Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

P.L.Stephan Thamban; Dani Fadda P.E.

. of students could agree but only 30% and 15% could agreeHowever, when used intentionally, the pause helps to strongly to our statements. This survey was taken about aestablish a break from the voice of the professor, which can week after the last lecture session in the semester andbe monotonous in a long lecture regardless of the students had to rhetorically reflect back on the lectureprofessor’s enthusiasm and interest in the engineering portion of the course and comment on these

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, and provide the professional community with an awareness ofcurriculum and an opportunity to participate in the development of that curriculum. Students areable to practice professional skills in a real-world situation before they enter the work force, gainconfidence through experience, and receive relevant and practical evaluation and an opportunityto reflect on their performance.When developing a service-learning project, a good model for best practices can be found in“The Maryland Best Practices: An Implementation Guide for School-Based Service-Learning.” 2Though this was developed for a K-12 curriculum, these guidelines seem to work equally wellfor a college-level curriculum. In this guide, 7 best practices for school-based service

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. The cost for each function will be loaded onthe system.c) CPM stage: In the CPM stage, the user constructs an assembly line network. A matrixrepresents the possible network columns and rows that describe the relationships amongassembly functions. The user makes decisions to establish relationships for better assignment ofwork content to workstations for completing the assembly line design.d) Parts Feeder stage: In this stage, the user views a precedence diagram reflecting his/herselections. The user also selects parts feeders for appropriate assembly functions.e) Layout and Simulation stage: The user can choose one of two layouts: in-line or u-shaped.The simulation shows analyses of the design performance to allow evaluation of the properties

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

will have itsown regulations related to solid and hazardous wastes that may vary significantly (or in somecases, almost no regulations), devoting class time to this topic in the UNESCO setting seemedless beneficial to students. Page 12.1288.4As shown in Table 3, the topics that received the most emphasis in the UNESCO course werebiotreatment and landfills. This reflects the technologies that are most sustainable given thehighly organic nature of the wastes in many developing countries, and the technologies that areappropriate and most widely used.Table 3. Approximate number of contact hours spent on Topics Covered in the various CoursesTopic

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York; Bala Veeramcheneni, State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Construction

nonagricultural sectors. For example, the highest TImultiplier for a nonagricultural sector (construction) is 1.66, while the median for theproduction agriculture industries and agricultural manufacturing is 1.66 and 2.03,respectively. The TI multipliers for the production agriculture industries tend to be Page 13.1255.9highest of all. Also notable is that two of the three largest TI multipliers come from thedairy industry, reflecting its greater degree of integration within the overall New Yorkeconomy.With respect to EMP multipliers, the seven largest values are in the agriculturalmanufacturing industries. The median value for agricultural manufacturing

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; Annapurna Ganesh, Mesa Community College; Rachelle Beard, Arizona State University; Janel White-Taylor, Arizona State University; Neeru Khosla, CK12 Foundation; Murugan Pal, CK12 Foundation; John Kobara, CK12 Foundation; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Meera Vaidyanathan, CK12 Foundation

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

differently. The education group primarily incorporatedthe learning cycle into activities for which the text provided necessary factual material. Theengineering group attempted to develop content modules that have a highly interactive format thatsupports the learning cycle. Again, this reflected the differences in culture and understanding ofhow textbook materials would be used. To some extent, the modular structure described in Section 4provided a means to unify the different concepts of how the text should function. Within thisstructure, content modules are paired with one or more activity modules based on the learning cycle.The education faculty also brought issues of readability and reader friendly text, new vocabu-lary, prior conceptions

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

oninformation and time management. In the chemistry course, information fluency instruction wasalso provided with partnering college librarians. Students were to write a summary reflecting thesubject (chromatography), the discipline (chemistry), time management, and the learningprocess, and articulating connections among them. Technical writing students were to conductresearch, write summaries, share files, manage the virtual meeting space, and participate as teammembers.Virtual team activities provided collaborative learning environments. Each student interactedwith asynchronous virtual communications and utilized file-sharing features tocontribute/retrieve individual/team work using “group files” to build a team presentation. Teamswere to work on a

Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Jodi Sutton, HCC; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in the middle of an order. This added stressor providesparticipants a look at how they and their team react to the change. Did they continue on withouta hiccup or did the change cause chaos? The increased complexity and added stress givesparticipants an opportunity to assess their individual and team’s ability to adapt to change,communicate, and work as a team.Discussion:The most important aspect of The Toothpick Factory© is reflecting on what occurred during thesimulation. During the simulation the facilitator monitors the interactions between students,observes problem solving techniques, and keeps notes of positive and negative processes. Oncethe simulation is complete, the students reflect on some of the interactions, techniques

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James Duvall, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

actions, the simplest being the goals are reflect deeply help individual beliefs. In this case itwould be possible for the evaluation instrument to measure static student beliefs more thanpeer’s performance. However if responses change significantly over the duration of the capstonecourse then some change to goal structures is occurring. While not providing a definitiveevaluation tool, this work can potentially lead to methods to gauge changes to an individual’sability to function of a team. Judging student efficacy on a team is also addressed by the fourthquestion. It has been recently shown that unskilled individuals are less aware of skill distinctionsin others 14.MethodologyPeer evaluations were given in a the first course of a two course

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Gregory P. Starr

to be smaller that a native code representation. • Multi-taking: because the p-code is fully stack-based, a process's state is defined solely by its stack and its program counter. It is thus easy to task-switch simply by loading a new stack pointer and program counter.IC includes a full library of math functions, RC-style servo and DC motor control, analog anddigital sensor support, and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix computers.Actuators and SensorsThe actuators typically used in the LEGO robots are LEGO 9V DC gearmotors and RC-stylegeared servos (which support position control). Infrared reflectance sensors (Fairchild QRB1114) are used for detecting the black tape of the maze, which various other sensors

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Steve Menhart

output f, which is connected tothe least significant bit of port B. Note, the “|=” in the assignment results in output f beingturned on, while all other bits of port B are unchanged. If the “if” statement is not true, output cis off, or logic 0. The while(1) condition sets up a perpetual loop, causing the logical “if-else”statement to be executed indefinitely.Both figures 1 and 2 will implement f = a • b + c, however there are significant differences in theway they accomplish that. Figure 1, whether implemented using a CPLD or FPGA will result ina programmed logic circuit. The output f will reflect changes in the inputs a, b, and cinstantaneously, except for a small propagation delay of a few ns. The C code of figure 2 will beconverted to

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

-energizes to allow the brake to stop theconveyor. This timer was installed to minimize damage to the drive gearbox. If theconveyor stopped due to the photoelectric sensor seeing reflected light, the object causingthe reflection must be removed, then the switch for the opposite direction must betemporarily pressed. Once this is done, travel in the original direction can continue.Other examples of design projects include process control of production, package andsort for shipment of candy bars, car wash control, creating a mitered joint for a doorframe prior to assembly, automatic garage door opener and control of traffic light foreight lanes of traffic.Summary and ConclusionsThe Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) course is a 3 credit hours course

Conference Session

Global Cooperative Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Akins, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie D. Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jack Lohmann, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

: Outstanding academic performance and exceptional interpersonal skills Engineering-related academic background Advanced undergraduate and graduate students Prior academically related work experience Proficiency in English, other language skills an advantage Commitment to participating in formal curriculum prior, during and after the internship Willingness to participate in virtual learning community prior, during and after the internship Page 13.903.3 Submission of final report, including reflective self-assessment on their development as input to Global Engineering Education research

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

embedded reinforced steel bars. The typical examplesare beams, footings, columns, roof slabs, and retaining walls. Wood, like stone has avery long history of use. Wood is cheaper, lighter and more easily shaped than any otherconstruction material. However, it is subject to decay and attack by certain insects and isalso flammable. The structure of wood is anisotropic and this is reflected in its physicaland mechanical properties which vary along and across the grains (Farag, 2008).The materials that are currently used in buildings are quite numerous and come in fivemajor families (Ashby et al, 2007):  Composites  Concrete, stone, ceramic, brick, glass, bitumen  Foams, fabrics and fibers  Metals, ferrous and non-ferrous  Polymers

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baba Abdul, Washington State University; Emmanuel Shide, ABU Zaria, Nigeria; Raymond Bako, ABU Zaria, Nigeria; Paul Golter, Washington State University; Jerome Babauta, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

lecturethroughout the semester. Thus, these results may reflect more on both the long-term persistenceof conceptual understanding as well as to the motivation and ability to learn as a result of thehands-on active learning. Page 14.186.6Figure 2: Students response to the question “to what extent do you agree...”Impact on education in developing nationsThe introduction of the DLM and its attendant pedagogy has in no small measure helped inameliorating some of the challenges inherent in developing nations such as lack of exposure toindustrial equipment. Due to the curiosity it generated when it was first introduced, studentswere observed to gather around the

