Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

resource sustainability. Masdar4, Abu Dhabi’s government-ownedrenewable energy development body, has ambitious plans for solar, biomass, wind, and otherrenewable energy projects. So does the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, which haslaunched a pilot project using wind energy to supplement conventional energy sources. Butbecause the UAE public is not charged market rates for energy consumption, policymakers in theUAE will need to make some challenging decisions – involving raised tariffs – if thesealternative energy sources are to be available on a commercially viable basis. Unfortunately, inthis part of the region, there is a lack of coverage of such topics in the engineering andtechnology curriculum. The question which rises then, is how

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

description of the hardware andsoftware implementation completed to provide a usable robot chassis for the students isprovided.IntroductionThe use of robotic platforms as a teaching mechanism for mechatronics, artificialintelligence, motion planning and multiple degree of freedom actuators is fairly common inacademia. A robotic platform provides students with ample opportunity to explore thenon-ideal conditions of imperfect sensor accuracy, sensor noise, differences in actuatorperformance and other challenging design issues in an embedded system. Robotics, ingeneral, is well suited for exploring integrated system designs combining aspects of multipleengineering specialty areas. For these and other reasons, robot motion and sensing waschosen as a core

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

point homework assignments consisted of preparatory work for both the end-of-semester presentations and a short presentation at mid-semester designed to give early feedback.For example, one homework assignment required contacting industry representatives anddetermining common options for the device the student was planning to present. Thepresentations were of varied quality both in terms of the material that was presented and themethod of presentation. The mid-semester presentations did a good job of correcting the mostegregious violations of good presentation style, such as unreadable fonts and the lack of usefulcontent throughout an entire presentation. Still, with just two presentations per student for theentire semester, the students did

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Morehead State University; Sam Mason, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-332: DEPARTMENTAL SURVIVAL THROUGH COLLABORATIVEINDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPJaby Mohammed, Morehead State University Jaby Mohammed received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Kerala, India in 1997; he received his MBA with specialization in Operations Management in 2001, his M.S. with a concentration in Industrial Engineering from University of Louisville in 2002, and has a PhD in Industrial engineering from University of Louisville in 2006. His research interest includes advanced manufacturing; computer aided design, six sigma, and enterprise resource planning. He is a member of IIE, ASQ, SME, POMS, ITEA, NAIT, KAS,and Informs.Sam Mason, Morehead State University Mr. Sam

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ryan Elwell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Energy Program3 provides some of the most lucrative rebatesfor renewable energy system installations in the nation, and this clinic experience allowedengineering students to directly participate in a growing renewable energy market while learningmore about the electrical design of PV systems. In order to assure that their PV systems wouldbe economically feasible and well designed, the City of Ocean City (OC) and the OC Board ofEducation hired Integrated Systems (a consulting engineering group) to determine appropriatedesigns and plans for each of the twenty buildings they were considering. The feasibility studydetermined that ten buildings were good candidates for the PV systems. The consultingcompany (acting as an industry affiliate to the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Chuck Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

, Florida, opened three and a halfyears ago with a daunting challenge. Create a learning institution in a predominantly ethnicallyisolated inner city area that would naturally integrate the ethnicity of the student populationwithin the school without the aid of a district assigned plan for student placement. To facilitatethis challenge, the district provided key resources: 1) a new state of the art school, 2) applicationand subsequent Magnet School Assistance Program grant (MSAP), and 3) latitude in hiring theinstructional staff. Thecombination of these elements has resulted in a dynamic learning community.Jamerson has utilized the resources from a Magnet School’s Assistance Program Grant to design,create and implement a standards based curriculum

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

populationsunderrepresented in STEM. Finally, each principal investigator should indicate how they plan toidentify, attract, engage, support, and sustain participation by both underrepresented populationsand underrepresented institutions. Thus, there are six main topics to be addressed, requiring bothquantitative and qualitative information.Table 1: Project Collaboration: Information Needed from NSF Principal Investigators, Schools,School Districts, Departments, InstitutionsParticipation Research Education Research Educationby: Capacity Capacity Percent/ Percent

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2050: DESIGN-BUILD-TEST---AUTOCROSS-A CAPSTONE DESIGNPROJECTJanet Dong, University of Cincinnati Janet Dong, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at the University of Cincinnati. She received her PhD and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, and her MS and BS in Manufacturing Engineering from China. Her academic interests include manufacturing technology, CAD/CAM, computer aided process planning and optimization, control and automation, robotics, and mechanical engineering application to dental endodontic treatment. She had published journal papers and conferences papers nationally and internationally. She

