Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Burlington County College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

higher education taking a sharper focus on reducing oreliminating the skills gap, and in creating more meaningful educational and trainingopportunities in general, potential employees can be well prepared with the skills and abilitiesthat are needed and in high demand by potential employers.Studies on the existence of the skills gap have often relied on surveys in which employers havecommunicated difficulty in finding qualified applicants for open positions. The ManufacturingInstitute, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and the Career Advisory Board of DeVryUniversity have all reinforced the difficulty of locating sufficiently qualified candidates for openpositions. Additionally, the consulting firm Accenture points to little or no

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

collected from the students on their learning experiences.Additionally, data shows that more than 20% of the graduate students pursuing thesis options inengineering are related to nanotechnology, covering materials, physics, devices, and applicationsin renewable energy and health sciences. Survey data also shows that freshman engineeringstudents have developed problem solving skills and foundation from a nanotechnology programpresented elsewhere.1I. IntroductionNanotechnology is a field that combines elements from various sciences and engineeringdisciplines. In order for students to pursue a career in nanoscience and nanotechnology, thecareer program should encompass basic sciences from physics, chemistry, biology, materials,and many others in

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Rae Volpatti, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Lauren M. Byland, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #8519Implementation of a Sexual Harassment Workshop Targeting Female Engi-neersMiss Lisa Rae Volpatti, University of Pittsburgh Lisa Volpatti received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2013. Throughout her undergraduate career, she held several officer positions in the University of Pittsburgh’s section of the Society of Women Engineers, including section President during her senior year. She is pursuing a Master of Philosophy in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge as a Whitaker International Fellow and has received a National Science Foundation Graduate

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools; Chien-fei Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin James Wills, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9477Integrating Assembly Language Programming into High School STEM Edu-cation (Works in Progress)Mr. Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools Joseph Foy holds two degrees in Electrical Engineering; BSEE 1976, U.S. Naval Academy and MSEE 1988, University Of Tennessee. His twenty-four year engineering career included responsibilities of pro- gramming, gate array design, hardware design, field service, and manufacturing support. For the last seven years, Mr. Foy has been a high school teacher in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is licensed to teach all high school math and physics courses. In 2011 and 2012

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Elizabeth A. Adams, Mesa Community College; Mikhail Chester, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Thomas P. Seager, Arizona State University; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Energy and Environmental Decision Sciences (SEEDS) studio.Prof. Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University Dr. Landis joined ASU in January 2012 as an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engi- neering and the Built Environment. She began her career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, after having obtained her PhD in 2007 from the University of Illinois at Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Thomas L. Theis. Dr. Landis’ research focuses on Sustainable Renewable Biomaterials and she is highly engaged in Inno- vations in Engineering Education. Learn more at http://faculty.engineering.asu.edu/landis

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

valuable. Second, students see the relevance of their experiencein these courses to their chosen careers more clearly. And finally, these intersections begin tobreak down traditional binaries between engineering and the arts within an instructionalenvironment that takes for granted their ability to contribute meaningfully to a discourse that isseparate but complimentary to their own.2. Background:Arguments for a liberal education for engineers identify a number of positive outcomesstemming from required courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences: through immersion inthe liberal arts students become more culturally aware, are capable of inter- and cross-disciplinary collaboration, have stronger communication skills, and are capable of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9355LEDs & Lamps – A Friendly Affordable Gateway to Electrical Exploration(Curriculum Exchange)Mr. Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas Andrew Tubesing is Laboratory Manager for the Electrical Engineering program at University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. He also serves on the faculty of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Andrew has taught university courses in circuits, electronics, and engineering design for more than a decade. Prior to his academic career, Andrew spent 12 years as an engineer in the broadcast and telecommunications fields. Andrew holds a BA from St. Olaf College

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zack Bowles; Philippe E. Tissot; Jeremy Flores; G. Beate Zimmer; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

guide them towards a productive result. Some of thequestions that faculty members encounter are: How to identify and recruit potential researchstudents early in their careers? How to make research projects attractive to students? How to geta research student started? How to create an environment in which students’ work thrives? Howto publicize the outcomes of the student research effectively?An important part of an answer to these questions and a likely factor in the recent success is toorganize the undergraduate research projects such that they lead to presentations andpublications. This has been facilitated in part by the organization of an undergraduate researchsymposium on the TAMU-CC campus. Initial presentations on campus have often

