Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Okhtay Azarmanesh, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Indeed, the defining aspect of SDR is its extremely multidisciplinary nature,requiring a tremendous breadth of knowledge and background in a wide variety of subjects.Successful SDR development is contingent on the successful integration and synthesis ofmaterial taught across the entire electrical engineering (EE) and computer science andengineering (CSE) undergraduate curricula. The Challenge allows the students to develop theskills and mindsets they will require in their careers, regardless of whether or not they work inthe SDR domain.Smart Radio Challenge Affecting the Learning of SDR DesignAs stated above, the SDR design domain employs many different aspects of telecommunicationsand design tools, covering antennas and EM environment

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Cummings; John McMasters

various university club meetings, and some are even heavily involved in interacting with students working on various design projects, but the average engineer has little or no interaction with students over the course of their career. A number of companies, including Boeing, have created technical interest groups to encourage mentoring and sharing of corporate knowledge throughout the company. These efforts have been met with varying degrees of success. In an effort to improve this situation, the Boeing Technology Interest Group concept has been modified and expanded to include students within the groups. Concepts for including students (both graduate and undergraduate) and faculty

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Clair Nixon

engineer hires. These four competencies are as follows: • Strong communications skills • Enhanced financial acumen • Better understanding of the customer • Comprehension of the life cycle of a product There were clearly other business competencies that would be desirable for newengineers. However, many of these business competencies would likely be used later inan engineer’s career. For the purposes of this presentation, I will focus on the above fourcompetencies. There has been considerable discussion in the literature relative to alternativeinstructional methods for enhancing engineering education. In some cases, the coursedevelopment and delivery has been developed with consideration of ABET criteria withspecial

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

arrive at them. The views of fourprofessors will be compared, two of which are new faculty. The other two have decades ofexperience, one being the Chief Academic Officer, the other a senior faculty member who wasalso a multi-year chair of the review committee.A process that appears straightforward to one group can seem daunting to another. For a newfaculty member to navigate the process requires that all involved understand their viewpoint.Similarly, they need to understand the needs of the university and of their own peers. This paperexamines these traits and discusses ways to make the process a better one for the new facultymember.The TaskNew faculty members are faced with many early-career challenges including how to effectivelyteach

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, U of Texas at Brownsville; Katherine De La Vega, University of Texas at Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

achievement by a female student in a male-dominated field gives agreat boost of confidence to upcoming female students in the CS field. Figure 2. Picture from the 11th Annual UTB/TSC Research SymposiumIndustry-based Mentoring ProgramMany studies show that mentoring can have a great impact on the career of students [9-12].Defined as a process whereby a more experienced person (mentor) provides guidance, support,knowledge, and opportunities to a less experienced person for the purpose of careeradvancement, mentoring is a great way to provide support and encouragement for students earlyin their academic career. The literature is full of studies about the benefits of mentoring whichinclude:• Mentors can fulfill both career and psychosocial

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stacey Mumbower, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Education, 2010 Engaging Transportation Engineering Activities for Middle School and High School StudentsAbstractIn summer 2009, the Georgia Institute of Technology hosted the Technology, Engineering andComputing (TEC) Camp for rising seventh and eighth grade girls. The purpose of the camp is toexpose middle school students to a wide range of engineering disciplines early in theireducations in order to inspire campers to consider college majors and careers in these importantfields. Three distinct activities were created to introduce the young women to the field ofTransportation Engineering.The purpose of the first activity was to help students recognize tradeoffs that individuals makewhen determining

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1755: TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MINORITYSTUDENTS IN STEMEhsan Sheybani, Virginia State UniversityGiti Javidi, VSU Page 15.1275.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Training and Performance Assessment of Minority Students in STEMAbstractThe proposed study is designed to implement and test the efficacy of an intervention developed as part of an NSF-funded project by the team of investigators at Longwood University and Virginia State University. This interventiondevelops the underlying thinking skills in students necessary for success in STEM courses and careers. Rather thanrelying only on classroom content and high-level thinking

