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Conference Session
Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Ollis, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions
Technological Literacy Constituent Committee
variousengineering labs across the campus.Science, technology, society projectsAll students completed two science, technology, and society projects. Working in teamsof three and imitating the work in the “take-apart” lab, they studied an artifact of theHispanic world. Their task was to research and describe the historical significance andengineering importance of the artifact and then to explain how the artifact reflects theculture which produced it. The fruits of these activities were two group presentations inthe course of the semester –practicing the final methodology of the end project—and agroup paper in English to summarize their project in Sevilla, Spain, and inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, two cities seemingly disparate in culture.Evaluation and assessment
Conference Session
Development of Undergraduate Distance Education Programs
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Frank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hamid Hadim, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert Ubell, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Continuing Professional Development
low very high LowIt is anticipated that a major obstacle to realizing a truly successful online undergraduateengineering curriculum is the development of an appropriate combination of virtual experiments(simulations), laboratory exposure through on-site visits, simple experiments conducted at home,and remotely accessible laboratory experiments, which is necessary to contribute towardsenhanced learning in accordance with the respective ABET criteria. The vital importance of acomprehensive laboratory experience in the engineering curricula is widely acknowledged by allconstituents and reflected prominently in the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000.42 ABET hasalready begun the process to establish criteria for assessing the
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University
Tagged Divisions
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Safety and Security Engineering11. X X X Capstone Course Safety and Security Engineering12. X X X Capstone CourseOutcomes for the overall program will be measured by: 1) trends in the numbers of studentsenrolling; 2) student, alumni and employer surveys; and, 3) assessment of final student thesis andproject reports and presentations by internal (faculty) and external expert review boards. Long-term success of this program will be reflected by increased numbers of individuals whosuccessfully graduate and enter security and safety careers as a result of this unique
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Ollis, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions
Multidisciplinary Engineering
importance of the artifact and then to explain how the artifact reflects theculture which produced it. The fruits of these activities were two group presentationsduring the course of the semester –practicing the final methodology of the end project—and a group paper in English to summarize their project in Sevilla, Spain, and inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, two cities seemingly disparate in culture.Evaluation and assessment of collaborative effortThe end-of-semester student questionnaire results appear in Table 1. Page 12.53.5 Proceedings of the 2007 American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2007
Conference Session
Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Laura Wilson, University Cincinnati
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
all started with this assignment. Studentswere asked to compile a list of course texts; these texts were a large part of forming the threads Page 12.1597.14for the capstone tapestry. Each text listed on the annotated bibliography had to be relevant to theknowledge the students used while completing the assigned project. If the course fulfilled theauthors’ expectations, these annotated bibliographies would reflect the incorporation ofknowledge from all previous technical and humanities-related courses. Organizing material andcreating a model to understand the students’ level of comprehension were two main goals of thisassignment. Larry
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Curricula II
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
shared research and education tools.With proper training and financial support, it is anticipated that the WATERS Network will leadto: • modernization of curricula content and pedagogical approaches to reflect critical competencies for the 21st century including trans-disciplinary instructional units and project learning that integrate advanced information and instructional technologies into teaching, learning, and advocacy of water resources issues Page 12.1595.8 • reciprocal relationships between research and education and increased vertical collaboration among all levels within the education community
Conference Session
Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lisa Frehill; Amanda Lain, New Mexico State University; Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Lauren Ketcham, New Mexico State University; Karen Luces, New Mexico State University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
Page 12.402.7more information when we reframed the query to focus on their graduate advisor in particular.Many men recalled that they felt like a member of their faculty advisor’s family: they were ofteninvited to dinner, were included in holiday festivities, and indicated that their faculty advisorprovided career supports. The provision of career and psychosocial supports reflected in theseinterviews is a hallmark of “mentoring,” as opposed to advisement.Many (but not all) women faculty4, on the other hand, reported that they earned their doctoraldegrees in spite of their advisors. Unlike the “family” relationship that their male colleaguesreported, female faculty indicated that their faculty advisors often failed to provide guidance ontheir
Conference Session
Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shanna Daly, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
