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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Miller; Monica Schmidt

specimen). Use prepared slides or make your own specimens (#6). Use a range of magnifications (such as 50X, 100X, 200X) to examine specimens with the microscope.4. Use a compound microscope to examine specimens in reflected light (where light is reflected from the surface of specimens, but does not have to go through). If possible, use a range of magnifications (such as 10X, 20X, 50X) to examine specimens with the microscope. Look at crystals of table salt under both transmitted and reflected light microscopes (if available), and compare how differently the crystals appear.5. Tour a laboratory or other work site where microscopes are used. Observe a microscope in use. Look at an image through the

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Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

thesecompetencies.ePortfoliosFirst, our decision for using ePortfolios comes out of our desire to have a broader assessmenttool for student intellectual development and technical expertise. We believe that the portfolioprocess is a successful paradigm for broader assessment because student are given the choice tocollect certain examples (papers, reports, projects, and autobiographical information), reflect onthe significance of these examples, and to explain their selection process for the instructor and/oraudience. When done correctly, the portfolio as an educational artifact shows intellectual growthand gives the assessor of this growth a range of performances that indicate the student’sintellectual and technical development8.Second, we believe that engineers and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Lebduska; David DiBiasio

that would actively engage students in thechemical engineering profession while increasing their understanding of speaking and writing asproblem-solving tools and means of reflection rather than isolated activities for recordingengineered solutions. We used several methods of evaluation to evaluate the success of thiscourse, including focus groups conducted by an external evaluator; an external evaluation of theportfolios, and our own assessment of the students’ portfolios.BackgroundMost first-year students have little in-depth knowledge of their chosen profession. This isparticularly true in engineering since there are few high school experiences connected to theprofession. Most chemical engineering departments do not offer core courses until

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Are We Losing Our Minds (2470)

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Sanford; Kenneth Williamson

cycles, the specific activities chosen to seek maximuminvolvement and reflection by the students, selected readings, and assessment techniquesthat will be used to determine the effectiveness of meeting the learning objectives.IntroductionLike many predominantly white higher education institutions, Oregon State Universityfaces significant challenges in diversifying the faculty and student population, as well asproviding students with compelling learning experiences around issues of diversity anddifference. In what might be called a common scenario across campuses in the U.S., thedecision at OSU to include courses on difference, power, and discrimination in the corecurriculum had its origins in student unrest and demands for a more welcoming

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinay Dayal; Jerald Vogel; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

engineering content and learning from a traditional on-site learningenvironment to a web-based environment.As part of this experiment, two of the modules from the design sequence in the AerospaceEngineering and Engineering Mechanics program were converted to web-based delivery.Modules entitled ‘Design Modeling with Parameterization for Optimization’, and ‘FiniteElement Analysis for Practicing Engineers’, were selected since they are both important topicsfor practicing engineers in industry and popular with the students.Re-thinking the Content for the On-line EnvironmentThe goals for the project were carefully developed prior to delving into the details of the work.The instructors examined the content and reflected on their experiences, both in the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn S. Hobson

diverse.At Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), service-learning has been incorporated into asection of the Introduction to Engineering course. Students are given an opportunity toparticipate in the service-learning (s-l) laboratory section. These students are teamed with localhigh school students. As a result of their participation in the course, the VCU students (a) gaina better understanding of the concepts presented in class through the process of having toteach/explain these concepts to a high school student, (b) learn about the concept of mentoring,(c) reflect on one’s own values and feelings about community service, (d) realize theimportance of community service and its incorporation in the field of engineering, and (e)achieve the goals

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nora Valeiras; Luis A. Godoy

papers by thefaculty. A significant increase in journal papers has been achieved in recent years, asshown by information obtained from the Science Citation Index, but the universityadministration expects to improve the present situation 9. Page 5.59.1Almost all assistant professors in the Engineering School at UPR-M obtained a Ph.D. inthe US, so that they have already carried out research leading to an original contributionto their field. However, this is not reflected in the number of publications that theyproduce during their tenure-track period. Let us consider how a young researcher inengineering is trained. In a typical situation, the graduate