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Sterk, Virginia Tech; Tim Thacker, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Tranter, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

populations in STEM fields. As multi-institutional centers with a 10-year potential NSF funding cycle, ERCs are well suited to fosterinter-institutional collaboration with core and outreach partner institutions over the course ofmany years. To encourage the development of programmatic linkages as part of each Center’sdiversity strategic plan, the NSF offered all active ERCs the opportunity to submit proposals forthe development of programs which create linkages between research centers and large-scaleNSF human resource development initiatives. For CPES, this program solicitation representedthe opportunity to expand linkages with the NSF’s Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation (LSAMP) program. The LSAMP program “is aimed at increasing the

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek El Doker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Justin Gigliotti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

realtime. Several students were interested in extending the exercises to problems in which they hadparticular difficulties understanding the relationship between loads and supports, such assolutions to indeterminate structures and the application of superposition for complex loadings.The feedback was informal and qualitative, but critical to developing a plan for the subsequentsemester (spring of 2007), in which additional features would be incorporated into the classroomtool. The instructor believed that students quickly developed an appreciation of concepts thatwere discussed minimally during lecture (unsymmetric bending) and an improved understandingof overall patterns of stress distributions. Students generally found that utilizing

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

) operated by the MSU College of Engineering6.For the Spring 2006 semester, 14 students participated in the pilot program. Twenty studentswere selected for the Fall 2006 semester pilot. It is planned for this course to be offered eachsemester to all incoming mechanical engineering students starting in Fall semester 2007 withapproximately 200 students taking the course during the 2007-2008 academic year.Project AssignmentsThe course contained three projects to be completed by the pilot students7,8. The first two wereperformed in 2- or 3-person teams. The final project was performed individually. The followingare detailed descriptions and goals of the projects

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schaffer, Purdue University; Kimfong Lei, Purdue University; Lisette Reyes, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University

negotiate, is proactive in discussions with participants from otherdisciplines, provides input when requested, and begins to use the language of the otherdiscipline. While the CDL model is one way to represent the progression of cross-disciplinarylearning through team participation, other studies related to cross-disciplinary learning inteams have been done in the area of urban planning, as well as within the instructional andmultimedia design fields18, 19.An extension and adaptation of the CDL model developed by Schaffer & Lei termed thecross-disciplinary team learning (CDTL) framework was used as the basis for interpretingindividual to team learning patterns in this study. The framework incorporated three majorprocesses: identification

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

flying the UH-1N, where he has been an Instructor Pilot, Evaluator Pilot, Executive Officer, Chief of Squadron Training and Chief of Standardization and Evaluation. He has also served as the Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations of the 1st Helicopter Squadron, providing priority airlift for White House, Cabinet, Congressional, and DoD officials. Dr. Brown was the Joint Continuity Program Manager for the AF National Security Emergency Preparedness program, HAF, where he was responsible for coordination of emergency response plans with the White House, Cabinet, OSD, Joint Staff, and other departments and agencies in the National Capital Region. He has previously served as

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Emanuel, Bradley University; H. Dan Kerns, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

improvement. Examples of some final presentations that have resulted fromthis approach are included.BackgroundAn ability to communicate effectively is ABET criteria (g.) for all programs accredited byABET-EAC1. Managers rated the “ability to communicate ideas and plans effectively in front ofan audience” as the most important career skill2. Recognizing the importance of good oralcommunication skills and actually putting good oral communication skills into practice are notsynonymous. How often have you watched a presentation given by a professional engineer thatconsisted of words copied from a written report? The speaker may have included a graph or achart, but most of the presentation consisted of words that you could read in the report.Furthermore

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Barnett, Saint Louis University; Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

sequence. Sample comments included (* note thatactual names have been replaced): • Conducting in depth research my junior year definitely helped with senior projects. I knew my way around the lab and was more confident in my lab skills by the time I got to senior year. Page 12.313.5 • It has helped me fulfill my objectives for my senior project because at the start of my senior project I didn't have to get comfortable with working in lab and didn't have to learn how to organize/plan experiments, only how to organize/plan the general project. After spending junior year on the project

