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Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edgar Blevins

Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has also putmore focus on including engineering management education in undergraduate engineeringprograms.4 This growth may be the result of a better understanding of the discipline and itsimportance. Industry and ABET recognizes that engineers today need not only have strongtechnical skills, but also must have management skills to help them with the organizational,staffing, planning, financing, and the human element in production, research and service issues Page 7.134.1they will soon face. Palmer (2001) states that a different type of engineer wants a degree that Proceedings of the 2002

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vipin Kumar; Scott Eberhardt

engineering at Boeing. The following six weeksconsisted of individually-tailored "shadowing assignments," centering around eachfellow’s respective area of technical interest. During this time, the fellows wereindividually exposed to different management and technical programs and lived amongBoeing engineers and staff engaged in the day-to-day dynamics of engineering practice. Page 7.821.1These activities included participation in Integrated Product Teams, customer and partnervisits, planned tours of Boeing facilities, demonstrations of rapid prototyping, advancedProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Eugene Rutz; Cathy Maltbie

studies with engineering students, and wehope to build on that current knowledge base. We plan to use the data gathered todetermine implications for teaching and using technology to enhance learning.Description of ProgramAll classes received in-person instruction which varied depending on the specificinstructional technology used in that class. The traditional class and the interactive videoclasses were standard lectures. Students in the web-based class and the streaming videoclass were required to preview the Mechanics I course material prior to the class. Theinstructor’s role changed from the traditional lecturer to that of mentor; he revieweddifficult concepts, answered questions, worked problems and gave practical examples.A statistical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

, and is integrated withMATLAB and Stateflow for modeling event-driven behavior. It is used interactivelyfor DSP design, communications system design and control system design as well as forother simulation applications.SystemView of ELANIX 5 Inc., is a comprehensive dynamic systems analysisenvironment for the design and simulation of engineering or scientific systems. Itprovides sophisticated analysis engine for digital signal processing, RF/Analog, filterdesign, control system, communications systems and other general mathematicalsystems. It combines an intuitive block diagram interface and extensive libraries foreasy system design.EDX SignalPro is based on powerful wireless network planning tools developed by theEDX 6 division of Comarco

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Yee

of theproduct design projects are initiated by identifying the needs for the market. The productdevelopment can be either market-driven or new technology-driven. Once the needs areidentified, the first thing to do is plan for the design. This may include forming the design team,developing the required tasks, and establishing a project schedule. Employing concurrentengineering, design team usually consists of project manager, design project engineer,manufacturing engineer, material engineer, and quality assurance engineer. Depending on thesize of a company, a person may serve in multiple roles as mentioned earlier.Secondly, engineering specifications are developed based on who the customers are, what theirrequirements are, and what the

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

inengineering, and future plans and commitment to engineering were also collected at the beginning of theacademic year. At the end of the academic year, students were asked for their perception of the climateat Rowan, their satisfaction and dissatisfaction with specific aspects of the program, their participation invarious types of activities over the course of the year, their attitudes toward engineering at this point intime, and future plans and commitment to engineering. For purposes of comparability, the surveys weredesigned after reviewing several other survey instruments used in recent studies and incorporating elementsfrom them.1 Focus group interviews with about a third of the female students and interviews with facultyfilled in some of the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Mack; Yacob Astatke

course was to make sure that none of thestudents placed in the Math 106 - Basic Algebra remedial course. The results of theprogram which had 13 participants were excellent: 7 students placed in Math-241(Calculus I) and 6 students placed in Math-141, which is one semester Pre-Calculuscourse. Plans are on the way to expand the program and offer the course to 50-75students next summer. Page 6.126.1‘‘Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering 1 Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education’’I. IntroductionThe biggest concern

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2001 Annual Conference

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James Barrott

292. Electro-Mechanical OptionEZ 122 Applied Electricity 3MZ 122 Fluid Mechanics 3MZ 112 Mechanical Piping Systems 3EZ 124 Motor Control 3MZ 124 Principles of Thermodynamics 3MZ 130 Principles of Machine Operation 3MZ 200 Machine Shop Principles I 3MZ 131 Intro To Welding 3MZ 201 Machine Shop Principles II 3MZ 210 Planned Preventive Maintenance 3 303. Automated Control OptionEZ 122 Applied Electricity 3MZ 122

