Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jessica Erin Sprowl; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

processes orproducts.21 Within this frame, they argued that the choices an engineer can make are always “acombination between objective criteria and subjective reflection” (p. 182f) and that the bestproduct would be designed “in the sense of care and compassion for the other in a socialcontext”. (p.183)21HumanitarianHumanitarian engineering is “a balance of technical excellence, economic feasibility, ethicalmaturity, and cultural sensitivity”. (p.1)22 It requires engineers to “design under constraints todirectly improve the wellbeing of underserved populations”. (p.2)22 These constraints might be“not just physical and economic, but also environmental, legal, political, cultural and ethical”.(p.2)23Haselkorn believed that engineers should apply

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

International

list. On the one hand, theNAE list is a very specific set of challenges that seem to reflect the expertise of thecommittee members whereas on the other hand, the students’ list consists of a broad viewof people with less specialized knowledge. The authors’ contention is that both lists arenecessary! Exclusively using the NAE list can result in missing important challengesbecause of its specificity. Using the students’ list exclusively can result in missingimportant details such as what is feasible and realistic due to lack of technologyunderlying the challenge’s definitions. The authors chose to blend the two lists into whatwas hoped was a coherent whole for the students that allowed engagement in some

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

a result, they derived more fromthe course than was possible prior to the integration of actual artifacts, graphics, pictures, andvideos. Incorporating a visual and hands-on component to the lectures fostered very interactiveresults in terms of questions and more in-depth discussions. Although not totally unexpected orunanticipated, it was still encouraging to realize this outcome. This aspect of the project, byitself, has made it a worthwhile and rewarding experience. By using a variety of differentpresentation styles, more students were able to relate directly to the material and learn from it.This was also reflected in the course and faculty student evaluations completed during the lastclass session of the term. Their comments were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Dudevoir, United States Air Force Academy; Andrew Laffely, United States Air Force Academy; Alan J. Mundy, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Once we finallyagreed on a schedule, a set of common products and what design reviews ought to look like, wehad to consider how to develop grades for individuals on the team that reflected more than justthe team success. Initially, some programs were reluctant to have their students evaluated bystudents in other majors (from other departments), but we eventually decided to continue thesame peer evaluation technique described above.We typically scheduled peer evaluations surrounding three events each semester. In the fall,students evaluated each other at the conclusion of requirements definition (system requirementsreview), after completion of a preliminary design (PDR) near the middle of the fall semester andat the completion of detailed

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Will Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Forms Page 15.1063.8To facilitate grading in a large class, much of the feedback from the projects is obtained by theuse of online forms. Each student is required to fill out an online form as part of their grade.The online forms are used both for students to record their data, as well as to reflect on theirperformance as a team.The first team project that the students accomplish is usually an estimation project (e.g. Paint theJumbotron Orange). The feedback form for this project focuses on the performance as a team.The questions asked are:  List all the members of your team.  Did your team choose a leader?  Did your team make a plan

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

like this might be used both as instructional activities or asanother means for assessing problem scoping ability.Implications for the instrumentThe significant difference in total score suggested that the instrument were able to reflect theteachers’ gained experience during the workshop. To further validate the instrument, we plan tohave a second coder apply the rubric to the data and have another group of teachers who do notgo through professional development workshop perform the task twice within the time frame of aweek.Although the total scores showed significant differences, the effect size represented only a smallto medium difference. Because the difference is small, it is possible that the instrument needs tobe refined. It could be that

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

fina inalists are chosen from the pool of lab section wininners by thecourse staff based upon the comm ments received and also on the quality of the preresentations.Once the period of online reflecti ction and finalist selection is complete, the two finalists fin deliverthe actual exam review lecture fo for the entire class. Once the teams finish, the class cl is given fiveto ten minutes to reflect on the prresentations with their peers while the course staff

Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

statement of the final project position at the selected end point. 5. Reflections. This is the only section where any personal opinions or comments are made but they are very limited. They can only cover lessons learned by the Page 15.1208.5 author from the case.Sections 1 through 4 are strictly factual and even section 5 has limited scope for comment.It is important to stress that the case study is not about reliving the project and decidinghow it could or should have been managed. The original participants may share someopinions but the case preparer must stay strictly neutral and objective. It is a difficultposition to take but it is also a

