Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention, and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet ; Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet, Department of Technology; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Hassan Moghbelli, Isfahan University of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

knowledge of both hardware and software. Thereis a shortage of individuals who could implement hardware-software integration in design anddevelopment. The proposed degree curriculum plan will bridge the gap between these twodisciplines, and will provide the students a solid foundation in each. The proposed curriculumwill integrate the knowledge in the areas of electronics, computer and software with intensiveclassroom and laboratory experiences.From a software perspective, the proposed curriculum would draw its resources and wouldinclude most of the existing courses from the Computer Science curriculum within thedepartment of Mathematics, Computer Science, & Statistics . Students will gain proficiency insoftware design and development using

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

, and results of ourpilot assessment work using the rubric.Overview of the CSM Unit Operations LaboratoryTo facilitate development of each student’s engineering abilities in the unit operations laboratorycourse, supervising faculty place as much responsibility for the planning, execution, analysis,evaluation, and reporting of experiments on the students as possible. Each student performs atotal of eight experiments in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer working in teamsof two or three. Teams are randomly sorted from experiment to experiment so that studentswork with all their peers in the course and each student has the opportunity to serve as a “team

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

that stresses open-ended problem solving, team dynamics, written and oralcommunication, and project planning and management. Annual enrollment is about 90students, and the course is offered both semesters and during summer session. All projects aredone by teams of two to four students, usually organized to have a mix of electrical andcomputer engineering majors. At the first meeting, teams generate preferences for their projectfrom a list of candidate problems solicited from "customers" - local companies, government,public and non-profit groups, faculty and individuals. Final assignments are made by theprofessor to balance preferences, team and individual skills, and problem requirements.1In one semester students are expected to develop a

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa S. Tooley; Kevin Hall

prepared.In Senior Design, the capstone design course at the University of Arkansas, students are assignedto teams and take a real project (provided by local consultants) through preliminary and finaldesign, culminating in the development of construction plans and specifications. It should bepointed out that while the projects used in senior design are “real world” projects, they areperformed as academic exercises. In other words, they don’t really meet the client and theirplans and specs are not used for bidding purposes. The projects are conducted as if the job wasreal, however, and the consultants who provide them do work with students to ensure ameaningful design experience. Originally, the intent of Senior Design was to give seniors achance to

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nick J. Kok

for quality control, based oninstitutional self-evaluation, was developed during 1990. The system was developed to ensure:C accountability to students, employees, employers and the community.C maintenance and improvement of standards.C realistic decision-making regarding funding and planning, based on valid and reliable information.The discussion that follows briefly outlines the outcomes of the quality assurance model of theCape Technikon. Furthermore, it focuses on the strategies followed in response to thetransformation process in South African higher education to ensure continuous improvement ofthe teaching of the institution to promote student learning.2. Outcomes and Performance IndicatorsInstitution-wide

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Arvid Andersen

augmentthe work being done on the industrial project. A major aspect of the importance of the projectwork derives from the students own planning. Also programming of the process from projectformulation to submission of the group project report.SupervisorsThe main contribution of the academic supervisor of the project is to help the studentsunderstand the content of their project and ensure that they are making progress. It is also tonurture and facilitate group work and the group process. The supervisor must make sure thatthe advantage of working in groups is sustained. The work has to be completed with-in thetime schedule and to be presented at an assessment meeting. Great attention is paid to planand delegate, communicate and to co-operate as a

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Lisa Grable, North Carolina State University; Patricia Dixon, Florida State University; Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

streaming video on the ERC website.Graduate students are challenged to make the mentees a full participant in laboratory activities,help plan a research project that builds on mentees’ individual interests, and teach mentees basiclaboratory safety, research methods, and ethics. Graduate students are also responsible formaintaining contact with mentees through graduation from high school or college, continuing toencourage their scientific and engineering interests, and updating them on laboratory and Centeractivities. REU students assigned to the same laboratories as Young Scholars also take part inthe Scholars’ mentoring.Research Experience for TeachersOnce facet of the FREEDM precollege program is the Research Experience for Teachers (RETs).Middle

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

the very early years of education, and start to formulatea concentrated plan that deals with the education of the young in all things related to the workthat they will do in their later lives. The synthesis of academic learning and the work doneoutside the classroom and its immense value needs to be exploited.Introduction Page 15.323.2Cooperative Education, Internships, and Experiential Learning conveyed in different termsshould be begun at the earliest age possible, probably in pre-school. What once were calledchores should be presented to these young impressionable children as the beginnings of theircareer aspirations. In early Greece