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo

-U.S. citizens with permanent visas. A survey of the latter group of graduatesthat focused on their plans after graduation showed that 14.4% of the total wanted to pursueacademic careers while 49.9% planned for employment in industry. Thus, an educationalprogram that includes partnering with industry would better meet the needs of one-half of thedoctoral students in the study group. One can only speculate on the effect that such a program Page 7.1159.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

and promote leadership in engineer's service to society. Strategic Plan College of Engineering The University of Texas at AustinThe College of Engineering at UT-Austin has developed (and continues to develop)courses in engineering entrepreneurship, viii creativity and innovation, and product Page 7.1073.2development ix for a broad cross-section of students. The College has also developed Proceedings of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin L. Sill; Elizabeth R. Crockett; Matthew Ohland

Session 2793 Thinking about the Scheduling of the Introduction to Engineering Syllabus: Using a Just-in-Time Approach Matthew W. Ohland, Benjamin L. Sill, Elizabeth R. Crockett General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractThe Introduction to Engineering course at Clemson (1 semester hour) has undergone significantchange in the past year to become Introduction to Engineering and Science. This paper describeshow this significant change was managed in terms of the course schedule. The timing of variouscourse components was carefully planned for maximum effectiveness. A

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2001 Annual Conference

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Ray Bachnak

C504 board 4 1 P1.6 3 2 1 SW DIP-2 Fig. 4 A Simple I/O Microcontroller Circuit IV. Students’ Feedback and Future Plans A major challenge that the instructor encountered while teaching this course was covering a wide range of topics at a level acceptable for a senior level course. Students started complaining about too much work around the fourth week of the semester. Realizing that it was impossible to adequately teach both microprocessors and microcontrollers in one course, adjustments were made so that while microcontrollers were taught, the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Givens; Anita L. Callahan

plan for implementation of this delivery system. Chancellor’s Memorandum CM-C-04.00-02/97 outlines the structure of the FEEDS system, and provides direction for statewideoperations. While individual universities produce and facilitate the delivery of engineering degreeprograms and courses, the FEEDS system is overseen by the following three entities:• Florida Council of Engineering Deans (FCED) - Consists of the deans of the State University System (SUS) colleges of engineering. FCED reports annually to the Board of Regents Page 6.498.1 regarding the status of FEEDS operation, and, as the need arises, advises the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Rogers; Kelly Burton; Kamisha Hamilton

. Students are exposed to other research available on campusthrough weekly meetings and faculty seminars, and have opportunities to visit industry andnational laboratories. Planned social activities are available to all participants. At the end of theprogram, students present their work in an open forum Participating students seemed to have benefited greatly from the program. Eighty fivepercent of the students felt the conference answered their questions about graduate school. Moststudents commented that the program solidified their decision on pursing graduate studies and thatthe experience gave them practical and real world experience. Eighty three percent of studentsreported that they were more interested in attending graduate school after

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenberg; Raymond Thompson

. Ultimately we plan to have contacts in all major geographic areas of the globe.Phase II consists of in-situ visits to several of these programs. An issue of high importance isthat students participating at any of the selected programs receive a high quality, comparableexperience. To ensure that the resources utilized for such visits are effective, the visitationteams will use a template. These teams will consist of faculty and industrial advisors who willvisit the selected educational institutions. There will be a set of questions, objectives andexpectations that will have to be addressed and completed by the teams. The teams will interviewstudents, faculty and people living in the surrounding areas of the university. They will conduct

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Varma; Virendra Varma

department, and ask questions without being tied to any one single person inthe department. It is also very important to have access to several other mentors on campus. In astructured mentoring program which is outlined below, new faculty are introduced to severalmentors on campus in a planned meeting. Such a meeting sets the stage for networking withother faculty members on campus.Establishing a Structured Mentoring ProgramDepending upon the organizational structure of the institution, a mentoring program can be runby several different groups on campus. It can be run by the faculty senate, or more easily couldbe housed in the office of academic affairs. A branch of the academic affairs office cansupervise the operation of the mentoring program. The

