Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS); Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

(with one being an adjunct instructor when possible) and the director ofcounseling. Other possible members include the learning center director, tutoring center director,curriculum developer, articulation officer, recruitment director, outreach coordinator, publicinformation officer, an equity/women's center coordinator, a school-to-career director, a researchand planning officer, and other key stakeholders.The leadership team model ensures that the entire college will work together to make surewomen are recruited and retained in STEM programs, and that the STEM program will not beexpected to take on functions outside of its normal duties. For example, in many of the collegesthe public information officer has assisted with distributing a press

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech; David Bailey, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Thomas Walker, Virginia Tech; Steven Lee, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-2283: DEVELOPING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FORCLASSROOM TECHNOLOGIESJoseph Tront, Virginia TechDavid Bailey, Virginia Polytechnic and State UniversityThomas Walker, Virginia TechSteven Lee, Virginia Tech Page 15.387.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 DEVELOPING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGIESAbstractIn order for classroom technologies to be useful in engineering education, appropriateinfrastructures must be planned, implemented and tested so that they are sufficiently robust toserve the needs of the target usage. Usage will vary depending on size of the class, complexityof the teaching technology being used, and

Conference Session

Track 3 - Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

R. Murugesan, Anna University of Technology Madurai

Tagged Topics

Track 3 - Faculty Development

. The setting up of IIMs, newIndian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes for Science Education & Page 17.31.5 4Research (IISERs), 15 Central Universities including conversion of 3 StateUniversities as Central Universities, assisting the State Governments for theestablishment of new polytechnics is the step in this direction. Also the 12th Five Year Plan of India has proposed a significant focustowards Higher Education. With a massive budget outlay of Rs.1,84,740/- (Rupeesone lakh eighty four thousands seven hundred and forty crores), the highereducation in

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Andrew Thomas Conley, Michigan Technological University; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

, test, and launch a functioning satellite to low-earth orbit. In addition to his work with the Aerospace Enterprise, Andrew is also the president (vice president 2013-2014) of the Michigan Tech chapter of the Blue Key National Honor Society, the organization re- sponsible for planning Winter Carnival, Michigan Tech’s largest annual celebration. Andrew has led these two diverse groups at Michigan Tech for the past year and will continue to focus on the educational and professional development value of each. In 2014, as part of the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership, Andrew traveled to Malta where he led a research effort to determine the role of the Maltese islands, specifically Gozo, in the Allied

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ronald J Hugo, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary; Jian Zhang; Xiaodong Niu, Shantou University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

toyear. The paper concludes with planned and potential changes for future years of programdelivery.Program Formation:In 2008, an agreement was established between UCalgary and STU. This agreement resulted inthe Global Leadership and Innovation group study program which involved students fromUCalgary traveling to Shantou University. Together, the students from both universities tooktwo non-engineering courses offered via a traditional lecture-based approach. Page 19.16.2In February 2009, a group of 33 UCalgary engineering students traveled to China for an eleven-day non-credit group travel program. The program included 3 days in Beijing and 7 days

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

International Forum

China, the students work on ◦ Communication with project partners, sponsors, and advisors, for team building, ◦ Background study to understand the company and the problem, ◦ Technical literature review to prepare knowledge and tools to be used in projects, ◦ Problem definition and project planning with objectives and tasks laid out, and ◦ Projection of expected outcomes from the projects.In the preparation stage, the students mainly work through e-mails and with other modernIT technical means to keep as teams. When arriving in China, the WPI students with theirpartners from HUST visit the companies to gain the first hand understanding of thecompany operations and the problem to be solved, while confirming and modifying

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Henry W. Kraebber, Purdue University, West Lafayette; E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katie Mae Hackney

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

completed in June 2004. Thesecond trip with students was planned for March of 2005, during the Purdue spring vacationperiod. The spring schedule provided lower off-season airfare and hotel expenses. Also, thespring schedule gained interest from more students due to the fact that overseas travel during thespring semester kept options for summer employment open.Information about the March 2005 spring trip was sent out to students during the start of the2004 fall semester. Several students expressed interest and asked for more details on the cost,timing and course credit. The cost including airfare and expenses was estimated to be $2,000. Students were asked to pay a $200 deposit to hold their place. Commitments began to come inat the end of September

