Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Gregory Wight P.E., Norwich University; Peter Kjeer, Harvard University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

worked on embedded systems with wireless communication, while theothers worked on the generator design. Although there was a little more prep time needed, thevariety of a multi-faceted design problem was a refreshing break from the dogma of havingeveryone grind through the same lab exercises. Finally, the motivation of being responsible for apart of a larger system rather than having to answer for only one’s own grade seemed to have apositive effect on the work ethic of the students who were engaged with the project. Page 23.73.9ConclusionsA multidisciplinary design project consisting of a hydroelectric power generation system wasdeveloped in

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; W. Doyle St.John, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

senior design course, and is an important partof our curriculum. The primary ABET outcomes associated with this course are [a] and [b]: “anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering” and “an ability to designand conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.” Further, the program hasassigned several secondary outcomes to this course: experiment design, effectivecommunication, teaming, modern techniques and tools, ethics, and life-long learning [ABEToutcomes c, d, f, g, i, and k]. The determination of particular science and/or engineering topics Page 23.140.2that should be assigned to this course has been a

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lisa Johnston, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

to share the data in order to instill best practices for their future data sharing. 3. Cite their data in a properly structured format in accordance with emerging standards in order to prepare them to ethically reuse data in the future.6 Preservation This module will introduce 1. Explain the lifespan of potential

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

reviewed journal articles. Page 23.199.6 8. I loved the nontechnical issues such as ethical issues (that I came across while reading the peer reviewed journal articles) more than the technical ones. 9. My carbon print can significantly be reduced by switching my regular car to hybrid car. I learned this simple but profound point by following peer reviewed journal articles. 10. Peer reviewed journal articles taught me that I need to return the environment back to my children with least damage. This opened my eyes to focus on methods I personally could employ for the same purpose.The written comments of the students on

Conference Session

Information Literacy

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanine Mary Williamson

Judging. Judging types have a need for closure and prefer to live in anorganized manner. In contrast, the types underrepresented among engineering studentsmake decisions with personal or social ethical values in mind (Feeling), and in a flexiblemanner, considering all the information before making a decision (Perceiving). Several implications for library instruction based on the Thinking and Judgingcharacteristics emerge. 1. Lecture. Thinking-Judging types prefer lectures over group activities, although engineering students’ regular instructors may want to include group activities in order to inculcate “people skills.”4 2. Outline. Provide a detailed outline. Judging types like

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities, j. a respect for diversity and a knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues, and k. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Extracted from the document “CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYPROGRAMS” Effective for Evaluations During the 2002-2003 Accreditation Cycle. Incorporates allchanges approved by the ABET Board of Directors as of November 3, 2001. Technology AccreditationCommission Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 111Market Place, Suite 1050Baltimore, MD 21202. E-mail: accreditation@abet.org. Website: http://www.abet.org

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley

standards, but its$43,000 price tag puts it in the same range as many CNC lathes. Sharpe makes a very nice copyof the Hardinge for about half as much. PUC has been using one (Figure 4) for over a year nowand it is excellent for single point threading. This presents an interesting ethical dilemma that canbe discussed with students. Hardinge originally designed the machine and Sharp (and severalothers) reverse-engineered it and produced nearly an exact copy. Which one should a personpurchase? The author has philosophical problems with an unlicensed, exact copy of theHardinge, but the Hardinge was just too expensive for PUC’s budget, so a Sharp was purchased.The Sharp excels at threading, but it is too small for general lab use in PUC’s courses

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Oerther

instructor;anonymous student surveys; group interviews with an independent third party; and follow-upsurveys conducted with graduates of the course. The results from our three-year pilot studysuggest that the approaches followed in this course could be adapted to introduce engineeringstudents to advanced research topics from many fields of fundamental science.Teaching Biology to Engineers at the University of Cincinnati.Biology has become a pervasive science; underlying many of the societal questions of the early21st century including the threat of bioterrorism and the ethical dilemmas associated with cloningof human beings. As technologically proficient scholars, all engineers need to be trained tounderstand the basic tenants of biology. In a more

Conference Session

Information Literacy

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Smith; Lawrence Whitman

Education Competencies: Determine the extent of information needed Access the needed information effectively and efficiently Evaluate information and its sources critically Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access******************** and use information ethically and legally The Tegrity lectures were divided into six sections. The first part [7:58] instructsstudents on how to navigate the library’s website, to download an Adobe Acrobat Reader, andhow to access the library remotely. Part two [17:38] demonstrates searching in the

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kelly

Standardization (ISO) and International ElectrotechnicalCommission (IEC) standards is probably very limited for most students although someinformation on ISO and IEC processes is available on their web sites.Based on sample materials on the National Council of Examiners for Engineering andSurveying (NCEES) web site, there are no questions on standards on the Fundamentals ofEngineering (FE) exam. The only practice questions on the FE exam deal with ethics. Atthe Professional Engineer’s (PE) level, there appear to be some questions dealing withcodes and standards on the mechanical and electrical engineering examinations. For thecivil engineering exam, a list of design standards is given which must be used to answerquestions in the structural and

