Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for a project is an important part of 0.91 0.98 + my engineering education. 2. Learning written engineering communication skills is an important part of 0.93 0.96 + my engineering education. 3. Considering safety, ethical, and other social constraints in my work is an 0.76 0.88 + important part of my engineering education. 4. Having the opportunity to integrate skills acquired in the last four years is 0.87 0.88 + an important part of my engineering education. 5. Learning appropriate corporate etiquette and a strong “customer” ethic is 0.85 0.86 + an important part of my

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Mello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

discussion. Theevaluation form covers such aspects as project objectives, quality of the literature review,application of appropriate methodologies, findings and analysis of data, achievement ofeducational goals, and quality of the writing and presentation.To address ABET EC 2000, the following outcomes are included in the assessment: 15, 16 • an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; • a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; • a knowledge of contemporary issues; • an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; • the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.Figure 1 presents example rubrics for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Oerther

pervasive science, a broader education for engineeringstudents is needed. Arguably, all engineering students must be exposed to the basic tenants ofbiology if they are to function as responsible and informed citizens in a society threatened bybioterrorism and struggling with the ethical issue of human cloning. Although these examplesdemonstrate the critical need for engineers to understand biology, they only represent the “tip ofthe iceberg” in terms of the need for engineers to receive formal training in biology.Nationally, the growth of biology-related job opportunities and biology-related ethical issues hascaught engineering curricula flat footed. Today’s engineering undergraduate is essentially thesame as the undergraduate engineering students

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Powers

project-basedlearning incorporates a “big-picture” approach to enhancing science, math and technologyknowledge, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. Project-based learning requires studentsto understand a problem, with all of the fundamental science, societal, ethical and otherconstraints, prior to assessing and implementing a solution.The goal of Clarkson’s Project-Based Learning Partnership program is to provide training to K-12 Fellows who can then enhance the teaching of science and technology classes in area schooldistricts. Because of this primary goal, the K-12 student will have an increased interest andappreciation for these subjects and improved critical thinking skills. The following objectiveswere defined to achieve its goals

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

-disciplinary teams.(e) An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.(f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.(g) An ability to communicate effectively.(h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.(i) Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.(j) Knowledge of contemporary issues.(k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Miami University offers, both engineering and engineering technology programs, allwithin the umbrella of School of Engineering and Applied Science. It istherefore necessary to understand the criteria

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jaeger; Richard Chapman; Victor Nelson

sequence (6 hours)• Core Social Science (6 hours)• PHIL1040 (3 hours) – Philosophy (Business Ethics)• Fine Arts Elective (3 hours)Math/Science (32/33 hours, including 12 hours of A.U. core)• MATH 1610,1620,2630 (12 hours) – Calculus I,II,III• MATH 2650,2660 (6 hours) – Differential Equations and Linear Algebra• PHYS1600,1610 (8) – Physics I & II• CHEM1030,1031 (4 hours) – Chemistry [Wireless EE Option] or COMP3240 (3 hours) – Discrete Structures [Wireless SWE Option]• COMP6330 (3 hours) – Network Optimization & Algorithms [Network Specialization – both options] or Math/Science Elective (3 hours) [Wireless EE Hardware Specialization, Wireless SWE Software Specialization]Free Elective (3 hours)General Engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

taught by EE faculty.In EE Design II, students further explore the engineering design process through cost constraintsand teamwork. The students also discuss ethics and professionalism and explore measurementtechniques. The students in this course have completed the digital logic course and are enrolled inthe first circuits and networks course. They will at least be enrolled in the third calculus course.The topics in EE Design III will include: application of numerical methods, statistics, economics,production techniques, ethics, and print circuit board techniques. The material in the fourthdesign course will cover design methodology and decision making. Also, students will designtheir individual senior projects during forth course

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Sullivan, University of Florida, Gainesville