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Souhail Elhouar, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

Tagged Topics

Student Development

33countries that were represented at ICIC and the locations of the local committees. Page 20.29.4 Figure 1. ICIC Countries and Local Committees ( )This arrangement provided numerous settings that linked diverse groups before, during and afterthe conference. The local planning committees then merged for a big planning meeting inChicago, IL to work out the final details of the conference. This event in itself is of greatimportance as it created unparalleled opportunities for participants, most of whom are decisionmakers, to network and discuss important issues. Throughout history, business, educational, andcultural exchanges

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

from CMC members, a totalof 20 competencies associated with the attributes of a global engineer emerged. These are:1. Demonstrates an understanding of engineering, science, and mathematics fundamentals2. Demonstrates an understanding of political, social, and economic perspectives3. Demonstrates an understanding of information technology, digital competency, and information literacy4. Demonstrates an understanding of stages/phases of product lifecycle (design, prototyping, testing, production, distribution channels, supplier management, etc.)5. Demonstrates an understanding of project planning, management, and the impacts of projects on various stakeholder groups (project team members, project sponsor, project client, end- users, etc

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Ernest Blatchley, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

goals of normalized sustainability.Introduction:The broad popular concept of sustainability has grown from its roots in the United Nations’“Brundtland Commission” on sustainable development over two decades ago, which providedthe classical definition of “meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the abilityof future generations to meet their own needs.”1 Subsequent formulations of sustainability indifferent contexts have diverged from the initial Brundtland wording, but the basic themes ofintergenerational equity and long-term planning, often cast in terms of renewability, havegenerally remained as core concepts. The introduction of the “triple bottom line” of social, andenvironmental, and economic considerations2, and the related

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

International

Higher Education, IslamicRepublic of Afghanistan, and is funded through a grant from the World Bank. At the outset, itwas decided to provide technical assistance to six Afghan universities for the development oftheir strategic plans. Following the World Bank procedures, Request for Expression of Interest(REOIs) were published for academic partnerships in key areas identified for partnership by theAfghan universities: Engineering, English as a Second Language, Computer Science,Economics/Management and Natural Sciences.A block grant of $500,000 was disbursed to each university (based on block grant criteria) tokick off disbursements and maintain momentum. Initially, there was no response on REOIs andthe project was unable to move because the

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

theimplementation sequence involved is not trivial, the technology has become a necessary tosuccessfully manage the implementation of MEAs in the course. The resulting system hasbecome a kluge of bloated inflexible code that now requires a part time graduate student tomanage the deployment of 2-4 MEAs per semester. New functions are desired but are either notcompatible or are too cumbersome to implement under the existing architecture. Based on this, anew system is currently being developed to allow for greater flexibility, easier expandability, andexpanded functionality. The largest feature-set being developed for the new system are theadministrative tools to ease the deployment process. Other features being planned are the abilityto have students upload

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi

the description of particleinteraction with laminar flow, Brownian motion process, and particle deposition bydiffusion, interception and impaction. The sections on interaction of particles with turbulence and turbulent depositionthat are normally taught in the second course. Computational modeling of turbulentflows was discussed, and classical models of turbulent deposition were described. Inaddition the process of aerosol charging and transport under the action of electrical forcesand turbulence were discussed. We have added a number of computational modules to make the coursepresentations of the materials more interactive. The plan is to have sufficient number ofcalculation modules for the student to experiment with. As a

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

to contribute to the cost of ABET fees and visitor training, ASEE may not support such a proposal. It was emphasized that the constituent committee has other agenda items as well, such as providing a focal point for communications between members and being a contact point for discussions on issues like ABET accreditation. ABET is discussing the issue of blurring the traditional programs, and input from this group may be helpful."A petition to become a Constituent Committee of ASEE, prepared by Dr. Gosink, was edited andthen signed by 17 attendees. The group decided to plan a program, with both a technical sessionand a business meeting, for the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference scheduled for Nashville, TN.Two areas of focus for technical