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

class wide design competitioninvolving the design, fabrication and testing of a system which must perform a set of functionsunder the constraints set by the instructors3. Typically a minimum performance level is requiredto pass the course. Superior performance levels are encouraged by establishing performancegoals and a figure of merit evaluation scheme. In the lectures, the teaching team1 attempts toprovide insights on the multiple facets of design, by addressing such topics as engineering ethics,engineering economy, manufacturing, shop practice, esthetics4, intellectual property, personalityand working in teams issues and ergonomics and also by providing students with guidancerelative to the design process 5. Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, June 1998. 3. Pritchard, M.S. and Tsang, E. “Service Learning: A positive Approach to Teaching Engineering Ethics and Social Impact of Technology.” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000. 4. Okonkwo, C.U. and DeMendonca, M. “Integrating DFE as Core Course for Engineering Technology Programs.” Proceedings, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000. 5. Guensler, R., Chinowsky, P., and Conklin , C. “Development of a Web-Based Environmental Impact, Monitoring and Assessment Course.” Proceedings, 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, June 1997. 6. Bilen, S., Devon, R.F., and Okudan, G. “Cumulative Knowledge and the Teaching of Engineering Design Processes.” Proceedings, 2002

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rodney Custer; Michael Daugherty

maintain products and systems. What design criteria are typically used when developing new technologies (i.e., marketability, safety, usability, reliability, cost, materials, etc.)? How do these influence the final product/system design? 8. how technological assessment is used to determine the benefits, limitations, and risks associated with existing and proposed technologies. How does a risk/benefit analysis aid the designer in addressing potential harmful effects prior to development? How are ethical considerations, economic considerations, engineering realities, and political forces balanced during technological innovation? 9. how a variety of technologies are utilized and operated either by

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks; Laura Ford

competition was intended to be educational, several changes were made withrespect to team formation and ethical conduct. In the AIChE competition, faculty and graduatestudents may act only as sounding boards. In this event, teachers or advisors could assist thestudents with ideas (including specifying which reaction to use). This allowed the teachers tobetter integrate the project into their curriculum. The design and construction of the cars was tobe done primarily by the students. As with the AIChE competition, it was required that there beat least five members on a team. An entire class might be a team, and the entire team did notneed to attend the competition. To allow for flexibility in forming the teams, there was norequirement of different

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

. Furthermore, ethical, environmental and policy issues play asignificant role as well. The topic provides a level playing field for participants in thecourse: both faculty and students are unfamiliar, in terms of expertise, with the topic. Theremoteness and perceived strangeness of the Moon and the ‘blank slate’ that the Moonoffers for current as well as futuristic technological applications also contribute to thisequality. This equal access issue is important to our target audiences: women andunderrepresented groups such as the Deaf and minorities suffer from the real or perceivedimpression that they are less knowledgeable or able in a particular technical discipline(Leveson 1991, Howell, 1993). Removing barriers to these equalities has been a

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Govind Puttaiah

recent scholarly activities includeM.E. Laboratory Manuals, Handbooks on Mechanical Engineering & Academic Advisingand Workshop on Professional Ethics. He is a member of the ASEE and ASME. -------- Page 8.212.8

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

projects, each group has to consider several aspects of the project including the: § Technical § Financial § Legal § Marketing § Safety/Liability § Ethical IssuesEach of these six aspects of the projects has to be discussed in their proposal, progress reports,final presentation, and final report.Design Project Implementation The initial idea of developing major-specific design projects volunteered by faculty membersinvolved in active research along with direct faculty guidance was formulated and implemented ona small scale in Fall 2001. The list of discipline projects was compiled by direct contact withfaculty members with active research as well as pedagogical interests. Faculty who agreed toparticipate offered a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Cynthia Mann

common exercisesdone in the average ENGR 1111 course is shown in Table 1. Creative problem solving techniquesand a design project were added to the curriculum of one section of this orientation course having20 enrolled students. Table 1. Required and Common Activites for ENGR 1111. ENGR 1111 Activities Required by the College At least one team activity. (ABET outcome d) At least one activity involving ethics. (ABET outcome f) At least one oral presentation. (ABET outcome g) Library training and assignment. (ABET outcome l) Requirement to attend a professional society meeting or career fair. (ABET outcome l) At least one activity involving

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

).Table 1: Summary of ABET Criteria Involved in the Approacha) the nature of the problem/project requires the application of mathematics, science, and engineering knowledge.b) analysis and interpretation of data (depending on assignment)c) design – the project is a “design” projectd) teamwork but not necessarily “multi-disciplinary” Page 8.244.5e) requires the identification, formulations and solution of an engineering problemf) professional and ethical responsibilities are incorporated through the grade sharing – everyone is responsible and need to hold each other accountable.g

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

but also to employeffective patterns for presenting information in the text as well as in theirillustrations.Conclusion All professions, I would argue, need to be engaged in the process ofdefining their philosophy. For a professional to exercise his or her expertise inthe world effectively and ethically, they need to be aware of the nature of theirknowledge. Professionals should have a conception of how they acquire reliableknowledge about the world and how they apply knowledge in the course ofsolving problems What I have tried to suggest here is a first pass at what might constitute aphilosophy of engineering. Like other professions, engineering gains powerover the material world through representations. By being able to use