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

members from other institutions are members of the advisory board. Theywere asked the question: “I believe the topic of Green Chemistry should be integratedinto IME 540.” Four out of six respondents agreed or strongly agreed to this statement.One stated concern was “About Green Chemistry -> the topic is appropriate but if toomuch is put into one course, the course will have breadth but no depth. I think depth isimportant so this issue must be weighed.” Narratives that were provided by theadvisory board state, that “Green Chemistry is emerging to be one of the next bigissues.” The formative and summative assessment reflected that green chemistryshould be incorporated into the Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturingcourse as long as

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Richards, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University in 1995. His areas of interest and expertise are analog electronics, RF electronics and electronic materials. He is the author or co-author of over 50 journal articles and conference proceedings. Page 14.38.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Laboratory Experience in Impedance Matching using Transmission Line StubsAbstractImpedance matching is a fundamental concept of RF circuit design. The proper application ofimpedance matching circuits allows for maximum power transfer between devices withminimum reflection of input signals. This concept is traditionally

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Melissa Yale, Purdue University; Deborah Bennett, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

course on object oriented programming. It has been observed that traditional paperexaminations do not necessarily reflect students' programming skills. We study whether on-lineexaminations are more appropriate for a programming course. The examinations can be takenon-line or on paper in a classroom. Both formats are open-book and open-note and have the sameamount of time. This study considers the following questions: (1) Do students perform better inon-line examinations because they can type, instead of writing, code and have access tocompilers? (2) Do students prefer on-line examinations to traditional paper-based examinations?What are the reasons? (3) How can appropriate technology be used to maintain honesty? Wemeasured the appropriateness of

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

meetsthe students’ overwhelming desire to ‘attend class’ at the time and place of their choosing. Theundeniable benefit of podcasting is its ability to allow students to pause a class for reflection orto replay portions of a class for review.IntroductionFor some time now, technology-enabled teaching methods (e.g., distance learning, virtual/remotelaboratories, podcasting, and on-line, hybrid or blended courses) have promised greaterefficiencies for education delivery and improved student access, and is purported to better matchthe learning style and preference of today’s students. Few scientifically rigorous studies havebeen conducted to test the effectiveness of these methods because, most likely, the methods areevolving at a rapid pace as the

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

nonscientific audiences,” specifically policymakers and business leaders18. Warren, Weiss,Wolfe, Friedlander, and Lewenstein sum the message up by writing: “[a] cultural shift is under way,reflecting the higher stakes of research, and an increased recognition by scientists, stakeholders, andpolicymakers that (i) scientists need to get their message out, (ii) scientists need training to learn how todo so, and (iii) training should begin at the graduate level”19 . In a recent editorial in Science, AlanLeshner, the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS), has echoed this call20. By offering training at the graduate level, one could conceivably reach allfuture scientists, and that effect would trickle up as

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

reflect the newly emerging fields of the applied sciencesand technologies.”2 After considerable discussions and waiting, at the end of FaH 1991the mission change was approved. Budget Situation -- Incentive for Change At the same time that senior administrators were fashioning an expansive andforward looking vision for SUNY Farmingdale, the institution was facing some significantand persistent budgeta~ problems. Farrningdale had been forced to endure severalyears of budget reductions. Specifically, the college’s 1989-90 base budget had beenpermanently cut by 14 positions. The 1990-91 base budget was permanently cut by anadditional 7 positions. In September 1990, the college had submitted and original FY 1992 budget

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Yolanda Guran

Session 1160 CROSSING FRONTIERS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION - WHOSE BENEFIT? Reflections on an Unorthodox International Exchange Yolanda Guran Oregon Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the new reality of a global world economy, it is more and more important to expose the engineering studentsto international experiences. For small teaching institutions without a research program it is a challenge to runexchange programs. With budget reductions encountered by state institutions in USA and Europe as well, tomaintain such a program

