Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Engineering, and environmental engineering is the only separatebachelor’s degree.After determining the relevant general or engineering science programs, department websites andcollege course catalogs were checked to determine which concentrations were offered withineach program. These results were compiled in a spreadsheet, and the programs offeringenvironmental, civil, or other related type of engineering were further evaluated by examiningcourse plans. The course plans were checked for what specific environmental engineering andsustainability-related curriculum was being offered as a part of the engineering curriculum.Specifically, course titles and course descriptions were searched for the key word“sustainability” or sustainability themes.Results

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Gurau P.E., Kent State University at Tuscarawas

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

the fuel cell industry; iv. To be knowledgeable with the computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) process; v. To acquire experience in project planning, team work, design and creative thinking; vi. To learn how to communicate effectively through reports, engineering drawing, oral presentations supported by PowerPoint and through poster presentations.The course is divided into a lecture session and a laboratory session. In the spring semester of2013 the lecture session covered an introduction to fuel cells, CNC programming, anintroduction to polymers and compression molding of polymers, robotics technology, robotprogramming and an introduction to bulk electrical resistivity measurements. The

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

0.950 1.500*14 Consider a relevant real-world problem -1.400 1.300 0.417 (Data not available) and develop a plan to address it15 Design or implement their own problem -1.500 1.417 1.583* (Data not available) investigation* significance results from difference in means being outside of bootstrapping 95% C.I.Table 3 is the statistical analysis comparing the past and current cohorts on their perceivedimportance of a variety of STEM concepts and the importance of using these as a teachingobjective. The difference in means was calculated by using (past cohorts mean value minuscurrent cohort mean value). Therefore, a positive difference in the mean values results in ahigher value

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Brianna R. McIntyre, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

not discuss the case of themicrostrip in the first semester of our sequence, so the students would need to be quite confidentof their experimental and computational methods before tackling it. Thus the students wouldhave an example of validating a computational technique with known cases and the applying it toan unknown case.For the computational work, we decided to use MATLAB since all of the students had taken aprogramming course that included MATLAB at some point in their curriculum. The MATLABlanguage had also been used in prior physics and engineering classes taken by these students.The plan was that students would be given a sample program implementing a relaxation solverfor the coaxial cable geometry with specific inner and outer radii

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cho Sehyeong, Myong Ji University; Yeonseung Ryu, Myongji University; Sang-Kyun Kim, Myongji University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

editor/execution environmentThe ExperimentFirst, we conducted an experiment in order to see if there is any enhancement in learning withCFL. Instead of measuring a long-term effect (e.g., one semester), we decided to measure rathera short-term effect. The reason is that long-term effects are not only difficult to measure, but canalso be easily intervened by many unforeseen factors. Thus, in order to minimize such sideeffects, the study was planned as a very short-term and tightly-controlled experiment. We had two classes of the C programming course, one with 32 students and the other with33, all freshmen, CS majors. None of the students had taken programming courses before. Theywere taught by the same instructor on the same weekdays, but in

Conference Session

Methods of Teaching and Learning in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

more effectivetraining methodologies to be developed. Further, understanding training effectiveness isimportant for construction management students that will eventually be expected to providetraining for industry employees.IntroductionThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates under the rules of OSHAregulation 1926.503 that employees exposed to potential fall hazards receive training in the useof personal protective equipment and safety practices as part of its regulations governingconstruction work. Employers are required to develop and maintain fall protection plans andeducate employees of the content of those plans. Training programs must include instructingemployees on how to recognize and mitigate potential fall

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 23.221.5important, demonstrating that while not every students’ misconceptions havebeen repaired, most students have experienced long-term misconception repair.Second, these results follow from just two ~15 minute activities in each conceptarea. That is, relative to the entire time students devote on this course, arelatively tiny additional investment creates significant change in conceptualunderstanding.For future work, we plan to continue analysis of these data to better understandhow students’ understanding changes over time and transfers to novel situations.We also plan to isolate the impact of particular activities on the post-test scores.Finally, we are revising and re-envisioning our heat transfer activities to makethem more

