Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

, Kember and Leung13 Academic Self-efficacy* Bandura14, Pajares15 Leadership* Hayden and Holloway16 Team vs. Individual Orientation* McMaster17 Expectancy-Value Wigfield and Eccles18 + Major Indecision Osipow19 * Developed internally based upon the cited reference(s). + Originally developed and presented as a Career Indecision scale by the Osipow19 and modified to be an Engineering Major Indecision scale.Figure 3 provides an example of prior research wherein modeling was used to identify importantfactors for predicting “success” of male and female, where success was operationalized as “1year retention,” “8 semester graduation

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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International

maps and determine positions with relative ease. The professionalsurveyor, whose career has been the production of maps at varying scales and accuracies, nowfaces real challenges in keeping abreast with the technological advances. Surveyors in Nigeriaare burdened by: ≠ new and changing user demand for products in varying formats, ≠ inadequate knowledge to explore or venture into new and emerging areas of opportunities, ≠ diminishing career opportunities.Although new and emerging technological innovations are creating new opportunities forsurveyors many feel unprepared to explore or to venture into these new technologies.To reverse the trend, a committee from the Department of Surveying & Geoinformatics at theUniversity

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1232: DEVELOPMENT OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR ATECHNOLOGY PROGRAMFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Renewable Energy Course for a Technology ProgramAbstractEnergy systems play a critical role in everyday life and are an important part of engineering. Theacademic, business, and industry fields have been seriously pursuing renewable energy systemsadvantageous to their needs. Students graduating from engineering and technology programs areinvolved in buying, managing, and trading alternative energies during their careers as part

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1256: STUDENTS BUILT EDUCATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGYTRAINING UNITSFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.1131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student-Built Renewable Energy Training UnitAbstractEnergy is one of the major building blocks of modern society. Understanding energy meansunderstanding energy resources and their limitations, as well as the environmental consequencesof their use. When preparing students for their future careers, real world training is a plus duringtheir education. Renewable energy training units are very important for the hands-on laboratorysections of energy

Conference Session

Industrial Interactions and Educational Resources

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

once we are able to get a better understanding of how everything works. We are currently expanding in the hopes that our workload will continue to increase. It seems that many manufacturing companies are currently hesitant to expand in the area of simulation due to tighter budgets. However, when something arises where those same companies need some work done in 3D, we are more than happy to step in and do the work for them!4. How much did this simulation curriculum benefit you personally in your career development? Personally my training at Ohio Northern benefited me very much. Even though I trained on Delmia's D5 platform IGRIP the same logical thinking and general user interface helped

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Miquel Barcelo, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Didac Balas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Maria Ribera Sancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Jordi Garcia, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

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Graduate Studies

effectiveness of their choice of electives inconsideration of the student’s career goal. The required research and development based directedproject will also be guided by this committee which also serves as the students final examiningcommittee. The program will culminate in the award of two Masters degrees (one from each sideof the Atlantic) and the issuing of transcripts and diploma supplements from each of the threepartner institutions.The key content components, overviewed in Figure 1, of the dual degrees include formal studyof: ≠ Research and development and statistics ≠ Technology policy and innovation ≠ Globalization and international perspectives ≠ An international language ≠ A technology deepening or broadening experience that could

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Devine

. Initial aspects of this career change were not completely positive. The visiting appointment was accepted much due to the loss of a job with an engineering consulting firm and occurred with less than 3 weeks before the first class began. This made the work of preparing to teach 3 classes for a first time instructor all the more challenging. Syllabi were prepared, classes were held, and grades were assigned for this first semester of teaching but the effectiveness of teaching was suspect and the amount of learning by students was questioned by the instructor. Student evaluations and comments from the Page 10.601.1 first year of teaching were below

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Deborah Sharer; David Murphy; Stephen Kuyath