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

students to chat in real-time and participate in virtual face-to-face communication with the instructor. We emphasize that IVLP is still in its prototype stageand requires further testing and enhancements and this paper only reflects our initial results.The rest of this paper is organized as follow. In Section 2 we briefly describe the basic coursedelivery model used in IVLP. In Section 3 we describe the architecture and then we go over thelayout and implementation of IVLP and provide details about individual modules of the system. Page 15.45.22. IVLP Delivery MethodologyThe Integrated Virtual Learning Platform is a pilot project developed by the

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Eddy Rojas, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Page 15.740.4Learning through games and simulations itself emphasizes the learning process.Games and simulations offer interesting and engaging learning processes wherestudents can actively participate, interact with others, and use their experience asthe context. Thereby, students are able to critically reflect about the content.Games and simulations facilitate students’ reflection on those experiences toempower them into altering their current perspectives.In addition, through well-designed and developed games and simulations,supported by innovative technologies, students can inexpensively practicedecision-making as well as problem solving in real-like contexts while having fun.The use of games and simulations may create immersive and highly

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Schroeder, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

directly involved in planned organizational or socialchange.1 Hansen, et al, provide examples of AR that match this description and place theorganizational change in a higher education program assessment context.6 Another characteristicis that the researchers participate in the process or problem being studied, as opposed to adoptingan external observation-only role.5 A third characteristic of AR is that it generally involves aniterative process of cycles that include steps of planning, implementing and observing, andreflecting and assessing.1 The reflecting and assessing phase of a cycle generates the problem tobe solved by the next cycle of AR or it results in termination of the AR process. For the ARprocess results presented here, there were

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

years. The “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright@2005, American Society for Engineering Education”table also lists the percentages of women participating in each senior design offering. Thesenumbers reflect the percentage of women undergraduate students in the entire school. Thenumber of students on Humanitarian Project teams and the percentage of women on these teamsillustrate a significant difference in gender participation. The team composition of humanitariandesignated projects is around 50% women, a doubling of the percentage of women in traditionalprojects.Semester Total Humanitarian Total

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jane Parmentier; Rajeswari Sundararajan

technology core was initially designed by conceptualizing areas perceived to have been‘revolutionized’ by technology, resulting in the categories of telecommunications, transportationand commercial activity, with sustainable development covering energy and environmental issues,critical to any study of development. These subject areas also reflected the disciplinary strengthsat the university. At the same time, as students began entering the program, feedback receivedfrom students indicated that these were areas that fit, for many of them, topics that they wereinterested in professionally. Students are therefore able to take their elective courses in a selectedtechnology core area as well, particularly if their capstone work fits into one of these

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suketu Shah; Gaurav Agarwal; Mohammed Haque

Society for Engineering Educationoccupants. The system reduces energy consumption by making the utility powered hot waterheater in essence a storage facility for hot water heated by the solar system.e) Roofing Products: The biggest recent advance in roofing products technology came with theadvent of the radiant barrier. This physical layer in the roofing system acts to reflect sunlightback out of the roofing system before the light can be trapped and converted into heat inside thebuilding envelope. The systems are simple to install, and only add slightly to initial buildingcosts.f) Motion Sensors: There has been a leaning towards the installation of motion sensors thatwould detect the presence of people. The development of these intelligent

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cathcart; Shanti Bhushan; Sandun Fernando

3Background of Agricultural and Biological EngineeringThe provenance of Agricultural and Biological (Systems) Engineering is from the basicengineering discipline of Agricultural engineering. In the late 60s US engineering schoolsinitiated incorporation of the biological engineering component into traditional agriculturalengineering programs. Mississippi State University is the first US University to initiate abiological engineering program in 1967. As a result, many other traditional agriculturalengineering programs started incorporating biological engineering into their programs which alsoresulted in change of departmental names to reflect program changes.Traditionally, agricultural engineering departments had emphasis on areas of farm mechanization

