Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Dibble; Carrie Hernandez; Abbie Wells; Steven Barrett

advanced embedded controller concepts.Funding Efforts: In July 2001 one of the co-authors (sfb) submitted a $200K proposal to theNational Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Divisionof Undergraduate Education (DUE), entitled “Motivational Robot-Based UndergraduateComputer Engineering Laboratory”. This proposal provided a plan to incorporate the vitalconcepts listed above into the existing curriculum via creation of a comprehensive laboratoryexperience based on robot technology. Using robots to teach digital design and non-technicalconcepts in a motivational environment has been used at many institutions [1,2] with greatsuccess including Trinity College in Hartford, CT [3,4]; MIT [5], and the US Air Force

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nihat Gurmen; John J. Lucas; Dean R. Malmgren; H. Scott Fogler

; Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 2. Process flow sheet of MicroPlant in the feed and preheaters subsystem The user is given a limited amount of money to be spent on diagnosing themalfunctions. The limited resource is intended to encourage the user to plan the diagnosiscarefully. The user is therefore charged a fee for each diagnostic technique. A list ofdiagnostic techniques for the second heater in the feed and preheater subsystem is shownin Figure 2. Similarly, Figure 3 shows the diagnostic techniques available for the reactorsubsystem. Appropriate diagnostic techniques are available for all the other units as well

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Voigt; Robert Ives; Jesko Hagee

believed, at the time, that the proper sizefor such a room would accommodate 60-70 students. We did not have the funds or the room tobe able to set up our version of the studio classroom in this manner. We had already planned topurchase new benches to replace our aging benches from the circuits course which had been inuse since the 1960s. We also have always had class sizes of around twenty and were not willingto sacrifice our low student-to-teacher ratio. The teaching concept of the studio classroom waswhat we really wanted for our students. The students in this course were not engineers so we feltthat this format for learning was an obvious choice. The students would get more hands-onapplications-oriented learning than we could offer in a

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek A. Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

learned by engineering faculty as aresult of offering the course and finally the future plans for other GE courses.RationalIt is widely accepted that increasing the technical literacy among all students is critical as oursociety becomes increasingly dependent upon science and technology. A technically illiteratepopulation is not capable of understanding and making the informed decisions necessary tomaintain our quality of life. The overall decline in B.S. degrees in engineering during the period1996-2000 as documented by the Engineering Workforce Commission of American Associationof Professional Societies highlights this problem1. Policy makers often lack understanding oftechnical issues due to a lack of training in technical fields. For example

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

implementation of a series ofInnovation in Teaching seminars developed for the engineering and computer science faculty atBaylor University.At this point in the history of the School of Engineering & Computer Science (ECS), having justdeveloped a school strategic plan, it is extremely important to begin to formulate the philosophyneeded to maintain the teaching foundation for years to come. In Baylor University’s history andin our School’s short history, quality and innovation in teaching have been the distinctive thathas set us apart. As we continue to grow, however, we must be intentional about maintaining thedual tracks that will continue to set Baylor University apart – teaching and research – and to giveour new and current faculty tools to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

implementation of class projects and how to betterintegrate project-based learning and inquiry-based learning into a tight teaching schedule. Basedon the assessment results and student recommendation, a plan has been devised to adjust thecurrent teaching strategy and improve the effectiveness of online CPBL.IntroductionIn Fall 2010, California State University Los Angeles received a CCLI grant from NSF toexplore a good solution to incorporate collaborative project-based and inquiry-based learning inundergraduate computer networking curriculum. The project goals include: 1) Establish a cyber-infrastructure to enable remote learning which significantly improves the learning efficiency ofstudents on a commuter campus; 2) Foster students’ hands-on design

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Roger K. Seals, Louisiana State University; Stephanie M. Beard, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

learning among diverse students: 1, 11 2) the stallingof innovation in STEM education:15 and 3) the wide-spread reliance on lecture and thereceive/memorize cognitive demand as the primary instructional strategy.12 Thusalternative faculty development models are needed.From a NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) perspective, facultydevelopment has been a key component in the Transforming Undergraduate Education inSTEM (TUES) and Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Programssince the Solicitation has a component calling for projects devoted to developing facultyexpertise. Further, with many of the proposals focused on the curriculum development,faculty workshops play a major role in the dissemination plan. For a number of

