Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Mohammed Safiuddin, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

equipment provides real- life scenarios that will give the Buffalo State Electrical Engineering Technology students a situational learning environment that provides a better understanding of what to expect once in a career; one such example is generator synchronization.  These experiments, though performed in the school learning environment, provide students the opportunity to discuss scenarios with industry personnel on a higher level of understanding than those who are only learning in a strictly theoretical or computer modeling situation; we are using a real life connection schedule, wiring diagrams, dynamic loads, and SCADA software to monitor the various modules and make engineering

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Joseph Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Fatima Zevallos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Denisse Echevarria, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

be realized or frustrated by means of a proposed hydroelectric project. The goal hereis to outline how engineers can serve, not only as technical advisors, but also as facilitators of asmall and local community’s dialogic exploration of its own philosophy of technology. Weconclude with a discussion of what we can learn working in Haiti that can help our studentsimagine and construct different career paths that employ engineering skills for communitydevelopment and appropriate technology. Through our project, we hope to show how engineerscan gain skills to work as true enablers who facilitate the conversion of local capabilities intorealized functions.II. Basic ConceptsAppropriate Technology. The term “appropriate technology” comes from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pezeshki

specializedsupport for customers that fly Boeing aircraft.5 Their division is actively involved withoutsourcing contracts to Russian aerospace firms. He made the point that work that is“boxable”—easily enclosed, and specified—is prone to being outsourced in the present,and more so in the future. If the constraints around the problem are easily identified, thenit can and probably will be shipped overseas to a low-cost engineering services provider.Asked about giving advice to a young engineer about pursuing a career, he advisedcaution regarding the portability of projects. He also cautioned against following currentbusiness practice in revamping the engineering curriculum. Fundamentals will alwaysbe important. Glavin emphasized that the current round of

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang; Linda Head

establishing programs to encouragemore women to see careers in engineering. From a diversity perspective, these newentrants bring more elegant engineering solutions. This contributes to society resilienceand adaptability, which are particularly important with rapid advancement in technology.It is expected that about 100,000 job opportunities will be available between 2000-2010in the areas of computer hardware, electrical and electronics engineering [3]. However,the current low percentage of representation for women in Electrical & Computerprogram as shown in Fig. 1 (adopted from [4]) will be a major deterrent in precludingthem from the future job market. The development of a diverse talent pool is then animportant national challenge. The College

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasemin Jones; Elaine Maldonado

toshare real world experiences and offer guidance as students prepare for careers in Page 10.1256.4engineering professions. The mentoring part of the Adjunct Academy will be piloted inspring semester 2005. The goal of the mentoring network will be to provide additional Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationways for our college students to seek guidance and information about their chosenprofession as they progress through their collegiate careers. This informal match makingprocess will allow flexibility

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

BackgroundAcademic institutions must address a number of constituencies along a variety of dimensions asthey seek to fulfill their missions. The mission statement for the Rochester Institute ofTechnology (RIT), the institution that the authors will address here, reads in part:“Our mission is to provide technology-based educational programs for personal and professionaldevelopment. We rigorously pursue new and emerging career areas. We develop and delivercurricula and advance scholarship relevant to emerging technologies and social conditions.”At this institution, there is a good deal of variability among departments in terms of how theiractivities are expected to support the pursuit of “new and emerging career areas” and “advancescholarship relevant to

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aman Yadav, Purdue University; Mary Lundeberg, Michigan State University; Dipendra Subedi, Michigan State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

undergraduatecourses in engineering disciplines to using a more learner-centered teaching, such as problem-based learning. This shift is fueled by the need for future engineers to demonstrate the use ofhigher order thinking, problem solving, and interpersonal aspects of a career, such ascommunication and team-work skills (NAE, 2005). Specifically, the engineering field is seeingshifts in the types of engineers needed to emerge from college ready to participate as active andeffective members of a global society. This leads to the search for a new pedagogy that willallow students to have higher critical thinking skills and create problem solvers who can work inthe complex and ill structured environment. However, it is not an easy task to teach students todeal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

certification track willreplace the current elementary track (K-6) and overlap with the existing secondary track (7-12).Camblin reminds us that “the middle grades, those enrolling 10- to 14-year-old students, have animportant relationship to college access.1 The middle grades are when students, families, andschool personnel begin to address career aspirations, academic preparation, and collegeinformation.” The Commonwealth’s new emphasis on highly qualified middle grades teachersprovides a unique opportunity to impact children at a crucial time in their formal educationexperience.2In our project, we are aiming to (1) develop a program (SUSTAINS, STEM UndergraduateStudents Teaching Adolescents Innovation and Sustainability) that will allow