Engineering EducationIntroductionThe United States is facing a shortage of engineers because white female, African American,Latino, and Native American high school students traditionally have had little encouragement orhave exhibited little interest in pursuing careers related to these subjects1. Although they do notrealize it, these students are depriving themselves of many technical and scientific careerchoices, as well as access to high salaried occupations2.In 1995, women made up about 46 percent of the U.S. labor force but only about 9 percent of theengineering labor force3. If more women and minorities can be persuaded to purse a degree inengineering the imminent shortage can be averted. Although women currently comprise 52percent of high

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

, meetings, contact details, and schedules. • Project allows you set up project management information.The Microsoft Office Specialist exams evaluate and qualify your overall comprehensionof Microsoft Office or Microsoft Project applications, your ability to use their advancedfeatures, and your ability to integrate them with other software applications. Thisqualification helps to set students apart in today's competitive job market, bringingemployment opportunities, greater earning potential and career advancement, in additionto increased job satisfaction. Some research reveals: • Up to 83% of employers feel their Microsoft Office Specialist certified employees are more productive. • Up to 82% of employers believe Microsoft

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

life of the ASEE Manufacturing Division, education in manufacturing engineering and manufacturing engineering technology has faced more-or-less continuous challenge. It has always been difficult to convey the excitement and fulfillment of a manufacturing engineering career to young students -- and to the choice as an undergraduate major. It has always been difficult to make the case for the value proposition of expensive laboratories with university administrators. It has always been difficult to forge and maintain meaningful and effective linkages between campus and industry. Over the years, these challenges have been framed to reflect the crucial focus of the time -- of a particular year. At several key points in the past

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Cheng Chen, Meiho Institute of Technology; Yi-Chien Lin, Meiho Institute of Technology; Ron Chuen Yeh, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

each of the course in their formal education, are now familiar with aboutit as well as how practical the topic will be in their career. The research findings may beinstrumental for e-commerce training programs, licensing bodies, departments and curriculumdesigners in field of software engineering. The results of this study can provide usefulsuggestions to help software engineers for selecting the suitable and right learning courses aswell as to act as practicable guidelines for EC curriculum planning and development.Keywords: software engineer, e-commerce, EC education, curriculum development, knowledge topicIntroductionWith the invention of World Wide Web (WWW) by 1990, the global network is applied tovariety of domains. The digital

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

an important concept for engineers and engineering students. Challengesexist for educators trying to introduce students to design early in their academic careers. Onechallenge is that students do not have much knowledge upon which to build a design from. Theyhave not had their engineering coursework yet and do not have the tools to do sophisticateddesigns. A fall back is to have students do simple designs that do not require much, if any,iteration and hardly any analysis. Students can have fun working on these design projects, butthey, in general, are not real designs and the students know they are not real. Trying to introducea human-centered design approach is doubly challenging for early students because they arelimited to what they can

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the optimal tolerances of manufactured parts using the assemblyand quality control station, (3) utilizing the entire flexible manufacturing cell to meet due datedemands of customer orders, or (4) studying repeatability and accuracy issues while utilizing theHP3 robot. In addition, the IRAM Laboratory will enable additional topic areas to be researchedand presented for final capstone senior design projects. From those projects, more significantresearch will be possible for dissemination through the following channels: (1) contributions ofthe methodologies and processes to education and research journals to add to the common bodyof knowledge, (2) outreach visits to K-12 schools to promote careers in engineering and roboticapplications and (3

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

2001, 37 institutions across the country have received a National ScienceFoundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformational Award. The goal of the NSF ADVANCEprogram is to increase participation of women in academic science and engineering careers. TheNorth Dakota State University Advance FORWARD (Focus on Resources for Women’sAdvancement, Recruitment/Retention, and Development) project, funded by NSF in 2008, seeksto develop and implement a comprehensive research-driven strategy to increase participation ofwomen in all faculty and academic administrative positions. As NSF funding is limited to scienceand engineering, the institution provides funds for faculty not in science and engineeringdisciplines.Universities often maintain processes that

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

scienceand engineering. Additionally, it provided the school age students with positive role models.Introduction: According to Census 2000, less than 25% of engineers were non-Caucasian.1, 2 Manyefforts to achieve a more diverse workforce in engineering include both recruitment andretention. Effective recruitment strategies include a variety of outreach programs that encourageelementary and high school age students from under-represented ethnic groups to becomeinterested in science and math and to pursue that interest when making career choices. 3 Thisencouragement can come in many forms including mentorship, role models and teachingmethods that make science and math exciting and fun while stimulating students to become moreactively involved