concept, none of the teachers suggested the criteria were any different for models ofnanoscale phenomena compared to science models in general. As put by one teacher, there were“no differences, since a model is used to represent difficult concepts regardless of scale.” Intheir selection of a model, teachers selected one to represent a nanoscale concept. The nature ofthe directions of the assignment may have affected their choice of one model versus multiplemodels to represent a nanoscale phenomena concept. Upon reflecting on this issue, we do notwant the selection of one model to be a limiting factor for teachers. Research has indicated thatmultiple models prove to be more effective with the presentation of abstract or non-observableconcepts. The
Conference Session
Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
rebecca devasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Ferro, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley; David Mutchler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
differently from students in RH 330and PH 113. Therefore, post-course comparisons were run after computing difference scores foreach course. This was done by subtracting students’ post-course ratings from their pre-courseratings. An ANOVA to compare courses was then run on the difference scores. This is done sothat any differences found better reflect actual differences between courses rather than inflateddifferences due to the unequal starting point. Page 12.514.6When comparing student survey responses across courses, 1 statistically significant differenceappeared. Students in CSSE 371 reported a significantly lower increase in tablet PC usage frompre
Conference Session
Design Projects
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Terry Schumacher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
was due in part to the process ofproposing new, “workable” problems and in part due to the heavy load of grading the many documents required Page 12.235.5from the students. In addition to this pressure, several other factors were coming to bear upon the junior level courseas well. It became apparent that entrepreneurial and project management skills were becoming increasinglyimportant in engineering. Changing community needs resulted in an increasing number of requests from non-profitand charitable organizations for product development. With these factors in mind, the junior level course wasrevised to reflect a more service
Conference Session
Capstone Design II
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; Daniel Korth; Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
dragons, while others were motivated by aircraft design. One Koreanstudent used the current trend of “destroyed” blue jeans to create a design that exposed thechassis in a way similar to the way these popular jeans expose the wearer’s leg. These sketcheswere then posted on TcC for others to review. Critiques of these sketches including initial 2Dflow analysis using Fluent were sent back to the ID schools. The students then produced newsketches reflecting changes induced by their peers’ evaluations. After these later sketches weregenerally approved by the flow and substructure analysis teams, the industrial design studentsbegan to create 3D models of their designs using Alias. They again posted their models to TcCfor peer scrutiny. The frame team
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ning Fang, Utah State University; Randy Cook, Utah State University; Karina Hauser, Utah State University
framework of the course, its major contents, and thestep-by-step demonstration of how the Lean Lego Simulatiońa new instructional pedagogy wedesigned for and implemented in the coursécan be performed.We believe our experiences gained and lessons learned from the teaching of the lean course canserve as an important basis for future continuous improvement in the Lean curriculum; thus, theexperiences and lessons reported in this paper are valuable to our educational community.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0511421. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
Conference Session
ECE Pedagogy and Assessment
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
SSCI Test had 34 students. The statistical distribution of theresults may be less than expected due to this small sample size but the trends are as expected. Weintend to keep up doing these pre- and post-assessment tests for future offerings of the class. Thiswill increase our sample sizes and we will then be able to accumulate the results over time sothat the statistical analysis of the results will become better reflective of the sample space, thestudent population at Santa Clara University.One of the major lessons learnt from this exercise is that the presentation of the material needs tobe done conceptually as well as mechanically. The regular exams take care of determining thestudents’ capability in the mechanistic methods of solving the
Conference Session
Design Experiences in Energy Systems
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Divisions
Energy Conversion and Conservation
. Gears Motor Spool with fishing line Weights Figure 6 Small motor dynamometer.Knowing the torque/speed output characteristic of the motor as a function of I/V input allows usto combine the motor and solar panel I/V output to get the torque/speed characteristic of thesystem. The process is as follows: 1. First the I/V motor characteristic curve for each of the tested loads (torque) is plotted along with the solar panel I/V curve, see Figure 7. Note that the motor data in Figure 7 reflects additional data taken to investigate the stalled motor and subsequent start
Conference Session
Best of the NEE
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Charles Bott, Virginia Military Institute; Matthew Hyre, Virginia Military Institute
Tagged Divisions
New Engineering Educators
manner similar to a “real” engineering job 3. Students who enjoy the work, and who are paid for it, are often a project’s best advertisingNegatives 1. It can be very difficult to hold students accountable to project goals if their interest in the project wanes 2. Classroom work often takes priority over work for pay 3. Student motivation can cycle with external events that have nothing to do with the project (i.e., you will find a high degree of motivation on work for pay projects in the weeks leading up to spring break)Students Working for CreditPositives 1. Students understand that poor performance is reflected in a bad grade. There are both positive and negative reinforcement mechanisms