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, AZ State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in graduate school in engineeringor computer science at ASU, the student is supported for a maximum of four semestersby a second CIRC program funded by an NSF S-STEM grant (#0728695).Through the CIRC/METS program, transfer students in the Fulton Schools ofEngineering can apply for and receive a $4,000 scholarship per academic year. Therequirements for the scholarship include: U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, full-time student in engineering or computer science, a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0, andunmet financial need according to FAFSA. Each semester six workshops are held withmultiple meeting times for each. The topics include the “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan”14,resumes, interviews, how to use computer data bases for research papers

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rorrer; Richard Sanders; Daniel Knight

about running amusic recording business and the technical aspects of music recording. In this course the projectis focused on recording bands and then sweetening the original tracks into finished CD tracks.There are other courses planned that would appeal to a wider student demographic.One goal of the program is to tailor courses to the students and their interests, not tailor thestudents to the courses. Additionally, we want to show students that their interests can be turnedto an academic path and also future careers, albeit not necessarily as lead guitarists in deathmetal bands! Often as academicians, whether at the secondary or post-secondary level, weinherently push career paths that can be labeled traditional, as opposed to the myriad of

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

mobile robot programming for ER1 Mobile Robot49Universidad Catolica autonomous navigationde ChileAugsburg College CS course on robot history and theory Robix Manipulator, instructor- created vehicle50Course FormatThe first offering of the IMR course was in spring 2007 and it quickly became apparent that theproposed topics were too ambitious. The topics included simulation, actuators, effectors,locomotion, kinematics, sensors, control, navigation, localization, path planning, computervision, image processing, human-robot interaction and GUI design. The problem was that someof these topics were entire courses in themselves (i.e. computer vision, human-robot

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Colin Neill, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to single individuals,”6. Furthermore, the team itself performs cognitive tasks inthat “they detect and recognize pertinent cues, make decisions, solve problems, rememberrelevant information, plan, acquire knowledge, and design solutions or products as an integratedunit.”7. This is not to say, however, that team cognition is a natural outcome of working on ateam. In fact, it requires a lot of effort and is a distinguishing feature of high-performance teams8 . Team members come with differing perspectives, backgrounds, and expectations and from thisdiversity a shared mental model must emerge9.An individual’s mental model is an “internal conceptual representation of an external systemwhose structure maintains the perceived structure of that

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Kevin Craig; Pamela Theroux

. Page 10.354.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”⇒ Assessment Plan We will develop and implement an assessment plan consistent with the ABET EC 2000 outcomes-based criteria, which will serve the first-year engineering program, including the science, mathematics, and social science components, and the engineering departments during the upper-division courses through the capstone experience. • This will allow us to better attract to the engineering profession a more intellectually diverse and greater number of students, to better retain students once enrolled in the engineering

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Jayant Rajgopal; Bryan Norman; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

, students need to receive greater exposure to today’sglobal business environment. Changes in communication and transportation have created both aglobal marketplace and supply chain; our students’ education needs to prepare them for bothglobal contexts. Many production planning problems that IE’s encounter no longer focus onfacilities in a single region or even in a single country but rather in multiple countries.Globalization has had a significant effect on companies’ operations and many of these changesdirectly affect the work of industrial engineers such as: demand forecasting, logistics anddelivery planning, inventory control, facility design, human factors, safety, manufacturingprocesses (including environmental concerns), information systems

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Lisa A. Nutt, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

International

Asian and European countries by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in Computer Technology and a D.Eng. in Computer Science and Information Management with a concentration in knowledge discovery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co- author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals- 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall”. He is a

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

managers. As the courses movedthrough a collaborative development process, the industry professionals were asked to reviewand comment on the course objectives, modules, and textbooks. With industry input and strongcommitment from local executives, the four course series was finalized and developed into 3-credit hour courses as a graduate certificate in Technical Project Management. The four courseswere:  PMGT 650: Overview of Technical Project Management  PMGT 651: Technical Project Planning and Scheduling  PMGT 652: Applications of Quality Management  PMGT 653: Technical Project Support and Operations.Initial Offerings and Growth of the ProgramThe TPM Graduate Certificate was approved by The Citadel Graduate College in

