Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lahoud Hilmi, East Carolina University; Batts David, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

company’s premises. 13 Such tasks include providing secureauthentication, strong encryption methods, disaster recovery plan, and anti-corruptiontechniques.The end-user components include the host at the customer premises or any host that is used bythe customer. The major challenge is the location of the host itself and how the network engineeris going to be able to enforce the security measures on a computer that is not maintained by theorganization that is providing the service and does not fall directly under the network engineer’sdirect supervision. Such challenges include maintaining the latest patches, service packs, virusprotection definitions, clients, and even the basic rules of security as in writing the logon nameand password on a sticky

Conference Session

Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

, students initially are overwhelmed and frequentlystate “I don’t know how to start the solution.” Active problem solving helps them piece togethersmaller problems that they do know how to solve in order to reach the solution of the complexproblem. This also leads to more efficient office hours, where students come as a group with anattempted solution to various problems. Instruction Team (PT, TA, Profs):A coordinated effort by the two instructors, teaching assistant, and peer teacher results in officehours that span the entire week. Students are repeatedly told they can see any person involved,including professor from other section. This team approach allows for students to get help moreeasily, as well as seeing different approaches to solve the

Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is the teacher’s responsibility to teach themeverything they need to learn. These students like the traditional teaching method oflecturing. It has been extensively studied in the literature that other learning styles such asactive learning, self-learning, and cooperative learning are more effective1. As pointedout by Donawa et al2, the primary purpose of all education is to teach students how tolearn effectively. Various efforts have been made to get the students actively involved in thelearning/teaching process3, 4, 5 over the last century. Extensive research on peer teaching4suggests that having students teach each other is an extremely effective way to increasestudent learning. Recently, Plett et al6 experimented with students grading

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Barnett, Saint Louis University; Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

on the faculty-sponsored project withincreasingly positive results. In addition to developing clear expectations, the students arerequired to develop a project proposal, complete significant literature research, peer reviewfellow student projects, orally present and defend their written proposal, and ultimately composea technical article and present that work at a poster session. The entire sequence providesstudents with the opportunity to explore the forefront of biomedical engineering, develop theircommunication skills and their ability to critically analyze technical work, and to develop theskills and confidence to complete a demanding project.Over the past two years we have added steps to improve the course by providing

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

seems to be a match between the needs of engineering education for the21st century and female preferences for learning when it comes to the importance of teamwork.Team or group work (the two are used interchangeably in this paper) is supposed to be apedagogy that women prefer, since it involves collaborative rather than competitive learning,interactional negotiations, a peer setting for confidence building and a safer environment forerror correction for those unsure of their skills. It also provides the opportunity to learn fromeach other’s strengths. Presumably, the emphasis on teamwork will thus make engineeringeducation more palatable for female students, and has been recommended as a strategy to makeengineering (and other math and science

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

at Purdue University Calumet began in fall of2000 with a few courses. During the building and promotion of the new degree program, corefaculty conducted informal surveys of current students. These surveys were completed in classand the number of surveys completed consisted of 30 to 150. (Variables were due to programgrowth). We were interested in how students found out about the program, what they liked aboutthe degree program, and what they looked for in a program degree in relation to career goals.Top responses (in order of number of responses) were as follows: How they found out about the program 1. They heard about the degree from family and peers 2. They heard about the degree from counselors in area High Schools and Community

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Mitchell, Tulane University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

also served as an industrial consultant to ExxonMobil, Laitrum, Inc. and LLB, Inc., and has secured over $1.0 M in external research funding. Brian has authored 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and one U.S Patent. He is also the author of a textbook entitled “Materials Engineering and Science for Chemical and Materials Engineers” that is published by John Wiley and Sons. In addition, he has given over 30 national and international presentations, including nine presentations to Louisiana elementary school children though the state’s “Speaking of Science” program

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

expanded to include increased utilization as a collaboration tool betweenteams and community sponsors as well as a tool for peer to peer evaluation of project teamprogress.ReflectionFor the fall semester 2012, students were given reflective work as part of the course study.Students were asked to reflect on the following questions: 1. Did having a “real” customer improve your performance? Explain 2. Did you feel that you were helping the community with the project? Explain. 3. Do you see yourself doing service in any community in the future? Has this class experience changed that outlook?Eighty-five percent of students felt that having a “real” customer improved their performance,while 11.5% stated that their experience was improved

