Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surya Mallapragada; Maureen Griffin; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz

Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education We believe that PBL can be effectively implemented in engineering curricula. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) considers the following to beamong the 11 required outcomes attained by engineering graduates [2]: ability to engage in life-long learning; ability to work in multidisciplinary teams; ability to identify, formulate and solveengineering problems; and ability to consider the ethical and social dimensions of engineeringsolutions. These outcomes are those that prove most difficult for engineering faculty to achieve inthe standard curriculum. Our approach is to combine improvement in these ABET-related processskills with the learning of critical

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Click; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

, anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility, and “the broad educationnecessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societalcontext.” [ABET, Criterion 3, p. 29] Page 8.272.4 The new criteria place increased emphasis on engineering design, a creativeprocess distinct from the study of the underlying science that dominates most curricula.They require that graduates have an ability to design a system, component, or process tomeet desired needs. “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through thecurriculum and culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge andskills acquired in earlier

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Jay Martin

the last eight years, the course has evolved through a series of refinementsand improvements based on systematic evaluation and reflection. The basic concept andstructure of the course remains the same; however, activities and assignments for thestudents have seen fundamental changes. For example, when the course was established, inaddition to the weekly lab, there were two 1-hour lectures per week that involved all ~200students. The educational objective of the lectures was to provide an introduction for thestudents to many different aspects of engineering and design ranging from discussions ofengineering ethics and engineering and society to introduction to strength of materials andelementary electronics. As a result of observation of

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

projects to realize Page 8.1060.12savings, (3) presenting implement-able plan to the plant with proper economic and sustainabilityjustification, (4) seeking alternative energy options as second nature.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationConclusionEnergy sustainability must be achieved and can best be done through engineering education wherepotential makers of energy technologies and designers of energy consuming systems are beingmolded. Not only is it ethically responsible for engineers as a profession to do 6, it is inelegant

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

for Engineering Education Figure 6. Design evaluation of a Philips product via international video conferencing3. Integrated Design ArtsThe Integrated Design Arts Program is an offshoot of the iP3 Program and a natural evolution ofthe Department of Art and Architecture to become the campus center for design arts education.In spring 2000 the department received faculty approval for an ID minor consisting of thefollowing courses: sketching and rendering, color theory, 2D & 3D visualization techniques,ergonomics, design aesthetics and ethics, 29th Century ID and the capstone e-team projectscourse. Figure 7 shows an example of a series of studies that lead the student to understand thepsychology of color used in advertising, marketing

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

/shelearns that simple, elegant, and even almost trivial solutions, if they meet specifications andconstraints, often are superior to complex, sophisticated, and/or theoretical solutions; that is, anounce of common sense is worth a pound of theory.With all of the above, this sense of real world engineering and specific examples of such can’thelp but positively impact the relevance and wisdom of a new professor’s classroom instruction,particularly in light of recent, for example, ABET’s, increased emphasis on engineering design,ethics, and teamwork.A rapidly expanding contact network is another benefit of consulting. Just as with compoundinterest, contacts and business tend to increase exponentially with time as the availability andquality of one’s

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Jeruzal; Brenda Henderson; Ahmad Pourmovahed

science of improvement through quality driven processes.6 Practice professionally and ethically in the field of Mechanical Engineering.7 Are prepared for positions of leadership in business and industry.Table 4. Mechanical Engineering Program Educational Outcomes.III. Assessment obstacles and preliminary results A few obstacles were encountered while developing and implementing the assessment plan.The obstacles involved both human factors and the need to effectively and efficiently collect dataand use the data to improve the student learning process. Assessment planning and implementation is time-consuming and requires cooperation on thepart of the faculty members involved. It is important to remember that the purpose of

