Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

different platforms. Most hands-on exercises can be donelocally without Internet connection.Compared to the centralized remote lab, the virtual lab is very portable, inexpensive, can be runon the students’ computers, anywhere, and at any time. We have experimented with virtualmachines in a number of labs with a high degree of success. Feedback from students indicatedsatisfaction.1. IntroductionInformation and computer technology programs are plagued by several major challenges. First,computing technologies are evolving at a rapid pace, making it difficult for schools to maintainup-to-date technologies in physical labs due to budget constraints. Second, lab exercisesdeveloped by faculty have short life span and need to be updated to reflect new

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

security, and is a strategicissue of great importance to the nation. With society’s growing need for energy and energy-related workforce, many institutionsare vying to take advantage of these opportunities and challenges. Many academic institutionswith traditional engineering programs (e.g., chemical, civil, mechanical, electrical and nuclearengineering) have also created departments and/or programs in energy engineering to reflect thegrowing need and trend. To move The Pennsylvania State University to the forefront in energy,the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering proposes a formal undergraduate degreeprogram (Bachelor of Science) in the growing field of energy engineering. The program will bebeneficial to students of several

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) innovative, like theories and meanings); visual learners (like visual presentation: vs. verbal learners (prefer written and --pictures, diagrams, flow charts) spoken explanations); inductive learners (prefer presentations vs. deductive learners (prefer presentations proceeding from specific to general) that go from general to specific); active learners (learn by trying things vs. reflective learners (learn by thinking out, working with others) things through, working alone); global learners (holistic, systems vs. sequential learners (linear, orderly, Page 13.958.2

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

opportunities for involvement and interaction that isdifficult to attain through traditional classroom activities.The process of active learning transforms students from the role as a passive recipient ofinformation just taking notes into a dynamic initiator of knowledge through participation. It hasbeen shown that students learn more when they take an active part in the educational process(Davis5, 1993). This can be facilitated through a variety of classroom exercises includinginteractive discussions, using ideas and concepts in practice, and actual application of the subjectmatter. This learning by doing approach requires participation, analysis, synthesis, evaluation,application, and reflection in terms of life, school, and work situations.Active

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas at Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

participants and used to structurethe training. This lack of recognition of the method is an unexpected finding, deserving offurther investigation. The results of the study also revealed that the teachers who took theDTEACh training workshop three or more years before the survey showed very similarresponses to teachers who attended the workshop more recently, thus indicating that use oftechniques presented in the training workshop is not diminishing significantly with time.IntroductionActive Learning is an approach developed to improve learning, and typically consists oftechniques requiring students (as the name implies) to be actively engaged in learning throughspecially designed activities, followed by reflection upon what they have done1. This

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Davis, United States Military Academy; Michael Butkus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

ethical considerations in an engineering design problem could begraded definitively with a grading rubric and thereby rendering a value or score as a part of theABET assessment, much like quizzes or homework grades. Inculcation of engineering ethicscould then be assessed as students’ progress through the engineering program. Secondly,develop a mechanism to help students reflect upon and appreciate social and cultural issuesfollowing study abroad experiences. This might be accomplished with a reflective essay.Shuman et al.9 suggests that globalization and cultural awareness through study abroad programsdevelops individuals with a broader understanding and tolerance towards social issues that couldaid in future ethical decision making processes

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

according to the instrument/test-development standards generallyrecommended. The absence of a widely used and broadly applicable set of measures ofengineering learning outcomes has forced administrators and faculty members to wrestle with thechallenges and compromises inherent in educational assessment. Because the institutional costsof accreditation and assessment can be substantial, institutions often turned to locally developedmeasures that make minimal demands on financial and staff resources. These efforts typicallytake the form of survey questionnaires in which students are asked to report how much progressthey believe they have made in one content or skill area or another. These reports usually consistof one or more items intended to reflect

