Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2009-716: AN EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS COURSESPaul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Michael Bosse, East Carolina University Michael J. Bossé is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, cooperative learning, andrecruitment of under-represented groups in engineering; it also leads to better retention ofstudents, and citizenship (3), as well as helping meet the well-known ABET criteria (a)-(k) (4).Astin et al. (5) found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that S-L had significant positive Page 14.1055.2effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinkingskills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy,leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of aservice career, and plans to participate in

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

maintains a relationship with a less-experienced, oftennew member to the organization and provides information, support, and guidance so as toenhance the less-experienced member's chances of success in the organization and beyond.” [3]The goal of the mentoring relationship is to enhance the student's academic success and tofacilitate the progression to post-graduate plans, either graduate study or a career in theworkplace. In the university setting, graduate students might receive mentoring from either theiradvisor or non-advisor. This study concentrates on mentoring relationship between graduatestudents and their advisor. Faculty advisor can be either research advisor or academic advisor.However, it is common that graduate students’ works are most

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research in ET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

careers appropriate to the program objectives. The program must have an effective professional development plan for its faculty. The number of faculty members must be sufficient to provide program continuity, proper frequency of course offerings, appropriate levels of student-faculty interaction, and effective student advising and counseling. Each program must have effective leadership through a full-time faculty member with defined leadership responsibilities for the program. The program faculty must have sufficient responsibility and authority to define, revise, implement, and achieve program objectives.1 The pace of technological change also imposes new challenges for facultydevelopment

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

effectively in teams, and interacting with K–12students … Of these skills, the interns indicated that their greatest improvements were in the areas ofcommunicating science topics to nontechnical audiences and interacting with K–12 students.” 15 SeveralIPSE program participants also reported a shift in their career paths to science education or publicunderstanding of science as a result of their experience with this training program15.In 2007, the US House of Representatives introduced a bill (HR1453 or The Scientific CommunicationsAct of 2007) requesting the National Science Foundation to offer grants specifically for science graduatetraining programs to “develop communications skills that will enable them to effectively explain technicaltopics to

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

0.83 The candidate speaks a foreign language, has lived or worked in another country, or has worked with culturally different people. Page 14.438.3In October 2008, surveys were distributed to exhibiting companies who hire engineers at a smallengineering society conference (22 respondents). In February 2009 they were distributed tocompanies attending our university’s career fair (32 respondents). The respondents’ companieshired mainly mechanical (47 of 54 respondents) and electrical engineers (37 of 57 respondents).Other engineering types being hired with multiple responses were materials (19), chemical (19),computer (17

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Weaver; Mark Strauss; Jenna Caldwell

/pursuit.rehab.uiuc.edu” Thisdynamic outreach medium has put us in touch with students, scientists, prospective mentors, career counselors,and concerned “regular folks” from around the globe. The number of files accessed per day is increasingsomewhat exponentially over the past few months, and is now up to roughly 1100 of hits per week.Interestingly, the charismatic web master of this elaborate site is one of the 14 UIUC SEM students with adisability-- he is a junior computer science major with a math minor and is legally blind. The web site hasbeen a valuable data-collection source, as it offers a survey form and it tracks which of our files are read mostoften. .-Minigrants PURSUIT offers minigrants of up to $5,000 to high schools for improve

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul J. Antaki

1 .—+. Session 0030 How To Create Interest In Technical Presentations Paul J. Antaki Antaki & Associates, Inc. 1. Importance of Creating Interest Technical presentations play an important role in our careers as engineers and scientists, and ineducating students for these careers. For example, delivering successful conference presentationsgains recognition for our work

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby; Beverly J. Baartmans

in overcoming deficiencies in spatial visualization ability. This paper describes this course and presentssome results from this study.BACKGROUND Traditionally, scientists and engineers have been white males, but there are compelling reasons toincrease the number of women who choose engineering as a career. The engineering profession is faced withsignificant problems that need solutions. If we are to attract the best people to engineering, recruitment mustoccur from all of the population, not just from 50% of it. By increasing the number of women engineers, differentperspectives and different solution methods will be proposed. In a study of the leadership qualities of men andwomen in executive positions, it was found that, “Executive

