Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Chase, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Leonard Perry, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Page 11.868.7in the appendix. Only those courses that currently include some coverage of a lean topic areshown. An entry of “1” in the table indicates that the topic is currently included in the course,though in some cases it may not be mentioned that the topic is considered by some to be a leantopic. A “2” indicates topics which we may not include in our courses right now, but which fitnaturally into one of the courses we offer. It also includes topics that are discussed briefly in theindicated course with more thorough coverage elsewhere. For example, the role of a bill ofmaterial as a source of planning information is covered in the facilities course, but they arecovered in more detail in the production planning course. A “3” denotes that

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, National Academy Press, 2006.8. Strategic Plan: Enabling a Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce for Competitiveness, National Collaborative Task Force on Engineering Graduate Education Reform, 2006. Page 12.733.8 Appendix AThe U.S. Department of Labor Engineering Job Rankings, Levels 1 to 9 Engineer Level 1 (GS-5)This entry level of professional work requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and noexperience, or the equivalent of a degree in appropriate education and experience. Assignmentsare designed to develop professional

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Cathleen Jones, Robert Morris University; Jon Radermacher, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Marketing Marketing students. design due. Concept students. description, sampling plan & test due. Pretest completed. Page 12.503.3 Table 1. Concurrent Syllabi for the Interdisciplinary Design Study Project (contd.). Date ENGR 3650 ARTM 3307 MARK 3700Week 4 Conduct product Engr / Art groups share Meeting #2 Finalize the teardown analysis. Engr / refined design ideas concept, verbiage and visual Art groups share

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Kenyon M Richardson; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

teaching practices by engineering faculty islimited (e.g., [4]). Our own research confirms these findings at the University of Michigan (U-M,a large, public research university) where we recently observed a random sample ofundergraduate, lecture-based engineering classes and discovered that the use of active learningand effective student questioning was surprisingly low [2]. To achieve wider adoption ofeffective teaching practices at our college of engineering, we are working to develop aninstitutional change plan. This paper describes one part of that change plan: a series of facultyfocus groups we conducted to explore factors that influence faculty motivation to adopt effectiveteaching practices.We use the Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT, [1, 6

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Frederick Doe, illinois institute of technology; Elana Rose Jacobs, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

thirteen undergraduate students who participated in the program in2012. Five of the 13 students worked directly with a faculty member and eight students wereassigned a graduate student mentor in addition to working with faculty mentor. This studyfocused only on the eight undergraduate students who were assigned a graduate student mentor.Of the eight students, six students attended four-year universities and two attended localcommunity colleges. Four of the student attending four-year universities had declared/planned tomajor in biomedical engineering, one in bioelectronics, and one in industrial engineering andeconomics. One of the community college students was planning on pursuing a degree in biologyand the other was considering engineering

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei Liu, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; F. H. 'Bud' Griffis, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

’ Griffis, Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityProf. Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Professor Andrew Bates is an experienced senior construction manager with a proven ability to plan, di- rect and complete construction and engineering projects safely, on time and within budget. His ability to communicate, motivate people and devise successful action plans in both small and large organizations has allowed him to thrive in high stress, fast-paced work environments requiring multi-tasking and im- mediate decision making skills. Since 2009, Mr. Bates has been passing his knowledge and experience onto students in the Civil Engineering Department at Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

formulation and teaching of project-centered curriculum materials. • Incorporation of computation, teamwork, and communication as common elements of courses to more accurately reflect the real environment of engineering practice.The PROCEED initiative is being implemented over a five-year timeline, as illustrated in Figure 2. Phase 1 Team-Building & Planning Phase 2 Pilot Project Definition Phase 3 Pilot Implementation Phase 4 Evaluation Phase 5 Curriculum Implementation

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Clayton, Villanova University; James O'Brien, Villanova University; Kenneth Kroos, Villanova University; Amy Fleischer, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

aspects of ME and tohelp students develop general skills needed to be successful ME students and engineer. Theseobjectives are achieved through a hands-on, project-based laboratory coupled withcomplementary theory-based lectures. This class differs from typical introduction to engineeringcourses because it is offered to sophomores, which enables higher-level engineering content tobe covered. The topics addressed in this paper are the initial development of the course, theevolution of the course over the past eight years, the current state of the course, studentassessment of the course, and plans for future development.1. IntroductionIn this paper, the development and evolution of the sophomore-level introduction to MechanicalEngineering (ME