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert B. Stone; Nancy Hubing

Army (and others) at UMR10 18 Robust design Chap. 1911 Apr. 1 Manufacturing processes Handout12 8 Alternative design approach: TRIZ Handout13 15 Ethics in engineering14 22 Trust in the workplace15 29 Prototyping16 May 6 Final design presentation/demonstration of Beta prototypes Presentation/demonstration to Army (and others) at UMR or Ft. Wood17 13 Finals Week Figure 4. A sample syllabus for the design project course.Used in the education

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

include: · teamwork · faculty involvement · students contribution · organizational support · periodic assessment 1. Sufficient knowledge of fundamentals 2. Ability to use mathematics to solve engineering problems 3. Ability to solve problems across disciplinary boundaries 4. Proficiency with computer software 5. Proficiency in oral and written communications 6. Ability to learn independently 7. Ability to work with peers 8. Ability to design in declared areas of competence 9. Appreciation of safety, ethics, community concerns, and environmental issuesTable 3. Desired Qualities of Engineering GraduatesTeamwork: A key element is appropriate communications between students and faculty to instill:mutual trust

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

on getting the students to appreciate the complexity arisingfrom the interaction of factors from inside and outside engineering—that is, we aimed to havestudents explain the importance of taking a broad view of a problem and considering feedbackand dynamic behavior. By the end of the sophomore seminar, the students were expected toachieve the following learning objectives: For complex, ill-defined, dynamic problems involving engineering, social, ethical, cultural, environmental, business, and political issues, students will  Identify connections between subsystems with rich pictures  Page

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

globalization, project management, leadership, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a Global Medi- cal Technology Company (1995-2006). In this capacity he worked as a product development engineer, quality engineer, technical lead, business leader and program/project manager managing many differ- ent global projects. Gregg received his PhD in Educational Leadership and Higher Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master of Technology Management degree and a BS in Manufac- turing Engineering Technology, from Brigham Young University. Gregg also is a Professional Associate Instructor for IPS Learning and Stanford University where he teaches the IPS

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

course was developed by STEMfaculty at The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) and at South Texas College(STC). This course was implemented for the second time during the summer in 2010 asone of the first ever college courses that qualified junior and senior high school dual-enrollment students take at STC. This new course covers most of the material required inthe Introduction to Engineering course at STC; besides that, challenges with hands-onactivities have been added in order to engage, motivate, and encourage students to pursueSTEM career. Some of the topics studied in this course are engineering professions, datapresentation and graphing, ethics, engineering economics, units and conversions, andrenewable energy. To limit the class time

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees

projects, even if not a central theme of the project 10,20,35,43 and ethical responsibility [ABET1] Attitudes toward community Higher CS scores for EWB participants and high for students in service (CS) Engineering for Developing World course 9 Self-efficacy, self-confidence, Confidence in own abilities is enhanced, particularly as students self-esteem achieve success and see the true benefits to a community 26 Critical thinking / scientific Critical thinking gains demonstrated for LTS outside engineering 5,44 reasoning Engineering identity Redefine engineering as a helping profession particularly effective in

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan University; Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

assignements in groups Y 5ability to function on multidisciplinary and diverse multidisciplinary and/orteams (ABET D). diverse teams. Discuss ethical land professional Outcome 1: Students will take responsibilities in classGoal 3 - Objective 2: The Civil Engineering Program at pride in the

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Wang, Purdue University; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Nicole R. Weber, Lesley University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

“authenticity” and/or “authentic” in the title and body of the text were searched and saved. Inaddition, articles with “integrity”, “realistic”, “genuine”, and “legitimate” in the title and body ofthe text were searched in the following journals: Journal of Professional Issues in EngineeringEducation and Practice, IEEE Transactions on Education, IEEE Transactions on LearningTechnologies, Science and Engineering Ethics, International Journal of Electrical EngineeringEducation, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Engineering Education (openaccess), Engineering Science and Education Journal, European Journal of EngineeringEducation, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, which were saved in aseparate archive.The results are

Conference Session

Service as an Element of Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Pamela Dexter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Michael Gerard Thompson