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

advising. He received the Outstanding Industrial Engineering Faculty Award in 2011 and 2013 for his work in undergraduate education at Penn State. Dr. Lynch worked as a regional production engineer for Universal Forest Products prior to pursuing his graduate degrees. He is currently a Lecturer and Academic Adviser in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann is a professor and former chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His twenty year industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Direc- tor. Dr. Kauffmann

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Maria Brunhart-Lupo, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

sustainability, high ethicalstandards, and career fulfillment.18 What they mean by career fulfillment, at least in theconstruction industry, was described in terms of a “new” approach to work-life balance, and arecognition that the “transition to power” would come quickly, requiring these engineers to beready for it.18 The identification of high ethical standards is encouraging to us, as we believe thatour students are receptive to the idea of fulfilling their expected role in society, through anadherence to these standards.Meanwhile, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) recognizes that Millennialsare not a homogenous group.13 On the positive side, these engineers have a great deal ofenthusiasm and optimism for their work,13 as well as

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Turner Ralph Swanson, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Justin Matthew Collins, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jill Frey, Sweet Water Foundation; Joey Zocher, Escuela Verde; Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

consecutively for every term of his collegiate career and was awarded the Rath Distinguished Scholarship by the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU). In addition, Justin is actively involved in multiple on-campus organizations. He has been elected to serve as Vice President of the Wisconsin-Delta chapter of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society for the 2014-2015 academic year, and is working closely with the current Vice President on a unique collaborative project to educate high school students on extraterrestrial plant growth. Justin is also engaged in his second Rocket Design Competition, sponsored by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, as well as an active member of the MSOE Swing

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Student- Centric Learning), promoting Leadership in Sustainability and Management Practices. He is also an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy ef- ficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. Before his teaching career, he had a very successful corporate management career working in R&D at Lucent Technologies and as the Director of Global Technology Management at Qualcomm. He initiated and managed software development for both the companies in India. He holds MS in Engineering and MBA degrees. Page 24.140.1 c

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master of Technology Management degree and a BS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, from Brigham Young Univer- sity. Gregg also does consulting in project management and leadership working with IPS Learning and Stanford University where he provides training for fortune 500 companies throughout the world.Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young UniversityProf. Anton E Bowden, Brigham Young University Anton E. Bowden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Utah. He received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for

Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

project, NSF EFRI-Barriers, Under- standing, Integration – Life cycle Development (BUILD). She has worked in the sustainable engineering arena since 2004. As the assistant director of education outreach in the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, Pitt’s center for green design, she translates research to community outreach programs and develops sustainable engineering programs for K-12 education.Prof. Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University Dr. Landis recently joined ASU in January 2012 as an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. She began her career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, after having obtained her PhD in 2007 from the

Conference Session

Global Perspective and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Greenleaf P.E., Quinnipiac University; Emils Stires Schnore, Independent construction professional; Patrick M. Strenk P.E., Golder Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

following this career path, a working relationship with constructionprofessionals is often a daily reality. Likewise, in the state government sector, the proportion ofcivil engineers is dwarfed by an array of non-engineering professions. However, constructionprofessionals again represent a significant proportion of these industry occupations (6.3%).From this data, it can be seen that the civil engineering profession in general is exceedinglydiverse, and as such, these percentages may not necessarily represent the actual day–to-dayinteractions of any given engineer. However, considering these industry trends, some broadconclusions can be drawn regarding the career of a civil engineer and the appropriate level ofDCP participation in a typical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Noah L. Schroeder, Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University ; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

to the bottom of the page,changes the number to show “All,” and clicks the Update button. Once he can see all of theinstruments in ASSESS related to Professional Skills, the evaluator sorts the results by reliabilityby clicking on the Reliability column heading. The evaluator can now see six instruments thathave more reliability information than the other 25. Four of the six instruments also have morevalidity information. Since the evaluator is interested in finding an instrument with soundpsychometric properties, he decides to first read through the summary descriptions of the fourinstruments that have more information for both reliability and validity (the Career Decision-Making System-Revised, Level 1; the CATME; the Creative Engineering