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

Tagged Divisions

International

comprehensivecourse framework. The modifications to existing software engineering project managementcourse contents are made mainly to develop student’s communication skills. Another task is toconduct an experiment on feasibility of integrating communication training into the projectmanagement course. The research develops a plan to test whether or not the new methods andactivities are effective to develop Chinese student’s soft skills in general and particularlyimprove their practical communication skills in the course. Students are required to go through avariety of new team activities and complete newly designed team oriented project assignmentswith the new focus on developing student’s communication skills. Throughout the course studentsurvey and other

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna M. Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University; Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Scranton in 1985 and degrees in educational psychology: research, measurement and statistics from Texas A&M University (M.S. in 1986 and Ph.D. in 1990). She can be contacted at jmk35@psu.edu.Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences Dr. Nell Sedransk, Co-Pi, is the Associate Director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University. She is an Elected Fellow of the International Statistical Institute, also Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association. She has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, and

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Miquel Barcelo, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Didac Balas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Maria Ribera Sancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Jordi Garcia, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

integrated program that includes both required and elective courses/modules. All ofthe courses/modules required for the common study program currently exist at one or more ofthe partner institutions. The culminating research and development (Directed) project and up tothree existing courses will be collaboratively vetted and accepted by each of the partners as theirown, regardless of which institution provides it to the students. It is envisioned to augment thisarray of courses with yet a few more leading edge ones to be collaboratively developed to enrichthe elective and tailoring portion of the program.A committee consisting of two USA and two European graduate faculty will guide the studentthrough his/her program planning to maximize the

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

water resources. The course was developed and co-taught by professors fromcivil engineering and philosophy at the University of Utah with the goals of (1) cultivating in thenext generation of civil engineering professionals – those responsible for planning, designing,managing, and operating water resources systems – a broader sensibility about the culturalclimate in which they will operate, and (2) developing in humanists, social scientists and otherswho will be responsible for shaping and articulating that cultural climate a more groundedunderstanding of the practical water problems facing society and the constraints limitingengineering and technological solutions. Our pedagogical approach was to engage the students incase study analyses and

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Rajesh Ganithi, UAE University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

manufacturingmachine tools a new capacity to create wealth with reference to design and manufacturing. Singh[3] defines entrepreneurship as the process of creating something different with value bydevoting thenecessary time and effort, assuming the accompanying financial, psychic, socialrisks andreceiving the resulting rewards of monetary and personal satisfaction and independence.The definition identifies (i) the creation process (ii) devotion of time and efforts and (iii)assumption of risks, as the main features. Duening and Sherrill [4] analyse the approaches toentrepreneurship education and identify six such approaches. They are i. Business plan approach ii. Resource based approach iii. Entrepreneurial Mind-set approach iv. Case-study approach

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

Fellows provided expertise in science, math, and engineering, andfunctioned as positive role models for participating students.Since 2001, the Techtronics after-school program, sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund’sStudent Science Enrichment Program, has placed undergraduate and graduate EngineeringTeaching Fellows in the after-school program working with K-12 students at Rogers-HerrMiddle School in Durham, North Carolina. Initiated in the fall of 2001, Techtronics seeks tostimulate intellectual curiosity in engineering through exposure to four engineering disciplines:civil, mechanical, electrical/computer, and biomedical engineering. The mature program nowincludes fully developed lesson plans for two sections of twenty students, Techtronics

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed; Sasima Thongsamak

experience and thecollege benefited from the result. CGEP is a coalition of five Virginia universities that deliverengineering graduate degree programs through distance learning. Three years ago this programwas under review by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Given that the CGEPdirector and administrators were new to this program, it was a high priority to establish metricsto determine the program’s success. Another high priority was to searchfor expertise in the area of performance measurements. During the past three years, progress hasbeen made in creating a continuous-process improvement plan for the program through theapplication of management systems methodologies. This paper discusses how graduate studentexpertise was used

