time mothers.This paper provides findings from current studies and suggestions to mothers who want to workprofessionally yet seek a balance between their career and family lives. Understanding that the“super mom” theory is merely a myth, this paper will provide men and women with proven toolsand experiences

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Jeffrey Joseph Cook, Villanova University

Paper ID #44784Smartbeam: Teaching a Multidisciplinary First-Year Project for Exposureof Upper-Level Content with Active LearningDr. Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University Stephanie Walkup is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Villanova University. She obtained both her BS and MS degrees from Lehigh University and her PhD from Villanova University. Her research interests include first-year engineering programs, repair and retrofit of structures, forensic engineering, and fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement for concrete structures.Dr. Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University Dr. Shawn P. Gross is an associate

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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Engineering Ethics

. Page 22.587.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engineering Ethics and Justice: How do they Relate?AbstractEngineering professional societies have revised their ethics statements in recent years to includeadditional issues such as sustainability and environmental protection that were not in earlierstatements. These changes reflect changes in our society and changes in how engineers see theirrole in society. This paper will examine the issue of justice, and how/whether it should be inengineering ethics codes.One example of this issue was when members in the Engineering Ethics Division were requestedto aid ASEE in a revision of its policy on engineering ethics education. We had

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Heys, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

of students will decline becauseproblem solving persistence is not properly developed. This paper begins by examining previousresearch on the link between persistence and problem solving successes. Most of this researchhas been based on observations of students trying to solve problems in mathematics and physics.To gain additional insight into the connection between persistence and problem solving success,we examine self-reported time utilization data from both second-year and third-year chemicalengineering students. Persistence is examined both in terms of the average length of timebetween interruptions while solving a problem and the total amount of time spent on a problem.In most cases, the data shows a positive correlation between

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

Session 1625 Integrating the Product Realization Process (PRP) Into the Design Curriculum Philip E. Doepker, P.E. University of DaytonAbstractFor nearly the decade, team projects have been implemented in design related projectcourses. Although many of these courses are “capstone” type courses, some may belaboratory project courses linked with more traditional design courses. Certain elementsremain common to team projects independent of the venue. The purpose of this paper isto outline the major items that are addressed as part of the implementation of projectsassociated

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nanette Veilleux

can extend his/her learning to new areas(synthesis and design). These four skills represent different, progressive, levels ofunderstanding, that fall along an abridged hierarchy as that outlined in Bloom’s Taxonomy ofEducational Objectives1.This paper describes a method of designing in-class exams and take-home projects for afreshman computer science course. Here, the design of the test questions and projectrequirements makes explicit use of this abridged version of Bloom’s Taxonomy of EducationalObjectives. The in-class tests described in this work evaluate the depth of a student’sunderstanding by incorporating a planned variety of questions, ranging from those easilyanswered by a student who has understood basic lectures and reading to

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

David S. Kelley

of engineering graphics, drafting, andcomputer aided design. This paper describes how this department has incorporated masterylearning into its curriculum. Included in this paper will be background information on the theoryof mastery learning and the Engineering Graphics Technology Department’s utilization of thistheory in its courses. Additionally, qualitative feedback from students will be explored.I. IntroductionFrom the first day of employment, industry places demands on technology graduates to beproductive. New technicians and engineers have to be literate in applications and technologies inorder to be successful in the world of work. In today’s competitive world, companies cannotafford new employees that do not meet minimum standards

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Debi Switzer; Siegfried M. Holzer; Richard M. Felder; Douglas E. Hirt

, funds to support innovative teaching and curriculum changes, significant financialrecognition of effective teaching), while others lack even the most basic support elements.Rather than trying to define a “one-size-fits-all” faculty development model, we have attempted Page 4.21.1to identify key FD program elements that should be in place at each institution and to offerexamples of forms the elements might take. In this paper we outline the model and giveexamples of its implementation on three SUCCEED campuses. Since we are now only in thesecond year out of the five we have planned for full implementation of the model, what we reporthere should be

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Liggett; David A. Caughey

. These computational utilities enable thestudent to do enough exercises that he/she can develop some intuition for the behavior of fluidsystems.The present paper provides an overview of the features of this new form of textbook and some ofthe experiences of the authors using a preliminary version of the text to teach junior-level coursesin mechanical and civil engineering. The navigational features are described in the next section,followed by a description of the animation and video features. The computational features aredescribed using several examples. Finally, observations on how the new textbook is likely tochange the nature of the teacher/student interaction and experiences using preliminary versionsof the text teaching junior-level

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

analysis of responses to each survey question disaggregated by gender and byrace/ethnicity. Each school was also provided with aggregated comparison data from threeschools of their choice for anonymized benchmarking.In the final report to each institution, a set of recommendations was made based on quantitativeand qualitative data from the survey and interviews. This paper discusses the prevalence ofspecific recommendations that appeared across many institutions. The recommendationsgenerated by the PACE research team illustrate some of the critical issues that PACE schoolsand many other engineering schools need to address to improve the undergraduate experience inengineering for students of all demographic groups.IntroductionEngineering is