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremiah Neubert; Cynthia Widstrand; C. Swanson; Arthur Ellis; Ann Pumper

teaching materials to introduce materials science into the curriculum. Three teachingmodules were developed around an existing kit, "Exploring the Nanoworld". The first module,"Memory Metals", explores some of the unique properties of Nitinol along with its applications. Thesecond module, "X-ray Diffraction and Scanning Probe Microscopy," uses two techniques fordemonstrating the existence of atoms and determining their relative positions. Finally, a module on "LightEmitting Diodes" (LEDs) shows students how trends in the periodic table can be used to design theseversatile light sources. Each unit is aligned with the National Science Education Standards and isaccompanied by curriculum suggestions, sample lesson plans, and unit assessments

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Taylor; Emilia Mironovova

the MtF students. The MtF students sentabstracts describing their research to the EET students. Internet cameras were used to have aconference between the two groups. The MtF students’ poster presentations were sent toKokomo and displayed, and videotapes of the EET students’ final design demonstrations weresent to Trnava. While these initial achievements were modest, we learned from that initialexperience and continued developing the collaboration.The initial project developed much more slowly than we had hoped. Forming our partnershipafter the start of the fall semester made planning and implementation difficult. The authors hadnot clarified their goals or agreed upon a timetable for completion of the assignments. Failure topair the

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

plan and Appreciation of the imperatives of between technical systems and the other disciplines and professions to Appreciation of the nature of risk, quantify performance over the life- Impact of Acquisition of broad educational safety and of sustainability, and social, cultural, environmental, broaden knowledge, achieve cycle of a project or program, background and/or general both of a technical kind and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

scientificprinciples, there was actually a decline of approximately 4% in the scores. The overallimprovement in overall grades for the project appears to come primarily from improvedorganization of students’ presentations.Conclusions and Future DirectionsResults so far are promising, though inconclusive due to the small sample size and mixed results.We will continue to use the Technology in the News during the Spring 2011 semester, with twomodifications. First, we plan to utilize the assignment more frequently, providing additionalpractice and formative assessment to the students. Second, we plan to incorporate additionalclassroom discussion to help students understand the difference between science and technology,and to understand how new technologies impact

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

indicated that curriculum changeultimately rests on the classroom teacher. For example, in several studies on the integration ofnew science curricula, researchers found the following barriers: lack of equipment, lack ofsupport from a professional development team, lack of time to plan and teach the lessons,insufficient teacher content knowledge, and teacher beliefs about the teaching and learning andthe innovation to be implemented that were incompatible with success.5, 6In terms of engineering curricula specifically, researchers have found additional constraints. For Page 22.877.3instance, Hutchinson, Bryan, and Bodner found that teachers

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Melissa L Moore, American Society of Agricultural Engineers; Rodney A. Pearson, Mississippi State University; Robert S. Moore, Mississippi State University; Allison Pearson, Mississippi State University; Abby Lammons Thompson, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, conduct a focus group, market theapplication, prepare written business plan components, present oral team progress reports, &finalize their application for submission for review by Apple. Throughout the course, studentspartner their skill-sets together in order to effectively develop and market an app. It is critical foreach team to have a group of students with diverse skill sets. For example, each team is in needof the following skills: • Technical expertise: an Objective C Programmer to write code for the app; • Marketing expertise: an individual with understanding of consumer needs and wants, the ability to

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jonathan E. Singer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jacqueline Krikorian; Tushar P. Sura, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Education

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

practice‟10. The teachers utilized these same strategies and materials as they formed small teams to plan and practice teach, the same curriculum to Upward Bound students in the afternoon sessions. In this situation, the curriculum materials are used as a mechanism to engage teachers in concrete tasks of teaching, assessment, observation,and reflection that illuminates the processes of