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter; David Elizandro

Page 10.185.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 3. Integrated Project Assignments. Course Focus Assignment Reverse engineering, value engineering, Identify component parts and find value engineering and engineering opportunities. Order parts if needed. economy Develop an operations process chart and plan for Charting product assembly and inspection

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Westbrook

below.Attribute 1, Goals - 1Attribute 2, Support - 1Attribute 3, Peer Support - 3Attribute 4, Access to Technology - 3Attribute 5, Support of “Godfathers” - 1Success Environment Measure – 9Conclusion: low probability for success.Case 2In the early 1990’s, the Industrial Engineering Department of Central South University wasstruggling to survive. Enrollment was declining. Two of the ten full time faculty members had left.Contracts and grants were lower than other departments and were declining. There was talk of mergingthe department with Mechanical Engineering, which both departmental faculties were against, or closingdown the department entirely. The Dean agreed to a plan developed by the IE Department. The planincluded hiring a new faculty member with

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erin Cejka; Chris Rogers

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”of engineering, it is quite possible that the way teachers will most effectively learn aboutengineering is quite different from the methods that have proved successful with students.Teachers and DesignThough there has been much research done about students engaging in open-ended engineeringdesign problems 46,47,48,49 and some research about preservice teachers 50,51, there seems to be noresearch about inservice teachers in this area. Campbell McRobbie, Sarah Stein, and Ian Ginns’research with preservice teachers provides the most useful insights for the proposed research.Preservice teachers defined their tasks and stuck with their general plan throughout the activity52.This is in contrast

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Sanju Patro

differences, exchange of scholastic and business experiences, andcommunication skills must be considered.We plan to capture the students’ experiences from different countries and use it as a marketingtool for recruiting new engineering students. The project experience will also provide graduatingengineering students a unique advantage in demonstration their exposure to global teamenvironments to potential hiring organizations. Finally, we will provide a clear process forcreating this opportunity at Kettering University by special assistance from WebEx Corporationand Cordys Corporation through the use of their communication and business collaborationplatform technologies, respectively[1].The Global Collaboration InfluenceThe inevitable evolution of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Lynn Alpert; Jacqueline Isaacs

plan tooffer a new course focusing on worker health, safety, and regulatory issues to undergraduates inthe physical sciences and engineering; faculty teaching a course on engineering ethics havestarted to incorporate nanotechnology cases; a faculty member in English has even added acritical review of nanotech science fiction dystopias to his popular course, "Monsters, Apes, andNightmares.”Secondary School Education in an Emerging Nanotech World"We must educate people on what nobody knew yesterday and prepare people in our schools forwhat no one knows yet, but what some people must know tomorrow." - Margaret MeadThe crunch in university engineering curricula would be relieved of course if students werebetter prepared going in. We have already

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Masciadrelli; Nicholas Massa; Gary Mullett

learningstrategies, metacognition deals with knowledge about one’s self as a learner, the task at hand,and the most effective learning strategies for a particular situation (i.e., metacognitiveknowledge), as well as how learning is monitored, organized, and reflected upon as the processcontinues9, 33 (i.e., self-regulation). Researchers34, 35 argue that metacognitive learners are morestrategic in their learning and perform better than learners who do not employ metacognitiveprocesses. Metacognitive ability is responsible for how individuals plan, sequence, and monitortheir learning in a way that directly improves performance9. Bransford8 et al. cite numerous

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

andimprove the reliability of each module. AuthorwareTM by Macromedia is a softwarepackage that provides pathways to track the use of a learning module. In addition to Page 9.889.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtesting, the sections of module use and the time spent on each section can be documented.This process is complex to develop; however the application is to develop planning forfuture modules using a simpler software approach.Plan Determination of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Batta; Ron Zuckerman

entrepreneurs andengineers, is included along with multiple aspects of the projects including IntellectualProperty protection, business plan development support, market analysis, prototyping,and the design process. Page 9.534.11 Dan Moore is the Associate Dean to the Faculty, the four other authors are the student managersIntroductionEngenius Solutions is striving to assist in the development of engineers who have theability to think like entrepreneurs. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is stellar attechnical undergraduate education and has been recognized as such, but with theexperiences that undergraduates are gaining through Engenius Solutions

