Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

Session 1649 What math do we really need? John Robertson, Richard Newman College of Technology & Applied Science, Arizona State University, 7001 E Williams Field Rd, Mesa, Arizona 85212AbstractThe Microelectronics program in the Technology College at ASU was totally restructuredin 2001. The courses are entirely new and have novel (web + class) deliveryarrangements. There has also been substantial industry input both for planning andcontributions in the class-room. As a result, we have been able to execute a strategy thataligns the skills and capabilities of the graduates with the

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Amadei; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt

, research,and practice in the understanding of the interaction between natural and non-natural systems atmultiple scales from local to regional and global, and (3) create an action plan to implement therecommendations. More specifically, the workshop addressed the interaction of natural systemswith the built environment. Research, education and outreach were addressed throughout theworkshop. The workshop participants unanimously proposed the following definition of the“engineer of the future”: “The engineer of the future applies scientific analysis and holistic synthesis to develop sustainable solutions that integrate social, environmental, cultural, and economic systems.”The workshop participants also recommended that there is a

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Williamson; Carol Considine; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

other groups within the company have developed. This includesa summary of projected operating costs, a staffing plan, and other related information includingrestraints on the amount of cash that is available from the proposing company.Using the RFP documents and the provided data, students must develop an after tax cash flow Page 10.1013.4analysis and use this to develop a proposal to the government for the privatized waste watersystem. This proposal must be presented in a formal written report and also presented in a Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

their final grade. There isstill scope to improve this course with some hands-on and fun type activities in theelectrical/electronics area. This year our colleagues in the Computer Engineering Technologyarea agreed to arrange such lab activities but could not carry them out due to schedule conflicts.We are planning to resolve this issue by next Fall and also improve upon the stress-strainexperiments. We have a 3-D scanner in the department and plan to use it to measure thedimension off the specimens supplied by PASCO so that additional specimens can be reproducedusing our Fadal CNC machine. The author intends to include the demonstration of the 3-Dscanner as part of the ET 1840 lab activities for the Fall of 2005. In October, 2004 we

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

plan in a specified format - A two-minute “elevator speech” demonstration for their peers, teachers and science center staff - Feedback on the project day from the elementary school students and science center staff as well as from course instructor and graduate student instructors - A write-up which detailed the project development, evaluation and lessons learned - Team members’ evaluations.The undergraduate students were asked to think about their exhibits from the point of view of the5th graders. Each group was asked to develop their learning objectives, explain their “hook” (how Page 15.236.6they planned to draw

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Fadi Deek, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

Engineering Education, 2010 Promoting Effective Communication in Global Engineering ProjectsAbstractEffective communication plays a key role in the success of engineering teams. However,achieving a high level of communication when developing projects globally can be challenging.An organization’s learning capacity, its familiarity with the cultural diversity of its teammembers, and its information technology support for project planning, data management, groupcommunication and collaboration among geographically distributed teams, are some key factorsthat can help overcome this challenge.IntroductionThrough a study conducted in 2008 by NASA, communication was identified as one of the fivetop level themes their highly valued Systems Engineers

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

explanation (short essay)of a scenario regarding a particular course concept.Quantification of Participation – a measure of contribution to course discussions. Students aregiven specific instructions on the discussion board topics including the timeframe ofparticipation and the number of expected contributions. Student grades are dependent onmeeting these participation expectations.Personal Development Plan – serves as the final assignment. Students are required to submit aplan that describes how they intend to continue to develop interpersonal skills. The plans arespecific to the skills they have identified as important to their professional development.Interpersonal Skill DevelopmentOne of the initial assignments requires students to consider

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

goal actions. The support for this category comes fromcooperative learning theories (Johnson, Johnson, & Smith, 1991) and “how people learn”literature (Bransford,& Donovan, 2005) that describe goal-setting and self-monitoring as criticalcomponents of learning. Examples of goal-oriented actions are clarifying assignments,monitoring time, and suggesting a project plan. The second category is relationship actions.This category is driven by the social cognitive theory indicating that supportive socialinteractions and persuasions can affect behaviors and achievement through the mediation of self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997). Examples of relationship-oriented actions include acknowledginggroup members’ contributions and asking for others

