Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Improving Students’ Writing Skills in EngineeringAbstractTechnology and Civilization is an advanced general education course (Area V: Culture,Civilization & Global Understanding) in the College of Engineering at San José State University(SJSU) that is designed to introduce students to the realm of history and usage of technology insociety from an international perspective and to increase their awareness of both the uncertaintiesas well as the promises of the utilization of technology as a creative human enterprise.This paper will present detailed data on student achievement of the course and GeneralEducation learning objectives. This course utilized the ETS Criterion Writing Evaluation Systemto allow the students to get

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Kline; Jerry Ku; Chin-An Tan; Trilochan Singh; Ronald Gibson

Session 3166 Achievement of Course Learning Objectives: An Assessment Tool that Promotes Faculty Involvement Ronald F. Gibson, Kenneth A. Kline, Jerry Ku, Trilochan Singh, Chin An Tan Mechanical Engineering Department, Wayne State UniversityIntroductionDuring our department’s preparation for an ABET EC 2000 visit, we likely considered issuessimilar to those addressed by other departments during their EC 2000 preparations. By way ofbackground, over the previous several year period, under guidance by experts at Ford MotorCompany, we had gained valuable experience attempting to introduce the concepts of

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

Session 2438 The VisTE Project: Visualization for Improved Technological and Scientific Literacy Eric N. Wiebe, Aaron C. Clark, Miriam Ferzli and Rachel McBroom NC State University, Raleigh, NCABSTRACT: Visualization in Technology Education (VisTE) is a standards-based initiativedesigned to promote the use of graphic visualization among grade 8-12 students to improve theirhigher order thinking, communication skills, and understanding of science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics. By using simple and complex visualization tools,students can conduct

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering camps are held during the summers of every year at Southern PolytechnicState University. The camps are designed for middle and high school students. In this paper, weoutline the benefits, challenges of starting the camp, recruitment strategies, camp activities andsome feedback. Conducting AE camps has proven fruitful for the students, the university, andthe camp director. Some of the effective teaching techniques and potential areas of improvementare highlighted.IntroductionAerospace Engineering (AE) is often thought of as ‘Rocket Science’ that is theoretical andextremely difficult for a common student to understand. On the contrary AE is one of the specialdisciplines of Engineering in which theory is often developed based on the

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3772: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOUTREACH PROGRAM ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MATH-EMATICS AND SCIENCEKelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines Kelly L. Lundstrom is a graduate student at Colorado School of Mines, seeking a master’s degree in applied statistics. She is interested in research relating to educational assessment, and she is a Teaching Fellow in the Bechtel K-5 Educational Excellence Initiative.Dr. Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbatra M. Moskal, Ed.D., is a professor of applied mathematics and statistics and the Director of the Trefny Institute of Educational Innovation at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include measurement, evaluation

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, The College of New Jersey; Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

AC 2010-1016: THE CONSTRUCTIVIST-BASED WORKSHOP: AN EFFECTIVEMODEL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACTIVITIESSusan Donohue, The College of New Jersey Susan Donohue is an assistant professor of Technological Studies in the School of Engineering at the College of New Jersey.Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky Christine Schnittka is an assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at the University of Kentucky.Larry Richards, University of Virginia Larry Richards is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jane Parmentier; Rajeswari Sundararajan

its effects on societies and their economies, and how, in turn, socialchange influences technological advance. Thus, engineering students are exposed to graduatelevel theoretical foundations in the social sciences, and liberal art students are exposed to coursesin information technology software, transportation systems, technology forecasting, andsustainable energy studies. Because of the unique multidisciplinary curriculum that combinestechnology, social sciences, and international and comparative studies, students in this programare able to choose elective courses and theses or applied project topics from a wide variety offields, depending upon their academic backgrounds, strengths, and interests. The experience ofimplementing this