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Alberto Marquez P.E., Lamar University; Julia H. Yoo, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

ability and connectivity than a contemporarybasic feature phone. Smartphones run complete operating system software, providing a platformfor application developers. Apple iOS and Google Android are two examples of popularsmartphone platforms. Today, smartphones offer multi-touch screen interfaces featuring manysmall apps with different functions. Some of these small apps are educational applications viaonline market places, such as the Android Play store and the Apple App store. At the time of ourproposal writing in 2010, no suitable apps were available in the stores. Currently there are a fewsimple apps serving as calculators and interest tables. We have developed an app with a muchmore comprehensive coverage that allows students to learn most

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Research on Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Impacts of Teacher PD

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learned that team work and group work is vital. (F,3) Problem Solving I think they learned some problem solving skills. (C,4) To talk about what they’re learning, you know, to write it down and just plan things out and think about it. (D,4) Other They’ve learned simple machines. (B,3) They learned what the engineering process is. (F,3) Types of Engineers That it could be different processes, like with chemical engineers...and manufacturing, you know designing different ways to make things. (A,2) I think they learned what engineers do and that there's lots of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh; Jon Pearlman; Christian D Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Birdy Reynolds, University of Pittsburgh; Shelly Renee Brown MEd, The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

research involves cognitive/social psychology studies of science and engineering problem solving and creativity. His educational research and design work focuses on K-12 urban education in writing, science, technol- ogy, engineering, and mathematics—both in isolation and in various combinations.Birdy Reynolds, University of PittsburghMs. Shelly Renee Brown MEd, The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; University ofPittsburgh Shelly Brown, M.Ed. is an education and outreach coordinator for the QoLT Center at the Human En- gineering Research Laboratories and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. Ms. Brown is responsible for all K-12 outreach projects and

Conference Session

Information Literacy

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanine Mary Williamson

share some overlap with the Myers-Briggs Sensing type but add somenew wrinkles for library instruction. 1. The thriftiness trait can be used to motivate Realistic engineering students. Mention a few prices of engineering journals or other resources, and they will pay attention. Mention that their tuition pays for library services. 2. Don’t embarrass Realistic engineering students by calling on them individually. Let them volunteer when they do the “oral pop quiz.” If asking an individual to do a search in front of the class, a librarian should make the point that the class has to help him. 3. Give reasons for new ideas such as using peer-reviewed journals instead of Google. It helps to appeal to Realistic

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt

stages,and learn to use the team and peer evaluation forms utilized during the adjourning stage. Thethird BESTEAMS introductory module on project management,13 which is discussed later in thispaper, is also demonstrated.Assessing Student Performance: Teaching Fellows, over the years, have been involved withassessing their students’ performance in ENES 100. In this module, Bloom’s “Taxonomy ofEducational Objectives”18 and how it relates to Kolb’s learning cycle7,8 are reviewed.Suggestions for preparing quizzes, tests and exams and grading practices for tests19 and writtenand oral reports are also discussed.20 TFs practice developing test questions that can be used onan ENES 100 quiz or exam.Academic Integrity: Since Teaching Fellows will likely

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Armstrong, University of Texas at Austin; Sherry Woods, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

Community: Faculty should have opportunities to discuss the “business of teaching and learning.” Through their interactions with peers, students and staff, faculty enhance their instructional skills to meet the needs of a diverse student body. 3. Learning Environment: Technology enhanced instruction appropriately used promotes learner outcomes and quality student/faculty interactions. Learning Ø Enhance the educational experience Experience through a focus on student learning Ø Support the faculty, staff, students and other constituencies in this endeavor

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Sharon G. Sauer and Pedro E. ArceI. INTRODUCTIONABET EC2000 is looking for positive changes in the engineering curriculum and theteaching process. Instructors should depart from old-fashioned, non-effectivemethodologies (from the learning point of view), and from non-motivating approachessuch the ‘solo performance’ with the back of the instructor to the students and/or with theinstructor writing equations, on overhead transparences, so small that the students seatedin the back can not see them. Ineffective engineering instructional methodologies havebeen the reasons for which, in many cases, very good candidates

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Scaroni; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