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sami Khorbotly, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

details will include the bridge specifications and criteria, and results of testing. In order to assess thesuccess of specifying the criteria, basic bridge designs will be presented. Finally, specific studentevaluation data and descriptions of successes and future implementation plans from the instructor’sviewpoint will be presented.IntroductionRecruiting engineering students has become a major challenge. Recent news about factories movingoverseas and the outsourcing of jobs may easily give high school students the perception that our nationalindustries are decaying, which makes the college of engineering a less attractive destination and a careerin engineering very unlikely.While recruiting engineering students is no easy task, retaining them is

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

AC 2010-480: QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN STATICSThomas Rockaway, University of LouisvilleD. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville Page 15.1007.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Quality Enhancement in StaticsAbstractTo satisfy accreditation requirements the University of Louisville recently developed a QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP) to improve undergraduate instruction across all disciplines. Centralelements of the plan are: emphasis on critical thinking; integration of critical thinking throughoutthe curriculum; service learning for undergraduates; and a culminating experience. With theadoption of the QEP, instructors were asked to incorporate

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Steve Patterson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Planning (ERP) systems have grown from documentcontrol systems pioneered, developed and perfected by engineering organizationsover the past 100 years. The idea of having controlled and correct informationavailable at the fingertips of any employee has revolutionized the entire businessworld, and contributed to the vast productivity increases seen in the workplace inrecent decades. As a part of a comprehensive capstone engineering experience,exposure to documentation control is used to prepare graduating seniors fortypical of duties they will encounter in the modern workplace, but that are notcovered in traditional engineering curricula. This work describes a basicdocumentation control system used in a multidisciplinary program to trainstudents in

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the MET and IET programs, andfrom employer surveys the department started planning a new B.S. in Manufacturing Page 15.377.2Engineering Technology program in spring 2007. 1The curriculum for this proposed B.S. in MFET was developed by a joint committee of facultymembers from the MET and IET Programs in the MCET department with assistance of themembers of the IAC.The new Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MFET) offered by the Department ofManufacturing & Construction Engineering Technology and Interior Design (MCET) in theCollege of Engineering, Technology

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

within the nationalorganization was unclear. To help clarify their role and interests, a survey of ASEE studentmember needs was conducted by the Student Constituent Committee (SCC). An invitation toparticipate in a web survey was sent to all student members of ASEE (N=635). Ninety-seven(15%) students responded to the invitation. Ninety-three percent of respondents were graduatestudents.This paper presents the aggregate results of all 97 respondents. It includes a profile of surveyparticipants, motivations for joining the ASEE, experiences with the ASEE, interests andsuggestions. Additionally, this paper will discuss the implications those results had on the SCCExecutive Board's immediate plans for the 2009-2010 year, as well as on the longer

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, Computer Graphics Technology; Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

supportive environment in which constructive criticism is not aimed at individuals but instead focused on content and ideas. • The starting point and focus of a course should be the needs and interest of the adult learning. • Course plans should include clear course descriptions, learning objectives, resources, and time lines for events. • General to specific patterns of content presentation work best for adult learners. • Active participation should be encouraged, such as by the work groups, or study teams17.In a study by Wittenborn 11, it was shown that the presentation of product lifecycle management(PLM) and computer-aided design (CAD) concepts was effective in engaging

Conference Session

TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); William M. Leonard, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert A. Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

mechanics and mechanical design. He has been a MET Program Evaluator for ABET for 10 years. Professor Merrill has also con- sulted with area industry for over 30 years primarily in the area of mechanical design and reliability. He earned a BSME from Clarkson and a MSME from Northeastern. Page 22.129.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 ABET Report GenerationAbstractA continuous improvement plan is central to the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) accreditation criteria. The management of the continuous improvementprocess utilized by many academic programs requires the collection

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alanna Storey, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

systems. This approach exposes students to the broader aspects of watershedmanagement beyond the mere technical components.KIWMS provides regional planning support to communities throughout the Commonwealth inorder to maintain the natural and economic resources of their watersheds. The Center for WaterResource Studies (CWRS), which houses KIWMS, uses undergraduate students from WesternKentucky University (WKU) to conduct field work, develop surveys and analyze data under thedirection of a Professional Engineer. The CWRS expertise in water and wastewater, combinedwith its mission as a utility and municipal technical assistance provider, empowers communitiesto realize the fundamental goal of holistic watershed management. KIWMS leverages