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teacher training to provideteachers with experience with the curriculum. The curriculum was developed for use in varyingsocioeconomic and cultural contexts in high-school curricula across the country with the goal ofgiving students a sense of empowerment and involvement in their own communities, as well as asense of engagement with a global community. It is designed to be flexible, written in sectionsthat can be taught as stand-alone lessons, with our without homework assignments, or combinedinto a series. It is organized around five modules: Human-Centered Design, Service-Learning,Cultural Context and Ethics, Teamwork, and Communication. Each module includes 45thematically organized nine-week lesson plans with content handouts and materials to

Conference Session

Relevance of and Models for Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Mark R. Henderson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

work.” This includes accelerating the implementation ofprograms that help engineering graduates develop teamwork, communication and leadershipskills while enhancing students’ appreciation of culture and diversity, global perspective, and thesocietal, economic, and environmental impacts of engineering decisions. While strong analyticalskills will continue to be as important, according to The Engineer of 2020 future engineers willneed to exhibit: • practical ingenuity • creativity • good communication • project management • leadership • high ethical standards • and strong sense of professionalism.Future engineers must also be dynamic, agile, resilient, and flexible to deal with the uncertainand changing character of the

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

. This discrepancy is present multiple timesin the data shown, but is distinctly found in Figure 11 (Competency 10.7.3). For thiscompetency—which concerns understanding the influence of environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability constraints on engineeringsolutions—the student rating is approximately 3 while the instructor rating is almost 4.5 in theWinter 2003 semester. While the degree of separation diminishes in subsequent semesters, thestudent ratings continue to be lower than the instructor ratings up to the present time. Such Page 25.78.11discrepancies are also observed in Figure 7

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4539: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDSYSTEM MODELINGDr. Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College Gayle Ermer is a professor of engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She teaches in the mechanical concentration in the areas of machine dynamics and manufacturing processes. Her master’s degree was obtained from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in manufacturing systems engineering (1987), and her Ph.D. from Michigan State University (1994). Her research interests include philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, and women in engineering. Page 25.1279.1 c

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K. Donohue, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

Education,” Journal of Engineering Education 95(1), pp. 7 – 11 (2006).10. Departments of Philosophy and Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, “Engineering Ethics: The Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse,” retrieved 10 October 2011 from http://ethics.tamu.edu/ethics/hyatt/hyatt1.htm (n.d.)11. Donohue, S.K., ENGR 1620 Syllabus and Schedule (unpublished), First-Year Program, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia (2011).12. Donohue, S.K.; Richards, L.G.; and Vallas, C., “Factors Supporting Persistence Of Females In Undergraduate Engineering Studies: Insights Gained Through A Qualitative Analysis Of Consistently Performing Programs,” Proceedings of the 115th ASEE

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monte L. Phillips P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers; Forrest M. Holly Jr. P.E., University of Iowa

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Civil Engineering

Ethical Review, as a member of the Licensure and Qualifications for Practice Committee, and as Chair of the Council of Fellows Executive Committee. He served a five-year term, including Chair, on the North Dakota Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Over the past decade he has chaired and served on numerous task forces and committees of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying involved with promoting licensure. He currently represents NCEES on the ABET Board of Directors. He is a Fellow and past two-term North Dakota section President of ASCE and served as Chair of the Experiential Fulfillment Committee of ASCE’s Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

-engineering students. He has been a recipient of several teaching and research awards. He is an active member of ASEE (ECE technological literacy) and IEEE (Education, Magnetism, and Ethics). Page 25.1349.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012The Need for Technological Literacy in Environmental PolicyAbstractThere are many major environmental issues challenging the world today, including globalwarming and limited fossil fuel resources. Due to these issues, the methods used by the UnitedStates to produce energy and the technology behind these methods are becoming increasinglyvital. There

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guanghsu A. Chang, Minnesota State University, Mankato; William R. Peterson, WRP Associates