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cote

Session Number 3548 The Development of a Cooperative Education Project as an Assessment Tool for an Engineering Technology Program Professor Mark Coté, PE Engineering Department Maine Maritime AcademyAbstractCooperative education has been an integral part of the educational program at Maine MaritimeAcademy (MMA) since the founding of the college in 1941. Employers, graduates, and potentialstudents describe MMA’s “hands-on” focus, reflected in these cooperative educationexperiences, to be one of the main advantages of an MMA education. The

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min Jou, National Taiwan Normal University; Yu-Shiang Wu, China Institute of Technology; Han-Wei Zhang, National Taiwan University; Ming-Jenn Wu, National Taiwan Normal University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

coated with thin layers of material. The material to bemade into the coating is dissolved or dispersed into a solvent and this coating solution is thendeposited onto the surface and spun-off to leave a uniform layer for subsequent processing stagesand ultimate use. Some applications that depend heavily on high quality spin coated layers are:photo resist, dielectric/insulating layers for microcircuit fabrication, magnetic disk coatings, flatscreen display coatings, compact disks, television tube phosphor, and anti-reflection coatings.Spin coating technique is also used to deposit thin film to the electrode of a parallel-platecapacitor to perform or improve the functions of capacitors. Fig. 2 shows a spin-coater in ourlaboratory. The wafer is

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

practices that make all others pale in comparison. I'm sorry, but (for example) $35+ per hour with unbelievable benefits for general manufacturing jobs to push the start button on a couple machines every half hour and sit on their butt reading magazines and newspa- pers (instead of doing ANYthing productive) in between machine cycles is NOT GOOD for American manufacturing or America's economy.Comments that deal with the survey in general follow. The comments point out the variationbetween different manufacturing education programs. [Industry Comment] Obviously answers reflect opinions based on our programs and the perceptions of

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Karen Guo, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Teachers College/Columbia University; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

,programs that provide many opportunities for active learning and reflection on practice top thelist. Finally, when looking at impact on knowledge and practice together, the significance of aprofessional community became apparent.Fishman, Marx, Best, and Tal17 presented an analytic framework in their study linking PD tostudent and teacher learning. The participants included 40 teachers teaching sixth, seventh, andeighth grade students in 14 urban schools in Detroit, Michigan. Teachers learned project-basedscience through inquiry pedagogy, which is in line with the constructivist notion of learning.Analysis of pre- and post- assessment, surveys, focus-group discussions, and classroomobservations showed positive impact on teachers’ knowledge, beliefs

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mauro

Page 9.96.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationinfra-red sensors located on the under-carriage of the robot in the front and the back. The sensors areoriented to detect signal reflections from the floor. Each IR system consists of an Optek OP133 infra-redLED, an OP802 photo-transistor, and an LM-324 Schmitt-trigger. The overall BS2 hardware interfaceschematic is given in Figure 3. Table I indicates the connection specifics between the Basic Stamp and therobot hardware. BS2 I/O Pin Function Function BS2 I/O Pin 2 Front Switch Front IR Sensor 9 5 Back

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Robert Davis, Purdue University; Shripad Revankar, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University; Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. IntroductionIn the five years leading up to the beginning of our current strategic planning cycle, the Collegeof Engineering at Purdue had undergone a period of significant growth both in faculty andfacilities. The key questions facing the college centered around how to identify and realize theopportunities that this growth was creating. With this in mind, when the work on the nextgeneration strategic plan began in late 2006, inclusiveness and widespread engagement ofstakeholders were defining goals for the planning process. Reflecting this goal of including alllevels of faculty and staff as well as students, outside academic and industrial experts andalumni,approximately hundreds of people across 25 continentshave been engaged in the preparation ofthe

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

by the department chair and numerical results aretabulated. The CAO is made aware of anyone not using the forms. The answers reflect aconcern for the details of the documentation required. The CAO and Senior Faculty responsestended to be at this level of detail as well.The answers to questions 1, 2 and 3 are more interesting. Here is demonstrated most clearly thedifference in how the evaluator and the person being evaluated view the Process. Those beingevaluated see it more as a method for ensuring that faculty members “measure up,” whereas theevaluators additionally see it as a process that assists in growth and improvement. Those beingevaluated are taking a pragmatic approach – in order to safely navigate the Process, they take itseriously