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

projects. Similarly, we teach our students the virtues of use-cases andspiral development models, frequently ignoring the true keystones of student success in theproject world: teamwork, collaboration and the processes that tie everything together.There are really two objectives for this paper. One is to describe a method for teaching process,quality and measurement in a way that is engaging and enables students to really internalize thematerial. The second objective is to describe an approach that helps students understand (andexperience) the role and importance of sociological issues and how to address them in a way thatsubstantially increases the probability of project and personal success. It is based on the premisethat software engineering is

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Colwell; Richard Warren; Rich Warren

Session 2147 Increasing Student Interest Through Hardware Ownership Samuel Colwell and Rich Warren Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VermontAbstractWith the significant drop in cost of embedded microcontrollers,1, 3 there now exists anopportunity to give every student a trainer that they can take home to work on and can keep at theend of the semester. At Vermont Technical College, one of the courses has been modified toinclude a Microchip PIC16F877 based trainer board. The trainer board comes in kit form (a PCBand components) and the students assemble the board and then use it in

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

Session 3170 Bridging the Diversity Gap: Fours Years of Success Luis Santos-Rivas, Dana Newell, Mary Anderson-Rowland, Ronald Roedel Arizona State UniversityAbstractSince 2000, the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) in the Ira A. Fulton School ofEngineering has held an incoming first year student Bridge program in July. Thisprogram has averaged a one-year retention rate of 80% or higher for the past four years.This paper will provide information on the Bridge program such as program componentsand activities.The MEP SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM (SBP) prepares underrepresented ethnicminority students for success in

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

Document: 2004-2243Division: Emerging Trends in Engineering EducationPROFESSIONAL ENGINEER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMAT THE COUNTY LEVEL: SETTING HIGHER STANDARDSFOR ENGINEERING PRACTICE Adnan Javed1, Gary Downing, P.E.2, Thai Tran, P.E.3, Dr. Fazil T. Najafi41 Boyle Engineering/University of Florida, 2, 3 Sarasota County Government, 4 University of FloridaABSTRACTOne of the most important decisions a young engineer can make early in his/herengineering career is to place oneself on a professional course and becomelicensed as a professional engineer (P.E.). The profession regulates itself bysetting high standards for professional engineers, and by law, many jurisdictionsrequire

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Devine

within general guidelines of the assignment. Assignment guidelines includestructures such as buildings or bridges, material specifications, material properties, and water,sewer, and storm water services. Students have several weeks to complete the assignments ofless than 5 pages and they gather information for their topic primarily through readings andinterviews. While the Internet is a valuable resource for information, it is not allowed as the solesource of information. A secondary purpose of the assignment is for students to read informationfrom multiple sources. The grading rubric for the assignment stresses good writing by makingcorrect spelling, punctuation, and grammar a component of the grade as well as documentationof the sources of

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Maixner

Session 2266 Thermal Fluids Systems Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy Michael R. Maixner, George Havener United States Air Force AcademyAbstractThis paper describes the new pedagogy used to teach thermal fluid systems engineering (TFSE)to cadets who major in either mechanical engineering or engineering mechanics. Previouslytaught as a 4-course sequence consisting of separate and distinct subject material onThermodynamics (ME 312), Fluid Mechanics (ME 341), Heat Transfer (ME 441), and EnergyConversion (ME 467), the current presentation integrates this subject material in

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

- termecological and environmental effects of building the Three Gorges Dam. Other far-reaching effects of the project on areas such as energy, industry, business, culture, societyand transportation are now starting to become a tangible reality rather than speculations.Time will show to what extent the fears and concerns that many are having were justified.SummaryThe largest project in the world, China’s Three Gorges Dam (TGD) – 1.44 miles (2.31km) long and 620 ft (185 ms) high – is well into its third and final phase. Since Sunday,June 1, 2003, waters of the Yangtze River – third longest river in the world after the Nileand the Amazon – have been flowing through water diversion holes at the bottom ofTGD in the portions completed during Phase I (1993-1997

