Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phillip Dunston, Purdue University; Audeen Fentiman, Purdue University; Pamella Shaw, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

Engineering and departmental research advisors will guidestudents toward acquiring their M.S. degrees and the possible pursuit of their Ph.D.s. Finally, PIsbuild and enhance scholarly communities and will develop strategies for sustaining the REACHScholars model within the College of Engineering and will work with support services and otherstaff and colleagues to provide professional development opportunities and mentoring Page 15.424.4relationships for Scholars.Recruitment Plan and Scholar SelectionThe REACH Scholars program collaborates with existing national recruitment efforts anduniversity initiatives to recruit the targeted populations

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

lunar habitat, and the lunar electric rover will all need electronic interfaces andcomputer controller boards. Rather than have three separate sets of electronics (and the sparesthat might be needed), a good design would reuse the one-use only lunar descent vehicle'scomputer controller board so that it could be used in the habitat or rover. The new projectinvestigated the feasibility of this concept.Dr. Conrad investigated in more detail the avionics planned and already in the Constellationvehicles (Orion, Altair, habitat, Lunar Electric Rover). Many documents are in the publicdomain, but many are also contractor designs and are thus not accessible. Dr. Conrad iscontinued with a "generic" design of the different avionics vehicles and

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, Consultant

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

context dependent with learning inmultiple contexts more promotive of transfer.In regard to measuring or assessing learning and learning transfer, Bradford et al6 said that the“[m]easures of transfer play an important role in assessing the quality of people’s learningexperiences” and therefore, differentiate surface learning from deep learning. Furthermore,Venables & Tan41 mentioned the need for assessment of a student in a work based learningexperience to be within the appropriate context. They said that the “assessment tasks” and the“planned learning outcomes” should be aligned” and that assessment should promote the development of problem-solving skills, personal development, and social skills within a community or industry focused

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Herbert Detloff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

robotics platform while enrolled in an Introduction to Robotics course.The Introduction to Robotics course, a senior level elective, included 9 students, 7 of whom werealso enrolled in a preparation course for the Senior Capstone Design Project, entitled SeniorThesis Proposal. The Senior Thesis Proposal course guided students through the planning stagesof the capstone design project, including topic selection and project plan creation. Assessmenttools were designed to assess whether the project-based experiences with the mobile roboticsplatform positively impacted the senior students who were enrolled in Senior Thesis Proposaland Introduction to Robotics compared to the group of senior students enrolled only in SeniorThesis Proposal and not

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-2028: SPECIAL SESSION: DEVELOPING INTERCULTURALENGINEERS THROUGH SERVICEKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1083.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing Intercultural Engineers Through ServiceAbstractThis paper reports on recent efforts to understand the cultural awareness among engineeringstudents. A standard assessment program has been instituted across the various programs atMichigan Technological University with pre-, during-, and post-project phases. The mixed-methods assessment plan consists of surveys, reflection statements, journaling, a wellnessindicator, the Intercultural Development Inventory, and project

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Arif Mohsin, University of Florida; Oscar Crisalle, University of Florida; Suleyman Tufekci, University of Florida; Carl Crane, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

, purchasing, and event planning. In 2008, a guide wasdeveloped for the liaison engineers at the sponsoring companies. The Liaison Engineer GuideDocument clearly defines the liaison’s role and provides best practices captured from pastliaisons for interacting with the student teams. The coach guide was the only missing piece of the“how to” document for the IPPD stakeholders.It is important to note that the coaches are enlisted rather than assigned for participation in theIPPD program. The IPPD director recruits faculty coaches based upon how well their expertisealigns with a given project’s technical expectations and how interested they are in mentoringstudents. New coaches have to be convinced this endeavor is something they have time for andthat

Conference Session

Industrial Interactions and Educational Resources

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Roe, Polk Community College - Corp. College; Ernie Helms, Polk Community College - Corp. College; Bob Lachford, RWD Technologies; Rick Johnson, Mosaic Company

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Manufacturing

maintenance technicians planned to retire in sevenyears.In Florida, the workforce education community has responded by undertaking the reform of: highschool career and technical education programs and career academies, Associate in Science (A.S.)and Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees associated with manufacturing and relatedtechnologies, and workforce training programs. These reforms were undertaken when an analysisof the programs that should be providing the advanced manufacturing workforce revealed that1: • Some of the curricular frameworks that, in principle, inform the outcomes of manufacturing related A.S. and A.A.S. degrees, which may potentially address many of the high skills required by manufacturers, are outdated

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

 content and challenge type than time with the tool.  However, it is relatively easy to imagine a role that any of the above content categories might have played in week one’s vehicle design challenge; this increase is not obviously due to the prescriptions of the reverse engineering challenge.  The teachers had also recently completed creation of their first design challenge, including creating a lesson plan describing several days’ worth of activities in the classroom.  Having connected the first week’s challenge back to the classroom may play some plausible role in the change, especially as ‘Technology Content’ appears for the first time in more than half of the groups.  Also, teachers were free to choose their own subject for the reverse