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Page 25.792.3University Based Integrated DegreesThe College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has established a Bachelor of Arts in SustainabilityStudies. This across discipline degree places an emphasis on environmental well being,economic welfare and social justice. A focus is also placed on local, national, and globalsustainable initiatives. The courses for this major are set in clusters for which students must picka select number of courses to complete the requirements for graduation. A review of the coursesindicates that very few courses were added by departments across campus to accommodate the‘sustainable degree.’ Courses such as Environmental Ethics (Cluster A), Conservation ofResources (Cluster B), and Soil, Water, and Land Use (Cluster C

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John Mativo, The University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

and rapid manufacturing content.IntroductionReverse engineering has been utilized in the engineering world to learn from competitors’product designs in order to maintain competitive advantage against them. It should be conductedwithin the boundaries of ethics and intellectual property laws. On the contrary, reverseengineering concepts and tools have been commonly used in applications other than productdevelopment or industrial needs. It is employed by medical technologists, historians,anthropologists, paleontologists, primatologists, and forensics scientists, just to name a fewprofessions.Following a literature review summarizing relevant educational cases, this paper presents the keyexamples of non-industrial reverse engineering applications

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Diana Fiumefreddo, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

importance of contextin both effective engineering and in the learning process, teachers learned about thefundamentals of engineering mechanics through hands-on activities that they could use in theirown classrooms and within a variety of contexts that included the design process, an ethics casestudy, and the history and aesthetics of bridge design. Fundamental principles from the learningsciences and the research on educating under-represented minorities were also discussed andmodeled throughout the workshop. Examples include the use of conceptual frameworks andnarratives for making engineering concepts relevant to grade 6-8 students in an urban, diverse,and challenged community. Teachers applied what they learned during the workshop bydeveloping

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominic Halsmer

, component, or process to meet desired needs.4. Graduates are able to function on multi-disciplinary teams.5. Graduates are able to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.6. Graduates understand professional and ethical responsibility.7. Graduates are able to communicate effectively.8. Graduates have a broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.9. Graduates recognize the need for, and are able to engage in life-long learning.10. Graduates have knowledge of contemporary issues.11. Graduates are able to use the techniques, skills, and modern tools necessary for engineering practice.12. Graduates are able to apply Christian principles of stewardship.Students

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Oyemayowa Luqman Abioye, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-defined functions. In module 10, students were asked to reflect on several ethical casespresented, and were required to post their reflections in a blog.Table 1. Content of each module Module Content of Each Module 1 Introduction to the course 2 Introduction to Matlab; description of windows (platform) available in Matlab. 3 Introduced students to basic built-in functions and to arithmetic operations in Matlab. 4 Introduced students to vectors and matrices. 5 Introduced students to calculations with vectors and matrices 6 Introduced students to script files, input and output commands 7 Introduced students to

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi D. Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. Furthermore, the standard deviations in competency scale werehigher than the importance scale, showing variability in students’ competency level inpersonal effectiveness.Research governance and organizationForty-three students responded to the research governance and organization survey(Table 3). In general, students rated items in this survey important. All items were ratedmore than 3 (out of 4). From students’ perspective, ethics, principles and sustainabilitywas the most important item. All standard deviations were below one, indicating studentsconsistently thought the items are important.Competency level of students in research governance and organization was lower thanthe previous domains. Surprisingly, students’ competency level for most of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

criteria required under ABET Criterion 3, stating the requirements for engineeringgraduates, spam knowledge would be included in at least two: “a knowledge of contemporaryissues” and “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.”11 Spam is acontemporary issue associated with engineering. Furthermore, it is an engineer’s professionaland ethical responsibility to know about spam and how to protect systems from it.ConclusionSpam is a problem. It has been addressed by legislation, through the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003,and by researchers, through the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Requests forComments (RFCs). It is a very current problem and should be addressed in the engineeringcommunity.This paper discussed spam, which

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Bower; Timothy Mays

than those of thedesign event. In a role opposite to that of the design engineer, students will be required toexamine the design of an actual structure for code compliance, adherence to performancespecifications, and ethical responsibility. Catalano3 discusses related engineering ethicsproblems for engineering courses.New Ocean and Marine Engineering Content for the Environmental Engineering CapstoneCourseAs part of a multidisciplinary team working on the forensic engineering component of the casestudy of the damaged breakwaters described in the previous section, the environmental team willexamine the responsibility of the original design team to consider the impact of the local marinelife (i.e., local crabs) that have eaten away a significant