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

levels of learning,beyond basic technology instruction3, 4. The goals would be to: 1, Help teachers learn the features and operation of the LEGO® Mindstorms® and NXT-G programming system 2, Help teachers apply the tool for robotics projects and data logging applications 3, Reflect with teachers daily on the applicability of the technology to specific classroom requirements 4, Reflect with teachers daily on the requirements imposed by the North Carolina (NC) standard course of study 5, Brainstorm with teachers the best practices to integrate the technology with not just robotics competitions, but also in math, science, and other areas and, 6 Have senior undergraduates in engineering technology and education take a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

two different products were combined into one product.CPR 4: Product A Project Design Specification (PDS) should reflect the commonDesign knowledge of the team about the project. The students make use ofSpecification (PDS) their preliminary research to develop environmental, performance, and technology specifications for their projects.CPR 5: Social Requires students to reflect on their proposed project and write an Page 13.1370.3Impact Statement impact assessment using the IEEE Code of Ethics [3] as the guidelines. For this assignment the students write one or two

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

William Rigoberto Mercado, University of South Carolina Beaufort; Gabriela Maria Morales; Ronald Erdei, University of South Carolina

, the database cancontort to the developing demands of the learning environment. Overall, the process of the newimplementation has reduced the points of failures by partially automating previously manualaspects. Ultimately, meeting the goals set out by the first iteration. DiscussionsFuture WorkWith the conclusion of the second iteration comes reflection and observations made while lookingat the operation of the model. Although the aspects of progress report generation have been eased,and the ability to analyze information previously unable, the full process still requires the user tomaintain a level of technical knowledge. Additionally, the aspect of data entry has still been largelyuntouched.With the

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Ivan L Guzman P.E., New York City College of Technology; Sara Gómez Woolley, New York City College of Technology

product in need of illustration.The students selected for this novel approach to undergraduate research, Jenny Zhupan, EvelynNg, and Edward Alston, were specifically tasked with building interest, engagement andunderstanding of a STEM subject. As students coming from a NON STEM discipline, theillustration team was challenged to consider what it would take to get students like themselvesmore involved with the subject matter. They were asked to reflect and then propose methods ofmaking the text appealing and understandable to different kinds of learners.The methodology of the program, pairing student designers, with a researcher in the role of clientand communication design faculty as creative director was specifically chosen to

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Eileen Deng, Rye Country Day School; Eunice Lee, Townsend Harris High School; Daniel Shameti, Midwood High School, Brooklyn, NY ; Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology

recorded by participants through the YAMAY SmartWatchSW023 (Fig. 1) and collected by using a shared excel file whose members include those willing toparticipate in the experiment. Then the algorithms selected predict the targets from the features inthe data collected and which are rated for their accuracy. Figure 1 YAMAY SmartWatch SW023 used in the projectThe YAMAY SmartWatch measures the heartrate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen of theparticipants before and after an activity. Inside the YAMAY SmartWatch, an optical heart ratemonitoring (OHRM) uses a photoplethysmorgram (PPG) sensor to detect changes in blood volumeby measuring the amount of light that is reflected or absorbed by the blood vessels [5]. The PPGsensor can

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Chad E. Kennedy

but should represent a good cross-section of likely personality types that the studentswill most likely encounter in professional life. In large classes, multiple groups can be runningconcurrently, while any remaining students can be observers of the scenarios. It is important toengage all students; therefore, any student that is not actively playing a character in the 1st Scenarioshould be a character in the 2nd Scenario. Two scenarios were sufficient to allow the student’s timeto role play the scenarios, come up with a plan to solve the scenarios and allow for classroomdiscussion, feedback and reflection on each scenario. The most interesting comments came duringthe reflection time after the role playing was completed and should not be

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Shaw, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

laboratory course often lead to last-minute writing withlittle time spent in reflection and review2. Stephen Brookfield3 speaks to the heart of the teacherwhen he describes our motivation to instill habits of self-evaluation and peer evaluation. “Sooner or later students leave the intellectual enclave of higher education and return to the workaday world. For them to have acquired the habit of examining their own work critically as a detached observer is an incalculable benefit”. “Likewise, for students to have learned something of the art of peer evaluation – of giving helpful critical insights to colleagues and intimates in a manner that affirms rather than shames – develops in them in them a capacity that will be sought out by their peers

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

reliable and has both internal and external validity. Thesecond, and more important reason, is that the model lends itself to a more holisticapproach to open ended problem solving, which, in turn should help to promote morecomplex thinking skills.A second objective of the program is increase creative and complex problem solvingskills as measured through gains in cognitive development. The department has had over70 hours of training on the steps for better thinking model. Student work is scored usingthe Steps for Better Thinking Rubric12 and preliminary data suggests that students aregradually making cognitive gains. Baseline data utilizing the Reflections on CurrentIssues16 (RCI) instrument was collected in 2006 as a means of supporting these