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Smith

MaritimeTransport Academy of Alexandria, Egypt is a private university. Tuition is paid in US dollars.Some students choose private enrollment so they are able to choose a degree path.The majority of post-graduate students are leaving Egypt to seek employment. Althoughgraduates were well educated in technology careers, career opportunities are limited. Factorieslack equipment and technology. Jobs available do not align with what university students havelearned. If graduates want to put into action what they have learned academically, they neededto relocate. Attractions for students from the Middle East to study in the States include access totechnology. Labs in Egypt are very limited if available at all.Cultural differences include: • Instructional

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

results of three main questions for study: 1) whetherstudents’ perceptions of their ability in various engineering skills changed over the course of theclass, 2) whether students’ perceptions of career goals changed over time, and 3) whetherstudents’ interest in community service changed over the course of the class. Results indicatethat students perceived learning gains in key product design areas such as ability to design newproducts, creativity, and problem solving, and some differential effects were found for women.Students, particularly minorities, also increased their orientation toward a service approach,changing their professional aspirations away from consulting and medicine to more innovativeproduct development work and graduate

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

Design Projects Math and Applications of Math & Sciences Applications of Math & Sciences Sciences in Senior Projects in Senior Projects electronics Applications of Electronics Applications of Electronics in Senior Design Projects in Senior Design Projects General Lumped & Distributed Systems Techniques of Engineering System Simulation Career Development Seminar Network Communications Frontier in Profession Seminar Situational Bus Control technology Practical Lumped & Distributed

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Holles

. Alternatives include students working for a few years andthen returning to graduate school, mid- or late-career professionals now seeking advanceddegrees, and international students from numerous different countries. In addition, manytraditional graduate students have their bachelor degrees in different disciplines. Many positivescan result from this situation including a vibrant multi-generational and multi-cultural graduateprogram. However, it is also not without its shortcomings. Perhaps one of the most importantissues to deal with is that a wide range of students can also result in a wide range of student Page 10.1342.1concepts of and

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Melton; Michael Micci; Deborah Levin; Charles Croskey; David Spencer; Sven Bilen

assigned to assist with the development of thepayload operations. Space Science and Technology (AERSP/STS 055)—This General Education course is forstudents in nontechnical majors who have an interest in the means and uses of space science andtechnology. Its ultimate goal is to help prepare students whose careers may eventually impactthe direction of space policy, funding of NASA, and other aspects of public support for spaceresearch and exploitation. Since the course devotes several weeks to satellite hardware, theLionSat mission has provided new opportunities to inject timely examples of satellite design,measurement concepts and applications, and societal issues regarding public funding of spaceprojects. Satellite Communications (EE

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. William Graff

required toteach circuits, and thereby learn it. Dr. Hayt added the comment that it would be unfair torelease me to the public with my (then) present knowledge of Circuits. Thus began my career inteaching Circuits, in the fall of 1962.The procedure for teaching Circuits at Purdue at that time was to break the class into groups ofabout 25, with each group or section having a graduate student teacher to work problems inrecitation periods; Dr. Hayt taught two lecture periods each week to the total Circuits class. Atthat time Hayt and Kemmerly’s first edition of Engineering Circuit Analysis2 was being used.Tests were prepared by Drs. Hayt and Kemmerly, using test problems submitted by the graduateteaching assistants. There were four one-hour tests

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Tracy; Jin Yoo; Jason Immekus; Brian French; Susan Maller; William Oakes