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Osman El-Sayed

supervised the construction ofthe Delta dam (Barrages) and contributed the first plans of the Suez Canal.In the beginning following the French model of the "Ecole Polytechnique" and "Ecole desMines", the school curricula privileged theoretical studies specially mathematics. Soon it wasrealized that the model of the "Ecole Nationale des Arts et Manufactures" was more adequateas its curricula were more technology oriented.The fall of Egypt under British Occupation in 1882, brought the dominance of the Britishinfluence and model. It was established from 1902 to 1924 through the first three directors ofthe Royal School of Engineering, who were British. However the presence of Dr. CharleAndrea, a former professor and dean of the Zurich School of

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

. Indeed, the current student populationis a mix of graduates of RIT’s BSTET program and BSEE graduates from other institutions.Technical electives are currently offered in three areas: • Network planning and design • Fiber optic technology and systems • Wireless telecommunication “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.59.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”It is expected that more electives will be added to the program in these and other areas.A student may also include up

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

) • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) • Statistical Process Control (SPC) • Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) • Design of Experiments (DOE) • Process Capability Analysis (PCA) • Measurement Systems Analysis • Multi-Variant Studies • Control Plans • Pugh Matrix (Criteria Matrix), etc.A brief description of some of the above tools are given below [1,2]:Cause and Effect Diagrams: Developed by Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa, these diagrams explainthe factors causing a problem and how those factors are result in a singleeffect . It deals with everything related to a particular problem. These diagrams arearranged in four main categories. For manufacturing generally, 4Ms (Machinery,Manpower, Methods

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

conference papers.The Blended Learning Pilot Project (6) started in the Fall quarter 2003 with five courses.Four were traditional face-to-face (F2F) classes which substituted at least 25% of theclassroom lecture and seat-time activities with online group activities and discussions. Page 9.860.1The fifth course, which is the topic of this paper, was originally planned as a fully “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”asynchronous distance learning course. The course was offered in two sections

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers have laboratory exercises as integral part ofthe course. Some other courses, such as heat transfer and thermodynamics, would benefit from alaboratory where key principles can be demonstrated. We plan to build a process bench wheremany of the above mentioned experiments may be conducted and principles demonstrated.Additionally, the program as a whole would benefit from an installation where a series ofequipment are interconnected as one sees in an industrial situation. An integrated set up wouldalso provide the students an opportunity to combine a variety of lessons they learn in seeminglyunconnected courses. Engineering Technology students in various courses are helping in designand construction of parts of the

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Depew

Monterey Bay vision. The faculty member’s contributions to Professional Application shall be evaluated using the Performance Evaluation Standards for scholarly achievement.Michigan State University has also adopted guidelines for evaluating outreach. In its publication“Points of Distinction: A Guidebook for Planning & Evaluating Quality Outreach”[9] publishedin 1996, they note that “The Provost’s Committee on University Outreach defines outreach as …a form of scholarship that cuts across teaching, research, and service.” “It involves generating,transmitting, applying, and preserving knowledge for the direct benefit of external audiences inways that are consistent with university and unit missions.” In Ernest Lynton’s “Making

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

the 2-D plan of a typical three-bedroom reinforced concrete building: A 2-D planof a typical three-bedroom reinforced concrete building was developed using AutoCAD (Figure2). Next, the elevation and section for this building was also developed using AutoCAD.2. Developing the 3-D model in AutoCAD: A 3-D model for the building was developed usingAutoCAD. Page 9.124.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education3. Identifying the steps in constructing a reinforced concrete residential building: The

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Murray

comparedifferences in attitudes, behaviors, and academic results. Comparisons are also made toother sections of the same course in previous years.Introduction In the movie Mona Lisa Smiles, Julia Roberts portrays a new art history instructorat a private women’s college. She begins her first lecture in an introductory class and isshocked that the students already know all of the works of art she planned to present thatday. As she becomes more and more flustered, one of the students reveals that they havealready read the entire textbook. At first, this sends Julia’s character into a tailspin, butshe recovers and develops a richer course that she and the students both enjoy and learnfrom. Many of us would argue that this is Hollywood fantasy, not any