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

activities and challenges in the previous academic year andaccording to the agenda the participants discuss new topics. Finally, the timetable for the nextsemester is presented and all participants can consult each other about changes and updates.The internal lecturers meet as a group every week and reflects respectively discusses theimpact of changes in the time schedule and curriculum as often as possible. Page 15.967.8Figure 8: Distribution of the internal and external lecturers by semesterSharing the resources – human and machines – of the test beds also requires careful andprecise planning. Students, teachers, engineers and project customers use

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Misty Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Hal R. Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates, Inc.; David Woehr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida

to work in teams; 2), equipfaculty to manage teams; and 3), equip this research team to understand student teams. Thesegoals support each other in hierarchical fashion: research informs faculty practice, facultydetermine the students’ experience, which, if well managed based on research findings, shouldequip students to work in teams. People. People are the groups that will use the proposed system: students, faculty, andresearchers. The hierarchy of people reflects the hierarchy of goals: the work of the research Page 15.1069.3team supports the work of faculty, which in turn supports the work of students and their teams. GOALS

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

anticipated and some that cannot. Appreciates that the development and use of technology involve trade-offs and a balance of costs and benefits. Understands that technology reflects the values and culture of society. Ways of Thinking and Acting Asks pertinent questions, of self and others, regarding the benefits and risks of technologies. Seeks information about new technologies. Participates, when appropriate, in decisions about the development and use of Page 15.1193.4 technology. Capabilities Has a range of hands-on skills, such as using a computer for word processing and

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

limited by available time, suitable equipment andother resources. Such classes may be 'tolerable' experiences for students rather than eagerlysought after learning opportunities.Since 2000, the author has used competitive making (and breaking) of structural models in afirst year Engineering statics course for Engineering students at Victoria University as analternative to traditional laboratory experiments. Models are made from simple low costmaterials and are easily assembled. The enthusiasm with which students approach thesemodel making/testing/breaking assignments has convinced the author of their worth and isfurther reflected by improved grades, reduced drop-out rates and a strongly enhanced level ofpositive student motivation.Models must be

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

Page 9.733.2concepts, not with other skills (e.g., mathematical) necessary for Statics. Most questions do Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationnot involve numbers, although some do. For questions involving some computation, eachanswer still reflects a different conception. In addition, each wrong answer represents thecorrect computation based on an incorrect conception, and the computations themselves aretrivial. Hence, such questions ought to discriminate between conceptual understanding andcomputational ability for most students.Distribution of Questions on Statics Concept InventoryQuestions on

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

D A (in) Figure 9. Relationship between cost and pipe diameter for run A from Example 4.After some instructor guidance for determining the pump suction and discharge piping sizes, andpipe size for run A, students were generally able to use Solver to calculate pipe diameters forruns B through D. They were able to price the piping and pump without any apparent problems.None of the students recalculated flowrates through the runs after adjusting calculated pipediameters to reflect nominal pipe sizes; some students did mention that control valves could beused to balance the flow rates through the four runs if necessary. Also, no students thought ofsetting up and solving an optimization problem as described above. This failure of the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

participate in extra curricular activities includingvarious students’ organizations.The Civil Engineering program at UNAH does not have an area of specialization defined early inthe student’s academic career, this reflects the country’s need for a workforce that is prepared tofunction in several areas during its career. The curriculum prepares students different civilengineering areas, so that students can start their professional career in any of them.Professional training during the academic career is optional at UF trough internships, butopportunities fro interning in a local civil engineering firm are limited due to the city’s size.Students wishing to do an internship often look at major nearby cities like Orlando, Tampa, orJacksonville and make

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

MessesFormulation Agreed Agreed ArguableSolution Agreed Arguable Arguable Figure I: Problems and Messes (Pidd, 1996)The situations we are preparing our graduates for are nearly always, in the real world, "messes".This has significant ramifications for how we approach our construction practice and thus theskills and abilities we need to instill into our graduates.The nature of construction/AEC practice is a subject that has been developed over the past 50years by a number of authors/practitioners to understand the reality of decision making (riskmanagement) in organizations and also reflecting on our theories of practice. The AEC