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

participate in extra curricular activities includingvarious students’ organizations.The Civil Engineering program at UNAH does not have an area of specialization defined early inthe student’s academic career, this reflects the country’s need for a workforce that is prepared tofunction in several areas during its career. The curriculum prepares students different civilengineering areas, so that students can start their professional career in any of them.Professional training during the academic career is optional at UF trough internships, butopportunities fro interning in a local civil engineering firm are limited due to the city’s size.Students wishing to do an internship often look at major nearby cities like Orlando, Tampa, orJacksonville and make

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Matt Parkinson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Yoke-San Wong, National University of Singapore; Brian D. Jensen, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Gregory M. Roach, Brigham Young University, Idaho

Tagged Divisions

International

must not only develop technical skills for success within their career butthey must also develop global competence to interact effectively in today’s increasingly inter-connected world. Beginning in 2008, a group of universities from different parts of the worldpartnered together with a goal of better preparing global engineering graduates. This resulted in aculturally immersive international product development and design experience that takes placeeach summer. Students primarily from universities within the USA travel to the NationalUniversity of Singapore for an intensive two and one-half week design interaction in late Mayand Early June. Professors from participating universities that include the National University ofSingapore (NUS), Penn

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Page 24.553.2students received the stand alone major BS in Engineering and Public Policy (and the first to doso had earned a BS in a traditional engineering field the prior year). Advisors were findingthemselves encouraging students to complete the 2-3 additional courses of the traditionalengineering degree programs, in order to become full-fledged engineers. This would open furtheroptions for careers for the students. The decision was made in 1984 to eliminate the single-majorEPP degree program and offer the EPP degree only as an additional major.Since 1984, all students complete the program in a traditional engineering major, and pursue theEPP degree as an additional major. Course requirements have changed only slightly in the fortyyears of

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University; Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

oxygen levels, pH, and nutrient levels in a local body of water; a field tripto a wastewater treatment facility; and student presentations about their learning experiences.The proposed demonstration will show how middle school age students conducted water testingin a local water body and compared their results to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s “ReportCard” on water quality in the Bay. Students were given 10 question sustainability surveys priorto and after completion of the camp to demonstrate and assess camp objectives.BackgroundThere is a concerted effort to encourage young women and men to consider pursuing highereducation and careers in the STEM fields. A community-college and university collaborationwas created to develop a summer program

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University; James B. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interest in andrelevance to math and science in elementary school students. This project was designed toaddress study results by the National Academy of Engineering1 and President’s Council ofAdvisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2, among others, which have identified the needto enhance the pathways to careers in science, technology, engineering and math to attract anabundant, diverse and proficient workforce. This involves both improving our educationalcontent and conveying the importance, value and satisfaction that can be achieved in suchcareers. As the PCAST report emphasizes improving STEM education requires we “focus onpreparation and inspiration.” Further, “imprinting” engineering as a career pathway, as Ellis,Jackson and Wynn3 have

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pursuing computing and STEM related careers, and post- secondary study.What We Do Researching and Developing Teaching Resources for Computing and STEM Education  Conduct research on Integrated Computing and STEM Education in K-14  Develop pedagogy and strategies to integrate computing and robotics into STEM education  Develop courseware and teaching materials for K-14 computing and STEM education Training and Professional Development for K-14 STEM Teachers  Offer workshops, tutorials, and summer institute for professional development for STEM teachers on robotics, computing and programming in C/C++, pedagogy on teaching computing and robotics in K-14, and its integration in STEM

Conference Session

FPD 2: Building Community

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

by a team of 4-6 students.Seven credit hours incorporate fundamental, practical and computational principles ofnanotechnology into the curriculum. This will allow the TLC to build the following professionalattributes: • Ability to work productively in a collaborative setting. • Knowledge of successful careers in the nanotechnology area to fill the future needs of industry. Students pursuing this track are equipped with key elements needed in industry, including computer modeling and simulation, laboratory experience, and design methodologies. • Ability to do scientific research and engage in discovery and scholarship. • Develop strong professional attributes, including ethical behavior in the workplace