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joe Wakeman-Linn; Alex Perry

about $200 per basic kit with each serving a team of 2-4 students. The proposed unit was piloted by a pair of volunteer Department of Energy researchinterns over the course of seven one-hour segments. The purpose of piloting the course was todetermine the effectiveness and feasibility of this proposal. The projects that the interns completedwere similar to the projects that are proposed for the actual course. It should be noted that theinstructor teaching the course should treat the course outlined in this paper as a set of guidelines,and should apply his or her own creativity to enhance the unit.Research Procedures This project reflects the results of a review of literature about engineering classes taught atother universities

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Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pradip Srimani; Joseph Hughes

technical specialties within computer engineering, electricalengineering, and computer science. Their institutions and programs are reflective of the diversityamong academic institutions. Several members of the committee are actively involved inengineering accreditation or have experience in academic administration. Additionally,contributions to specific elements of the body of knowledge have been solicited from otherindividuals and the draft document will be available for review by educators and practitioners inthe discipline. Table 1. Members of the CC2001 Computer Engineering Committee. Dave Soldan (chair), Kansas State University Joseph Hughes, Georgia Institute of Technology Mitch Theys (editor), Univ. of Illinois

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2001 Annual Conference

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Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

from the learningtask. Fourth, feedback apparently plays a minor role in actual classroom situations. Fifth,teaching students to provide their own feedback and explanation is an effective alternative.These findings suggest that instructors may be more effective if they put less effort into gradingand commenting on students’ products and more effort into structuring their courses to helpstudents learn how to assess and reflect on their state of learning themselves. Two specificpedagogical strategies are suggested. First, giving students more assignments than the instructorcould grade or comment on will provide more of the kinds of practice they need to developexpertise. Second, helping students to learn how to assess and reflect on their state

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristen Larson; Jeffrey Newcomer

often to make sure that you are still headed in theright direction. Still, without any experience how does a new faculty member know whichapproach is best?The reality is that there is no substitute for experience. Once you get a job you need to bewilling to walk away from it if it becomes clear that it is not a good match for you. This ideamay sound appalling to anyone who has just landed his or her first tenure track job, but the truthis that this job is not the only opportunity available. Certainly, prospective faculty membersmust be reflective and understand their own priorities when submitting applications, but eventhis does not guarantee success. New faculty members must take a hard look at themselves, theirdesires, and their situation

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

secondary students were evaluated for appropriateness. Strengths andlimitations of a variety of teaching methods were considered. These methods and practices werethen modeled and assessed through the conduct of the course in classroom, laboratory, and in-service experiences. Methodologies included lecture, small group activities, whole groupactivities, individual participation, reflective writing, alternative assessments, cooperativelearning, demonstrations, and technology-based assignments.3. Course Objectives The objectives of our course included:• Discussing the importance of teaching problem solving in today’s elementary/secondary schools.• Enabling our students to display an increased capacity for solving problems

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudio Campana; Jun Kondo; Devdas Shetty

manufacturing operations is beneficial in modern production systems. As anexample, on-line surface roughness and on-line geometry evaluators are discussed.4 Surface Roughness Measurement: Background And TheoryFor roughness evaluation, the most widely used instrument is the surface profilometer withcontact stylus. This technique requires contact with the surface of the sample. As such, if surfaceroughness measurement of a critical component is required, a non-contact approach is preferred.Many researchers have contributed to the development of reliable non-contact techniques usingoptical methods. Among these, Marx and Vorburger [3] have developed a non-contact method ofmeasuring the specular and scattered reflection of a laser beam off the surface of a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland; Cynthia Finelli

from the first freshman term. We found in thiscase no difference among peer ratings based on either gender or race, but the small sample sizeof female and minority students in the Kettering student population makes further investigationnecessary to confirm this result. Supporting the observed trend, we note that the students in theKettering population are rated more uniformly in teamwork contribution by their peers than inthe previously cited studies—there is less score variation. We hypothesize that the required co-operative education experience of the Kettering students has improved their teamwork skills andthat the peer ratings correctly reflect this. Further study is proposed to evaluate this hypothesis.I. IntroductionEstablishing

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2000 Annual Conference

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Shirley J. Dyke; Phillip Gould; Kevin Truman

theuse of short response questions in the surveys. A description of the types of surveys on the website are described in the following paragraphs.4.1 Formative AssessmentThe involvement of each university in the program will be assessed at the end of each semester,culminating in a final report (survey) which will submitted through the web site. The surveyresponses from each university will be synthesized in a report reflecting each university’s andeach center’s participation and use of their shake table. Each university will report quantitativestatistics including: students in each class utilizing the shake tables (civil engineers and non-civilengineers), underrepresented groups, K-12 students exposed to a shake table demonstration,classes using