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

utilizin g design, construction, and operations documents. (B.a) 13. The capability of performing standar d analysis and design in at least one recognized technical specialty within construction engineerin g technology that i s appropriate to the goals of the program. (B.f) Evaluation and Judgmen t*: 14. An abilit y to function effectively on mult i-disciplin ary teams. (1e) 15. An abili ty to communicate effectively. (1g) 16. A recognition of the need for, and an abili ty to engage in lifelong learnin g. (1h) 17. An ability to understand professional, ethical, and social responsibilities. (1i) 18. A respect for diversity and a

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susannah Spodek; D. Joseph Mook; Lester Gerhardt

Engineering, summarized,“[W]e’ve talked about [what] we need to incorporate perhaps more in the education, sothat students [who graduate are] more prepared for a job, and that includes managementskills, written skills, oral communication skills, ethics, technical skills, more broad-basedknowledge, more emphasis on humanities, and it goes on. What can we do as aninstitution, as a university, as a program? Where can we cut to incorporate more of thepositive needs? Is there anything we’re… too good at? How can we get more things intothe ‘box’ without increasing the box?”2 [Italics added for emphasis.] There followed adiscussion of ways to incorporate required, zero-credit seminars, and other methods forincreasing the amount squeezed into the four-year

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

been an item of particular concern at NJIT. The software in use forregistration has not allowed automatic checking to ensure that the prerequisites have beensatisfied. Thus, a two-level system has been implemented. During the advisement session,prerequisites are checked when developing the list of courses for the subsequent semester. Also,during the first week of the semester, department staff carefully checks the enrollment of eachstudent to ensure that course prerequisites have been satisfied.Without automatic checking of prerequisites, these steps were necessary to prevent unqualifiedstudents from taking courses for which they did not have the prerequisites. This not only is arequirement for ethical and accreditation purposes, but students

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

of Project Results to Engineering ProgramsThe results of industrial projects have a great effect to the reputation of the engineering program.The usefulness of project results to the company, the work ethics of students during the projectperiod, and the professionalism of the faculty and students in project activities and projectcommunication processes can provide industrial sponsors the impression about the engineeringprogram that sends students to the company. A few bad apples may give a company theperception that all students in the program are not professional enough to work on the company’sprojects. This problem again emphasized the importance of communications between the projectsponsor, the faculty, and the project team during the

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

SENIOR '00 10 SENIOR '01 8 SENIOR '02 6 EMPLOYER 2001 4 2 0 Ability to function on a An understanding of An ability to communicate multi-disciplinary team. professional and ethical effectively orally

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal

§ Observation and meaning § Measurement systems § Basic statistics § Estimation and computational skills § Laboratory experimentation, observation & reporting § Simple machines § Basic electricity/electronic § Optics § Heat Transfer § Analogs § Operational & manipulative use of technology § Data analysis § Ethics The Gateway to Technology curriculum is presented around several problems designed tocapture the interest and imagination of the students. The initial phase of the program focuses onorientation, teambuilding, study skills, the technology team, and a history of technology

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

0 4 Term 8 Elective 3 Highway Design 8 4 0 0 4 CWR 4202 Hydraulics 3 Hydraulic I 11 4 1 1 5 EGN 4034 Professional Issues in Eng. 3 Professional Ethic 6 3 0 0 3 CCE 4204 Const. Methodology & MGT 4 Construction Methods 12 4 0 2 6 Steel Design I 10 4 2 0 4

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi; Okechi Egekwu

appreciation of economic, social, political, and legal constraints that affect decision-making in industry and real life. Thus, an ISAT graduate is expected to have the followingcharacteristics[4]: (i) technological problem-solving skills; (ii) breadth of knowledge andskills across a variety of scientific and technological disciplines; (iii) excellent problem-solving, collaborative and leadership skills; (iv) ability to use the computer as a problem-solving tool; and (v) the ability to integrate scientific and technological factors with political,social, economic and ethical considerations in problem-solving techniques.Through the sophomore year, the ISAT program requires students to take classes thatemphasize the role of science and technology in

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi

easier to meet the goals behind the design requirements of the ABETaccreditation criteria. The concepts teach students creativity and the ability to deal withopen-ended and poorly defined problems that have more than one correct solution.Problems that involve materials, processes, design and cost teach students how to proposepractically realistic solutions that satisfy both technical and non-technical constraints. Inaddition, these types of problems give them an understanding and appreciation of the effectof non-technical constraints such as ethics, aesthetics, and socio-political impact onengineering decisions.5. References1. J. E. Gordon: The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor, 2nd

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization

Tagged Divisions

International

the job market as well as to pursue an academic career developing research in prestigious National and International Institutions. Final Considerations All the programs and projects of engineering education that were implemented by COPEC team showed that it is possible to innovate and change the formation of engineers and so to provide them the tools that they will use as professional and as researcher. COPEC understands that the programs should provide the future engineers a generalist formation and to instigate the development some skills such as: communication, knowledge of foreign languages, environmental awareness, and ethics among others in order to be prepared to face the contemporary work market in a world of no borders so