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

: teamwork, communication skills suchas listening & supporting, conflict resolution, leadership, risk management, presentation,political skills, and finally, knowing how all the technical and interpersonal pieces fit together.Most software engineers learn these skills the hard way, by trial and error on the job. Somenever learn. Consider the typical engineering career progression where a developer does anoutstanding job designing and implementing software and is thus promoted into management, aposition that relies almost entirely on the “soft” skills. While one might argue that the highfailure rate of software projects is due to aggressive schedules and unrealistic customerexpectations, it is certainly conceivable that the Peter Principle1 is a

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Pyke; John Gardner; Amy Moll

engineering professors will often tell a student, “You HAVETO be superior at math to be an engineer.” This statement also implies that you have totake advanced placement math and AP Calculus in high school to succeed in anengineering college. Are these statements really true? And what impact do they have onthe student’s career choice?The authors suggest that it is a myth that students HAVE TO be excellent at math to bean engineer. Clearly math is a very important tool for engineers. All engineers musthave some level of competency at math. However, once students are no longer takingclasses at a university, the amount of math used in engineering positions varies widely.For many B.S. level engineers in the workplace, advanced math is not a regularly

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Hickey; Raluca Rosca

Engineers, Gainesville Student branch and supported by the Dean ofGraduate Studies in the College of Engineering. The first offering of ETP-UF took place duringthe last half of the Fall 2004 semester, and a second offering is advertised for Spring 2005.IntroductionThe general objectives of the Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program (ETP), as well as theoutcomes of the first offering were presented at the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference 1 by itsdesigners at the NSF-funded Center for Advancement of Engineering Education at University ofWashington. In short the program strives to better prepare graduate students in engineering forthe teaching component of an academic career, by offering an eight week, step-by-step approachto writing a teaching statement

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Hole; Day Radebaugh; Kurt Soschinske

Engineering Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas 67260 USAAbstractThe practice of engineering, in the context of the current society, is an extremely complexenterprise. This paper argues that a framework for ethical decision-making must considercorporate, social and global goals, as well as the objectives of the individual engineer. Theethical education of the engineer must be through collaboration among academic institutions,business interests, and professional engineering organizations. This paper recommends adoptionof a single thread of ethics education, beginning early in life and continuing throughout theacademic training and subsequent professional career of the engineer

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Session 1882 The Data Are In: Student Workplace Competencies in the Experiential Workplace Thomas J. Brumm1 Larry F. Hanneman2 Steven K. Mickelson1 1 Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering 2 College of Engineering Career Services and Chemical Engineering Iowa State UniversityAbstractWorkplace competencies describe the skills, knowledge and behaviors

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

economically disadvantaged students’completion of baccalaureate degrees. The Michigan Department of Career Development’s KCPInitiative provides oversight to the MICUP Program and technical assistants to the institutions. This paper describes a college-university partnership program supported by the MICUPProgram. This partnership program, namely the Tech Scholar Learning Community, wasestablished between the Division of Engineering Technology at Wayne State University inDetroit, Michigan and Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. The main objective is to createa learning-centered program that ensures the success of academically and economically under-prepared students as they transfer to four-year institutions. The majors that are the center

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Erekson

and scientific careers in the US in their August, 2003, report The Science andEngineering Workforce: Realizing America’s Potential 1. A national policy imperative wasrecommended by the NSB in this report: The Federal Government and its agencies must step forward to ensure the adequacy of the US science and engineering workforce. All stakeholders must mobilize and initiate efforts that increase the number of US citizens pursuing science and engineering studies and careers. (p. 10) Science and technology have been and will continue to be engines of US economic growth and national security. Excellence in discovery and innovation in science and engineering (S&E) derive from an ample and well-educated