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Shepard, Engenius Solutions

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

require the newly hired engineer to have a broader set of skills. The new engineermust be familiar with marketing and accounting as well as their particular engineeringdisciplines.As economies continue to become more global, American industries must rely on innovation andtechnology to remain competitive. These companies must create new products faster with morefeatures. An understanding of the product development cycle and how it fits into the corporate Page 11.1174.2planning structure, i.e. financial planning, marketing, sales is essential. A student that getsexposure to the new product development process and entrepreneurship will be better able

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Whitt, Purdue University; Rodney Handy, Purdue University; Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

General Motor’s(GM’s) planned workforce reduction of 30,000 workers by 2008.2 However, Ford ismaking strides to increase innovation by soliciting ideas from within.3GM has recently set a financial goal of annual cost reductions of $14 billion using their2005 revenues as the basis for this calculation. As a result their structural costs will bereduced from its current value of 34 percent to 25 percent of company revenues by 2010.Currently, their cost-to-revenue ratio in North America is higher than the 34 percentaverage.4 Page 11.579.2US companies have found that it is more cost effective to outsource than to own all stagesof the production process. As

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Jessica Jenness, University of Central Florida; Jessica Steinberg, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

seek credit for experiential learning through internships.Internship opportunities are posted on the IEMS website and also advertised through career fairssponsored by student chapters of American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Institute of IndustrialEngineers (IIE). Co-ops positions are also available through the Career Services & ExperientialLearning Center on campus. The Lockheed Martin Work Experience Program employs severalstudents every semester. IEMS is currently piloting a mentoring program with the local ASQOrlando Section 1509. A plan is in place to implement similar mentoring programs with IIE andother professional organizations. Remote Learning Labs bring industry to the classroom on amore regular basis. All experiential learning

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Rogers, Murray State University; Steve Cobb, Murray State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

courses appropriate for engineering such asphysics and calculus while also developing decision making and teamwork skills are vital.However, brainstorming, organizing, marketing, funding, and delivering, effective K-12 outreachactivities can be an enormous task. The purpose of this paper is to provide some insight intosome strategies in each of these planning areas in the context of a large-scale, year-long outreachactivity. Page 12.1456.2Figure 1: A Moonbuggy (left) is a human-powered vehicle that must fit or be collapsible to fit into a 4 foot cubic volume (right) and be carried 20 feet by its two drivers (1 male and 1 female).The West

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephen Eck, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

shifted the administrative oversight of theBS/MS program to the Dean of Graduate Studies with marketing and promotion of the programto NJIT undergraduates becoming a joint effort of the Graduate Studies and the separateGraduate Admission Office (Ref. 4). This new partnership and the addition of key personnelresulted in an expansion of interest and participation of NJIT undergraduates in the program andin the important variations of the original and basic program.Need and OpportunityThe Graduate Studies Office saw this program as vehicle to develop the university in a numberof ways consistent with its mission and academic plans. The first opportunity was to increaseenrollment in the NJIT Master's programs and to increase the number of NJIT's own

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Janice McClure, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

to be added as a prerequisite to a junior level mechanical engineering course. Thedesign topics will be blended in by implementing two design projects. The first one will be adisassembly and redesign of an existing product; the second will be a more involved designproblem. The students will be required to produce supporting materials including marketsurveys, results of brainstorming, specifications, project management, prototype development,and testing. The total design topic hours will change from approximately 30 to 40.One of the topics missing from the three-instructor version of ED&G 100 was teamwork. In theone instructor version, we plan to integrate teamwork training modules and assignments. Thiscourse will be taught by one

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

stated earlier, the most effective recruiting tool for Valparaiso University’s graduatemanagement programs has been a personalized communication plan for each prospectivestudent. While time consuming, this communication plan allows the Assistant Director of theMBA Program to understand the wants and needs of each student looking to enroll in a graduatemanagement program. This assessment then allows Valparaiso University to hone the needs ofthe program toward the needs of the majority of its students and to continue the personalizationthroughout each student’s planned curriculum. This recruitment strategy has been used since thebeginning of the graduate management programs but has been better tailored over time tomaximize its effectiveness. Now

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Large Seagrave

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 11.334.3involved a footbridge over Wasatch Blvd. joining student housing with the university campus, arail trolley line connecting the Sugarhouse shopping district to the TRAX light rail line, a bikelane up Big Cottonwood Canyon just southeast of Salt Lake City, and a portion of the Utah StateCapitol Master Plan including a subterranean traffic tunnel.For each of these studies, key contacts at the Department Of Transportation, Utah TransitAuthority and various local developers and civil engineering firms formed a consultation teamwho represented the course "client" and/or made certain resources available to the students. Thecontacts are chosen and contacted before each semester by the professors in charge of the course,who are scheduled