. Figure 2 is a picture of students working in groups to generate a list of steps that individuals can take at home to reduce their water heater energy costs. This is not meant to be a laboratory course or a research project. However, peer-to-peer learning is found to be more effective than delivering formal lectures. Activities required for the

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Eddy Rojas, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Construction

: Simulation of real-world processes Exploration of choice and consequence with complex variables Deep understanding of the targeted knowledge Self-directed learning Peer-to-peer teaching opportunities Highly motivated and engaged learning environment Autonomous thinking through meaningful perspectivesHowever, as promising as the use of games and simulations appears to be forlearning environments, there are several major challenges researchers might facewhen developing games and simulations. One of the biggest challenges is likelyto be the integration with traditional learning contents. Furthermore, developing along-term strategy for game and simulation-based learning is one of the mostimportant decisions

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min Jou, National Taiwan Normal University; Yu-Shiang Wu, China Institute of Technology; Han-Wei Zhang, National Taiwan University; Ming-Jenn Wu, National Taiwan Normal University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, and 3D web player plug-in. The client, which runs ina web browser, provides a student interface that handles input and output (displaying results,simulation). The web server performs actions and computations based on student input by usingXML and JSP language. The application server reads and writes to the databases by JavaBeanand interfaces with external software packages. The content of the course is primarily presentedwith Web pages which are written in HTML. In order to move courses from one system toanother, and extract and/or perform automated processing on the documents, standardizeddefinitions for course structures are necessary. To meet requirements, Extensible MarkupLanguage (XML) is used to develop course structures. In order to

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Mauricio Castillo, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan, California State University, Los Angeles; Keith Moo-Young, California State University, LA

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

encouragegraduate fellows to pursue a PhD, the program supports fellows to attend both professionalconferences and the NSF GK-12 National Conference to network with PhD students and doctoralresearch faculty. To date, fellows have published three papers6, 7, 8, presented five presentationsat national conferences, and attended twenty conferences. Fellows are also encouraged to formGRE study groups. In addition, seminars on graduate school, how to present scientific Page 15.1103.4presentations, and grant writing are held.Fostering Role ModelsThe IMPACT LA Program places graduate fellows, who are conducting masters-level researchin STEM disciplines, into middle

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn F. Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Katherine Earl Earl, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

discussed codes for each interview until we agreed unanimously on all codes to reduceindividual variation in perceptions about students’ statements. Second, after theme development,we conducted peer debriefing where we asked two peers with knowledge of the course redesignproject and of relevant qualitative methods who were uninvolved in the study to debrief with uson our themes from the interviews. Through this process, we uncovered any interpretive leaps wemade during theme development and further refined our themes. Third, we carried out memberchecking by sharing a complete draft of the manuscript with the interviewed students and askingwhether it accurately reflected their experiences in the course. All students approved thepresentation of their

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Sarah Holsted, Broad-based Knowledge; Joshua Morrill, Morrill Solutions Research (MSR); Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

educationadministrators, promotion and tenure committees, and faculty colleagues did not value or knowhow to judge the value of the innovative courseware created or authored by these innovativefaculty members. [6, 13] The faculty members who made up the NEEDS community however,envisioned a future where computer-based, electronic teaching and learning materials would playa much more central role in engineering education; [9, 13, 17] and where evaluating the quality ofcourseware would become an essential practice by and for faculty who would use thesematerials. Peer review criteria were developed for the Premier Award and were used in theyearly judging process for the award. They also served as best practice guidelines for facultydeveloping courseware. [7]The

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

, peer-, and self-assessments were also performed throughout the course and on final project. Additionally, aSpecific Course Rubric that included technical aspects regarding food product development aswell as abilities of the team to present their product and answering questions raised during oraland poster presentations, and during tasting of developed food products. For this specific rubric,the scale varied from 1 (novice) to 4 (expert).Mean values from Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric assessment of final projects were 2.35 forAcquiring Competencies (attaining strategies and skills within a particular domain), 2.42 forTaking Risks (may include personal risk, fear of embarrassment or rejection, or risk of failure insuccessfully completing

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Maija M. Kuklja, University of Maryland College Park; Alexander Rudy, Institute of Physics and Technology of RAS, Yaroslavl Branch