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehria Saffi; Mariana Alvaro; Diana Mejia; David Bowen

teams.Given the historical lack of emphasis that engineering schools have placed on creating andimproving team skills in students, it is natural that industry practitioners have created their ownpractices aimed at creating and improving those skills. In this paper, we report some of thepractices identified in interviews with industry practitioners, and discuss the feasibility oftransferring and implications for utilizing such practices in academic settings.Interviews & IntervieweesPractitioners with extensive experience supervising engineers working in teams were identifiedthrough our Industrial Advisory Board members, through faculty members, through conferencecontacts, and through contacting targeted organizations and asking for a person with

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Larkin; Dan Budny

Summer International Experience for First Year Students Dan Budny and Teresa Larkin University of Pittsburgh / American UniversityAbstract – The Plus 3 Program is an optional three-credit study abroad opportunity offeredjointly by the school of business and engineering as a follow-up to the freshman year. The courseconsists of a field study trips to a number of locations including: Brazil, Chile, China, CzechRepublic, France; or Germany. The course involves lectures at the local universities, companyvisits and sightseeing. It culminates in a group research paper and a presentation focused on oneof the visited companies, as well as in the national and global industry in

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zahed Siddique

Session 2258 INTERNET-BASED COLLABORATIVE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT Zahed Siddique School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019AbstractThe use of Internet in education has opened the possibilities to explore and adopt newapproaches to teach distributed collaborative engineering design and analysis. In most instancesengineering design courses are offered during the senior year of the undergraduate curriculum,which allows the students to apply different engineering concepts to design a

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Summers

Session 2249 Are We Asking Our Students to Do Too Many Projects? It Depends Donna C.S. Summers Charlie P. Edmonson University of DaytonAbstractWe have all heard our students groan as we assign them a project. Most of us accept thissound as the natural order of things, but have we really listened to what the students aretelling us? Have they been the first to recognize that we are asking our students to do toomany projects?The impetus for utilizing projects in a wide variety of courses comes from many

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Beth Lakin; Gary Crossman

Session 2249 Utilizing Experiential Learning for Capstone Project Credit Gary Crossman, Vernon Lewis, Mary Beth Lakin Old Dominion UniversityI. Abstract The typical student at many (urban) universities works a part or full time job whileattending school and may already have several years of industrial experience. This experiencemay very well be applicable to courses in their engineering, engineering technology or othercurricula. In 1998, Old Dominion University established and implemented an assessmentprogram called Experiential Learning with the primary purpose of

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

, and the average assistant professor has had little or no training inthese skills prior to accepting a tenure-track position. How then does a new professor, whosetime, resources and energy are at a premium, successfully mentor their graduate students so as tocultivate productive, competent members of the scientific community? Here, mentoring tipsfrom various resources are shared, along with personal mentoring experiences.IntroductionTaking on graduate students as a new assistant professor is akin to adopting a child. You do nothave the benefit of starting at square one—the child has been molded by others before you, andyou have not developed parenting skills along the way. There is one big difference of course—you cannot and should not play

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

unfortunate, as thesetools may in many cases be of even more value in those courses.This paper will discuss the use of a variety of online tools in the teaching of the requiredgraduate course in chemical engineering thermodynamics at New Jersey Institute of Technology.The tools include electronic lecture notes, online quizzes, web-based bulletin boards, electronicsubmission and grading of projects and papers, and online monitoring of course grades by thestudents. Use of these tools can help students whose learning style may not be well suited to thetraditional lecture format. Many of these tools are also helpful in dealing with the diversity ofbackgrounds found in core graduate courses. Some differences are due to the educationalbackground of the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld

Session 3460 ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS (EXCEPT WHEN IT ISN’T) Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MAAbstractCommon wisdom tells us that English is the language of business—a wisdom that hasnegative implications for students and the larger public regarding the need to becomeproficient in other languages for business purposes. Common sense should tell us that thesituation is far more complicated. Moreover, the literature and WPI’s experience tell usthat