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

characteristics and operations of partnerships influence STEM educationaloutcomes.* Part of this project addresses the vexing issue of how to evaluate both the outcomesof a partnership, and the partnership itself. For, although a partnership is often viewed primarilyas a vehicle or framework for conducting other planned STEM activities or interventions, it oftenbecomes much more than that, leading to a multitude of unanticipated activities and outcomes.Evaluations that don’t directly address the partnership, and the unanticipated outcomes thatresult, may suffer from a weak formative assessment regarding the health of the partnership, andalso may miss some of the most important results of that partnership.The unintended consequences of the partnership

Conference Session

Diversity: Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

Yes No/Not Sure Are you planning to go to college? 341 27 Are you planning to enroll in engineering or engineering technology? 3 365 Do you know the difference between engineering and engineering technology? 3 365 Did you know that you could get an AAS degree in ET at the local community college? 0 368 Are you planning to go to the local community college? 0 368 Did you know that you could transfer to UNC Charlotte’s Engineering Technology 0 368 program after

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Nielsen

than lecturers.• Innovation; to emphasise integrated problem solving, considering social, economical and political aspects as well as technological aspects.From 1990 to 1994 The University of Twente [1, 2] planned the innovation from classical toproject-led education for the mechanical engineering studies. No other institution hadsuccessfully made this changeover when they started in 1994 and this probably remains truein 2004, although some other universities have started developing similar initiatives on ascale which matches their needs and perceptions.In the following some important elements of the concept will shortly be pointed out, somecases will be given together with experience from interaction between AAU and industry willbe

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; Frank DeRego; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

experience. This paper presents an overview of the reflection activities that have beendeveloped, interpretations of student reflections from these activities, and plans to evolve the reflectioncomponent in EPICS.INTRODUCTIONService-learning is a pedagogy in which students engage in activities that address societal needs whilesimultaneously addressing student learning objectives. Necessary, and to distinguish itself fromcommunity service, is a reflection component [1], [2]. Students gain an appreciation for the role theycan as an engineer can play in society by reflecting on various socioeconomic and ethical factors. Traditional modes of reflection include journal writing and group discussions [3]. Journal writingprovides a safe environment for

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vish Prasad; Richard Schoephoerster; Ofer Amit; Alan Carsrud

opportunities for itsfaculty and students to participate in the academic, industrial, or clinical settings. Moreover, theprogram creates a framework that allows partners a look into the biomedical engineeringacademic program and to participate in formulating their prospective employees’ professionalpreparation.This paper will present the Biomedical Engineering Partnership Program as a case study for auniversity-lead partnership between academia, industry, and clinical medicine. It will discussprogram structure, mechanics, and other issues arising from this unique partnership. It will alsodescribe innovative joint programs that made the partnership successful: corporate andentrepreneurship options for Senior Design Project, business plan competition

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

activities include in-class exercises, weekly status,approval meetings, team meetings, technical documents, program reviews, web sites, changecontrol, prototyping, and final presentations. Assessment data from the students, faculty advisors,and industry representatives indicate that the course structure improves writing, presentation,interpersonal, professional, and higher-level thinking skills.IntroductionStudent-centered learning paradigms and, specifically, cooperative learning activities haveproven to be very effective teaching methods. This paper reports on applying cooperativelearning techniques to a yearlong capstone design sequence. Using these methods, instructorswho teach or whom are planning to teach a capstone design sequence, will

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

been well spent.This paper describes basic statistical concepts that should be considered when assessing aprogram or activity. Examples are given to illustrate both good and poor program assessment.Warnings are given for data that may turn out to be useless and suggestions presented on ways toenhance data presentation. What it takes for data to be “significant” will also be discussed, aswell as the problem of sample size.Without the proper planning of assessments and data collection, it may be very difficult to showthat the program has made a difference. If a program director does not have a good statisticalbackground, they would be well advised to have an assessment person on their team to help planassessment strategy, to analyze the data

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

Page 7.690.1“Is it legal?” as opposed to “Is it ethical?” Instead of confronting the ethical dilemmas directly, “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”today’s engineer, with an expanded role in the corporate organization, now looks implicitly toother disciplines (management, finance, law) for guidance and, at times, to convince oneself thatthere are "acceptable" reasons for giving less than full consideration to potential ethical concernswhen planning projects, managing human resources, and specifying products.This paper describes an approach to integrating ethics into a Project