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Srikanth Pidugu

) Strategic Plan (2003-08) setsout five goals—Clean Air, Clean and Safe Water, Protect and Restore the Land, HealthCommunities and Ecosystems, and Compliance and Environmental Stewardship. The draftoutlines the work the EPA plans to do over the next five years towards achieving the goals [1].Community awareness of environmental issues is vital to the success of such a strategic plan, andthis project, as small as it is, can make a fundamental statement on the importance of maintainingclean air and a clean environment by employing appropriate technologies. Fuel cell technology isone such element where emissions are contained to zero-level and enhance the quality of air webreathe. This project began with high school students to increase their awareness

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Brakewood

students also had access to acomplete set of plans for the facilities and a university housing website that featured a webcamview, in case they were interested in learning more about the details. Page 9.494.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"The students were not allowed on the construction site for safety and other reasons, but were ableto observe through the chain link fence surrounding the site on all four sides. They were alsoasked not to interrupt the workers or management crew. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

-DLR) one-year planning grant, asub-group of participants met for several hours to help develop new Engineering for DevelopingCommunities tracks within the Civil Engineering and the Environmental Engineering B.S.programs and incorporate Earth Systems Engineering and sustainability ideas throughout thecurriculum within the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering(CEAE) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Once designed, the new curriculum will bethe basis for an NSF-DLR three-year implementation grant proposal.Speakers presented a variety of options to integrate appropriate/sustainable technology conceptsinto the engineering curriculum. Those options ranged from adding pre-developed modules

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre' Butler; William Moses

experiment for twoweeks. During the first week, students familiarize themselves with all relevant equipment anddetermine a procedure for conducting the experiment that they will execute the following week.Groups are required to submit a lab plan prior to the week 2 activities. Groups rotate among thethree labs until all have been completed.This lab draws heavily from two of its quarter predecessors, i.e., EGR 222L (OJL) and MAE Page 10.827.2403L. In EGR 222L (OJL), students conducted six to eight prescribed mechanics exercises, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

learningenvironment, and that the team work experiences reflect this foundation. The essential elementsof team development should be firmly established as early in the engineering education aspossible and continuously exercised and reinforced throughout the remaining years. Earlyanalysis of the graduates of this program seems to indicate that they are measurably betterprepared for engineering leadership and management positions. PLANNING THE PROJECT 1. Evaluate the feasibility of conducting the project with regard to its required finances, human resources, equipment, facilities, deadline for completion, etc. 2. Recruit members that their interpersonal and intellectual skills complement each other. 3. Set

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

which will permit you to navigate the shoals of product liability+ 2.89 3.04 ability to plan a product test+ 2.87 3.05 ability to plan my career+ 2.74 3.11 ability to integrate rapid prototyping into the design process* 2.72 n.a. n.a. indicates that the topic was not applicable * indicates new lecture, + indicates repeat lecturer and topicDiscussion: The level of understanding, based on student perceptions, did not fare aswell as in the 2003 class. All but one element was judged less valuable in terms of thelearning experience by this year’s

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

arisenin virtually all major infrastructure projects. The recently released report of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21stCentury: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future (1) states, “Today’s world isfundamentally challenging the way civil engineering is practiced. Complexity arises inevery aspect of projects, from pre-project planning with varied stakeholders to buildingwith minimum environmental and community disturbance.” Aware of these problems ofincreased complexity of modern-day civil engineering practice, and inadequate academicpreparation of BS-degreed civil engineering graduates due to reductions in credit hoursrequired for graduation at colleges and universities, it was

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

Page 10.1220.3Problem Definition step. The course focuses on using science to define the reason behind anddegree of importance of environmental problems environmental engineers are asked to solve. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Environment: Plan of Technological Action Economic Alternatives Political Generation Social Information