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Paper ID #10563Customizable Virtual X-Ray Laboratory: An Innovative Tool for InteractiveOnline Teaching and LearningDr. Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC Dr. Yakov E. Cherner, a Founder and President of ATEL, LLC, taught science, engineering and technology disciplines to high school, college and university students. He has extensive experience in writing cur- ricula and developing educational software and efficient instructional strategies. Dr. Cherner introduced an innovative concept of multi-layered simulation-based conceptual teaching of science and technology. This instructional approach uses real-world objects, processes and

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Jennifer Gale

Session 1615 BUILDING AN ENGINEERING TEAM: PEER ASSESSMENT PROVES A USEFUL INSTRUMENT TO GAUGE PROGRESS Robert Knecht & Jennifer Gale Colorado School of Mines Abstract – Successful team operations rely on several functions that team members assumethroughout the life of a project. The National Training Laboratory in Group Developmentdeveloped a method describing team success based on task and team functions. At the 2004ASEE Conference, we presented findings indicating that undergraduate teams spent the entiresemester developing both a

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gregg; Tamara Knott; Jenny Lo

tenure track faculty are not expectedto write proposals, attend meetings not related to the classes they teach, do or present researchefforts, nor participate in service/outreach activities. On the other hand, if a non tenure memberwants to apply for internal grants, he/she is likely to discover that many of them are reserved fortenure track faculty only. Also, at Virginia Tech, many university and college committeesrestrict membership to tenure track faculty. Being a woman at Virginia Tech, I also know thatmaternity leave policies are different for non tenure and tenure track faculty at this university.The family leave policies were much more generous, in terms of paid leave, for tenure track

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

. The courseis normally taken in either the Sophomore or Junior year and students are expected to usethese Project Management skills to manage projects in subsequent courses.Project Management Skills TaughtThe skills taught in the project management course are described by the course outcomeswhich state that upon successful completion of the course students should know thespecific characteristics, techniques, and insights that are necessary to be an effectiveproject manager: • Know how to write a project proposal. • Know how to prepare a project plan. • Know how to prepare a project schedule • Know how to establish a project budget

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

engineering profession alone. In fact, this is a component of a much more globalmovement entitled Character Education. Character Education’s roots lie in behavioralethics, and can be viewed as an understanding of desirable and undesirable actions basedon a society’s perceptions and norms.Sample topics that should be considered for an engineering ethics curriculum includesappropriate behavior (Whitbeck, 2004) related to: recruitment; employment; termination;guidelines for raising ethical concerns; commission payment under a marketingagreement; gifts to foreign officials; and writing a letter of recommendation. Discussionson these types of topics will allow each student to consider appropriate actions anddesirable professional behavior. Once an

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Niebuhr

well as, changes in expectations and deliverables dramatically increased the qualityof work. It was found that by fostering peer review of progress during the quarter andintroducing numerous case studies that student performance increased while anxiety decreased.A design component is introduced through the student’s development of the analysis process andby requiring specific actions to prevent future failures.I. IntroductionDesign as an engineering experience has become a prominent topic in recent years. At the 2004ASEE annual conference more than 100 presentations were given that discussed some aspect ofdesign for a complete engineering education. The importance of design in engineeringcurriculum is well documented and supported by

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zahed Siddique

process of changing data. If no one else is changing the data, then the server program willlock the shared data and obtain the information from the client. After the server data is updated,server side program send the update requests to all clients to make sure that all clients keep thesame data. 3D model viewer is developed mainly by Java and JavaScript languages. Java is usedto write the code of user interface and socket communication. JavaSript is used to access theproperties and methods of Cortona® 3D VRML Control. Java JSObject and JavaScriptdocument.applets property provide the interaction for Java code and JavaScript code.The text chat and audio information exchange, which is at the bottom of the web-page, ishandled by Macromedia Flash

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Melvin Corley

seminar, the students had to individually create a personal monthly budget for howthey would spend their money once they get a professional job after graduation.Career ManagementStudents who take this course typically are within a few months of graduation. Therefore, howto get a good job is an important issue for them. Every year we have the director of theuniversity’s placement office come in and make a presentation. She provides them with muchuseful information, such as how to write a good resume, and how to conduct yourself during ajob interview. The students are required to create a resume as a result of this seminar. Thisseminar is usually one of the first classes during fall quarter. That way the students can create agood resume in time to