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Written Communication e,g 6Project Management b,e 6,7 Visual Communication e,g 6Math Skills b 3 Creative Problem Solving d 1,2System Thinking d,e 4 Ethics and Professionalism a,i 8Self-Learning h 5 Technology Skills a,f 1,2Respect for diversity j 8

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; William C. Barott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

unfamiliarity of students withconcepts of other disciplines, and the lack of students’ awareness of the hands-on nature ofcapstone courses and the expectations associated with these courses. Also, the unfamiliarity ofinstructors with the abilities, work ethics, and personal issues of the current cohort of studentswithin the class makes it harder to assign students to teams.This paper introduces the notion of Mini-Projects within a capstone course as applied forstudents in the Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mini-Projects are small projects that aim at introducingstudents to basic concepts of different engineering disciplines, while at the same time provideinstructors with

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering as a learned profession and possesses daily success skills. 2. Accepts responsibility for their education, understands the major professional and ethical responsibilities of engineers, the major specialties of engineering and basic corporate structures and purposes. 3. Uses common moral theories and concepts to guide their ethical decision making and has formulated a probable career path that accounts for current trends in technology and society.Engineering Practice (achieve level 3) 1. Describes the essential elements of engineering practice including teaming. 2. Given an engineering problem, creates a plan and works within a team using the necessary engineering tools to produce a solution. 3

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University; Elsie Elford, Grant MacEwan University

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First-Year Programs

typification for first-year engineering students using theStrengthsFinder assessment and provides a positive psychology perspective on the use of thisassessment instrument in the first-year engineering curriculum. The research was focused on aqualitative understanding of the StrengthsFinder signature themes of first-year engineeringstudents, and whether or not this understanding could be used in any practical way.III. DATA COLLECTIONThe logistics of the research project were more challenging than initially expected. Before theonline survey could be conducted, university policy21 necessitated that a research ethics proposalhad to be written and approved. Each of the students had to sign a consent form to release thesurvey results for use in this

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Buford Randall Jean, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

found in any engineering program and can be mappeddirectly to courses that are very similar from program to program.4 However, the “soft”outcomes raise some interesting questions. These soft skills as stated in the a-k Student Page 25.1246.2Outcomes include: (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

understanding of the relationship of electrical science Page 25.1255.4and technology to other disciplines and relevant ethical, social, cultural, historical andpolitical issues; 2) a substantive knowledge of the essential concepts, controversies andareas of exploration of a specialized topic in electrical science and technology; 3) anability to critique scientific and technological arguments and claims in oral and writtenpresentations.” To show how these objectives are fulfilled, the following two paragraphswill provide overall course layout, approach to the topic, activities assigned and methodsof assessment. After that, this section will describe more

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhong Gu; Sheela Ramanna; James Peters; Hal Berghel; Daniel Berleant; Steve Russell

engineering itself. The result of this novel approach to integrating softwareengineering concepts into a curriculum is the infusion of new approaches to realizingeducational goals in both software engineering and non-software engineering areas throughoutthe curriculum.State of the fieldThe “across the curriculum” paradigm is well recognized. One of the best-known examples isthat of writing across the curriculum, which has been influential in higher education for anumber of years. A number of efforts have specifically addressed computing curricula. Arnowet al.1 describe teaching distributed computing across the computing curriculum. An NSF-funded effort toward development of teaching social impact and ethics across the computingcurriculum spans a

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Dixon

. Academia must ask questions everywhere,of everyone who has perspective on the institutions into which their students will findjobs. Only then can academia hope to understand what needs to be taught in order toeffect real and substantive change. In this way academic institutions can refrain fromusurping the primary customer’s functional needs.I propose continuation of “the basics” of engineering education. To be an industry leaderin the engineering world requires the fundamental understanding of engineeringprinciples. I do suggest, however, that the remaining coursework be less tailored torandom electives and more towards coursework on leadership, ethics, philosophy,technology forecasting and history of American industry