Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

students enrolled in the COE (NCSU Institutional Planning andAnalysis, 2004). And yet, NC State College of Engineering is among the top ten universities inenrollment of these underrepresented groups. From a preparation standpoint, studentsthemselves (men and women) report having difficulty adjusting to the academic rigor of thecoursework, citing particular struggles with the expectations for computer literacy and ability.5At the same time, the Wake County Public School System has taken unprecedented steps towardhigh achievement for all by setting an ambitious system wide goal of 95% of students in grades3-12 performing at or above grade level in reading, math and science by the year 2008. Anachievement gap between white students and African

Conference Session

Trends in Civil Engineering Accreditation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Elliott

changes resulted in significant improvement in the quality of the assessment. Mostsignificantly, they helped us establish more specific feedback mechanisms. Components of Our Assessment Plan Student Course Assessments – each semester Ratings on accomplishing course objectives Ratings relative to ABET outcomes Student comments to instructor University-wide course evaluation Senior Exit Interviews – each semester Identification of 3 best courses with factors making them best Identification of 3 courses needing improvement with recommendations Identification of 3 instructors with factors making them best Identification of 3 instructors needing improvement

Conference Session

A Focus on Industry Partnership

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tara Gallus; Phil Laplante; Peter Wiesner

8.1279.2implementing strategies, strengthened quality assurance, and ability to take risks with“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”backing of the community. Long term value for developing organizational capabilitiesinclude: ability to execute a strategic plan, authority with clients, increased retention oftalent, capacity for knowledge- development projects, forum for “benchmarking” againstrest of industry, knowledge-based alliances, emergence of unplanned capabilities,capacity to develop new strategic options, ability to foresee technological developments,ability to take advantage of emerging market opportunities.Most of the

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Michael Kilbey; Richard Rice; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Debi Switzer

effective at planning, monitoring, and regulating their cognitive activities thanthe former. They tend also to participate in a task more often for reasons such as challenge,curiosity, or mastery; and, they express more positive attitudes towards professionaldevelopment.Introduction Previously1, we introduced an approach to integrate a hierarchical cognitive model into anundergraduate engineering curriculum, described teaching and learning strategies to support thatmodel, and presented preliminary assessment results for the implementation of those strategieson student development. Briefly, the hypothesis that drives this work is this: Mental growthconstitutes a progression through a hierarchy of cognition; the critical thinking and

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

teaching responsibilities and occasionally the sessions were co-taught by two facultymembers. In addition to the faculty, undergraduate and graduate civil engineering studentsassisted with the planning and teaching activities. The faculty members were unable to secure asingle assistant for the entire duration of the program; so multiple assistants were used (although,only one assistant was present for a given session).Project Descriptions Over the duration of the Engineering the World Program numerous projects weredeveloped. Sessions were developed to emphasize each of the conventional specializations ofcivil engineering: construction, environmental, geotechnical, hydraulics, structural, surveying,and transportation. Individual sessions

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

Deliverable Week1 Course Orientation Project Bid Week 2-3 Team Formation Meeting Times and Protocols Weeks 4-5 Client Interview Documentation System Week 6-7 Problem Formulation Goal Statement and Work Plan Week 8-10 Conceptual Design Solution Alternatives Week 11-15 Preliminary Design Design Report and Review Table 1: First Semester Capstone Design Timeline Observation of Capstone Design teams at the University of Idaho and a review of thepresent literature on design team formation has indicated that long-term design teams greatlybenefit from a

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

, and planning (Criterion 1, items a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 6. use oral and written communication skills in a real-world problem solving situation (Criterion g, item g) 7. provide and present the good project proposal, periodic progress reports, project presentation, and project proposal report (Criterion 1, items e, g, k) Figure 2 Capstone Course Outcomes.Students enroll in the course for two consecutive semesters and work on the designprojects on a part-time basis and are expected to follow the guidelines specified in thefollowing two assessment forms: EET 490 Senior Design Phase I - Assessment Form Student Name: Date: Project

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Wayne Sarasua

with collecting spatial data. Before using spatialdata, several activities must be performed.If we take the example of global positioning systems (GPSs), the objective is to obtain theposition of a point. Figure 2 illustrates a typical process for conducting a GPS survey. First,mission planning is done to determine the best time to conduct the field survey. After setting up aGPS base station at a known point, the rover GPS receiver is set up using a tripod on a point ofinterest. The unit is initialized and allowed to collect data for a period of time during which dataare stored in its internal memory or to an interfaced data logger. Upon returning to the office,collected data from the base station and the rover are transferred to a personal