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Anders Sonnenburg, Xcel Energy; Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy; Meron Demissie, Mortenson Construction

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

collaboration of people helping each other to reach a meaningfulgoal.IntroductionThe BRIDGE Project started as a class project overseen by Michael Davis, a student fromSouthern Alabama University, who was participating in a Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) program at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Davis led a group ofincoming minority and female engineering students through the process of designing andbuilding a wind turbine from scratch.As instructive and interesting as this activity was, the students soon realized the broader value oftheir work and determined that their work should be brought out of the classroom. Plans weresoon made to continue their work as a stand-alone project.The University of Minnesota chapter of NSBE took the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

theory, and engineering graduates spendtheir time planning, while technology programs focus on application and technology graduatesspend their time making plans work9. An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineering andtechnology students on research and design projects answers some of the challenges in this “flat-world”. Based on this background and the significance of interdisciplinary projects, the RFID-AD platform is designed to update the engineering and technology programs. Additionally, thisplatform is in accordance with the National Academy of Engineers recommendation that,“Engineering schools should introduce the interdisciplinary learning in the undergraduateenvironment, rather than having it as an exclusive feature of the graduate

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Yueh-Ting Yang, Drexel University; Brittany Killen, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Ajou University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

accommodate wireless control and/or an onboardcontrol computer, allowing semiautonomous or possibly fully autonomous operation ofthe robot. The robot is programmed at runtime to simply follow a pre-planned sequenceof commands. Page 15.184.6 The programming for both the servo and command microcontrollers is developedin PIC assembly (for a PIC16F887 microcontroller). Microchip MPLAB IDE v8.40 isused to develop and debug the firmware as well as to download the program to robot. Themicrocontroller on the breadboard is the (temporary) command controller. It issues apredetermined sequence commands that are sent to the servo microcontroller to tell itwhat

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Claudia María Zea Restrepo P.E., Universidad EAFIT; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan Guillermo Lalinde-Pulido, Universidad EAFIT; Alberto Rodriguez P.E., Universidad EAFIT; Natalia Andrea Bueno Pizarro, Universidad EAFIT

Tagged Topics

Curriculum Development

disasters, and globalization.The Educational Guiding Principles of EAFIT University’s Institutional Educational Project [2]has recognized that human-centered education requires a curricular perspective that offers moreflexible programs that allow students, according to their preferences and skills, to choose betweenvocational training, human sciences, or culture and art. In tandem, from the pedagogical point ofview, it makes learning --as opposed to teaching-- the core of its educational processes switchingthe focus of attention from instructors to students. These guiding principles are supported bythree main objectives stated in EAFIT’s Development Plan 2012 - 2018 [3]: (a) preservation ofacademic excellence, (b) research supported teaching, and

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gustavo Molina

-solving methods as thePolya’s work and its further development by Wales et al. and their GENI idea [12]. While theseheuristics methods help planning a mathematical reasoning from the goal (e.g., the unknown) tothe equations for solving, the FPD proposes a formal language and graphics approach when thealgorithms (i.e., equations or procedures) are known to exist.The method can be very helpful for identifying the relations between “variables” (e.g.,dimensions, parameters, factors, etc.) and “computations”, and it is general enough to show if apath to a solution can or cannot be produced from given data, even if the relationships Page 10.1386.4

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter

removingtoxins from the human body. At the end of this course, you should be able to generate a business plan for a start-upcompany that would support a request for venture capital.Well-written objectives clarify the expectations of the instructor in terms of measurable orobservable student performance. As such, objectives can play a key role in the educationalprocess. A set of published learning objectives can provide a focus for instruction, facilitatecourse activities, communicate expectations to students and to other faculty, and provide targetsfor assessment1, 2.Writing Learning ObjectivesConsider the following objective: At the end of the course, I should instill upon the student a comprehension of the designprocess.This objective has several

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

colleges, andindustry while promoting manufacturing as a viable career path.This paper presents details and experiences involved in the organization and managementof such an outreach activity for manufacturing technology programs. The overall studentexperience and lessons learned in organizing such an outreach event will be discussed.2. Outr each Pr ogr am PlanningThe PSCME organized the outreach program, choosing several technology disciplines inmanufacturing areas: materials processing, machining technology, computer-aideddrafting (CAD), and electronics. In order to introduce these manufacturing technologydisciplines to underrepresented students, the PSCME first contacted Seattle MESAleaders to plan the events and to recruit program participants