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William L. Call; Saleh M. Sbenaty

developed through these projects, one of the early TEFATEcases will follow as an example. It was selected for this paper because of its application of abasic principle of physics, that of uniform straight-line motion. This principle is applied,however, to a more advanced topic: reflection of waves. Several electrical topics play a role in Page 5.186.4the case, also. The case serves as a good vehicle for students in a two-year electrical technologyprogram to practice these principles of physics, with other integrated multidisciplinaryextensions (math and English). This particular case is tightly structured as a model of goodtroubleshooting practice

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim M. El-Dash

demand a synchronous mutation in the engineeringeducation. Particularly, educators need to overcome the traditional perspective of courses withconcentrated subjects to widely needed integrated courses and integrated education. Interdisciplinary education collaborated by communication skills is very important forengineers with managerial functions in their technical ventures and even for engineers pursuingtheir careers in nontechnical trends. A constant growth of interest in nontechnical educationamong engineers is commonly observed and reflected in the design of engineering curricula inthe United States where some innovative curricula assign as much as 50-60% of the requiredcredits to be fulfilled by free or directed elective courses(5

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Haag

28, instructors monitoredand assessed my team skills).However, according to the interview data, the team process check needed further refinement.Although both female and male students believed that the process check was good in theory, theyfelt it could be improved to allow for student anonymity. Despite the fact that the documentationallowed students to voice issues, problems, and team dysfunction, the process can be deadlocked.Some students were reluctant to write critical comments about others fearing retaliation. Otherswere reluctant to reflect critically on their own attitude, behavior, and performance and havethose comments voiced publicly during the focus group. According to students, if this policy isto become more effective, both

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley J. Pisarski

a live mouse by using stepper motorsto control all motion allowing for forward, reverse, directional control, as well as clockwise andcounter-clockwise rotation. An additional stepper motor sweeps the ultrasonic transducers fromside to side and they generate sound waves which reflect off objects in its path giving it a sense ofsight just like the bats have done for hundreds of years. Its tiny brain is the MotorolaMC68HC705C8 microcontroller that controls each motor while sending and receiving signalsfrom the ultrasonic sensors. The food that it consumes is electrical energy from a 16.8 voltnickel-cadmium battery pack neatly tucked inside its outer shell. Its nervous system consists ofover one hundred feet of ribbon cable that carries the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe; Christa Weisbrook

necessary to review the basisfor its use. Research has long shown that individuals behave and learn according to certaincognitive styles. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one well known method ofanalyzing personality traits and behavior. It has been widely used in education to explore howstudents behave with regard to learning. Other methods exist which provide more emphasis onthe individual’s learning strengths and weaknesses. One such learning style inventory is the Page 5.74.1Kolb Learning Cycle. In this description learning is modeled as a four stage cyclic process.The four stages in the process relate to Concrete Experience, Reflective

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert Marine; Carol Colbeck; Alberto Cabrera

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe internal consistency reliabilities (alpha) of the four factors, “teamwork and lifelong learning,“design,” “professional development,’ and “engineering science fundamentals,” were quite high,ranging from .75 to .88. Cronbach’s alpha ranges from 0 to 1, reflects the homogeneity of itemscomprising a scale, and indicates the extent to which the component items are measuring thesame underlying construct. When the alpha value is close to 1, a factor’s items are highlyconsistent with each other. Similarly, the factor loadings (λ), determined through varimaxrotation are also quite high. The higher the loadings, measured on a scale of -1 to 1, the moreeach individual item is correlated -- shares something in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Quinn; Tim Healy

outcomes, some good, some bad, that were not anticipated by their developers. Thereaction to such unanticipated consequences cannot be to pursue no new technologies, asthat would have its own unforeseen consequences. Nor is it acceptable to blindly pursuenew ideas with no reflection on their possible implications. An effective society mustfind a middle ground. It is critically important that we reflect on issues that include:stakeholders (present and future), possible consequences that are difficult to anticipate,ethical concerns, and others. Engineers are often in a unique position to address some ofthese issues.Santa Clara University has introduced a new set of courses designed to help engineersreflect on such matters so that they can make a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Giorgio; Sean P. Brophy

understanding the domainknowledge. Finally, community centeredness focuses on methods to help students leverage theirpeers as a learning resource and to have instructors use these networks. This includes smallgroup problem solving and in class discussion. Also, community centeredness can include theeffects of the university and professional societies in facilitating students’ growth as engineers.These principles have beenencapsulated in a softwaretemplate called STAR.Legacythat we have used to helporganize our design of a learningmodule for biotechnology.Figure 1 shows the main screenof the STAR.Legacy framework(where STAR stands forSoftware Technology for Actionand Reflection) represented as a“Learning Cycle” (or an inquirycycle for learning). The