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur T. Johnson

applications. Problems and examples in this course must reflect students' interests, as well. Thus, there must besome problems with medical overtones, some with clear connection to the environment or ecology, andothers dealing with biotechnology. This mix is not normally found in programs of a more specializednature. There are three assigned design problems in this course, one each for fluid flow, heat transfer, andmass transfer. Each is expected to be completed in about two weeks. The short time is meant to reflectthe real-life time constraints engineers often face after graduation. Each design problem is given verbally,without complete specification, to give students practice in posing questions and defining problems.Students are

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Morgan; Nirmala Kannankutty; Donald E. Strickland

oversampling in the top stratum was designedto reflect the disproportionate amount of research activity in stratum 1 schools without neglecting faculty inthe other strata.” The questionnaire covered a range of topics related to university-based engineering research,including: the nature of the research; disciplines and fields of research; organization, funding levels, and Page 1.218.2 .@&’-’ ) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,,,HJ

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Manon Bourgeois; Gilbert Drouin

percent to 74,596students, reflecting a reduction in the number of foreign nationals (residents of other countries) enrolled.”(1). In Quebec, we have noticed the same pattern in all the cycles of studies. And at Ecole Polytechnique the samesituation prevails. If we look at some recent figures, it clearly shows the clientele of fill-time undergraduateenrollment in engineering dropped almost 12% from 3704,60 students in fall 1992 to 3262,73 students in fall 1994. Page 1.257.1 $&&’-’ F 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘@llHllL

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cameron; David W. Russell

plane sound wave reflects from a partially absorbing surface, theyare asked to calculate the absorption coefficients by hand. One end of the impedance tube is driven by aloudspeaker at a single frequency, and the sample is placed at the other end of the tube, held in place by arigid cap. Students locate a pressure maximum (antinode) and minimum (node) by moving a microphonealong the length of the tube and observing the pressure level using the B&K 2133 octave band analyzer.After calculating the standing wave ratio, sound power absorption coefficient, and the mechanical impedanceof the sample by hand the students are allowed to use an older B&K analog analyzer which measures the ab-sorption coefficient directly. Testing several samples

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Norbert L. Ackermann; Anthony G. Collins

quality undergraduate education as a primary mission.Typically schools that listed graduate education as a goal also considered research and scholarship as agoal. A number of issues stressed by ABET were apparent for a cohort of schools. There weredistinctions between departments however in terms of what was reflected in the overall expression ofdepartment goals. Interestingly goals did not commonly reflect teamwork, the development ofinterdisciplinary perspectives, a personal concern for student development, or leadership of educationalinstitutions in defining the Civil Engineering profession. Those institutions that demonstrated a seriouseffort by developing a strategic plan for establishing their mission and goals statement appeared to

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Merl Baker

programs. An analogy is drawn between the issues proposed by these articles and deep-rooted problemstargeted by Michael Hammer’s and Steven Stanton’s [10] in the “Reengineering Revolution” and Hammer’s and JamesChampy’s justifications for “Reengineering the Corporation” [9]. However, caution must be exercised not to erode theproven process. This alert is well justified by Norman R. Augustine. [2] Arguments for Change Armstrong and Griffiths make strong arguments for change in order to meet employer’s demands. Phillip Griffithsis Chair of the National Academies’, (NAS, NAE, NIM) Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,(COSEPUP). His article reflects the deliberations of the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron S. Gottfried

was only1.85 (because of the much larger number of low-valued responses). The listings of “other” topics is quite broad, reflecting various disciplinary interests.I. Required Prerequisites1- Basic computer skillso 1 2 3 4 Total Average 20 22 17 12 71 2.302- Word processingo 1 2 3 4 Total Average 19 14 16 12 61 2.343- Spreadsheet applicationso 1 2 3 4 Total Average 17 10 12 3 42 2.024- Equation solverso 2 3 4

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

challenges facing civil engineers in professional practice. (P04) ● use the computer effectively and appropriately as a problem-solving tool. (P05) ● write and speak effectively. (P06) ● are prepared for and motivated toward continued intellectual and professional growth. (P07)Develop and maintain a faculty that serves as a model of professional excellence for our cadets. (P08) Objectives PO1 through P07 emanate directly from the institution’s published Academic Program Goals.These objectives are focused on the principal products of our program--our graduates--and on the qualities andskills we expect them to possess as a direct consequence of their undergraduate education. The relatively broadscope of the objectives reflects the