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

number of questionsneed to be asked, perhaps three to six, and therefore the time spent on the survey is minimal.Carefully crafting each question of the survey and the possible responses is fundamental inempowering the students but also limiting their opinions to a reasonable range. As a rule, thestudents should only be surveyed on course policies that the instructor is amenable to changing,otherwise the students may resent the survey as a waste of time. As an example, assume that theinstructor for a course has planned for the midterm exam to count toward 30 percent of the finalgrade. To gauge whether or not the students agree with this policy, the following Likert

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stacey Mumbower, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Transportation Engineering. Duringthis session, six graduate students facilitated the three abovementioned activities. Severalimportant lessons were learned during the first implementation of the activities. First off, whenusing them in rotation it was determined that Activity 3 was shorter than the other two activities.Thus, to compensate, that lesson was expanded on by letting students make an original plan forhow everyone gets to their destinations and then posing questions that made some change theiroriginal plan. For example, students were questioned on whether or not the direction they hadtheir car traveling would be affected by rush hour traffic. By posing this and similar questions,students got to explore more factors that go into logistics

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

earlier. The biggest mismatch seems to bein understanding the importance of learning good proposal-writing skills and also inunderstanding the importance of managing one's career and learning the unwritten rulesof the institution where one is employed.Thus, although the survey is not yet complete, we already have some good pointers forhow to improve our program as we adjust to the changes in the UC Engineering academicstructure. We will need to add more panels to program, where faculty and students caninteract and where the importance of having five- or ten-year career plans is stressed.And we will probably start requiring attendance at UC's day-long grant-writing workshopfor all participants. More practice in teaching should also be easier to

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

feedback. Thelecture and lab topics covered in order during the 30 weeks of the course are as follows:Lecture LabDesign Process and Methodology Background Research/Requirements/SpecificationsTeamwork: Theory, Skills, Practice Team Building ActivitySystems Engineering QFD – House of QualityCreativity and Idea Generation Creative Problem Solving ExperienceConceptual Modeling Shop Orientation/Hand Tools ExperienceIdea Selection/Decision Schemes Teamwork Revisited: Personalities, CommunicationProject Planning Engineering EconomicsSafety and Risk Basic

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

with some consultants to help to developthe new material, but their input into this course is in evaluating, not planning. A betterintegration of the consultants into the development plan should be included.” (3) “The proposal is a good start towards developing a means of providing atechnical education for non-engineers but it is weak on implementation.” (4) “We are concerned that students will not learn much about engineering”. (5) “This course doesn’t build anything — what references do they leave theclass with, how will they teach themselves in the future.” (6) “There is some concern that this will be a course without an audience. Thereis no indication that students would want to enroll, and no plan on how to

Conference Session

Library Instruction Forum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Bruce Reid

, Page 9.1113.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education● providing a list of freely accessible digital spatial database centers such as the Pennsylvania Spatial Data center (PASDA), Federal Geospatial Data Center (FGDC), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Geodetic Surveys (NGS) and many others, and● planning system maintenance protocols.Most of these issues are administrative in nature. Major administrative decisions regarding theacquisition and dissemination of geospatial data had to be handled at senior levels within thelibrary system. Other decisions such as hardware configuration

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

havetraditionally been measured by engineering technology faculty the same way they are evaluatedin the workplace: “I know it when I see it.” While this method may lead to a letter grade (“Thatpresentation was pretty good – I’ll give it a B”), this is not truly assessing the student, thepresentation or the degree program. Meaningful assessment of the student or of the presentationshould include constructive feedback, and assessment of the degree program should includequalitative measurement of the necessary characteristics of a good presentation. Goodassessment practices also recommend that data be “triangulated”, or measured in more than oneway.Gloria Rogers1 has recommended a variety of assessment techniques for a comprehensiveassessment plan. All

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Mozrall; Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

their project. By the end of the DPM course, team leaders have produced apreliminary needs assessment and project plan that will guide the team through 22 weeks ofwork. Most students completing the DPM course go on to become team leaders. However,some elect to become chief engineer instead. Chief engineers focus on the more technical aspectsof problem definition, concept development, concept selection, and performance validation,while team leaders focus on project management.In the DPM course, and throughout the program, a multi-facetted paradigm is used to teach basicconcepts in product and process development. These are (1) Needs Assessment, (2) ConceptDevelopment, (3) Feasibility Assessment, (4) Specifications and Objectives, (5) Analysis