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip M. Reeves, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

elements of risk, control, and reward9.” Clearly, Kriewall’s definition views entrepreneurship from a different perspective:essentially, entrepreneurship involves business ownership. The other elements illustrate thatentrepreneurs need to be comfortable with all of the aspects associated with being the person incharge. Risk tolerance is frequently mentioned as an entrepreneurial trait9,10, as is the notion thatentrepreneurs tend to enjoy determining their own career path11. In essence, the success orfailure of the business and the entrepreneur rests on their ability to navigate their chosenmarketplace. Undoubtedly, many individuals view entrepreneurship in a similar manner, whichmay seem extremely appealing or terrifying depending on their

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Tagged Divisions

International

fiveyear program is taken. At the moment, the five year national degree is the prioritized degree,and the students get the additional to degrees (BSc and MSc) as a bonus and to facilitateinternational careers. The trend is however to move towards the European degrees and reducethe importance of the five year degree. For the rest of this paper, the five year programs arereferred to as the “national engineering programs”.A student that starts at KTH therefore chooses between nine three year engineering programsand seventeen five year national engineering programs. All programs (except one) are givenin Swedish for the first three years and in English for the last, meaning that all BSc programs(except one) are in Swedish and all MSc programs are in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roy Brown, Eastern New Mexico University; Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educationinstitutions may not possess extensive soft skills. Much has been made in the media of the skillsrequired for the new economy and the role of professional including “soft” skills in getting andkeeping a job. Technical skills alone are insufficient to prepare graduates in engineering andengineering technology for a career. ABET and other accreditation standards acknowledge therole of these skills in engineering and engineering technology education at the undergraduatelevel. 2 To help students improve their soft skills which includes oral communication, leadershipskills, time management skills, and professional presentation skills in a multidisciplinaryenvironment, the S-STEM recipients at our institution were required to register for a one-creditcourse

Conference Session

Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University; K. Andrew R. Richards, Purdue University; Charles A. Calahan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

persistence of unfilled posts in programming and ITfields originates more from business hiring practices and a perceived “skill deficit”among degree holders and potential applicants (2, 5). Regardless of the veracity of theclaims, researchers have been working during the last 15 years to identify and overcomepotential barriers to careers and study in computer science. Following recommendationsfrom national reports (1, 15), mediation efforts have adroitly focused on K-12 education,measuring potential bottlenecks in the pipeline for programmers (4, 22). These effortshave also spurred novel solutions to increase interest and skill in computer programmingamong students, ranging from content-based solutions to inventive graphical learning

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Franke; David Devine

work and activity-based learning; results of integrated curricular experiences; relevant nationally- normed examinations; results of surveys to assess graduate and employer satisfaction with employment, career development, career mobility, and job title; and preparation for continuing education.Furthermore, assessment is a part of university requirements and is found in the IndianaUniversity Purdue University Fort Wayne Strategic Plan2 . The Department of Civil andArchitectural Engineering Technology has an Assessment and Continuous ImprovementPlan3 . This plan has assessment and evaluation procedures that are based in studentevaluations, meetings with Industrial Advisory Committees, accreditation visits by TAC-ABET

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

II. Provide educational support for manufacturing and relatemanufacturing sector, the technology courses and programs.Department of Defense, the Society III. Incorporate an active corporate advisory team into all centerof Manufacturing Engineers, the project and activity development activities. IV. Promote manufacturing careers and recognize exemplaryTampa Bay Area Manufacturing manufacturing students and educators.Association, Agree Inc., regional V. Identify and monitor the manufacturing workforce needs.technical education program experts, VI. Support training for an initial regional workforce for newand the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Falkowski

Bringing Members of Industry into the Teaching Profession Sean A. Falkowski University of DaytonWhen coming from industry a new faculty member of engineering technology has manychallenges. The learning environment is enhanced by the faculty member’s experience gained inthe engineering field. Examples from industry can be used in the classroom to bring about a feelfor the applications necessary in engineering and technology. Also brought by this new facultymember are techniques used in professional practice as well as skills needed to survive in theworkplace. But this change of careers can bring new