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Craig

writing that we learn to articulate ourthoughts clearly; our critical thinking is strengthened and clarified by our expression of itin writing. Page 10.1480.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Second, successful complex documents are iterative, building in successive stages.Successful writing begins with a planning, focus, and organization stage in which thewriter spends time defining the scope of the writing, organizing his/her thoughts, andobtaining the necessary information about which s/he wants to

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

teaching skills for a total of48 junior faculty participants last summer with future plans to expand to three sites nextsummer. Specifically, the ExCEEd workshops attempt to present the works of JosephLowman’s Mastering the Techniques of Teaching and Teaching Engineering by PhillipC. Wankat and Frant S. Oreovicz; these primary references provided the scholarly,literary backbone for the workshop and established the credibility of the many techniquesfor stimulating intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport in the classroomembraced by the ExCEEd model of teaching. The workshop is designed to allowparticipants to accomplish the following objectives: · Learn and apply theories of teaching and learning · Improve

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

results. The experiment exposed the UK students to remoteoperation of the control system, which is the common mode of operation in industry. Italso provided them with exposure to industrial quality equipment. Further, it providedgood examples to reinforce system analysis methods learned from the textbook.5. Future Work Based on the success of the pilot program, it is concluded that all significanttechnical difficulties have been resolved. The feasibility and practicality of implementingcourse projects at both MuSU and UK involving collaboration between engineeringstudents and engineering technology students has been demonstrated. A more in-depthcourse project is now planned for the students during the fall semester of 2002. It willinvolve

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

• Design Criteria N G Contract • Incentive/Penalty Points I G • Design Project (EAP) N Preliminary T • Failure Modes (FEMA) G Design Phase I Lsn 12-17 Preliminary • Write Test Plan M • Detailed Drawings P Design Review E

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Santhosh Thampuran

videos of all course lectures, copies of student work and a CD to allowwidespread dissemination of the course material. The course contents and assessment consistedof three major components: · Lectures/Discussions with five quizzes. · 3 computer-based media projects. · A final open-ended project, in which self-organized groups of 4 students planned, developed and tested a multimedia design project using both Web and CD -ROM technologies.The remaining part of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 talks about the courseinnovations. Section 3 talks about different assessment methodologies. Section 4 summarizes theinstructor’s impression about the course as a whole in terms its success. We conclude the paperby

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes and Systems

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sybillyn Jennings; Sunderesh Heragu; Robert Graves; Charles Malmborg

clips, play spaces, and interactive question/answer format. In the Discover layer, the userdiscovers a principle by watching a situation that illustrates application of that principle. The Explorelayer allows the learner to explore the principle in more depth, by discussing key aspects of theprinciple. The Contrast layer includes two examples, one illustrating proper application of the principle,and another illustrating improper application. The fourth layer, Extend, extends the principle to otherdomains. TEN PRINCIPLES 1 Planning 2 Standardization

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Ø Educating Engineering Students in Entrepreneurship Ø Technology and Learning SystemsEach of these themes was to be addressed by invited speakers in both plenary andbreakout sessions. In addition, poster sessions were organized for attendees who wantedto add to the intellectual discussions at the conference.Unfortunately, the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001 disrupted air travelsufficiently that it was not possible for individuals planning to attend the post-conferenceto travel to Berlin, so the entire meeting had to be cancelled. It is being rescheduled for2002.ConclusionsMajor international conferences on topics such as engineering education can be enhancedby several means: Ø Organize an electronic conference run in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

faculty advisor is able to contribute to the student chapt er in several ways. Theirrelationships with other faculty members are often useful in obtaining speakers for ASEE studentchapter events. They are often more knowledgeable about the logistical concerns at a universityregarding the hosting of events and funding. Their experiences in engineering education and lifeas a professor are also extremely useful in guiding the student officers in planning events anddetermining topics that should be addressed at those events. The time commitment of the facultyadvisor is usually quite small, only an hour or two per week on average. A good choice for the faculty member is the ASEE campus representative. This professorwill be knowledgeable about