Assessment specifies elevenoutcomes industry and academia expect college graduates to know and demonstratefollowing completion of accredited engineering programs. The criteria are intended toenable accredited engineering programs to provide key skills students will need to pursuean engineering career. Specifically, Criterion 3 outcomes include: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene P. Deess; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori

career goals when entering. They intend to pursue their field at thisparticular college and to graduate. At the end, the decision to leave college is a personal one, butit occurs within an important social context. The student's social interactions within the collegecontext may make or interrupt the decision to leave. Tinto mentions four relevant factors of thecollege experience: adjustment, difficulty, incongruence, and isolation (Tinto, 1987, p. 39). Eachof these factors may become decisive in student’s willingness to continue or drop out. Braxtonand Shaw Sullivan (1997) supplemented Tinto’s study by the empirical research.Bean and Metzner (1985) proposed a model of attrition for adult students in which retentiondecisions may often be beyond

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

engineering, material engineering, industrial engineering,bioengineering, construction engineering, and computer engineering. The Fulton Schooldoes not have capacity to increase overall enrollments. The Fulton strategic plan calls fora small decrease in undergraduate enrollments.The planning for a new engineering program is a collaboration between faculties of theCollege of Technology and Applied Sciences (CTAS) at ASU East Campus and the IraA. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU Tempe Campus, with support from the Collegeof Education. It is envisioned that by dividing ASU engineering programs between twocampuses the university will be better positioned to address the career goals of studentsand faculty. In addition, the development of a new

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Coburn Stoler; Peter Crouch; Douglas Gorham

Editor of IEEE Educational Publications and Director, Career Development and Outreach.Before joining IEEE, she was a training consultant to the telecommunications industry in New Jersey, asocial studies textbook editor with Prentice-Hall and a teacher in elementary and middle schools for 13years. Page 8.580.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

are created, and older jobs and skills become obsolete. Career broadening throughinterdisciplinary experiences is particularly important in preparing underrepresented students forthe opportunities in geophysical sciences. North Carolina A&T State University, the Nation’s topproducer of minority baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines, is well positioned to take thelead role in preparing underrepresented students to pursue academic studies and careeropportunities in geophysical sciences.The National Science Foundation HBCU Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) funded theUniversity’s TALENT-21: Gateway for Advancing Science and Mathematics Talent programin 1999. The TALENT-21 Program began the effort of developing an undergraduate

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

interactions between technology and management. The Engineers Leadership Foundationand the Foundation for Professional Practice conducted a survey of almost two hundred seniorengineering managers and leaders, in which they concluded that engineering knowledge isessential, but that leadership positions can be attained earlier if engineering students are exposedto management, public speaking, and other non-engineering coursework. The most highlyrecommended courses included business management, public speaking, and marketing. Inaddition to taking courses, the professionals surveyed suggested involvement in activities likesports, internships, volunteering, and clubs to improve interpersonal skills. Engineering andtechnology-related careers involve life

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Yau

discussions of heuristic versus brute-force problem-solving approaches. In the context of a course on computer security, the assignment serves totangibly demonstrate issues with password selection and user policies that apply to this issue.Undergraduate students in Computer Science Technology and Information EngineeringTechnology do not receive the same training in the formal analysis of algorithms that students instandard theory based Computer Science programs do. It is clear, however, that IT studentsmust develop a basic understanding of problem complexity issues and heuristic problem solvingapproaches to be successful in their careers. The exercise described in this paper gives students ahands-on feel for computational complexity through a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

80 mph and the westboundtravels at 60 mph; determine when the trains will be 490 miles apart). They are often unawarethat these same simple algebra skills can be used to solve very real and important engineeringproblems (e.g. determine the speed at which an aircraft must fly in order to stay aloft). Throughincreased awareness and relevance an early interest in pursuing engineering as a career may beachieved.The curricula developed in this project targets simple engineering problems in fluid mechanics,electricity, and structures that can be solved using algebra. The curricula are provided on CD’swith videos of hands-on activities and explanations. A week-long training workshop will beconducted summer 2004 for in-service mathematics teachers

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Orr; Richard Vaz

BS degree inECE should be appropriate for a considerably wider range of further study and ultimateprofessions than has typically been the case for either EE or Computer Engineering degrees.Hence, students with a wider range of career goals may ultimately be attracted into the new ECEprogram than traditionally were attracted to rather narrow EE or Computer Engineeringprograms. This possibility is significant for two reasons. First, a solid educational foundation inthe natural sciences and technology (particularly information technology) is of growingimportance to many, if not most professions. Obvious examples include medicine and mostaspects of business. Second, there is good reason to fear that at least in the US, traditionalengineering