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Rudko

developed in anticipation of the evolving Criteria 2000. The missionstatement of the Division of Engineering was written to reflect the updated goals and objectiveson which the new curriculum was based. Each of the departments then created its own missionstatement together with its specific discipline-based goals and objectives.II. Mission and ObjectivesThe mission and objectives of the Electrical Engineering program, together with the resultingcurriculum, reflect both the perceived essence of the discipline and the relatively unique qualities Page 3.178.2which are particular to the institution. Union College is a small, predominantly

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley

, reflect the designer and the culture from which the artifact originated.Interactivity is a crucial feature of the tours, which stress inquisitive looking and dealing with thematerial reality of the artifact. The students’ immersion in the museum environment also helpsdevelop fully articulated aesthetic responses to technological artifacts.KEYS TO SUCCESSMuseum Personnel. The most important prerequisite for success is museum personnel whoteach by inquiry as a mode of teaching and who see themselves as “working to enable thestudents to participate in learning for themselves by beginning to understand visual informationfound in art.“*Collaboration. The instructor organizing these experiences needs a reasonably complete graspof both the technical and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

situation; they describe aperson’s involvement in an ethical dilemma, including his or her actions and their realconsequences. This was the only item that received score of “agreed” or better. Two satisfaction items nearly scored at the “agree” level. Students reported that theynearly agreed (3.93) that the course will help them resolve ethical dilemmas on the job and thatworking in groups was favorable (3.89). A score of 3.0 reflected a neutral attitude, and a score of2.0 reflected a disagreement with the item. Table 1: Student Satisfaction Item Average 1. The course should include more case studies

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntryre

course material.The basic methodology used in the course, as outlined below, was developed by the students andthe instructor during a classroom lecture period. < the instructor acts as the course facilitator. < all students take an active role in teaching preparation, presentation, and grading. < the instructor and the students are evaluated based on individual and group assessments.III. The Group AssignmentAs indicated in the course syllabus, the group assignment reflects 25 percent of course grade. Theresponsibilities and sequence of the group assignment were developed by the course instructor andare listed below.1. Students will be divided into teaching teams, consisting of three students each. One team will consist of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John E. Shea; Thomas M. West

3257 EVOLUTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM John E. Shea, Thomas M. West Oregon State UniversityIntroduction At the beginning of this decade, the structure of engineering curricula at most colleges anduniversities had existed since the early 1950’s, and reflected an emphasis on a solid foundation inmath, science, and engineering science as expressed in the Grinter Report of 19551. Therequirements for accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) reinforced this traditional structure of the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Dendy Sloan

students in eightengineering schools∗. In this ERM historical perspective session, similar studies over theprevious twenty years suggest that the results may not be very time-dependent.The Instrument. C.G. Jung1 first described personality types, as later developed into theMyers-Briggs Type Indicator2 or MBTI, a testing instrument. While only a brief (andadmittedly loose) classification is given here, complete descriptions are available2,3,4.The MBTI suggests personalities differ on the following dimensions:1. Preference for dealing with the outside world (Introversion/Extroversion). If one derives pleasure from dealing with numbers of people, or from in-depth reflections he/she may be termed an Extrovert (E) or Introvert (N) , respectively.2

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

opportunity to pursue one’s interests within the constraints of university, family, society, and availabletime are much more significant. In order to achieve tenure and promotion, maintain an acceptable level of professional and personalsatisfaction, and allow time to pursue some of the activities enjoyed outside of the workplace, each facultymember should develop a comprehensive strategic plan. Based on the escalating workload which is imposed onfaculty (either by external or internal sources), the plan must encompass all aspects of life. The level, quantity,and quality of work produced by any one faculty member can be limited by many factors outside of theuniversity, and a realistic strategic plan will reflect these considerations (i.e