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Dunn

‘Install brick veneer on south wall.” Critical pathschedules are so-named because these time schedules highlight a subgroup of activities that lieon the critical path. The activities that lie on the critical path are important because a delay incompleting any of these activities will result in a delay in completion of the project.Schedulers and/or construction project managers should update their CPM schedules on a regularbasis in an effort to compare actual progress on the job with planned progress. Owners will wantto know if the project is on schedule, and the only way to provide a quantitative answer to thatquestion is to examine each activity in the schedule and record any progress that has occurred onthat activity since the last update. Once

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Hahn; Nancy Wynn; James Fuller; David Pines

of their impression of the Center ofTown and the elements that they felt were needed to increase the activity and vitality of thecenter. The second phase consisted of analyzing the data and performing several design studies.These studies were performed by architecture, art, and engineering students enrolled inArchitectural Design II, Site Planning, Design Systems, Water Quality Engineering, and CivilEngineering Senior Design Project. The final phase consisted of developing recommendationsbased on analysis of the data gathered in phase 1 and the design studies conducted in phase 2. Page 10.276.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks; Laura Ford

engineering classes. Wehope to catch students in their junior years, before they have decided what college to attend. Thejunior- and senior-level participants will be examined for application to the University of Tulsa,as engineering majors and particularly as chemical engineering majors. The students will also besurveyed for future plans, specifically their chosen universities and majors. The effectiveness ofthe competition as a recruiting tool will be evaluated.IntroductionWe have taken a national collegiate competition offered by a professional society and modified itfor use at the University of Tulsa (TU) as a recruiting tool for chemical engineering. Thenational competition is the Chem-E-Car Competition sponsored by the American Institute

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Wolter

Development of an Acquisition Management Course Jason Wolter, M.S., Roger Burk, Ph.D., Bob Foote, Ph.D., Niki Goerger, Ph.D., Willie McFadden, Ph.D., Timothy E. Trainor, Ph.D. United States Military AcademyAbstract In response to external feedback and a continual desire to increase the diversity andapplicability of the curriculum for our students, the Engineering Management Program at USMAwill offer an acquisition systems management course for the first time in Spring 2005. Thiscourse will provide graduates with relevant skills related to the acquisition goals of strategicallymanaging, planning, and implementing acquisition programs and reforms. Topics will

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell; Michael Kwinn

provided an opportunity to learn and use skillslearned in the classroom in a well-designed work experience. Since traditional schooling alonehinders the full development of each student’s cognitive abilities, incorporating education intoreal-world situations in which what is being learned will be used, work-based education hasbecome the bridge to the intellectual or cognitive gap between school and work. 1Work-based education and a variety of additional models and approaches have been attempted toaddress the perceived deficiencies of traditional schooling. Lessons from these experiences wereincorporated into the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994. According to the act, acomprehensive reform plan must include three broad components: 1) school

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Scherr; Bevlee Watford

, all who share WEPAN’s commitment to enhancing the diversity of theengineering workforce.In 2002, WEPAN unveiled a new strategic plan centered on three keystone statements. (1) Toincrease the visibility and inclusiveness of Engineering to engage all talent; (2) to catalyzechange to create a critical mass; and (3) to make strategic choices that impact systemic change.The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of WEPAN and its operations. This isfollowed by a discussion of how WEPAN can affect women faculty in engineering and areas inwhich both WEPAN and women faculty could benefit from increased interactions.IntroductionEngineering education has long recognized the lack of diversity in their students. The numbersof students of color

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Javier Kypuros; Thomas Connolly

’ conceptualization andexposure to System Dynamics and Controls fundamentals by providing less restricted exposureto a variety of systems that encompass the more important Dynamic Systems concepts. The plan involves the development of a System Dynamics Concepts Inventory and theimplementation and assessment of three Web-enabled laboratory formats: (1) inter-campuscollaborative experimentation, (2) remotely-accessible experiments, and (3) virtual systemexperiments. Each format has its inherent advantages and disadvantages. Remotely-accessibleexperiments, for example, can be made more readily available to students outside of regularlaboratory hours, but the lack of hands-on exposure limits the potential scope of the experiments.Each format has been