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

Problem 1 9 Exam 3 Problem 2 5 Problem 3 10 Table 3. Linkages among class assignments and outcomesIdeally, the course outcomes, developed while the course is being planned, should drive theassignments. In practice, some of the assignments or exam problems were first given to thestudents, with the outcome assignment being done after students handed in their work. Thus,some of the outcomes were assessed heavily while others were addressed just once. It may bethat the resulting coverage is appropriate, but the coverage for each outcome should bedetermined prior to designing assignments, not after the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaakov Varol; William Sparkman; Walt Johnson; Nancy LaTourrette; Jesse Adams; Jeffrey LaCombe; Gary Norris; Ellen Jacobson; Norma Velasquez-Bryant; John Kleppe; Pamela Cantrell; Eric Wang; Ted Batchman

theteaching scholars in residence. The course is based on the NSF New Century Scholars workshop[6]. Faculty at University of Nevada, Reno, who participated in the NCS workshops are beingfunded to assist with development and delivery of this program. We plan to replicate this NCSexperience insofar as possible, using the same PBL-methodology for this educational program.Our version of the NCS workshop will include: balancing teaching/service/research, knowing thelearner, assessment strategies, active/PBL activities, and practice lectures. This workshop willalso be taken by our graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate coaches. This experiencewill be directly applicable to the PBL course delivery for which they are subsequentlyresponsible.4

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew

, perhaps from a funded proposal or by solid commitments form industry to provide funding. Solicited letters of support from industry that do not contain specific commitments, such as funding or sponsorship of students to enroll in the program, are useless. - Prepare a brief business plan for the new program which includes a review of the potential market, similar programs now available, existing and potential sponsors from the public and private sector, what the administrative structure of the program will be, how the program will be integrated into the university structure, a projection of start-up costs and potential enrollment, and income projected over a five-year time frame

Conference Session

Design and Manufacturing Experiences II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Coleman; Jennifer Craig

between poor written communication and poor design performance.Moreover, a correlation between poor teamwork and poor design performance has beennoted. This paper reviews that work and proposes a model that explicitly teachesteamwork skills and uses written communication to develop team dialog around thoseskills. This model uses team communication deliverables to identify poorly functioningteams early in the process and suggests strategies to intervene with those teams whenidentified. Assessment plans for this model are described.Introduction:This paper presents work done in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in monitoring the effectiveness ofundergraduate student design projects

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Hassan

. Ego; having a strong ego identity with a particular belief leads to defending this belief if it was wrong. Demands for quick production of results; deadlines often cause stress and reduction of creativity and good planning is the answer. Harsh words from others may destroy one’s creativity; the instructor must be careful what he/she says to students. Routines and setting specific ways of doing things generate a rigid mind. Continuous exercise to human brains is necessary for creativity an innovation. Self-criticism; negative thinking and self-criticism are also limiting factors of one’s creativity. Rigid rules and barriers limit creativity. Freedom is great for positive thinking

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azim Houshyar, Western Michigan University; Bob White, Western Michigan University; Steven E. Butt, Western Michigan University; Tycho K. Fredericks, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

several mathematical and simulation models that helped plan for the reactor shutdown accord- ingly. Dr. Houshyar has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Modelling and Simula- tion for over 20 years, and is very active in publication of scholarly articles. He has over 30 journal publications and 100 articles in conference proceedings. Some of Dr. Houshyar’s journal publications are in Computer and Industrial Engineering, Computers in Industry, The International Journal of Mod- elling and Simulation, Applied Ergonomics, The International Journal of Production Research, Industrial Management, Simulation, and The Institute of Industrial Engineering Transactions, to name a few. His professional