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Nordin; Dana DeGeeter; Jenny Golder

Session #2002-1749 Creating Engineers For the Future Dana De Geeter, Jenny E. Golder, Terri A. Nordin Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyAbstractAs the demand for engineers continues to grow it is necessary to educate young students intechnology and science related careers. This challenges educators to make engineering excitingand interesting. The following briefly details the implementation of a youth-developmentprogram that is committed to preparing the engineers of tomorrow. The non-profit organizationFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST TM

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano-Nieto

graduation.Students are exposed to “real-world” practices, extending what they have learned in ourclassrooms and laboratories. They are aware that their professional success in their first years inindustry depends on how confident they feel about their technical abilities as well as their actualknowledge. Internships in industry serve both cases, expanding their knowledge and giving themthe confidence that they need to be successful. However, while everybody agrees that aninternship experience in industry is a key component in undergraduate education in engineeringand engineering technology, it certainly requires more planning and preparation than traditionalclasses. Some faculty may feel overwhelmed by the logistics involved in preparing an internshipwhich

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheila R. Curl; Leslie J. Reynolds; Brent Alan Mai; Alexius E. Smith

coursedevelopment, experiencing them first-hand enabled us to identify their resolutions. Technologyis developing at a rapid pace. In order to keep up with all the challenges these developmentsimpose, it is essential that educators not only learn from their own mistakes, but that they sharethose experiences with colleagues and together advance the field of teaching. We will addressproblems encountered by both instructors and students and discuss how we improved our coursedelivery for subsequent semesters. “As this century comes to an end…the defining characteristic of the current wave of technology is the role of information.” Alan Greenspan, 14 June 1999 testimony before

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

Session 2793 The Human Anatomy of Construction Steven D. Sargent, Ashraf M. Ghaly Union College, Schenectady, New YorkAbstractMany components make up the anatomy of a structure. Structural components, such ascolumns, beams, slabs, and floors constitute the building units of what is usually referred toas the skeleton. But the "human" anatomy of structures is more important than, and directlyaffects, their physical anatomy. The design of a structure and the method used inconstruction are influenced by social, cultural, religious, and historical factors. In additionto these human factors

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Spenko, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamal S. Yagoobi, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

designing for, understanding, and exploiting the dynamics of mobile systems in the context of challenging environments. He focuses on biologically-inspired locomotion, novel vehicle designs, and robot-terrain interaction. He is a member of IEEE and ASME and an associate editor of the Journal of Field Robotics.Jamal S Yagoobi, Illinois Institute of Technology Jamal Yagoobi is a faculty member of the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology. Page 22.908.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Innovation

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

AC 2011-1548: METRICS OF MARGINALITY: HOW STUDIES OF MI-NORITY SELF-EFFICACY HIDE STRUCTURAL INEQUITIESAmy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng.) Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University and a visiting associate professor at Haverford College. She received her PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and has written on the history of standards and instrumentation in materials science, engineering and the building trades. Her most recent book , Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineer- ing: The History of an Occupational Color Line (Harvard University Press, 2010), traces American ideas about race and technical aptitude since 1940. Current

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2012-4358: COLLEGIATE SOLAR BOAT PROJECT PREPARES TO-DAY’S ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR TOMORROW’S ENERGY CHAL-LENGESDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Master’s of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University. Additionally, he has six years of industrial experience as a Senior Engineer

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gaile Griffore; Craig Somerton

Session 3242 Two More Ways to Evaluate Teaching Performance Craig W. Somerton, Gaile D. Griffore Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionThe search continues for effective ways to evaluate college teaching. Still, the most prevalentassessment tool is the student evaluation. The authors examined two additional tools todetermine whether they might provide administrators with useful supplementary information forformative and summative evaluations. One is a student assessment of their learning using thecourse learning objectives, while the other looks at the number