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

, “Evolving Digital Circuits Using Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution”, Conference on Neuro-Computing and Evolving Intelligence, Auckland, New Zealand, December 13 – 15, 2004, pp. 71 -73.[13] S. Rajasekaran, G. A. Pai, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Genetic Algorithms, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN- 81-203-2186-3.AcknowledgmentThe support from the National Science Foundation under CAREER Grant: ECS # 0348221 is gratefullyacknowledged for this work. The author is grateful for the following departments at the University of Missouri-Rollafor offering the experimental course on computational intelligence to their students: Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

Page 9.59.3 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Market For The ProgramThe MSTET program is clearly a good choice for people who have completed an undergraduateprogram in telecommunications engineering technology and want to learn the basic technologyin greater depth and to develop expertise in one or more specialties. Several of the currentstudents are in fact graduates of RIT’s BS program in TET.The MSTET program is also a good fit for graduates of other technical BS programs, such aselectrical engineering or electrical engineering technology, who would like to prepare further fora career in the telecommunications industry. A number of our current students are graduates ofBSEE programs that

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

• identifies to you the gaps in your information • allows you to carry out desired changes.4Most professionals give presentations at some point in their careers.5 However, according toOakes, Leone and Gunn, one of the biggest complaints of employers of entry-level engineers islack of communication and presentation skills.4 Therefore, the ability to present informationeffectively in minimal time with maximum impact is a critical success factor.6 As Gaughanstates, reputation, self-image and even a career may be on the line every time an individualpresents.5 Creating a presentation is more than putting text and graphics on slides.5 Jones statesthat a presentation should be high quality, powerful, dynamic, interesting, stimulating,persuasive

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

forEngineering Education (BEE) Program in 2002 through a collaborative effort between the College ofInformation Science and Systems Engineering, and the College of Education. The focus of the BEE grantprogram is to bring together faculties of engineering and education with a view to improving engineeringcontent in K-12 education and also support engineering faculty with educational research innovations inpedagogy. The objective of the UALR BEE grant is to design, develop, and refine a series of ‘thematic’engineering courses to bring engineering education to pre-college educators, education majors, highschool students, and to any other university student who wants to explore engineering as a career path orenhance technological literacy. Educational

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; P.K. Imbrie

Cronbach’s coefficient alpha, were: .96, .92,.96, and .94 for Interdependency, Learning, Potency, and Goal-Setting, respectively. Cronbach’scoefficient alpha for the entire scale was .98.Backgr ound The NAE National Research Council Board on Engineering Education, NSF EngineeringEducation Coalition Program, and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [1]Engineering Criteria 2000 ushered in a movement to reshape the engineering curricula. To buildon these pioneering initiatives, new educational pedagogies must be used to develop graduates assuccessful professional contributors and lifelong learners in global, multi-disciplinary markets;be flexible to support diverse career aspirations; be agile to rapidly transform in response

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

many students wereable to see the value of remote access in their future careers. However, students were not certainhow the WebCT VistaTM interface enhanced the remote access environment. Long termimplementation of the remote environment will likely need to address these concerns. 5 4.5 4 Median Opinion Score 3.5 3 Many practical applications using Always important to have hands

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Miller; Jack Waintraub

is a place where all NETEC users may come together and become a truevirtual community. Discussions in the forum will be opportunities for the ET community tocommunicate, collaborate, or simply exchange ideas. All discussions will be moderated by ETexperts, who can help to steer the conversations in productive directions, as well as guard theforum against spam and other abuse.3. CareersThe NETEC careers section allows registered users to submit job and/or internship opportunities,skill sets, etc. Users may then search these listings to find opportunities that suit them. Allpostings are removed after 30 days, ensuring that the opportunities are up-to-date and current.4. Additional ResourcesThis section of the NETEC website highlights outside

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

- civil, electrical andmechanical. In this module, the class section is divided into three groups and each group spendsthree days exploring each of the three engineering technology disciplines. The following is adescription of the content covered by each of the disciplines: • The Civil Engineering Technology (CET) three-day session focuses on surveying as a career option within CET. Surveying as a profession and its application to the engineering and design process are introduced to the students. For the hands-on portion of the session, a short introduction to leveling theory and instruction on how to operate a piece of basic surveying equipment (an automatic level) is provided. The students are then