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica R. Hitchcock; Diane Sherrard; Carol A. Wellington; Steven M. Click

. 2) Preparing the Professorate The Preparing the Professorate Program was developed at NCSU for the express purpose of givingqualified graduate students the opportunity to excel in the classroom once embarking on a career in education.The program pairs participating graduate students with a mentoring professor. An interested student approachesthe faculty member of his/her choice and they apply to the program as a team. The application specifies a two-semester plan of action. While the specifics of the plan are notpredetermined, it usually follows a standard format. During the first semester, the graduate student observes thementoring professor, discusses class content and objectives, and begins planning for the teachhg

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein

Session 2248 Teaching Measurement Uncertainty in a Mechanical Engineering Technology Laboratory Maurice Bluestein Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Abstract In preparing students for careers in mechanical engineering technology, we have recognized thatmany of our graduates are hired into industrial positions involving performance and test. These positionsinvolve setting up experiments and making mechanical measurements. Modem methods of data

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane M. Fraser; Dina R. Ismail

amount of data is overwhelming, so we chose to focus on trying toidentify factors that distinguish among the three groups: ENG, OTHER, and DROP,with emphasis on two types of factors: (1) data known before the student enters OSU(ACT, SAT, and rank) and (2) da ta known early in the student’s career at OSU. Inthe latter category we focused on performance in the first math, physics, and englishcourses.Table 2 shows how the percent in each group varied with factors known when the studententers OSU. With each factor, the ENG percent increases as the factor improves and theDROP percent decreases, as would be expected. The effect on the OTHER percentdepends on the relative size of the increase in the ENG percent and the decrease in theDROP percent.Table

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

career must acknowledge that two-year institutions or community colleges representthe fastest growing segment of higher education [4]. Recent data shows that 40% of individualsearning bachelor or master’s engineering degrees started higher education in a communitycollege. The trend is higher in some states such as California for which more than 48% ofgraduates with science or engineering degrees started at a community college [5].Despite this contribution to the nation’s engineering workforce, engineering education in a Page 14.746.2community college environment presents formidable challenges for both students andinstructors. Most community

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Reba, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

and despitevery positive faculty and student perceptions, it is not easy to expand the set of math facultywilling to try the technology. Yet, interest in Tablet PCs (and MessageGrid) is flourishing atClemson, due to a 2007 Hewlett Packard Leadership Grant which placed Tablet PCs into amultidisciplinary technology classroom and attracted faculty from Engineering and otherdepartments willing to invest time to learn new pedagogical techniques.Introduction Approximately 20% of students in first-semester Freshman Calculus at Clemson Universityin Fall 2007 earned Ds (poor), Fs (fail) or Ws (withdraw) and either had to repeat the course orabandon their STEM career goals. This DFW rate represented nearly a 50% reduction in the ratefrom Fall 2005

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; william Monroe, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Chester Wilmot, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Harvard University. His engineering career spans over 40 years. He is a licensed Professional Engineer who was previously an engineering consultant, and is also a retired military officer.william Monroe, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Todd Monroe has been an Associate Professor in the Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department at Louisiana State University since 2008, and is the holder of the Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Armstrong Professorship in Engineering. Prior to work at LSU, he received MS, PhD and postdoctoral training in the Intracellular Engineering Laboratories at Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. His BS in Biological Engineering from LSU gives

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

is intended for first year students. We expect thestudents to gain competencies in these areas: 1. Demonstrate increased abilities in speech, personal communication, and career communication. 2. Demonstrate the presentation of speeches to inform and to persuade (to convince, to activate). 3. Lead or participate in group discussions reaching problem-solving or fact-finding goals, and respond to comments and questions from the audience while maintaining objectivity. 4. Maintain group cohesiveness by using task and maintenance behaviors (including recording and analyzing your group uses of these group dynamic actions.) 5. Use informative, persuasive, and empathetic listening strategies and write journal entries