Conference Session

K-12 Computer Science and Computational Thinking Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R. Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; David Torres, Northern New Mexico College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

instruction based on the materials fromthe workshops. Participants are also developing activities and lesson plans (figure 7) in schoolswhere CT activities had not been implemented before. In addition, as reported by the Rio GrandeSun newspaper28, an after-class computing club is currently in development in Española, NMwith support from a workshop participant. As reported by the newspaper, this is the first ever Page 24.531.12created K12 club in the city about computer programming. Española Public School Effective Common Lesson Plan Teacher: Grade Level: School

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E. Jordan , Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

formally present in-process design plans and garnerformative feedback about ongoing design projects.13-15 Design critiques draw attention toefficient and usable solutions and inconsistencies in a design and facilitate the exchange ofknowledge and perspectives related to specifications and procedural aspects of design.14Engineering design teams commonly participate in such social events, yet little researchexamines the influence of design critique sessions on interaction in collaborative design teamsand no such studies exist for K-12 settings. This qualitative study attempts to address this gapusing a naturalistic, interpretive lens to explore how feedback received in public design critique

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship education and understand how to address it intheir classes for true transformation to occur. Over the years, engineering scholars have workedto established a pedagogical justification for including in engineering curricula both courses andmaterial related to entrepreneurship. Nichols & Armstrong explored whether “engineeringentrepreneurship” is consistent with the educational mission of an engineering college byexamining the strategic plans of both the College of Engineering and the Department ofMechanical Engineering at the University of Texas Austin. They identified components of thedepartment’s strategic plan that aligned with entrepreneurship including: creativity, novelapplication of fundamental engineering science

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yutaka Sho, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, it became an outlet for the above forces to materialize. Thecontext for our project, however, was regulated by Rwanda’s ambitious housing policies.Housing in RwandaThe Kigali City Masterplan was a collaborative effort between US-based companies includingOZ Architecture and Engineers Without Borders. 9 Surbana from Singapore developed it andRwanda’s Ministry of Infrastructure is implementing it. The award winning plan was funded by Page 24.670.6the African Development Corporation and the World Bank. As part of Vision 2020, Rwanda’sofficial development guideline that reaches all areas of life, the masterplan has been radicallyaltering the

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Barry J Brinkman, Gannon University; Scott E Steinbrink, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

commitment to service and regional outreach, and (4) the regional non-profit valuesthe expertise and professionalism delivered to their needs.To date, however, no assessment of the projects as part of an engagement process has occurred.Rather, each project is viewed as successful upon completion of its structure and delivery of itsfunctioning. As the SEECS faculty move forward with the seminar, a more complete andquantifiable assessment plan is defined. The assessment plan focuses not only on the productdelivered but also appraises the process supporting the development of the product frominitiation to delivery. A fundamental element of the process being appraised is the quality of therelationships between the site, the students, the SEECS faculty

Conference Session

Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

prestigious LTP (Leadership Training Program) and, just two cycles from graduation, planned and facilitated two recent offsite retreats, events involving a hundred participants, requiring months of de- tailed planning and acute project management. An avid nature lover, Boyd’s hobbies include back country camping and hiking as well as learning self reliance in the wild.Mr. Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems Noah Miller – Change Agent, Intrapeneur, and Software Engineer – brings passion to all that he does, es- pecially in fusing technology and people to accomplish the mission. Most recently, ”His business aware- ness and leadership skills have grown in scope as he takes on challenges beyond his cost and schedule

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

company’s prestigious LTP (Leadership Training Program) and, just two cycles from graduation, planned and facilitated two recent offsite retreats, events involving a hundred participants, requiring months of de- tailed planning and acute project management. An avid nature lover, Boyd’s hobbies include back country camping and hiking as well as learning self reliance in the wild.Mr. Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Eric Pearson has experienced an extensive career of personnel and technical development during the past twenty-nine years at Northrop Grunna Corporation. After leading teams through intense technical radar development programs he transitioned to personnel development and Unveristy recruiting in 2000 creating

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Uwakweh Benjamin; Richard Miller; Bryan Dansberry; Kettil Cedercreutz; Cheryl Cates

impact ofchanges in curricular design upon student work performance; d) piloting and contrasting projects in both different academic fields and at differentcolleges; and e) developing a set of best practices to be used for further refinement and dissemination of the process. Initial collaborators includeUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) academic units as follows: the Department of Architecture (College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning);the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering); the Department of Civil and Construction Management(College of Applied Science); the College of Business Administration; and the Division of Professional Practice. The assessment data will beanalyzed by the UC Evaluation Services

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Moore; Mary Raber

-development processes and the implications and consequences of team-based decisions.We are still working to strike a balance in choices of texts – case studies, stages of teamdevelopment, and team communication strategies – with the time needed for teams to plan,discuss, and implement projects. We’ve moved away from textbooks to more industry-basedreports and studies, and choose strategic planning documents that teams can use to support theirefforts during the actual problem-solving projects. Our plan for the 2005 iteration of theprofessional-development workshop is to provide more digital versions of texts, especially thosethat allow annotating, editing, and collaborative text attributes such as PDFs and via CD-ROM.IV. Sample Workshop Curricula

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

for responsible leadership of continuous technology development & innovation at project level.5. Drawing the Right Conclusion: A Work in Progress in Implementing the U.S. Innovation Agenda for CompetitivenessThere is a strong need for the vast majority of the nation’s domestic engineering graduates, in all statesacross the nation, to have the opportunity to pursue high-quality postgraduate professional education inorder to further their development as leaders of U.S. technology development & innovation to enhancecompetitiveness. A major aim of the National Collaborative Task Force is to provide this opportunitythrough planned educational change. The National Collaborative Task Force is on-target and steadyprogress is

Conference Session

Role of Professional Societies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne Dorland

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAIChE has developed a “Genesis” plan for implementing these expanding changes. A keyaspect of this plan is the formation of institutes or societies under the AIChE umbrella that meetthe future needs of chemical engineers and the organizations that they serve. To addresstechnologies and business practices for a sustainable world, the AIChE Institute forSustainability © (IfS) has been created. AIChE has relied on the Bruntland Commission Report(1987) for a definition of sustainability: "Development that meets the needs of the presentwithout compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need."The IfS is a catalyst for driving the development and deployment of new

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

, studentsinvolved in PBL are required to seek out the information they need to solve one to severalwell planned problems presented to them. PBL is commonly used for medical schooleducation and for chemical engineering education at McMaster(http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl) and is being promoted by the National ScienceFoundation at the University of Delaware (http://www.udel.edu/pbl) and SamfordUniversity (http://www.samford.edu/pbl). Currently there are only a limited number ofreports of using PBL for chemical engineering education, though Bucknell University hasused the method for at least several years. There are numerous websites touting the use of Page

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

order toinvolve more teachers, we are planning a summer institute rather than Saturday workshops.While we have had fair representation of high school teachers, our goal is to recruit more middleschool algebra teachers for the summer institute.Online Database of ResourcesAn online database, known as the Learning Grid, provides access to resources that supplementmath learning and increase interest in engineering professions. Developed by the College’sInformation Technology Group (ITG), the web-based tool allows parents, teachers and studentsto search for K-14 educational programs and resources available through UT and other sources.The catalogue includes over 460 programs and can be navigated by various criteria, such asgrade level, subject

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

continuation of a piloting activity begun in the Summer of2001. The pilot project was funded through a special legislative proposition in the state ofArizona (Proposition 301) designed to improve public education. The pilot project involvedthree Arizona high schools working with ASU personnel to develop and pilot softwareengineering curriculum materials at the high school level. The teachers in the programparticipated in a one-week software engineering workshop in which they learned softwareengineering concepts. The teachers then continued to work with ASU personnel in developinghigh school appropriate lesson plans for integrating the software engineering concepts into theircurrent courses. The pilot project demonstrated the feasibility of teaching

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

Instructional Resources for a Technician-Level Plasma Technology Course David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstractText materials, training systems, and supporting laboratory exercises have been developedby Portland Community College to support a technician-level course in plasmatechnology. Faculty workshops are planned for 2003 and 2004 to equip communitycollege faculty to teach technician-level courses in plasma technology. The project isfunded through an Advanced Technological Education Program grant from the NationalScience Foundation.IntroductionPlasma technology, although not as pervasive in the wafer fab as vacuum technology