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Donald Keating

question, however, is how to fund it.We cannot, nor should we expect research-oriented faculty, who are hired, promoted and tenured on their ability toattract research monies and to build research programs that support research-oriented graduate students, will berushing to make educational change for professionally-oriented graduate education. At many universities, researchis the primary goal and "teaching has become a bothersome chore.The changing role for a new type of graduate faculty in educating a new type of graduate student population isspecifically designed to support educational transformation for career-long learning, growth, professionaldevelopment, and leadership for creative engineering practice in industry. Non-traditional graduate

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Duff

course of the assignment, rather thansimply applying an existing skill set. And in the end, they had to rely on each other,which may have been the greatest learning experience of all.Postscript After graduation, these four students followed widely varying careers. NateGelber, the project coordinator, works as a quality specialist at a North Carolinapharmaceutical manufacturer; Ryan Graham, who modeled machinery andinstrumentation, is a instructional designer at the University of Phoenix Online; JakeHibler, who modeled the HVAC and utilities, is a data manager at a Hollywood pre-production house; Mike Kelly, who modeled the RO water system, is trying to break intothe major leagues. He had had a very successful minor league career before

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

one of the nation’s leading IE education center. Thegraduate and undergraduate ISE programs at UF are ranked in the Top 20 nationally. Thecurriculum at the ISE department at UF offers a great flexibility to students incustomizing their educational goals according to their career plans (3).A bachelor’s degree in and field of Engineering at UF is broken down into two phases:general education/pre-professional and upper division. During the first two years,students take general college and pre-professional courses. Once having completed 64credit hours, students apply to their desired specialized field. The program of study hasbeen accredited and approved by standards set by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) (3).The

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

techniques should be used, and manyother issues). I have found limited publications based on direct experiences in teaching anengineering course for the first time.This paper describes a first teaching experience from (including the structure of teachingmaterials, the structure of exams, the benefits of short quizzes, developing a gradingpolicy, and experimenting with presentation tools and techniques) the point of view of agraduate student. This paper describes why teaching a course during their graduatestudies is important for graduate students who want to pursuit a career in academia.Recommendations are made for including the teaching of a basic level undergraduateengineering course as a component of preparation for the professorate. The

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

experience helped me better prepare for the professorate and to better understand myfuture career (and evaluate its desirability).RecommendationsEngineering Economics is one of the basic engineering courses in undergraduateengineering education. Graduate assistants who want to pursuit a career in academia(especially in Engineering Economics, Engineering Management, and IndustrialEngineering) should be assigned to teach this course.Bibliography1. Hartman, J. C., J. Lavelle, R. Martinazzi, H. Nachtmann, K. Needy and P. Shull, "A Decision Toolfor Developing a Course in Engineering Economy," American Society for Engineering EducationConference, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2001.2. Dahm, K., “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

thefollowing:• Materials developed for a new national image and marketing campaign to promote ET careers (Sinclair Community College);• Videos, web sites, and workshops designed as tools to recruit learners, educate policymakers, and encourage expanded involvement of business and industry in ET education (WGBH public television); and,• Workshops available to help faculty incorporate continuous quality improvement principles into ET education (ABET).In addition, a "one-stop shopping" web site for accessing best practices and exemplary materialsfor recruiting and retaining students, as well as for teaching engineering technology, is available.An ad hoc committee of engineering technology educators is helping to build this centralizedresource

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Sloan; Ashok Goel

circuits is described. Undergraduate students worked with electricalengineering graduate students and faculty members for ten weeks on projects rangingfrom designing & study of GaAs-based circuits using MAGIC and L-Edit to modelingthe very high-frequency effects and parasitic capacitances in the GaAs-based VLSIinterconnections to computer simulations of GaAs-and SOI-based devices and circuitsusing the semiconductor TCAD tools. In this paper, the undergraduate research projectscarried out by the REU students are summarized1. IntroductionIt is widely recognized that active research experience is one of the most effectivetechniques for training and motivating undergraduate students for careers in science andengineering. In the USA, National