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

have statistically significant increases in averageresponse ratings. Page 11.80.8 Table 1 – End-Of-Course Survey Questions with Statistically Significant Increases in Average Responses Section 1 -COURSE FEEDBACK Q1. I understood the learning objectives of the course. Q2. The homework assignments could reasonably be completed within the time allotted. Q3. Homework did not exceed, on the average, the two hours per one-hour lecture guideline. Q6. I believe the course material will benefit me during my career. Q8. Emphasis was placed on the quality of material, not on the quantity (ie

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

model10 is shown in Fig. 4. After viewingthe Joel Barker presentation on "Wealth and innovation," we find the areas that were touchedupon by the presentation can be listed along in the following manner (as defined in the TilfordCompetencies), • Diversity Implications of Career: Understanding how diversity impacts the academic discipline (under the broad criterion of knowledge); • Respect: An appreciation of those who are different from one's self (under broad the criterion of Personal Attributes); • Critical Thinking: The ability to use deductive reasoning to understand diverse perspectives (under broad criterion of Skills);Table 1 makes is an assessment of the impact of the Barker presentation (based on

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

substantial gain inaverage math skill grade level. Although the two courses were well suited for linkage in alearning community designed to provide knowledge, skills, and the peer support needed foracademic success and a technical career, many students had already attained mastery of somecourse content (computer literacy). In the final survey most of the students considered thecourses well coordinated and interconnected, and all declared that they would recommend theEDGE Program to other students.3) Students will experience academic success and student life in a college environment andbegin to accumulate college course credits towards an Associate’s degree at San AntonioCollege.Results: All but one student enrolled in the EDGE 2005 Program

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley; Eric Lew, University of California-Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

web experience starts, not surprisingly, with a home page that contains both graphicimagery and text, both of which are linked to actions that access other parts of the site anddisplay additional information. Pages are linked in such a way that the student can movethrough the site in a self-directed and individual way: there is no one “right” way to navigatethrough the information.The sorts of questions that can be answered include the following. What does a mechanicalengineer work on? If I’m interested in the wheel/tires of a car, what sort of companies wouldI investigate for employment? Likewise, if I’m interested in wheel/tires, what courses shouldI take here at Berkeley?In addition to broad questions of career paths, quite specific

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Because of this class, I have interviewed with the DOT & may end up in a transportation career. I really enjoy & learn in this class. I think I will like to do an internship on transportation8. maybe even go into transportation. Thank you for all your help.Applicability to other Engineering CoursesThe proposed technique is effective in courses, which require problems solving to enhance theunderstanding of the theory such as Fluid Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, EnvironmentalEngineering, Pavement Design (Mehta et al. 2003a), Surveying and Engineering Graphics(Mehta et al. 2003b), and Structural Analysis. On the other hand, the material covered in CivilEngineering Materials course covers physical, mechanical behavior of

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering discipline. Several students’comments indicated they gained a better understanding of engineering and what it takes tobecome an engineer. One student, an eleventh grader during the 2001 WISE Women programstated, “The camp gave me a window to see what exactly each field of engineering did and howeach field affects the daily lives of everyone around the world!” This student is now a senior inAerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University.Introduction Page 11.1337.2To promote careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology among the youth oftoday, the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University has an

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

retention2. In support of these goals, several criteria were developed:• Introduce the EE field with the intent of career choice affirmation3. A possible outcome is thatthe student may decide to change programs. However, it is believed that the majority of studentsfind their decision to be the correct one, and have added enthusiasm for the program.• Acquaint the students with key EE faculty. The course is team-taught by the four EE facultywho are the academic advisors.• Provide a sense of community within the EE program. The new students meet the other EEfreshmen, making them feel more welcome, comfortable, and part of a team during their firstquarter on campus.• Reduce first-quarter stress. The pass/fail type grading system reduces the pressure of

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Miller, North Carolina State University; Stephen Walsh, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

business planning, corporate formation, and obtained seed-round funding of $3M with a follow-on round of $9M. Prior to this, Dr. Walsh’s technical career was with IBM where he did IC design, performed software testing, and did presales field application engineering. While at IBM, he was awarded IBM’s Resident-Study scholarship and completed his MS and PhD degrees in EE at Duke University.Thomas Miller, North Carolina State University Thomas K. Miller, III received the BA degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976. He received the MS degree in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics in 1980, and the PhD in 1982, both from UNC-Chapel Hill

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Amos, Michigan Technological University; Michael Powers, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ongoing vertically integrated curriculum initiative is designed to promote a learningatmosphere where faculty mentor students in a nontraditional format without increasing thenumber of course credits needed for graduation. It is intended to engage students throughouttheir undergraduate career, beginning at the sophomore level, using industry sponsored projectsthat illustrate the various stages in the operation of an “enterprise.”Introduction The development of an innovative curriculum option, the “Enterprise Program”, givesteams of students at Michigan Technological University the opportunity to participate in real-world settings to solve technology problems supplied by industry partners. The program preparesstudents for the challenges that

Conference Session

Engineering Technology

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry M. Lunt, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

two classes (usually just one) per term for the academic institution. Most of these adjunctfaculty had been doing this for many years and had a strong relationship with the academicprogram. The second type of adjunct faculty were those who teach as adjuncts for multipleacademic institutions; collectively, these teaching responsibilities made up their career. Most ofthese adjunct faculty had not been doing this for many years, as it seemed to be more of atemporary situation for them. And as can be expected, these adjunct faculty generally did nothave particularly strong ties to each academic institution. The third type of adjunct faculty foundwere visiting professors on a one- or two-year contract and were procured from local industries.Most

Conference Session

Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Timothy Neil Thomas, CADENAS PARTsolutions LLC

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

was the COO at Computer Aided Systems for Engineering (CASE) where he was responsible for all aspects of the draft- ing software business until CASE was acquired by SDRC in 1998. Tim’s career also includes working as a design engineer at Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon), TRW (now Northrop Grumman) and Goodyear Atomic. Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University where he served as Co-Chair of the Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Board, the Alumni Board, and is actively involved with STEM in the curriculum at many Universities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Use of Software Package and Commercial Catalogues in

Conference Session

ETD Internet of Things (IOT)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuning Li, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Elizabeth Freije, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Paul Yearling P.E., Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-intensive jobs like slicing 3D objects or generating GCode.An alternate solution is to use the internet of things (IoT) application to control and monitor 3Dprinters. IoT is the network of physical devices, vehicles, buildings and other items, allowingobjects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network. IoT and 3D printing aretwo important new technologies, which progressively impact a lot of areas of the industries andalso our everyday life. Students need to be introduced to these technologies, and get ready forfuture career opportunities.A multidisciplinary student project is developed to provide students access to both 3D printerand IoT platform, and also learn to collaborate with engineers from other disciplines to solvecomplex

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdín, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

while institutions publicly endorsed Broader Impact relatedactivities (for example, community engagement), the tenure and promotion policies “did notrecognize such activities” nor was there sufficient funding and infrastructure to support theirBroader Impact activities provided13 (p. 82).Another study sought to examine the attitudes and understandings of Broader Impacts criterion of31 faculty members by looking at NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awardees,from the Engineering Directorate, at four high research institutions. The CAREER Program is aNational Science Foundation-wide activity that offers the “most prestigious awards in support ofjunior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

their major out of engineering. The findings from this earlierwork leads to the question of whether students with greater social motivation might be leavingengineering at a higher rate than others.Why would the social relevance of engineering (or perceived lack thereof) impact whether or notsome students leave engineering? A few underlying issues are likely at work. First, if helpingothers is a primary goal for students in their engineering careers and they lose confidence thatthese goals can be realized, their motivation toward engineering would clearly suffer. Intrinsicmotivation, interest congruence, and values alignment have been linked to retention inengineering in college and likelihood of persistence to engineering careers.10-13 Seeing a