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison A. Dingwall, Howard University; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

also maintaining fidelity to required coursework in the given discipline, thus necessitatingcontinual review and revision of the curriculum from a holistic perspective16.Throughout the workshop, participants were asked to iteratively design curriculum plans thatwere learning centered and to implement these plans at their own institution. In addition,participants were encouraged to connect with other workshop participants to discuss possiblesuccesses and challenges in implementing engineering curriculum reform at their institutions.While discussing curriculum reform, participants reviewed and attempted to relate theircurriculum goals to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Engineer of 2020 Attributes3.Participants received instruction and

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, science and engineering(3): an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs(5): an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems(7): an ability to communicate effectively(10): knowledge of contemporary issuesManufacturing Engineering track-specific ABET outcomes applicable for this course aresuggested to be:Graduates:(M2): have proficiency in process, assembly, and product engineering and understand thedesign of products and the equipment, tooling and environment necessary for theirmanufacture(M3): appreciate the necessity for manufacturing competitiveness and understand how tocreate competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy and controlThe outcomes may be assessed via homework

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M Hynes, Tufts University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Megan Kiely Mueller, Tufts University; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

fosters thedevelopment of engineering knowledge, skills, and achievement, both within college and inlaunching a successful career as an engineer. We define a successful engineering career as onethat is beneficial to the young person and – through his or her skills, creativity andentrepreneurship – to society. While it is of course the case that students need to developtechnical fluency in science, engineering, and math, as well as the ability to approach problemsfrom a multidisciplinary perspective, there is reason to believe that these science/technologyskills are not sufficient to foster engineering achievement in school and in life. The Personalfactors, such as motivation, orientation towards teamwork, planning, persistence and even

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawretta C. Ononye, State University of New York, Canton

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

project is to increase the recruitment of women (ethnic and non-ethnic)and minority students in the School of Engineering Technology programs affected by thisproject. The SET management team members developed supplemental recruitment plan whichincludes the following: 1) Visit local and regional schools with high record of underrepresentedgroups, 2) Visit community colleges in the area, 3) Discuss and distribute S-STEM informationduring all Open House activities at the college, 4) Discuss and distribute S-STEM informationduring Women in Engineering day at the college, 5) Make S-STEM information available on thecollege website, 6) Design flyers and make it available at various placed on campus. Table 2below shows some of the regional and local

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

community of learning within the discipline of chemical engineering (ChE) focused onconcept-based instruction. The project plan is to develop and promote the use of a cyber-enabledinfrastructure for conceptual questions, the AIChE Concept Warehouse, which ultimately couldbe used throughout the core ChE curriculum (Material and Energy Balances, Thermodynamics,Transport Phenomena, Kinetics and Reactor Design, and Materials Science). Conceptualquestions, both as Concept Inventories and ConcepTests, will be available through an interactivewebsite maintained through the Education Division of the American Institute of ChemicalEngineers (AIChE), the discipline’s major professional society. The overall objective is to lowerthe activation barrier for using

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene C. Koch Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction

abroad program, theoutcomes included: cultural awareness, foreign language skills, and different constructionpractices.8,9 Some of the common outcomes reported by the students include:  Greater motivation  Ability to integrate  Development of leadership and communication skills  Accessing understanding in different ways  Teamwork  Project planning  Life-long learningThe final part of the service learning experience is to ensure that the students are connecting theactivity to the academic objectives. 10 This is done by reflection activities throughout theexperience. It is important to assist the students into differentiating the learning experiences. Thereflection should connect with, but not be limited to

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

. TheSuZhou Art Museum floor plan is shown in Figure 2 in Appendix. He built it on a symmetricalnorth-south axis, which is one of the design principles of Chinese architecture. It allows thebuilding to take advantage of the sun’s warmth and reflections (Figure 3 in Appendix). Thestructure is built to surprise the visitor when walking down the winding interior corridorsoffering tracery windows with a view of the central courtyards and gardens. Traditional gardenelements are prominent. There is the main garden, with eight small gardens. Every angle has agarden view. From the outside, the buildings reflect the traditional Suzhou private garden style; itis in harmony with its surrounding atmosphere. The five garden design elements are used in thedesign