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury; Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-1515: BUILDING AND ASSESSING CAPACITY IN ENGINEERINGEDUCATION RESEARCH: THE BOOTSTRAPPING MODELJosh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma Josh Tenenberg is an Associate Professor in the Computing and Software Systems program in the Institute of Technology at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He holds a B.M. in music performance (San Francisco State University, U.S.A.) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Rochester, U.S.A), where his primary research was in Artificial Intelligence. His research areas have included automated planning, knowledge representation and reasoning, reinforcement learning, temporal logic, and cognitive modeling of computer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rahim Khoie, University of the Pacific; Kyle Watson, University of the Pacific

, informal gatherings and guest speakers,field trips, and support of student chapters of professional engineering organizations' activitiesthat promote student participation. The main component of the program is the peermentoring/tutoring program. Sixteen students, ranging from sophomores to seniors, each serveas mentors to six to eight first year students. First year students are required to meet with theirmentor for special review of engineering and math assignments, development of curriculumplans and time management plans, among other tasks. Specific attention is being given tostudents from populations traditionally underrepresented in engineering. The overarchingobjective of the program is to not only familiarize first year students with the

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

International

mechanical engineering along withmaterial science and computer science can also incorporate development issues into thecurriculum. At the undergraduate level the Senior/Capstone design project is one way toincorporate international development service learning projects. Even at the freshman levelstudents can postulate and research possible engineering solutions to development problems.Students can be steered to take general education classes in the social sciences in internationalrelations, trade, public policy, international development, urban planning, social systems, ruraldevelopment, etc.Other engineering educational examples include the University of Colorado BoulderEngineering for Developing Communities11 (EDC) program which “educates

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Page 11.445.2 Developing Positive Teaming in a Product Development and Entrepreneurship Course Using an Off-Campus Weekend SeminarOverviewOne of the most important concerns in teaching a product development and entrepreneurshipcourse with multidisciplinary teams is to ensure that the teams function effectively. This can bedifficult when the course contains a significant workload for each team, such as the developmentof a new product idea along with a complete business plan for the product in a single semester.Experience with four semesters of classes shows that more cohesive, process driven teams arestronger and experience greater success on a variety of levels than less cohesive teams. Toaddress these important team issues, the

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Construction

). These IACs are boards of practicing professionals withina specific discipline who advise programs as to what is important for professional practice. In2003, the CMT program’s IAC identified four types of written documents to incorporate intoCET 356: the formal business letter, memos, meeting minutes, and field notes. In the CMTprogram, an ongoing case history for an on-campus building is introduced to the freshmen classthrough plans and specifications. This case history is used throughout the curriculum in severalof the discipline courses. This project is the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) thatincludes a combination of office space and open shop area. Using this case history, fourassignments were given to the students. During the 2004

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

educationalbackground is not specified. Since research is usually not as critical for ET faculty as teaching,many ET programs will hire faculty with only a Master’s degree. As a result, a broader pool ofapplicants and experiences may be available from which ET programs benefit. Sabbaticals aretypically provided and may be used for a variety of professional development activities includingcourse development, discipline specific research and professional education activities.Rising expectations for scholarship without a corresponding reduction in other requirementshave resulted in excellent teaching no longer being the sole requirement for tenure.6-7 Thus ETfaculty must have a plan for professional development that will meet the institution’sexpectations

Conference Session

Capstone Courses I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Smith, University of Kentucky-Lexington; Jamey Jacob, University of Kentucky; Suzanne Smith, University of Kentucky; James Lumpp, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

control and ground station designs are presented in detail elsewhere.10In this paper, an overview of the technical accomplishments of the BIG BLUE project isprovided in the next section, along with the plan for phased development of the culminatinghigh-altitude experiment and highlights of the three experiments to date. Descriptions of thestudent experiences have been presented previously,11,12 but the three-year perspective providesan opportunity for more comprehensive review of the educational and project management of astudent project of this technical complexity and scope. Courses, NASA and industry interactionand support are summarized. Finally, workforce development results will be presented.The BIG BLUE Flight ExperimentsThe BIG BLUE