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2010-186: ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS' ROLES IN ATTRACTING &RECRUITING STUDENTS TO THEIR UNIVERSITYJim Miller, University of Maryland Jim Miller has been the College Park PTDL (Patent & Trademark Depository Library) Representative since 1998, and was the 18th PTDL Fellowship Librarian from June 2001 through June 2002. He has been a librarian at the University of Maryland for 37 years; since 1980 in the Engineering & Physical Sciences Library (EPSL). He is currently the subject specialist for the departments of Aerospace, Bioengineering, and Mechanical Engineering. As Senior Reference Librarian, he is the specialist for patents and trademarks, technical reports, and any other "tough

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Palmer, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2010-364: DEVELOPING AN OPEN ENDED JUNIOR LEVEL LABORATORYEXPERIENCE TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAPSTONE DESIGNJames Palmer, Louisiana Tech UniversityHisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University Page 15.384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing an Open Ended Junior Level Laboratory Experience to Prepare Students for Capstone DesignAbstractA junior level Nanosystems Engineering open-ended laboratory course was developed to providestudents with a common experience to enable them to be more effective in their capstone designcourse. Traditionally, the lecture and laboratory courses build specific technical skills that thestudents apply

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

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International

AC 2010-410: DEVELOPING GLOBAL COMPETENCE THROUGHCROSS-CULTURAL VIRTUAL TEAMS: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONSAlan Parkinson, Brigham Young UniversityC. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young UniversityHolt Zaugg, Brigham Young UniversitySpencer Magleby, Brigham Young University Page 15.385.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing Global Competence through Cross-Cultural Virtual Teams: Preliminary ObservationsAbstractA number of credible voices within the engineering community have expressed the need forengineering graduates to develop global competence. Many colleges of engineering haveaddressed this need by developing various technical study abroad

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

ensure the correctness of multithreaded programs • Understand basic tools of tuning the performance of multi-threaded programs • Understand and implement multithreaded code • Design a multithreaded grep utility program for a multicore processor.6. Evaluation This course has been offered for the first time in Spring 2010 at the Electrical andComputer Engineering Department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. At thetime of writing this paper, it is the 8th week of this semester and I have just conducted amid-term course evaluation and a few interviews with students. Although certainly moreresults can be reported by the end of the semester, I have already observed someinteresting feedbacks from students taking this course

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

. While there are some necessary commonalities that will earn aperson tenure at most schools (publish, get funding, publish), the playing field is different at eachinstitution.This paper seeks to provide the proposal writing advice I wish I had as I transitioned from beinga freshly graduated PhD to a tenured Associate Professor. I began as Assistant Professor inAugust 2003 at Mississippi State University after having defended my Ph.D. in July 2003 at theUniversity of Notre Dame. I had read many of the new faculty advice books1-16 and wasdetermined to be a ‘quick starter’. I volunteered for entirely too many service activities,designed graduate recruiting brochures and other activities, all of which yielded positivefeedback from my colleagues, but

Conference Session

Advances in CAD with Emphasis on Dimensioning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #8775Modifying an Assembly Project to Improve Student Dimensioning SkillsMs. Norma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University Norma L. Veurink is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Techno- logical University where she teaches introductory engineering courses and a spatial visualization course designed for engineering students with poor spatial visualization skills. Ms. Veurink manages several summer programs that introduce middle and high school students to engineering. She is the Secre- tary/Treasurer for the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE and is also a

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Wilcox , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #9583Nature/Society: Situating student learning outcomes in a first-year Sustain-ability Studies courseMr. James E Wilcox , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute James Wilcox is a doctoral student in Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his dissertation project investigates the practices and politics of energy policy interventions. From 2011 to 2013 he was the Program Coordinator for Vasudha, an Undergraduate Living & Learning Com- munity dedicated to sustainability at RPI. Prior to coming to RPI, he served as an Education & Outreach Fellow in the Office of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, University of Texas at Tyler; J. Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Satyajit Dutta, Texas State University; Robert McLean, Texas State University; Fritz Allhoff, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9562NSF-NUE: NanoTRA- Texas Regional Alliance to foster ’NanotechnologyEnvironment, Health, and Safety Awareness’ in tomorrow’s Engineering andTechnology LeadersDr. Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos Dr. Tate, associate professor of manufacturing engineering, has established safe handling practices for industrial (such as nanoclay) and engineered (such as carbon nanotubes) nanoparticles in his research and teaching, dealing with advanced polymer nanocomposites. His research lab will serve as the training site on health and safety issues of nanomaterials. Dr. Tate is a mechanical engineer by training

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #9816Optimizing your teaching loadDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Dr. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Departments of Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include computerized assessment systems, and the use of natural-language processing to improve the quality of reviewing. He teaches courses in the area of programming, computer architecture, object-oriented design, and ethics in computing. Page 24.961.1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10013Organ-izing the engineering curriculum with biomedically related learningmodulesDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University (USA). She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University until 1998. Dr. Farrell has made contributions to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing