Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

industry today.The paper will relate how the course has become one that the students not only come willingly toformal lab hours, but insist on having expanded access to make their project come to life.Employers today are also looking for employees that can accomplish smaller automation projectswithout having to hire a consultant that leaves as soon as the start button is pushed. The paperwill relate examples of industrial alliances and how students have stated that the experience inthe classroom has translated to the student being more “Job Ready” and actually receiving joboffers due to these laboratory experiences. Finally the paper will give the authors lessons learnedand reflections for the future of the course to respond to a changing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University; William Moss, Clemson University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Scott Schiff, Clemson University

standard length 50-minute classes and two were extended 100-minute classes.Almost all class meetings were a combination of lecture, discussion, and learning activities. Thebalance was typically 30% lecture and 70% learning activities, although some classes werecloser to 100% activities. The goal of the activities was to develop skills in problem formulation,solution, and reflective evaluation. Some of the activities have been designed to allow students todiscover certain fundamental principles rather than the traditional approach of being told theprinciples or have them derived by the instructor. Students worked on in-class activitiesprimarily as teams with 3 students per team. Some activities, such as white-board presentationsof student in-class

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

the powersupply for the isolated side of the circuit.Student reaction to Project GUISEThe 15 students who utilized Project GUISE in 2005 were asked for their reactions to it.An assessment instrument consisting of 12 statements was administered; students wereasked to state their level of agreement with the statements on a Likert scale where a ratingof 1 indicated strong disagreement and 5 indicated strong agreement. Table 1summarizes the results. The first seven statements in Table 1 are statements to whichagreement would indicate a favorable reaction to Project GUISE; agreement with theremaining five statements would indicate an unfavorable opinion. (The order of thestatements in Table 1 does not reflect their order in the questionnaire). On

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Neville Parker, The City College of The City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

• Reflections of the • Walking Tour of Interns Campus • Cluster interaction • Organize clusters 11 12 13 14 16MS: MS: MS: MS: MS:• Distribution and • Rehearsal for Poster • TRAC PAC 2 • Toll Plaza Field Trip • Field Trip – Indian overview of weekly #1 Competition • Computer Lab • Computer Lab Museum assignments

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Lisa Zagumny, Tennessee Technological Univesity; Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the exam, this may not be the case (as evidenced by their exam scores). • Several students moved from a constructivist to constructionist approach to study guide preparation after working in the focus groups. • Student strategies for completion of the study guide vary widely, but overall reflect a lack of confidence.We will touch on these points, and more, in what follows.UsageFor many of the students, learning is equated with memorizing or being able to locate necessaryinformation for the exam. They repeatedly expressed a lack of confidence in their examperformance. They guessed at how they performed on the exams and did so ratherconservatively. No one left the exam confident as further evidenced by superstitious

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

wisdom is verystrong. We have experienced that some Chinese students will come back and repeat a laboratoryexercise for understanding when everyone else has finished and left. They study regularly and stillmake time for recreation and exploration. Chinese students also possess excellent study habits.They are always on time and have perfect attendance; they take good notes, attend extra studysessions, study hard at night, and also have a nightly group study meeting to discuss the day’squestions. Some of the prevalent themes in education today are academic rigor and life longlearning. The Chinese society is a living learning community. This set up has greatly benefited thestudents which has been reflected in theirs being some of the highest quiz

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mireille Battikha, Consultant

of construction products and processes. Each picture, or entity is identified by alist of criteria that specify the material, construction method, equipment, labor, cost, time, andthe sequential placement within the construction process. When a combination of specificationsis entered, it will trigger the retrieval of a single entity or a sequence of entities corresponding tothe construction scenario entered. The retrieved/composed results reflect the scope of thespecifications entered. Figure 2 illustrates an interface for user-system interaction. The interfacewill direct the user to select a single option under each factor to obtain a final result of a singleimage or video. Otherwise, the user can choose to generalize the options, which

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Murray State University; Arthur Pallone

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

wasalso found that peer assessment is correlated with the enhancement of student learning bymeans of reflection, analysis and diplomatic criticism [3]. Nevertheless, there isresistance in academia to use of the peer assessment method [7] and some concerns aboutpeer assessment have been reported in the literature [10]. We assumed that students willhave a positive reaction to the new assessment technique and that it will help thembecome more responsible, as reported by others [2]. We assumed that the benefits of thepeer assessment technique outweight other associated concerns and used the technique inboth classes.OPTICSOptics is a 400 level, 3 contact-hours course curriculum requirement for Engineering andEngineering Physics students. Due to the

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Blanchard on "How to Publish Your Research“• Viewing a video by Prof. L. Grossenbacher on "Citing the Work of Others"• Reading the following short pieces: – “Written Presentations” in At the Bench by K. Barker – “The Basics of Citation” from Doing Honest Work in College by C. Lipson – “Writing Papers and Abstracts” from Building a Successful Career… by P. Dee• Preparing a Reflective Writing Assignment on the topic of: “Research the UW’s policy on plagiarism. In your own words, briefly summarize what is considered to be plagiarism.”In class activities began with a brief discussion of the question "Citation-why do it?" (5-10 min),followed by an activity on the topic of plagiarism (20-30 min). This activity was based

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

important design criteria. In the case of a column, this meansthat they are cognizant of short vs. long column criteria, and can understand critical loads (Pcr).An introduction to the spreadsheet and some of its features is typically needed (depending on theclass response). The spreadsheet has multiple ‘sheets’. Some input cells have limits that reflectreal bounds on the value. Comments are written in the right column. So in-class demos ofvarious input and resulting outputs are used to show the design and optimization process.The spreadsheet is used during class to promote discussion, and is also available onBlackBoardTM for off-line reflection. There is a requirement that a spreadsheet (withpredictions) is to be submitted before testing can occur

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

able to work on a range oftasks simultaneously'. Graduates are more likely than non-graduates to meet these criteria.Employers are looking for rounded people with a depth of understanding, and ability to takeresponsibility and develop their own role in the organization to be educated rather than trained.Higher education should continue to provide critical, reflective students. Employers need peoplewho can work in teams, exhibit good interpersonal skills, communicate well and who have anunderstanding of work culture. Page 13.485.3Are there any differences between what employers expect and desire of any graduate (such as thesurveys quoted above

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Krogh, Carnegie Mellon University; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Figure 3 cover traditional domains in ECE, but students are required to take courses in only two of theses areas, reflecting our belief that the field of ECE is far too large to expect all students to follow exactly the same paths through

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jakob Carnemark, SKANSKA

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

ofthe analysis or be an independent attribute. These are real differences which reflect actualindustry practice.However, this insight reveals two problems in engineering economics education. The first is thatATA is not part of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam (see reference7 page 551) and thesecond is that CEA and MAA are generally not taught in undergraduate engineering economicscourses.A trend in engineering economics education is to teach undergraduates Fundamentals. A reviewof typical fundamental engineering economic texts7 and widely used engineering texts6 indicatesthat topics like Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) and Multi-Attribute Analysis (MAA) are notincluded. Also not included are realistic examples or cases which

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess Godbey, Jacksonville State University; Dana Ingalsbe, Jacksonville State University; Terry Marbut, Jacksonville State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the Manufacturing Systems Technology program and these businessprograms as experience has shown that often times there is a perceived overlap in content. Whenresponses were received by the state, it was the Industrial Engineering programs that suggestedthat the Manufacturing Systems Technology proposal seemed to have tremendous duplication oftheir programs! Although we were able to effectively address these concerns, this roadblockappeared unexpectedly and served as a lesson learned. Reflecting on the experience, we concludethat our situation actually validated the need for the program. Business programs provide amplemanagerial skills to students but very little technical prowess. Engineering programs tend toprovide extensive technical

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Oswald, Oklahoma State University; Charlie Huddleston, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

describe an engineer.Description of the Engineering Design ProjectSince a project-based approach was used, it is necessary to first describe the project to provideneeded context to understand the format and structure of the six week summer intervention.Prior to the beginning of the summer course, two electrical engineering graduate studentsdesigned a custom radio control (RC) car. The design goals of the car were to have a systemsimple enough for high school students to build during the 11 contact hours per week for sixweeks. The design project reflects, to the extent possible, as many possible steps of theengineering design cycle 20. A critical criterion was developing an accessible design project thatallowed students to make choices and also to

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

calculations using the ideal gas law, andanalyze and interpret the kinetic theory of ideal gases.6. Interpret the first law of thermodynamics, and calculate and predict work, heat, and internalenergy change for various thermodynamic processes.7. Interpret the concepts of reversibility, second law of thermodynamics, and entropy, andanalyze heat engines and refrigerators.8. Analyze and interpret the concepts of reflection and refraction of light and geometric optics.Perform calculations using Snell's law.9. Formulate the concepts of images and optics including virtual and real images, focal length,diverging and converging lens, and spherical and chromatic aberration. Perform calculationsusing lens makers equation.10. Interpret the concepts of

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

life How well are you meeting the workload demands of your coursework? 12. Academic Disengagement (Liberal Arts Courses) .88 .58 Skipped non-engineering related class Turned in non-engineering related assignments late Came late to non-engineering related class Turned in non-engineering related assignments that did not reflect your best work 13. Academic Disengagement (Engineering Related) .86 .70 Skipped engineering related class Turned in engineering related assignments late Turned in engineering related assignments that did not reflect your best work Came late to engineering related class 14. Frequency of

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felipe Arango, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gonca Altuger, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

virtualexperiments, was deployed in a pilot implementation. This paper reports on the learningassessment conducted in that pilot. In particular, the evaluation metrics for the virtual learningenvironment as well as the data on learning effectiveness and student feedback are discussed.IntroductionEngineering education is transforming rapidly due to ongoing significant advances in computerand Web technologies. The experimental learning theory by Kolb1 was suggested as anintegrative perspective on learning that combines experience, perception, cognition, behavior,etc. Five categories of learning style models2,3,4 have been recommended in the educationalliterature: sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, inductive/deductive, active/reflective andsequential/global

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Neeley, University of Virginia; W. Bernard Carlson, University of Virginia; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Bruce Seely, Michigan Technological University; Douglass Klein, Union College; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Page 13.1190.3actually achieving the broad goals for TL articulated by NAE.Some of the outcomes we list below also indicate the presence of “ways of thinking and acting.”The statements in bold come from Technically Speaking. The material in the bullet points thatappear after the numbered items was developed by our group. 1. Recognizes the pervasiveness of technology in everyday life. • Analyzes the social dimensions of a particular sociotechnical system (that is, recognizes that technology is more than just artifacts) and articulates the specific ways in which that system reflects choices. • Describes the various sociotechnical systems in which his/her life is embedded. 2. Understands

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

) positions of objectsviewed by a pair of digital cameras. By knowing or estimating the image formation properties ofeach camera, their relative pose, and the pixels pair in each digital image that correspond to aspecific 3D surface location one may invert the image formation process and find the 3Dlocations responsible for reflecting the light sensed by the camera1. Several problems arise inobtaining accurate 3D estimates, which have prompted an explosion of reconstruction techniques(the text by Ma, et al1 is entirely devoted to this subject and discusses in excess of 40 significantpublications on this problem). This is due to the extremely large number of variables involvedwhich, in addition to the geometric problem discussed previously, include

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Ewing, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Barker, Regis University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, the project investigators acted as content experts and constructed apreliminary set of assessment items. The external evaluator reviewed these items andprovided feedback for revision purposes based on the psychometric principles of validityand reliability. Paired t-tests were used to examine whether this measurement reflected astatistically significant difference in the participating teachers’ content knowledge frombeginning to end of the workshop.Second, a self-report survey was administered to teachers at the end of the summerworkshop. This instrument was developed by the institution as a common feedback formused across summer courses. Neither the investigators nor the evaluator influenced thequestions that were included on this survey. The

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Decker, Wentworth Institute of Technology; William Hansen, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Robert Dewar, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

inside covered with plywood. Theresulting thermal resistance (R-Value) of these walls will be 12.12 ft2-h-°F/BTU. The verticalSouth facing side will be made of similar material. The northern slant will have at least 3.25” of Page 13.365.3fiberglass insulation having an R-Value of 10.9 ft2-h-°F/BTU. A reflective material will beattached to the interior side of the northern slant to reflect incoming solar radiation downward.The south facing slanted wall will be made from insulating glass with an R-Value of 1.54 ft2-h-°F/BTU. Aside from determining structural support as a function of loading, snow is notexpected to impact operation of the

Conference Session

Projects & Partnerships Result in Student Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Wanless, Michigan Technological University; Scott Amos, Michigan Technological University; John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; David Wanless, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2AbstractMany Engineering Technology Programs today are focused on advancing students’ skills incommunications, teamwork and analytical reasoning along with cross-disciplinary knowledge inorder to meet the demands of our global economy. This paper explores how a projectinterwoven through the Engineering Technology curriculum can instill these skills in the studentswhile enhancing the learning outcomes of the courses. The objective of the project is toincorporate a problem into the classroom that reflects similar complexities to that of real-worldproblems. By interweaving the project through the Engineering Technology curriculum, it begins to buildon the cross-interdisciplinary knowledge and various skill levels of the students. Students areallowed

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

technique competitive with raster-based algorithms, and some suggest that ray tracing willbegin to dominate interactive rendering in coming years. Figure 1: Image synthesis using ray tracing. The ray tracing algorithm supports complex visual effects that are not easily implemented with raster-based techniques, including depth-of-field, glossy and specular reflections, refraction, soft shadows, and diffuse interreflection.At Grove City College, we have mapped the contents of common graduate-level courses in raytracing to an undergraduate audience. Students design and implement a full-featured ray tracingsystem in a semester-long course that focuses on: ‚ the essential physics and mathematics

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the semester. To varying degrees, these weekly meetings also serveas peer mentoring and community building activities among the teaching teams assigned to eachcourse. There is little communication between graduate students assigned to different courses,even among Graduate Teaching Fellows. Written, qualitative faculty evaluations were veryuseful to workshop leaders, while quantitative student evaluations using a standardized formwere not reflective of the responsibilities of workshop leaders. Recommendations includeexpanding the faculty teaching mentor role, redesigning the student feedback form, and addingsocial activities across course assignments.I. IntroductionThose holding academic faculty positions within a college or university are

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Laura Cruz; Jennifer Renee Meadows

Tagged Topics

Diversity

of college enrollment than othermeasures reflected in standardized testing, such as SATs (Park et al., 2010; Wai et al., 2009;Webb et al., 2007). The effect appears to weaken as the student approaches mastery, and thedegree to which such abilities are sufficient or necessary for advanced work across all STEMfields remains unclear. In engineering, however, spatial reasoning has been identified as a corecompetency for students at both the K-12 and university levels (ABET, 1998; Barr, 2012).Researchers are still exploring what factors may contribute to students’ abilities to reasonspatially. Previous research on gender gaps has proven to be inconclusive, but other factors suchas childhood play, video gaming, and early interventions appear

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aws AlShalash

fromcompleting shorter and targeted assignments successfully earlier in the semester as they buildtheir report for more complex and involve analysis and writing activities over the semester. Theinitially collected data for the two courses show above average performance based on studentsurveys before and after the scaffolding activities. This reflects an indirect assessment wherestudents share their opinion of themselves. The collected data on direct assessment showsincremental improvement in performance of students based on relevant assignments completedin the courses. Additional assessments will be conducted in future offerings as well as othercourses including Dynamics of Machinery, Measurement and Instrumentation, and SystemDynamics and Control as

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Mohammed Shahbazuddin; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

, scheduling, and dispatching those resources as needed.Making this happen requires dynamic control using real-time data. This allows MES to deal withchanging conditions unlike its predecessors, MRP and MRP II. For instance, the software is ableto compensate for machine downtime by re-routing work pieces and resetting priorities.Similarly, inventory availability can be factored into the work plan and production goals adjustedto reflect reality, a critical step when trying to balance sometimes conflicting customer requestsfor finished goods.Warehouse management systems (WMS)Much like an MES, a warehouse management system provides real-time control over resourcesneeded to fill orders. It manages inventory, people, and equipment from receiving to

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Luciana Barroso; Jim Morgan

problems and systems, both in how to break down a problem and identify appropriate simplifying assumptions, as well as how to evaluate their problem solution and system behaviorThese issues are by no means unique to dynamics courses6. However, the nature of the material issuch that these problems become more obvious in this class, and students cannot successfullycomplete the course without addressing these issues. The fundamental nature of these pedagogicalissues is reflected by their close connection to key findings articulated in How People Learn7. Theresearch synthesized indicates that if the learner’s preconceptions (including misconceptions) abouta particular topic are not brought to the surface, then new concepts will

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

James B. Farison; Zhuocheng Yang

formultidisciplinary engineering programs is given at the ASEE website.11 Accreditation of the Multidisciplinary Engineering ProgramsThe roster of accredited multidisciplinary engineering programs and the number of ASEEprogram evaluators needed changes each accreditation cycle, as illustrated in two earlierpapers.12,13 Based on the current listing from the ABET website4 as compiled in Table 2, Table3 gives the number of institutions and the numbers of multidisciplinary engineering programaccreditation visits implied for the six-year accreditation cycle from 2007-08 through 2012-13.Clearly, there is a wide variation reflected by those data in the workload from year to year,ranging from five programs at five institutions in 2008-09 to 20 programs at 20