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisabeth Cuddihy; Steve Lappenbusch; Jennifer Turns

offering of the seminar1. Getting to know each other: Students shared their interests within the discipline of technical communication and their ideas about post-PhD careers.2. Preliminary exam preparation: The students identified questions related to the first PhD milestone (the preliminary exam) and then one student who had completed the preliminary exam described his experiences, using the questions as an advance organizer.3. Preliminary exam follow-up: The group revisited the questions generated during the previous session, with the department chair and the PhD advisor providing authoritative answers to some of the questions.4. Research questions I: Prior to the session, each student generated two example research questions

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

will provide technician training in wireless communications, an area oftechnology innovation with great industry demand. By incorporating security as an integral partof this program, the curriculum will serve to foster greater growth and adoption of mobiletechnologies. This project will benefit regional industry, government agencies, high schoolteachers and students, community college faculty and students, those switching into informationtechnology careers, and those with bachelor’s degrees in unrelated fields. Page 10.807.2 Proceeding of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

close relationship with the Nuclear University Consortium that is part of the BEA team.In summary, the opportunities for developing a new paradigm for national laboratory anduniversity interaction and cooperation lies ahead. Successful development of the partnership willlead to effective implementation of the INL mission and of a viable future for nuclear energy inthe nation and the world.--------------------------------------Biographical InformationJay Kunze is the Dean of Engineering and Associate Director of the Idaho Accelerator Center atIdaho State University (ISU). He spent 20 years of his career at the INL predecessor laboratories,then 5 years as president of a geothermal energy company. During that period he was an adjunct(teaching

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

, personal objectives or overall career growth from their participation in the project. This should be a key factor in assessing the impact of the project. Given the educational nature of the project undertaken, the goals and objectives should be clearly stated. Figure 1 provides a framework to ensure the plan associated with the project covers all areas for participation. Customers Mission Objective

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

-Introduction to EET andProjects, provides an opportunity for entering students to gain insight into theelectrical/electronic field early in their academic careers. At the Anderson location of PurdueUniversity School of Technology, EET students enter the program with a variety of backgroundsand abilities. It is not unusual to have age ranges from 18 to 50 years old in the same class.Their experience with hand tools, mechanical layout and the technical aspects ofelectrical/electronic systems usually is as varied as their age spread. It cannot be taken forgranted that all entering technology students have had repair experience with their parents oncars, bikes or homes. This course utilizes defined learning and teaching objectives coupled withextensive

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Russ

and engineering is particularlyrelevant to engineering students.5 Thus, a major goal of this project is to introduce students tothe challenges and benefits of working with people from entirely different fields of expertise.A second goal is to give students an opportunity to develop and practice communication skills,another widely recognized element of both effective education and career success.6, 7 The projectinvolves three oral presentations and one written report. To emphasize the importance of goodcommunication, 30% of the overall project grade is derived from the students’ performance onthe presentations and grammar/style elements in the written report.Two additional goals are somewhat interrelated. The case requires students to consider

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherif Yehia; James Nelson

-yearspan of his or her career.”The easy answer to this question is that we must teach the fundamentals of structural analysisand that the student must assimilate those fundamentals. The difficult question that naturallyfollows this question is “What are the fundamentals of structural analysis that an engineer shouldknow.” In this paper, two aspects of this latter question are explored in an effort to provide ananswer. First, the authors will attempt to distinguish between the skills, attitudes, and knowledgenecessary for an engineer and those necessary for an engineering technician. This distinction willbe based on the definitions of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the bodyof knowledge for professional practice prepared by

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Vedula

needs ofU.S. industry.Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - provides support for proposals that seek toattract talented students into academic research careers in engineering. Proposals are in twomajor categories, REU Sites and REU Supplements. Page 9.966.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" 3Research Experiences for Teachers (RET

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Gomez; Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

Page 9.570.1Texas A&M University (TAMU) in conjunction with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”(TEES). The purpose is to match secondary, math and/or science public school teachers withengineering researchers. The objectives of the program are to: 1) offer teachers experiences withthe latest in engineering research; 2) to enhance laboratory skills and techniques; 3) to reinforceeducational research in inquiry, learning styles, and diversity; and 4) excite public schoolteachers about careers in engineering so more students study mathematics and