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan

because the factory will “operate” according to the plan created with theassistance of VM.Vision of VM: The vision of Virtual Manufacturing is to provide a capability to Manufacture inthe Computer. VM will ultimately provide a modeling and simulation environment so powerfulthat the design, fabrication/assembly of any product including the associated manufacturingprocesses, can be simulated in the computer. A comparison between the physical and virtualmanufacturing is shown in Figure 1.VM Concepts: VM supports implementation of lean/agile manufacturing to achieveimprovements in enterprise flexibility and economy. The use of simulation results inmanufacturing systems those are less risky to change. Computer assisted model-based planningand control

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Bernard Carlson; Rosanne Welker

professional responsibilities.Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a world-renowned Arctic explorer, organizes the expedition in search ofnew land, amassing the largest scientific staff thus far. Repeatedly, crew and scientific staff notein their diaries that they assumed that Stefansson, as the expedition leader, would take of: toensure an adequate ship, equipment, supplies and plan. Yet the ship was entirely unseaworthyand ill-suited to Artic exploration; the equipment was sub-par, stored sloppily, and at timesdangerous to the crew operating it; the supplies were insufficient for the number of men and thePolar conditions; and the overall plan lacked any contingency alternatives should the ship

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

thirdsessions introduced several project management tools (i. e., work breakdown structures, linearresponsibility charts, activity networks, and the Gantt charts) and provided in-class exerciseswhere students applied these tools in developing project-planning documents.The computational skill module used Mat lab as a tool in developing some of the basicsstrategies in computational approaches. The goals of the three sessions were to prepare thestudents to determine the accuracy of computed results, to give a step-by-step description of howto compute the solution to an engineering problem, and to use Mat lab to solve certaincomputational problems.Team Exercise: Team exercises, which took many forms, were an important part of theinstructional activities

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

engineering industry and increase awareness of the employment opportunities in this region's manufacturing sector. · Develop innovative manufacturing programs that emphasize real world experiences and provide students hands-on learning with industrial-grade equipment. · Develop a feeder system for individuals who will access the seven new degree programs that will be offered by PRIME's educational partners.Early in the process, the PRIME partners realized that the success of the coalition would dependon the implementation of a strategic plan that would address the needs of the region at variouslevels. Accordingly, the group adopted the integrated paradigm that appears in Figure 1 and hasbeen working on the

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

the student schedules. The students are taught learning skillsthrough the “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan” developed by Donna O. Johnson. 19 The Plan is the onlyguaranteed learning system in existence. Johnson offers any student that she trains $100 whichshe will pay if the student follows the Plan 100% and does not received straight A’s. Ms.Johnson has yet to pay out any money. The most difficult part of the plan may be to get at least8 hours of sleep each night. The Academic Success Class helps the students to do wellacademically, as well as broaden their general knowledge about engineering, including resumes,internships, research, networking, portfolios, career planning, graduate school, industry (throughindustry speakers with graduate degrees), and

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Mark Embree, Rice University; Maria Oden, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

solutions Preparing oral presentations, graphs, and tables Prototyping, fasteners, and supplies Testing design solutions Role of failure in design Project planning and Gantt charts Manufacturability Environmental issuesClient-Based Projects in ENGI 120In ENGI 120, students learn the engineering design process and use it to solve meaningfulproblems drawn from local hospitals, local community partners, international communities, andaround the Rice University campus. The instructor works with other faculty on campus toestablish relationships with possible clients within and outside the

Conference Session

Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ken Burbank, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

offering bachelor‟s degrees in Engineering Technology (or a discipline specific Engineering Technology). Every university has its own framework. These graduate programs have observable variations in terms of the course work and other requirements. As we move into the 21st century, these graduate programs will face new challenges and opportunities associated with the dynamics and the needs of the globalized society. Strategic planning is defined as „the process of determining an institution‟s long term objectives and then identifying the best approaches to achieve those objectives” (11). With the increasing demands on resources and changing needs of the stakeholders, periodic strategic planning is critical for any academic program

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela M. Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Ricardo Leon Gomez, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

evaluation, and curriculum design and implementation. Gomez works closely with the Assessment and Evaluation Manager and staff in the development and implemen- tation of the NCIIA’s evaluation plans, including client satisfaction surveys, instrument development, data collection, analysis, and reporting.Mr. Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) As an entrepreneur leading a not-for-profit organization, Phil Weilerstein has grown the NCIIA (http://www.nciia.org/) from founding as a grassroots group of enthusiastic university faculty to an internationally recognized re- source supporting and promoting technology innovation and entrepreneurship to create experiential learn- ing