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

system approach to engineering education. To ensure thequality of the outcome based mechanical engineering program, faculty need to measureoutcomes of each undergraduate engineering course. Linking the traditional Grade Point Average(GPA) grading system to course outcome is very important. Does GPA reflect student learningoutcome correctly? This paper describes the four steps to link GPA to course outcome. Specificdata for ME 360-Fluid Mechanics class is presented.I. BackgroundThe basic criteria for the engineering program’s outcomes and assessment requires that graduatesmust have demonstrated abilities (ABET Criteria 3, a-k), in math, science, engineering, design,teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-long learning. In addition to ABET

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul DeNu; Connie Sketch

ethics, and provides skills that ensure professional success.” This year theInformation and Engineering Technologies Divisions are piloting an online course to replace thetraditional face-to-face course with the intention of enriching the course content, providing moreinteraction among participating students, addressing specific TAC/ABET accreditation criteria,and making the course available to a broader audience. Page 10.1248.1The new course, titled ET 9300 Technology Career Preparation, was created to help studentsinventory their personal attributes, explore technology career opportunities, learn effective job “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

providing a “transition tocollege experience.” In addition to facilitating that experience, the projects must meet authenticengineering criteria. They do so in conjunction with realistic constraints that include societal,political, economic and ethical issues.BackgroundThe joint engineering programs at Western Kentucky University utilize project-oriented deliverymethods as a critical part of their distinctive character. Each of the three programs (civil,electrical, and mechanical engineering) offers a first-semester University Experience course (2-credit hours). In addition to providing transition experiences to the university academic world,the courses provide a home for students attempting to determine whether engineering should betheir academic

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Healy

, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 2000 4. T. Healy, Curiosity in the Education of the Engineer, submitted to the 2004 Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct. 20-23, 2004BiographyTIM HEALY received his BSEE from Seattle University in 1958, MSEE from Stanford University in 1959,and PhDEE from the university of Colorado at Boulder in 1966. He has taught electrical engineering atSanta Clara University since 1966, primarily in communications, and electromagnetics. He has also taughtengineering ethics and has written a number of papers on ethics and other social issues. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

curriculum and authentic design constraints. • Roles and responsibilities of participants in the typical engineering project. • Design-build versus design-bid-build project delivery systems. • Ethics and professional responsibilities.Ethics and professional responsibilities was directly included in the project as student teams hadto share their data with each other. On more than one occasion, teams had to decide whether toown up to mistakes in their data that they had provided to the entire class, particularly as otherteams began to analyze and question the data. The project was also complemented with selectedreadings from Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America4.This historical narrative by John Barry

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Murphy

care, transport,rehabilitation, and other direct costs. The bottom of the iceberg (the largest and not visible part)portrays lost production, worker replacement, and morale problems, to name a few. Enlightened educators understand that employers demand educated students with specificskills that will translate into company profits. Profitability concerns aside, we must furtheracknowledge that it is not ethical to injure or kill our fellow man. Educators have a moralresponsibility to include the basic fundamentals of safety in their class design and delivery. There is a serious need of safety integrated instruction at the university level. A recent reportsponsored by the National Institute of Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that only

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller

makes the programone of the largest naval architecture programs in the country1. The department also offers anOcean Engineering major with approximately 200 students. The general program curriculum follows the classic “design spiral” practiced bycountless naval architects over the years. Figure 1 shows the design spiral and figure 2 shows theUSNA course sequence. In 2003 the Principles of Ocean Systems Engineering course wasrenamed Principles of Naval Architecture. Figure 1: Naval architecture design spiral2 Figure 2: Course SequenceEN246 – Principles of Naval Architecture After a fall semester of physics, calculus, statics, ethics, navigation and PE, thesophomores take their first course in the major. The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Martin

Company Profile Research Personal Job Search Skills Interviewing Skills Mock Interviewing Exercise Making the Transition Guest Lecture by Visiting Co-op Employer Student Panel (i.e., by past Co-op students) Finances Professionalism Page 8.1177.2 Professionalism 2 Ethics