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Zuckerman; Nathaniel Bowe; LaMarr Taylor; Kyle Smith; Dan Moore

qualification procedure, those deemedto have potential are then given project resources including student project teams, prototypingsupport, work space, Intellectual Property support, and project management to help develop theiridea. Engenius Solutions also provides financial, marketing, and business insight to assist theirclients (students, faculty, staff) in taking ideas from concept to market. Future plans includeaccepting clients from outside the Rose-Hulman community. The program is driven by a coremanagement team of four undergraduate students managing the program with limited oversightprovided by a Board of Governors. The board consists of faculty and staff from multipledisciplines across the campus.This paper will present an overview of the

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

examination results in terms of correlation with overall grade pointaverages and time to degree completion.BackgroundThe Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (TAC/ABET) recently revised the accreditation requirements for engineeringtechnology programs1. The revised requirements are identified as Engineering TechnologyCriteria 2000 (ET2K). The ET2K criteria will continue the present policy of mandating thedevelopment and implementation of a continuous improvement plan. The ET2K criterion hasadded the requirement of “student outcomes assessment”. Each institution is left to determine themethods that it uses to demonstrate achievements for each of its programs. The Associate ofScience and Bachelor

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

N.J. Salamon; Renata Engel

subject in order to model phenomena. • Learning the application of theory in order to understand its purpose in engineering. • Learning to gather, filter and sort data in order to use it meaningfully. • Learning skills to work in teams, develop a coherent plan, organize and subdivide a project, formulate solutions and make decisions in order to write reports and communicate results. • Learning how a course fits into the broad scheme of engineering in order to plan a career.B. How? (Is Learning Accomplished)How is learning accomplished today? Here we list common modes of teaching and learningpracticed in the contemporary engineering classroom. • Lecture: although de-emphasized, it remains the most efficient means of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Carter; Sarah Rajala

be: • consistent with the mission of the institution. They should reflect pertinent parts of the mission statements and long-range plans of the university, college of engineering, and department. • consistent with the needs of key constituencies. They should address the concerns of the major stakeholders in the program, such as students, employers, industry advisory boards, etc. • comprehensive. They should be broad and overarching, providing a vision for the whole program. • consistent with the other EC2000 criteria. They should be compatible with the language of Criterion 1 and Criteria 3-8. • clearly defined. They should be delineated with enough detail to make

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary E. Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Tyler J. Evans, Humboldt State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

S-STEM funding has influenced educational practices in the ERE department.The lessons learned from SLS program have informed the ERE department Diversity andRetention Plan required by the new university accreditation process, whose purpose is to increaseretention of diverse students in all majors. One part of the plan that was informed by the SLSproject is the implementation of a peer mentoring program for first year engineering (ERE)students. The peer mentoring program was started due to the SLS project outcomes thatindicated the importance of peer mentoring. Assessment of the new peer mentoring program isnot yet complete. In addition, based on outcomes from the SLS project, the ERE department isencouraging the university to implement

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; David F. Vreeland, University of Oklahoma; Christopher Robert Griffin, University of Oklahoma; Mark B. Yeary P.E., University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

roleof students in the process. The foundation of this work was documented by the authors in a 2011ASEE publication.1 This paper will complete the previous work by providing details on ECEretention best practices and look deeper into the role that student culture plays in recruiting andretention. While this study occurred in an ECE department, most aspects will translate to anyengineering discipline.When the enrollment reports at the University of Oklahoma (OU) were released in the fall of2008, the number of ECE undergraduate enrollments declined to an alarmingly low 246 students.With a history of ECE undergraduate enrollments often exceeding 400 students, a correctiveaction plan was created to improve our recruiting and retention practices. As

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; M. Golam Faruk, Prairie View A&M University; Latha Vasudevan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

present work were renewable energy and alternate energy.Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest public institution of higher learning in the stateof Texas and a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), has been systematicallydeveloping its capability through addition of equipment and personnel resources to supportnuclear engineering and radiation safety education and research. With the collaborative effortsand leveraged funding PVAMU developed course curriculum and a state-of-art nuclearinstrumentation and detection lab to facilitate undergraduate research. The first phase of thecomprehensive energy laboratory development plan is completed. This phase has covered themajor steps to involve the students in learning the basic