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G. Brown, The Boeing Company; Alan Jacobs, Education Market Business Development Consulting; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hans J. Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

Engineering Education and is currently Co-chair of that SIG. Jacobs is presently in his second term on both the ASEE CMC Executive Committee and the ASEE Projects Board and is the Secretary/Treasurer of the ASEE CMC. He also serves on the ASEE Journal of Engineering Education Advisory Board and was a contributor to ASEE’s ”Advancing the Scholarship of Engineering Education: A Year of Dialogue.” Jacobs was previously a member of the ASEE International Strategic Planning Task Force, the Interna- tional Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) Executive Committee, and General Motors’ Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education Core Team. Jacobs has spent his professional career committed

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Test is the last stage before launch; itconsists of the steps necessary to convert a paper design into a functional, flight-ready spacecraft.The Integration phase covers the purchase, fabrication and assembly of spacecraft componentsinto subsystems and then the completed spacecraft. Due to the number of steps involved,integration can take months to accomplish.The Testing phase (often called Verification) consists of all activities necessary to prove that thespacecraft will achieve its objectives. Testing covers a range of functions, includingenvironmental testing to prove that the vehicle can handle the harsh environments of launch andspace operations, functional tests to show that the components can operate together as planned,and the

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Ameen Basim Al-Khafaji, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan; Martha Jane Neubauer, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

a global work force1, 2, 3. Research, such as the pivotal work ofSeymour and Hewitt4 and Tobias5, has demonstrated that, in many cases, faculty teachingpractices can greatly affect the quality of STEM education. In particular, faculty teachingpractices can have a direct impact on student achievement (e.g., student involvement,engagement, knowledge construction, and cognitive development) and, as a result, on studentdecisions to persist in engineering6, 7, 8.Historically, the translation of research to actual classroom practice has been slow, thusindicating that a sustained effort is required to implement institutional change. As part of a largerproject, we aim to develop an evidence-based plan for motivating transformative change infaculty

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”SUPERCLIENT INVOLVEMENTThe instructor for the class sends out an invitation in December to a list of local civilengineers who have, in one way or another, expressed interest in the civil engineeringprogram at the University of Iowa. Many of these are contacts made through the IowaSection of ASCE, but others have given seminars to the undergraduates or are alumni ofthe program. This invitation asks them to submit projects that have not yet beendesigned, but that are real, and “in the works,” in the sense of being under considerationfor design in the next one to three years.In early planning of this approach it rapidly became apparent that projects that hadalready been designed could not be

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

, self-assessment, reflection, planning, and collaboration. Wediscuss the intended uses for the system, and provide examples from our current uses of thesystem to highlight the potential. The paper includes a review of the literature supporting ourwork.I. IntroductionUndergraduate engineering education is experiencing a paradigm shift. An essential feature ofthis paradigm shift is a movement from teacher-centered to more appropriately student-centeredpedagogy. The teacher-centered tradition has been the cornerstone of higher education, withengineering education merely adhering to the dominant doctrine, for what seems an eternity. Theteacher-centered model characterizes students as products. As such, the educational outcomesare expressed as

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vic Cundy; Don Rabern; David Gibson

Session 2793 A Model to Assess and Balance Faculty Workload Vic Cundy, Ph.D., P.E. Head, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering David F. Gibson, Ph.D., P.E. Dean, College of Engineering Don Rabern, Ph.D., P.E. Head, Department of Civil Engineering Montana State University-BozemanAbstractAn assessment and planning model utilizing an Excel-based spreadsheet is presented. The modelbreaks individual

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Ressler; Steven Schweitzer; Stephen Ressler

describe the contest goals and the planned sequence of events.We then discuss the unique challenges in software development, website development, andcontest administration that have been addressed throughout the planning process. We concludewith an assessment of the prospects for successful implementation of the contest in the comingyear.BackgroundThe United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, was established by Congress in1802. The Academy was intended not only to educate officers for the U. S. Army, but also toaddress the young nation’s critical need for engineers—both military and civilian. West Point isgenerally recognized as the first school of engineering in the United States, and its 19th Centurygraduates made a substantial

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Natasha Balac; Daniel M. Gaines

would allow students to apply the knowledge they learn in class while allowingfor creative solutions. We also wanted the project to be fun for the students and encourageclass discussion. Inspired by success stories with the use of mobile robots at schools such asMIT [5], Case Western Reserve University [2], and Trinity College [1], we felt that the fieldof mobile robots would be an ideal match for our objectives. Mobile robots provide achallenging and exciting arena for developing, applying and evaluating AI techniques.Situated in the world, mobile robots must deal with issues of uncertainty, reliability andreal-time response [4]. They must be capable of integrating sensing and planning toproduce an appropriate course of action and, ideally