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunnar Tamm, United States Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Seth Norberg, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering programs, West Point offers a course on Energy Conversion Systems whichcovers conventional topics of fossil fuel utilization, combustion, advanced power andrefrigeration cycles, direct energy conversion, chemical equilibrium, and so on. However, thecourse has evolved to reflect current energy issues, by including lessons on national and globalenergy usage, climate change, nuclear power, hydrogen, and renewable and alternative energy.In addition to this course, there are senior capstone projects and cadet independent studies thatare connected to alternative energy research and development. The goals are to provide a broadoverview to the cadets, such that the cadets are excited to continue the pursuit of energyalternatives as graduates and

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

system integration. Thisapproach was suggested by Ted Robertson, then President of the Society of AutomotiveEngineers (SAE), in late 2005. In this approach, the courses reflect the different divisions withina large automobile manufacturing company, such as General Motors. In the early stages ofdevelopment of the automotive concentration, a team composed of program faculty, practicingengineers from the automobile industry and automotive-related industrial advisory boardmembers had an afternoon curriculum design meeting. After discussion, the six industryrepresentatives validated the idea suggested by Mr. Robertson. In addition, as a part of anengineering design process, they voted on various structures, content areas, and creditarrangements of

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Nontraditional Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

additional support for publication anddissemination from the Exxon Education Foundation. These nine authors havegenerated a list of nine principles that the readers can obtain from the website givenbelow (Narayanan, 2007).American Association for Higher EducationPrinciples of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning 1. The assessment of student learning begins with educational values. Intellectual Curiosity is all about enhancing educational values. 2. Assessment is most effective when it reflects an understanding of learning as multi dimensional, integrated, and revealed in performance over time. Intellectual Curiosity is embedded in the learner’s mind when any given subject matter is presented with a multi dimensional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

in industry. The objectives of thisresearch are to explore the types of cognition and social interactions of student teams as theyengage in these virtual laboratories, to determine the role of instructional design in the responseof student teams, and to ascertain whether virtual laboratories can effectively promote types oflearning that are difficult or impossible to achieve from physical laboratories.Objectives The specific objectives of the NSF CCLI Phase 2 project are to: 1. Create the following learning materials and teaching strategies based on virtual laboratories: A. Enhance the Virtual CVD laboratory by including interactive reflection tools (e.g., interactive lab notebook, a virtual supervisor), improved

Conference Session

Programs That Serve Industry and Academia

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Baldwin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; John Ludwick, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

instructor’s current class load best reflected thedesired skills needed within the studio. This precaution eliminated the chance of incorporating aneducator into the program who was merely a curious fan of Hollywood special effects, ratherthan an educator who could transfer specific R+H skills and ideology to the classroom.Call for Participants: AnalysisCentral to success during this phase is the ability to determine the technological relevancy,knowledge discipline, and the theory/application alignment of the participating educator with theindustry partner. Preparing the answers to several fundamental questions during this phase couldprovide insight into a possible collaboration between academician and industry. ≠ Does the educator or academic

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Marie Kendall-Brown, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

.The CRLT Players engage an audience by presenting a problem in theatrical form, then invitingthe audience to discuss and offer solutions to the problem. This approach has been shown topromote powerful transformations in awareness and behavior: teaching assistants in science andengineering who viewed an interactive theater sketch about the chilly climate for womenstudents in the sciences reported greater awareness about the experiences of women and minoritystudents, reflected on how their own actions affected students, and ultimately altered theirbehavior as a consequence3.For this research, we hypothesized that having engineering students observe effective andineffective interactions of a diverse team in the context of an interactive theater

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

axis of truth. Ethical treatment of humans and animals whoare subjects of research projects as well as concern for the impact of research on the naturalenvironmental reflect issues that pertain to the axis of social responsibility. This double axisframework responds to the ethical objective of stimulating moral awareness by helping studentsto classify and identify ethical issues in research.The “Aberdeen Three” case [4] provides another example of how ethical issues arise duringresearch in engineering. Three engineers, with important R&D positions in a chemical weaponsplant, ignored inspections on the handling and disposal of toxic wastes. One of the tanks in theplant containing sulfuric acid leaked onto the soil and percolated into a