Conference Session
International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Butsch Michael, FH-Konstanz, Germany
Tagged Divisions
International
(assignments, exams, projects, etc) exhibiting the achievement of certain skills and abilities. They also fill out a “competency matrix” upon completion of the course, to help students reflect on their learning. This matrix features specific outcomes, of which the course may target some, and provides the ME program with students’ perception on where and how these outcomes were achieved. All students are expected to submit this portfolio up on return from a study abroad program directly to the Director of Study Abroad Programs. 2. A meeting will take place (students and coordinator) on a certain convenient day during the terms following the study abroad term at Kettering to
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine
, she co-edited a book on Princeton women engineers’ reflections about their education and their identity as engineers. She served as the faculty co-leader for the college’s Center of Excellence for Women, Science and Technology from 2002-2005. Page 12.277.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessing the Impact of Innovative ME Courses: Creating and Validating ToolsAbstractThe goal of this research was to devise three measurement tools to assess the effectiveness oflaboratory innovations for undergraduate engineering courses. The first tool was devised
Conference Session
Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen McClain, Baylor University; Christopher Smitherman, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
Variable Argument 2 Argument 1 Fluid Argument 1 Underscore Name Argument 2 NameFigure 1. Scheme for Naming Property FunctionsThe functions were constructed to reflect and reinforce how property information is provided intraditional property tables. Functions are provided for the saturation pressure based ontemperature and for the saturation temperature based on pressure. Saturated liquid and saturatedvapor functions are provided for specific volume (v), specific internal energy (u), specificenthalpy (h), and specific entropy (s) based on either temperature or pressure. Functions for v, u,h, and s of saturated
Conference Session
Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University; G. Thomas Bellarmine, Florida A&M-Florida State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
the password to be authenticated to connect to the VNC server, as shown in Figure 6. Enter the VNC server’s password and click OK. Now, the display window of server machine is shown in Figure 7. 6. Now, once connected, the server machine can be accessed. All mouse clicks and keyboard presses on this window will be reflected on the server machine. You are now free to interact with your server machine.VNC servers and viewers for other operating systems may be installed and run in asimilar fashion. Page 12.1593.13 Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
Conference Session
Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University
Tagged Divisions
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
students then watched an engaging video about the California-based productdevelopment company, IDEO that set out to redesign the shopping cart. The following isthe out of class assignment. “Using Microsoft Word or other computer document software, write a brief summary of the IDEO video. Did they follow the design process as outlined in class? What did you like or not like about the video? What other comments do you have? This should be about 200 words.”The students wrote some very intriguing reflections of the IDEO video. Commentsincluded: “IDEO’s approach to design and production may seem way out of line to some, but I, personally, think that it is genius. By creating a creative environment, workers no
Conference Session
Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University
Tagged Divisions
Technological Literacy Constituent Committee
affective domains, and is broadly categorized into the three dimensions ofknowledge, sensitivity/attitudes, and intentions/behaviors. Specifically, an energy literateindividual is one who: ‚ has a basic understanding of how energy is used in everyday life; ‚ has an understanding of the impact that energy production and consumption have on all spheres of our environment and society; ‚ is sensitive to the need for energy conservation and the need to develop alternatives to fossil fuel-based energy resources; ‚ is cognizant of the impact of personal energy-related decisions and actions on the global community; and ‚ strives to make choices and decisions that reflect these attitudes with respect to energy
Conference Session
Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Catherine Claiborne, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
discusses the factors which have an effect oninstitutionalization.Factors Associated with InstitutionalizationIn the literature four main themes often show up in definitions of institutionalization. These arevalue, leadership, stability, and diffusion. These four themes are discussed in detail below. Theauthors use these definitions in the literature to compile four important factors associated withinstitutionalization.In a classic work by Selznick34, he defined institutionalize as “to infuse with value”. He alsowrote that when organizations are institutionalized this means that they are established andconsidered valuable. Institutionalization then reflects the values of those who are part of theorganization, and results in the need to continue the
Conference Session
Climate Issues for Women Students
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Xiang-Yun Du, Aalborg University; Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
2000, pp345-359.12. Kanter, R. M. (1993), (2nd edition) Men and Women of the Corporation. Basic Books, Now York.13. Kolmos, A. (1996), Reflection on Project Work and Problem-based Learning. European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 21, No.2.14. Kolmos, A. (1992), Metacognitive Aspects in A Group-based Project Work at Technical Universities, Contributions GASAT, the Netherlands.15. Kolmos, A.. (1989), Køn og viden i ingeniøruddannelsen, Institut for samfundsudvikling og planlægning. Skriftserie nr. 28, AUC. PhD-afhandling, 195 sider.16. Kolmos, A., Fink, F, and Krogh, L. (2004), (eds) The Aalborg PBL Model – Progress, Diversity and Challenges, Aalborg University Press17. Kolmos, A. og Rasmussen, P.(1994), De studerendes