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kroll

; Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationnightmare.Three different course types have been taught as web-based by the author. The first is asenior/grad seminar/writing course dealing with basic research in production planning andmanagement. The second is an engineering economy course for sophomores. The third type is anhonors seminar either covering engineering ethics or the relationship of engineering andtechnology to society. (These seminars are 1 hour credit courses that provide a sidebar to variousparts of the students’ education.) Any level undergraduate may be in the course. Each of thesecourses provided a different set of challenges to be considered.With each of these courses different types administrative

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson

1.00 1.00(b2) ability to analyze and interpret data 1.00 1.00 1.00 (c) ability to design system, component or process to meet needs 0.70 (d) ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams 1.00 0.80 (e) ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems 0.80 0.90 1.00 1.00 (f) understanding of professional and ethical responsibility 0.80 0.70 0.70 0.80 (g) ability to communicate effectively 1.00 0.80 0.90 0.90 (h) broad education

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William R. Hendee; Steven R Krogull; Jay R. Goldberg

availability, national and international standards and regulations, regulatory compliance, needs assessment, contract negotiations, and dispute resolution.• Ethics of Technology Utilization Ethics applied to the utilization and management of healthcare technologies in a patient care setting. Topics include beneficence, nonmaleficence, quality-cost, resource allocation and personal-public conflicts, technology diffusion models and controls, clinical research and research integrity, and patient rights and confidentiality.• Product Development of Medical Devices Activities required for the design, development, and commercialization of new medical devices. Design, testing, regulatory, and legal requirements will be presented along

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard D. Wilk; George H. Williams

, Lance Spallholz, Cherrice Traver, Frank Wicks, Andrew Wolfe.Appendix A: Catalog DescriptionIntroduction to Engineering and Computer Science (Fall). A carefully-designed course that informs students aboutthe various engineering and computer science programs at Union, including their historical and social context, andprovides experience in technical oral, written, and graphical communication; an understanding of group dynamicsand team work; time management, self-esteem, goal setting skills; an understanding of professional ethics usingcase study models; and development of a sensitivity to sexual harassment and cultural diversity in the profession.The course also provides a brief overview of the "engineering science" topics necessary for a

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed McCaul; Alfred Soboyejo; Robert J. Gustafson

been better prepared by theirundergraduate experience were: 1. Changes in content of engineering courses; e.g. more industry interaction, real-world context, and current technology and software 2. More involvement in professional organizations 3. Increased use of trade and professional publications in the curriculum 4. Increased focus on professional skill; e.g. communication, ethics, conflict resolution, teamwork and time management.By far the most significant response to barriers to staying current was “time”. Breaking downthe response further, it is apparent that significant elements dealt with balance of personal andprofessional time commitments and employer allocation of time and resources towardsprofessional

Conference Session

CE Projects: International Perspective

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Srinivasan; Dennis Fukai; Fazil Najafi

beyond traditional topics to an examination of customer service,ethics, use of technology, environmental responsibilities, and legal requirements. Theresponsibilities of the public works manager are becoming increasingly diverse. This paperexplores the role of Public Works as an integral part of the society in incorporating entrepreneurskills to graduate students. This paper also details the Graduate Public Works Division at theDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida and various courses offeredunder the graduate program.1. IntroductionPublic works engineering, management and infrastructure is a pervasive part of every aspect ofurbanized life, and increasingly impacts the human and nature. The scale of

Conference Session

FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Vasko, Central Connecticut State University; Peter F. Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

matter, has proven ideal for the inclusion of FYE activities. Within this firstengineering course, classroom lectures and activities are based on a text by Eide et al. [11],which includes chapters focusing on the engineering profession, the design process, engineeringsolutions and problem-solving format, dimensional unit conversions, basic and inferentialstatistics, mass balance, statics and mechanics of materials, energy concepts, and electrical Page 25.332.2theory. The desired student-learning outcomes include:  Familiarity with the engineering discipline  Engineering professionalism and behavior consistent with the code of ethics