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

aregiven a “plan of attack”, where a set of prescribed experiments are given, data collection isrequired, and results are compared to the theoretical standard to determine how accurate orprecise students were with respect to the “right” or theoretical answer. The second type oflaboratory experience is the design. Students are given a design goal or objectives, and little orno supporting information on how to design. This is almost equivalent to dropping students inthe deep end of the pool without teaching them how to swim.There is currently a large gap between these two types of laboratory experiences. In the firstexperience, students are focused on how to get the equipment to give them the answer that mostclosely resembles the lecture material or

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janice Duy; Scott Dunning

Windows system planned as the web server. This seemed to be themost logical choice at the time since multiple simultaneous requests to the server wereanticipated. By using applets, which run entirely on the client machine, the processingpower of the server would not be needed to perform the calculations required inprocessing user data; processing would be done on the client computer. This also madethe program platform- and browser-independent, since all that was needed was a Java-enabled browser.The application was built and installed on an internal server, then tested in accordancewith the goals outlined above. Figure 2 below is a screen shot of one of therecommendations from the Workbook

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. C. York; Tamara Knott

describes annual EDGD freshman design challenge, details Virginia Tech’sparticipation and success in the event and encourages more participation by our sisterinstitutions. The role of the ASEE contest within the Virginia Tech first-year engineeringprogram is discussed. Details of the planning, implementation, and costs for the constructionworkshops are provided and tips for conducting similar workshops requiring only limitedfacilities and funds are provided. Finally, the success of the workshop is evaluated via a studentsurvey.BackgroundDesign projects are commonly used at all levels of undergraduate engineering education to teachengineering design, graphics communication, and teamwork. Projects offer an opportunity to putinto practice the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

Session 2005-229A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS: THE EDGE PROGRAM IN THE SECOND YEARDan G. Dimitriu, Jerry O’ConnorPhysics, Engineering, and Architecture DepartmentSan Antonio CollegeThis paper presents the results and the lessons learned from the second iteration of the EDGESummer Program that was initiated in 2003[1]. This project was funded by the AlamoCommunity College District Foundation and the National Science Foundation, with additionalsupport from the ENLACE Foundation. Plans for the next program in Summer 2005 are alsooutlined.Recruiting and retaining students is a persistent challenge for engineering educators in almostevery engineering program. Many universities and colleges have been using a broad range ofoutreach programs to introduce

Conference Session

Issues of Building Diversity

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carla Purdy; Mara Wasburn

Diversity in Engineering Education--What Are the Perceived Issues? Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati (carla.purdy@uc.edu) Mara Wasburn, Purdue University (mwasburn@purdue.edu)AbstractAt the Annual ASEE Conference in June 2004, three ASEE divisions--the Graduate Division,Women in Engineering, and Minorities in Engineering--co-sponsored a panel session on"Recruiting and Building Diversity". In this paper we summarize the issues raised by the panelmembers and by members of the audience in June 2004 as an introduction to a further discussionof diversity, along with a plan for action, by leading engineering educators. Issues of concern atthe 2004 session

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

truss configurations and analysis results. Structural material was standard manila filefolder; connection strength was provided by wood glue. Span length was 25 cm; service-levelstrength was associated with a mid-span application of 6 kg, and the minimum factor-of-safetyfor design was 2.Figure 3: Experimental Strength Determination. Figure 4: A successful bridge.By the end of the project, students were expected to be able to: • Conduct experiments, collect and analyze data to develop empirically-based design models for structural members. • Design a model truss bridge to meet a set of design requirements. • Construct a model truss bridge, consistent with their set of plans and specifications. • Analyze and Assess

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

depth of understanding to follow, review and challenge the subject experts in all facets of the program. ‚" Represent best practice clearly and concisely. ‚" Understand the quantitative interactions between engineering, markets and costs. ‚" Communicate complex interactions in effective terms to all stakeholders.There is frequently also a management role but that varies a lot from company tocompany. We have therefore concentrated on aspects of technical communication andinteraction. To further explore the job and its implications, groups of chief engineers inthe member companies were interviewed. As well as identifying ways in which theycould directly contribute to the planned certificate, this process also highlighted a numberof