Conference Session
Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Günter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Domagoj Rubesa, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, andMeasurement Engineering. Furthermore, the course in General English is involved in the thirdsemester projects due to the designation of English as the overall project language.It is essential for the educational concept introduced in this paper that the degree of difficultyat the start of the projects seems to be beyond the present capabilities of the students. Theknowledge and skills necessary to complete the tasks successfully will be taught during thecourse of the semester, thus producing an increased interest on the part of the students in thesubjects they are studying. In this way we can compensate for one of the weak points in theeducational system, namely the lack of time for reflection on
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University
over the summer. In comparison with students in a traditional technicalcommunication course, students in the research sequence had more time to create strong graphicsto communicate their work. Moreover, students had more time to discern what evidence is mostpersuasive at supporting their assertions. Also, the framing structure of the research coursesequence provided opportunities for students to reflect on their research and to contextualize itsimpact to different audiences, for different purposes, and through different communicationmodes. The fourth and final main assignment called upon the students to write a journal articlethat documented their summer research. Students were allowed to follow the format of anyjournal or conference
Conference Session
Innovative Instruction Strategies in Calculus
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Martha Allen, Georgia College & State University; Amy Kelley, Georgia College & State University
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
new or recent Ph.D.s in mathematics. Page 12.598.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Emphasizing Teamwork and Communication Skills in Introductory Calculus CoursesAbstractIt is widely recognized that teamwork and communication skills are important outcomes inundergraduate engineering curricula. At our institution, the program goals in the mathematicsdepartment, which apply to our pre-engineering majors, also reflect the necessity of these skills.Student course exit surveys analyzed by the department indicated that communication skills, bothwritten and oral, were not integrated into the
Conference Session
Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
an excellent agreementin the case of the airfoil to questionable in the case of the flow over a cylinder. Nevertheless, inall cases FlowLab was an excellent tool in visualizing the flow.Adoption of the software created more work for students, which was reflected in their responses.Overall, students’ involvement ranged from low to very excited. Some students asked for morefeatures to solve real-world problems.A number of high quality publications have recently appeared on the topic, discussing theimplementation and integration of the package into existing courses and the redesign of teachingphilosophy. This paper continues the discussion, confirming that further improvements arewarranted on the instruction side as well as on the part of the
Conference Session
Direct Measures of Student Performance
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering
develop program outcomes that reflect the unique nature of your program and embed theCriterion 3 a-k outcomes within them. Then you need to assess how your students perform withrespect to your program outcomes.Program: The assessment part is easy. The program outcomes are accomplished through thecourses we teach, and every professor provides a direct assessment of student performancethrough course grades. It the students pass all of the courses, we can then conclude that theyhave met all of the outcomes.Expert: You cannot use course grades alone to assess the achievement of your programoutcomes. Unless there is a clear one-to-one correspondence between a given course and anassociated program outcome, simply passing the course does not guarantee
Conference Session
Engineering in Middle Schools
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Christine Floyd, Brownsburg East Middle School
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
progress through the development of their model. The problem must include sufficient data and context to allow the students to judge for themselves when a model is working or if it requires modification.4. The Model Documentation principle requires students to document their progress as well as their final model. The development of the final product – the model – is a deliverable in itself. This allows students’ to look reflectively as they continue development of the model.5. The Share-ability / Reusability / Generalizability Principle requires a solution that can apply not only to the situation as presented, but is applicable to similar situations. The solution should also be transferable to other
Conference Session
Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Chris Smaill, University of Auckland
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
treated as participants and benefactors ratherthan objects.In general, each semester corresponded to one cycle of action research. Each cycle involvedplanning changes, implementing the changes, collecting data on the results, and reflecting onthe data 27, 28. The notion that research must be based entirely on quantitative data lostcredibility some time ago23, 29-31, and to maximize triangulation a wealth of both qualitativeand quantitative data was gathered from a variety of sources over a four-year period. Only afraction of the data is presented here. This fraction should be viewed not as anecdotal but asrepresentative of a much larger body of data. Data were collected directly by OASIS, as wellas by course surveys, interviews with instructors