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Pawan Agrawal, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Page 14.571.2to a visual diagram allows students to continue learning using their preferred learningstyle. Using the Felder and Silverman Inventory of Learning Styles1 (ILS) survey thestudents in our introductory chemical engineering course were evaluated on fourmeasures: active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global. Oneach of these scales the students receive a numerical ranking from – 11 to 11. Forexample a ranking of -11 on the active/reflective scale would indicated a strongpreference for an active learning style while a ranking of 11 would indicate a strongpreference for a reflective learning style. Felder and Silverman have found the majorityof learners in engineering are visual learners. As shown in Figure

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

interdisciplinarycollaborative project, most students identified their lack of familiarity with each other as aprimary concern that would need to overcome. As one student stated, “the uncomfortableness ofhaving to get to know each other and make it past that hump,” was her primary concern whenshe entered the classroom. Another student reflected on the work (or lack thereof) over the firstsemester and commented that “I think like I think it took too long getting to know each other.”Many students attributed the team’s progress to forming social bonds and overcomingdifferences of personality.When the participants were asked to name other disciplines that should have been on theirproject, the engineering students typically needed a prompt asking about non

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, Page 14.666.8challenges them to reflect on their own qualities and competencies in relation to theeducational experience, and to move toward greater personal and professional development in 7their chosen area at the competitive global marketplace. This curriculum is also able toincrease the students' capacities as reflective practitioners. Students, who are highly aware oftheir roles in their professions, are able to assess and improve their effectiveness through thisapproach.The pedagogical approach followed in this program engages students as active participants intheir own learning, in interaction with others, in response to real world problems, and in waysthat parallel the process of fieldwork

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

/g standards bymore than ten times. In addition, techniques such as space-time block coding and beamformingprovide the potential of increasing signal strength at the receiver with optimal efficiency, basedon the diversity order used. In this paper, we present a brief historical narrative of the development of the standard, thenwe describe the three main proposals for the physical (PHY) layers in the original mainproposals for the 11n amendment (the TGn Sync, WWiSE and TGn Joint proposals). The JointProposal was adopted and it reflects the current PHY layer architecture described in Draft 3.0 forthe 11n amendment. Several design choices were made in the TGn Joint proposal regarding the areas of channelestimation (considering the use of

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

David G. Meyer

the course material? Couldthey be completed in a reasonable amount of time?)9. Exams (e.g.: Did they reflect your knowledge of the course material? Could they becompleted in the allotted time? Were they designed so you could display what you knew?)10. Quizzes (e.g.: Did they help you learn the course material? Did they help prepare youfor the exams? Could they be completed in the allotted time?)11. Projects (e.g.: Did they help reinforce your overall understanding of the coursematerial and help tie things together? Could they be completed in the allotted time?)12. Lab Experiments (e.g.: Were they well coordinated with the lecture material? Didthey help you learn the course material? Could they be completed in the allotted time?)13. Overall

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucian P. Fabiano

technical performance requirements is now coupled with achieving requirements for project management, concurrent engineering, interdisciplinary problem solving, and teamwork. In effect, engineers and technologists assume two project development roles; project designer and project manager. As project designers they are responsible for completing assigned design tasks. As project managers they are responsible for defining a comprehensive and integrated plan which reflects overall development requirements and is aimed at achieving overall project success. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Engineering Technology (ET) department has

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley

designed objects, while the second visit focuseson the ways design decisions reflect the designer and the culture from which the artifact originated. Interactivityis a crucial feature of the tours, which stress inquisitive looking and dealing with the material reality of theartifact. The people who conduct visitors through the museum are called “docents,” from the Latin docere “toteach,” because their job is not to interpret the work for visitors, but rather to teach them how to constructmeaning from observations of the work. This approach emphasizes inquiry through visual examination. In addition to being exposed through readings, lectures, and discussions to the ideas outlined above, thestudents are given a specific assignment associated

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Suckarieh, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, the students worked on assignmentsdesigned around three key themes: • A reflection of how the experience has affected them personally • A paper that focuses on working in partnership with the community • A paper about sharing experiences with others in their communityThe class helped the freshmen form friendships before school even begins. It helped inbreaking down some of the apprehensions the students have with their professor in a waythat they have not experienced in a classroom [3]. The College of Applied Science is the college of technology at University of Cincinnati.Its campus is located at a short three miles from University main campus. Every yearabout two hundred freshmen are accepted