Conference Session

Attracting, Developing and Retaining Talented ME Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

each team is provided in Appendix A.This workshop focused on submarines and submersibles because they embody many engineeringconcepts. Submarines must withstand significant repeated pressures under water, whilemaintaining normal pressure on the inside and without material fatigue setting in. They have towithstand corrosion on both the inside and outside. They must maintain reasonable airtemperatures and sustain an atmosphere compatible with life on the inside. They have to be ableto make controlled movement in three dimensions, and continuously keep track of their positionas they do so. Finally, to make a submarine that does these things well requires not just soundengineering, but also well-thought out plans for design and manufacture.One

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Daney, Downingtown Area School District & Villanova University; Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University; Gerard F. Jones, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

grant and lays out theframework of instruction for a project-based unit focused on the structure and function of datacenters as well as their energy consumption. This project plans to be included as the culminatingproject for the established study of energy and energy consumption undertaken in the UniversalPhysic and Introduction to Engineering courses.II. The Framework The Essential QuestionThe question that is the central focus of the learning in this unit and is to be addressed by eachstudent team by the culmination of the project is: How can data centers make better use ofinfrastructure to improve efficiency in energy consumption? Project AimsProject aims are the intangible outcomes of a learning experience that cannot be

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering. Page 24.493.3There is a wealth of literature related to the need to draw diverse talent into STEM fields, and toinspire interest early in students‟ academic careers. If we are to build the capacity of pre-collegestudents to be leaders and innovators in the global technological workforce of the future, asarticulated in the National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System, and re-iterated in Preparing theNext Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing Our Nation’s Human Capital,“the Nation must enhance its „ability to produce a numerate and

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Debra Monson, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are, including assessment plans; • analyze engineering education content and pedagogy; • list appropriate academic standards and resources.Multiple readings and discussions continued throughout and after the term online. Requiredreadings included: • A Framework for Science Education: Practices, Cross Cutting Concepts and Core Ideas,6 • The NSTA Reader's Guide to A Framework for K-1 Science Education,7 • Next Generation Science Standards1, • How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School8 and • Engineering in K-12 Education3.Course Content ModulesCourse content reflects experiences created to help the course participants construct a highquality engineering unit for K-12 students. Experiential learning was included in

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Jones, Ball State University; Mike Mezo, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

) and have included a youth center, fraternity house, state fairpavilion, dormitory, and planetarium, among others. Students and faculty typically meet with thedesigners and constructors and tour the ongoing project during the semester.Course requirements are centered on six major assignments that are due throughout the term. Theassignments simulate the construction process, from responding to an RFQ (Request ForQualifications) to a simulated bidding exercise to detailed estimates and site logistics planning,three oral presentations, written document submissions, and a reception for industry members.Students are graded on assignments as a team, but also conduct internal evaluations to identifyany students who do not contribute adequately. Teams

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hofacker PE, US Army

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #8815Career Self-efficacy of the Black Engineer in the U.S. Government WorkplaceMr. Scott Hofacker PE, US Army Dr. Hofacker is a recent graduate of The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development. His research area is the career self-efficacy of racially underrepresented mi- norities in the engineering workplace. Dr. Hofacker is also the Concept Design and Assessment Focus Area Lead for the US Army’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. He is responsible for the strategic planning of science and technology efforts

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Zhong, Shandong University/Gannon University; Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Yuzhe Zhang

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

government issued National long-term Education Reform and Development Plan, by2012, fifty universities were approved by Chinese Education Department to carry out the well-known “excellent engineer education and training program” in Electrical Engineering.In U.S., the electrical engineering is defined as a field of engineering that generally deals withthe study of and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It covers a widerange of subfields including electronics, digital computers, power engineering,telecommunications, control system, RF engineering, and signal processing [2]. In China, theelectrical engineering, also called Electrical Engineering and Automation, usually only coverselectrical power engineering and electrical

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masud Salimian, Morgan State University; Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

coaching system we implemented. Finally, section 5 reports the observation andanalysis of the experiment and our plans for future experiments with the model.Section 1: The OR Course StructureThe course is divided into ten topics. These topics are mostly what majority of the textbooksconsider as essential elements of OR curriculum for an undergraduate OR class. Each topic isbuilt on knowledge and skill gained in prior topics while building the foundation skill andknowledge set for succeeding topics. Page 24.696.2These topics are:  Finding Feasible Regions  Extreme Points, LP and Its Standard Form  Writing LPs from Feasible