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Murphy

Session 1355 Practical Advice for the “New Kid on the Block” Dave Murphy Fire Safety Engineering Technology The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Nobody told me how hard and lonely change is. – Joan Gilbertson As a new faculty member at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I haverecently experienced many changes associated with starting a new career. I can readily attest tothe unique challenges and expectations of assuming the position of assistant professor afterserving twenty years in the fire

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Wise; Philip Kosky; Robert Balmer

, from unit systems throughenergy, electrical circuits, and information and control are exemplified by systems found in theautomobiles of today and tomorrow. Problem Definition The problem that Union College’s Introduction to Engineering and Mechatronics course isdesigned to solve is to help students make an early and informed decision about whether or notthey find engineering an exciting career path and have both the interest and the capability topursue an engineering degree. This problem is, in large part, set by the nature of Union Collegeas an educational institution. Founded in 1795, it is a small, predominantly liberal arts collegewith a total enrollment of 2000. About 15% of these students are engineering majors. Withinengineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

: Career Day Space engineering as a technical career 1presentationBusiness School Graduate Class Strategic aspects of business 2 development in SpaceAerospace Industry Engineers Concept and methods 3Space Resources Utilization 1. Concepts for Space-based 4Roundtable, 1999,2000 manufacturing 2. Cost-reduction using Space-based construction of large spacecraft.College undergraduates (engg., Various concepts for customer 5advertising & business) : NMB national engagement related to the Marscompetition

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Shallcross

career. A number of strategies exist to raise theprofile of engineering within secondary schools. One activity involves targeting the studentswhile still at school, with engineering academics either visiting the schools or playing host to thestudents on campus. An alternative to this is to present to mathematics teachers real engineeringdesign problems that may be solved by the application of relatively simple mathematicalconcepts. This paper describes a challenge in chemical engineering design which can beanswered in the class room by applying logic and a knowledge of the volumes of cylinders andrectangular prisms. The problem can be pitched to different year levels by selecting individualparts and can be undertaken by individuals or as a team

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Zuckerman; Nathaniel Bowe; LaMarr Taylor; Kyle Smith; Dan Moore

8.593.4submissions. Each project submitted by the Engenius Solutions team is of the utmost importancedue to the impact our projects have upon our economic survival. More specifically, the workcompleted by each design department team has a direct relationship to both project andorganizational success. While some design department teams may be involved in a project that iscritical to some organization or company, every Engenius Solutions sponsored project is criticalto our operation. Moreover, students are exposed to both the pressures and excitement of doinghighly beneficial, marketable work.Direct HiringDirect Hiring involves Engenius Solutions “advertising” the project being undertaken, as well asthe students needed for the project. The career services

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Keyser; Ronald Musiak; Richard Mindek; Mary Vollaro; Steven Schreiner

lectures were greatly needed for the incoming freshmen. Duringrecent years, within the context of the college’s SOAR program, engineering faculty had been introducingfreshmen enrolled in our Introduction to Engineering course (ENGR 103) to the topic of ethics by discussingthe “Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse” in some detail, including a technical demonstration, and then givingthem related homework to complete over the summer. The introduction of several ethics lectures to thesesame freshmen during the fall semester was thought to be a good follow-up to the SOAR assignments, and anappropriate point in the careers of potential engineers to introduce them in earnest to the topic of ethics.While the main emphasis of ethics integration in the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

;attending lectures on codes and standards, ethics, intellectual property, and safety/productliability; undergoing project planning/scheduling experiences; and developing an awareness ofdifferent career paths. This is also accomplished through teamwork exercises where studentslearn to work on disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams.To ensure that students are on a path for life long learning the senior experience needs to leadstudents to realize that they must continue to learn on their own after graduation to remaincurrent in technological world that is rapidly changing. The senior experience should helpstudents develop confidence in their ability to learn on their own. It should stimulate theirintellectual curiosity. These things can be