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

J. C. Sener; R. R. Mirsky; David R. Haws; Stephen B. Affleck; J. L. Mason; L. C. Aburusa

university. Recently, an internship web site was developed and linked to the College of EngineeringHomepage on the World-Wide-Web. This site was designed to facilitate the link betweenpotential internship opportunities and undergraduate students seeking to match their chosenmajor field of study with work experience in participating organizations. This paper describes:the development of the internship web site on the College of Engineering Homepage; itsorganization, planning and implementation; industry/academia interactions for interactive andintegrative applications; analysis of the historical data collected prior to the availability of theweb; and interim results and recommendations for improvements with an emphasis on the needfor

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Rona Colosimo Warner; Paul J. Warner; Kim LaScola Needy

. Manufacturingemployment remained stable in 1994 and 1995, following declines from 1988 to 1993,[10] andnow provides about 17% or 134,600, of the jobs in the six-county metropolitan regionsurrounding Pittsburgh.[5]The main technical trades in manufacturing are classified as machinists and tool and die makers.Machinists utilize their knowledge of the working properties of metals, ability to read part prints,and skill with lathes, mills, and drill presses, to plan and machine products to meet precisespecifications.[7] Tool and die makers are highly skilled workers who produce tools, dies, jigs,and holding devices that are used in various types of machines such as stamping presses, brakes,shears, extrusion machines, mills, and lathes.[8] Both occupations require

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska ; Neal A. Lewis, University of Nebraska

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy Division (EED)

pension. Socialsecurity is the centerpiece of retirement planning for most Americans. Engineering economystudents have the tools to analyze this aspect of their futures. Engineering economy professorshave the responsibility for helping students to achieve mastery of the basics for retirementfinancial planning. The rate of return on our tax investment is demonstrated as a real example oftime value of money and personal financial planning.While the analysis is applicable to the U.S. social security system as it is defined today, ourmethodology is applicable to other defined benefit systems. The approach is also applicableinternationally, as most countries have some form of public pension system.IntroductionEngineering economy texts and courses

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Razi Nalim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Danka Maric, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Purdue University; Mohammadhossein Jamshidnejad, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Lauren Christopher, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Christine Krull, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Eric W Adams, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Shahrzad Ghadiri, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Richard Vernal Sullivan, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Cliff Campbell, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Warfare Center (NSWC) facility at Crane, Indiana.The DoD and many employers seek skilled engineers who are highly innovative and are strongleaders in the workplace [1], and has developed leadership competency models specifically forits civilian workforce. In 2019, the 38th Marine Commandant’s Planning Guidance emphasizedthe combination of leadership with innovation, saying “For the Marine Corps, meaningfulinnovation is not just having great thoughts and concepts rather, it is about translating greatthoughts and concepts into action.” [2]. However, many engineering and computing degreecurricula, including at this institution, require neither any leadership training nor researchexperience that enables innovation (other than the practice of design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Joseph Tunno, Penn State University; Lori Miraldi, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

students avail themselves of the opportunities they encounter. Planned happenstancetheory, which may explain this phenomenon, characterized this by saying it is a means of“creating and transforming of unplanned events into opportunities for learning [8].” The theory isgermane to study abroad because inherently many of the activities are in the realm of theunknown. This includes language or communication styles, government, and cultural values, inaddition to new approaches to solutions and ways of viewing the world. Participants may simplystumble into new situations that promote learning. However, Lokkesmoe et. al. indicated thatthere is weak evidence of students developing global competence that can be traced back to whatcould be characterized as

Conference Session

STEM and the Two-Year College

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

14% of the state college (2-year colleges) students earn a bachelor’sdegree in 6 years. The recent National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) 2020-21 Report (Bobbitt, R. et al., Aug 2021) indicated that higher education lost about 191,500 transferstudents in 2020-21, three times higher that 2019-20. Interestingly, HSI universities also reporteda substantial loss in the number of transfer students,(-11.8%).III.2: Florida Trends in Enrollment and GraduationThe Florida College Access Network (FCAN), June 2020, report noted that 42% of the currentlyenrolled college students said that their plans changed including taking a semester or a year off.Other data (FCAN, April 2018) indicate that the three-year AA-degree completion rate of