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Hamworthy Combustion; Lynna J. Ausburn, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

policing tended to be Problem Solvers. Ausburn and Brown (2006)studied career and technical education students and found that most were Engagers.28 To datethere have not been any studies to determine the ATLAS-defined learning strategy preferences ofengineers, the occupational group of interest here.Verbal-Visual PreferenceA major dimension of cognitive style is the verbalizer-visualizer dimension.29,30 Unfortunately,there is no consensus on terminology for this dimension as it has been called a cognitive style, alearning style, and a learning preference.31 “Visualizers tend to think more concretely, useimagery, and personalize information. While learning they prefer graphs, diagrams, or picturesadded to text-based material. Verbalizers prefer to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Renee Lockwood, West Texas A&M University; Emily M. Hunt, West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

University, a regional institution of 8000 students in the TexasPanhandle, began offering curricular learning communities for first year engineering majors.This type of learning community model enrolls a cohort of students into two or more courseslinked by a common theme. The goal of this program was to create a community among the firstyear engineering students, and instigate study groups early in their academic career which wouldoffer support through the gateway mathematics, science and engineering courses. Engineeringlearning communities initially were created linking Precalculus and Fundamentals ofEngineering or Calculus I and Fundamentals of Engineering for first semester freshmanengineering majors. By student request the experiences were

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

Taste of Engineering INTEGRATING ENGINEERING INTO A LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTION Yvonne Ng Mathematical Sciences and Faculty co-Leader of Centers of Excellence for Women, Science and Technology College of St. CatherineAbstractStudies show that exposing students to engineering early in their college career increases their retentionin engineering programs. But how can such an experience be created at a liberal arts partner institutionthat has no engineering department? The College of St. Catherine, the largest Catholic women’sinstitution in the US, is the liberal

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Askew; Cari-Sue Wilmot; Colley Hodges; Richard Bannerot

m ean to tal Statements Statements 5 4 3 2 1 A. Teaming skills will be very important to my career. 40 10 1 1 1 53 4.64 B I better understand how the audience of a report dictates the manner in which it is presented. 22 19 12 1 54

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Northrup

has instructed his students that they will be able, throughstaying in contact with their Capstone project advisor, to be part of a larger network of studentswhom they don’t personally know. They may, however, need each other at some point in thefuture. Swearengen et. al. states that “As outsourcing captures an increasing percentage ofengineering work, engineers will become ‘free agents’ in a professional services market. Long-term employment at a single company may become an exception. Thus responsibility for careerdevelopment shifts from employer to individual.”9 The network developed and maintained bystaying in touch with one’s former students may be beneficial to the students who findthemselves in a sudden career change. The sudden career

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Myers; Jack Byrd; Robin Hensel

experience for all students.• Implementation of a five-day Calculus 1 course comprised of three lectures and two recitations per week.• Continual tracking of student academic success and provision of academic advising and mentoring throughout the freshmen year.Beginning in the 2002/03 academic year, WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resourcesinitiated a mandatory 1-credit hour engineering orientation course, ENGR 199, which met theuniversity requirement for an orientation course. All incoming engineering students took theengineering orientation course instead of the general university orientation course. In thiscourse, students were taught college and career “success skills” such as study skills,prioritization, and time management

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

them to the industrial engineering program at the University of Oklahomaand what encouraged them to stay. Out of 45 IE students interviewed, 79 total comments(comprising 13 classifications) were identified addressing recruiting and only 27 comments(across 5 classifications) addressed retention. The majority of students (53%) reported that thenature of the degree was a critical factor in choosing IE as a major. This demonstrates theimportance of informing students about IE as a career option. For retention, it appeared thatstudent-faculty interaction had the strongest impact, as reported by 29% of the sample. Whilethis factor may be more difficult to implement, it was critical for students in our sample to haveinteraction with the faculty