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Hunt, Norwood High School; Regina Lamendella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Sara Garrison, Norwood City Schools; Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

the effort to develop the post-test for the lesson. Awell-defined template is used by the Fellow to create the lesson, which can be disseminated onthe project’s website soon after its implementation. This template consists of the followingblocks: 1) Summary – goal to be achieved by students; 2) Objectives – skills to be acquired bystudents; 3) Standards to be addressed; and 4) Lesson Information – Grade Level, Subject Area,Duration, Setting, Materials Needed, Background Knowledge, Lesson Plan(s) details, andAdditional Resources (learning objects, timelines, assessment rubrics, surveys, etc.). Item 4includes detailed information provided via hotlinks. The Fellow submits the final lesson to theGrant Coordinator for checking and approval before

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Nagarjuna Sadineni, Mission10X Wipro Technologies; Rajendra Kumar v Joshi, WIPRO Technologies

board member position in the Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) Education Council and part of the strategic planning committee of International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES).Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi, WIPRO Technologies Dr. Rajendra Joshi is the Head of Research Center, Mission10X. Dr Joshi completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, after his post graduation in Philosophy from Bangalore University. Joshi taught for 17 years as lecturer, Reader in philosophy and Vice-principal of Chowgule College-Goa. Later he worked as Dean Education at International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore and as founder Director of Indus Training and Research Institute, a training

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

advisory means to improve Russian system of engineering education hasbeen proposed. It is recommended to:  Develop amodern engineering education strategyto train futurespecialistswho will be in demandin Russia; Several development strategies on engineering education have been proposed by different organizations, such as AEER and Russian Rectors Union. However there still is no official unified state strategy on the matter. Such engineering education strategy should concern specification and elaboration of educational programs and plans foreducational technologies enhancement that would allow training of engineers to assure sustainable development

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Delia Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University; Marcelo Augusto Leal Alves, University of São Paulo; Brendan P. Sullivan, New Mexico State University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

onsolving a mobility problems. Multi-institutional teams allow for specific responsibilities andproject oriented objectives collaborative addressed. One of these institutions is a design schooland at least one engineering school should participate as a leader of the project. The project hasmultiple phases and components focused on affordability analysis for manufacturing, materialsselection, CAD models, manufacturing analysis, manufacturability, carbon footprint, flexibilityfor manufacturing, business plan, and a facility layout design for the production of the deviceand plant safety. Each multi-institutional team is responsible for determining tasks and assigningresponsible entities to accomplish them in a timely manner. Therefore, students

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre; Ayano OHSAKI P.E.

Tagged Topics

Student Development

-finance the cost of the experience and thedetails thereof. We have presented their responses in figure 3. Five of the Indian students and allthe three visiting Japanese students indicated their willingness. Each of them gave differentlimits; an Indian student said that he will not have any limits. Two of the Indian students wantedto consult their parents to comment on the limit. We agree that the answers would be highlyinfluenced by the financial situation of individuals and wanted to just get an indication of theextent of the benefits that they have received and collect information for planning of the nextiteration of the program. Since the cost of faculty involvement was borne by the project, we didnot ask them this question. 9 8 7 6 5

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jared P Coyle, Drexel University; Jamie Lyn Kennedy, Drexel University; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng.)

Tagged Topics

Curriculum Development

surveysdeveloped by a third party program evaluator. The outcomes of the program in achieving studentengineering self-efficacy, interest in engineering careers, and awareness of global engineeringchallenges through cross-cultural communication are evaluated in the context of program costand overall impact. Future expansion plans of this pilot project are also presented.1. IntroductionThe engineering community in many nations across the world is struggling to attract and retainstudents. This is a concern because a lack of qualified engineers in society creates long-termstructural inabilities to address the challenges both developed and developing societies arefacing.1, 2 Research has shown that exposure to engineering and engineering concepts at the K

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

achievement test at the end of the academic year includedgrammar, writing, and an oral lecture presentation in English. Out of the 50 faculty, 37persevered through the whole program and showed significant improvement in Englishproficiency. Information about this program spread around the university by word of mouth,and many more faculty members showed interest for the academic year 2012-13 with anenrollment of 170 faculty (out of 150 planned) and 15 study groups. After one semester, theprogram has achieved 100% retention with all members still attending the courses.This paper describes the program created at Kazan National Research TechnologicalUniversity to improve the English language skills of their faculty and will focus on analyzingthe academic

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC

Tagged Topics

Invited - Curriculum Development

Abu Dhabi. With the recent merger of NYU and the PolytechnicUniversity, it is anticipated that engineering programs will eventually be offered atNYU/Abu Dhabi.Abu DhabiThe rulers of Abu Dhabi Emirate, largest of the seven bodies that comprise the UnitedArab Emirates, have established an aggressive plan for diversification of the currentlyheavily oil-based economy. The vision for Abu Dhabi, currently being implemented,included:  Premium education for human capacity building  Research and development, leading to innovation  Commercialization of R&D results  Creation of a sustainable knowledge-based economyElements of implementation of this vision include the creation of new educationalinstitutions

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Christie Ritter, The University of Colorado at Boulder; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jared Leventhal, University of Colorado at Boulder; David Espinoza, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Topics

Student Development

to buyer, and that farmers could potentiallymake more income than they currently do. Looking at the intersection of telecommunications and economy, it became an objectiveof the team to understand how telecommunications technology could be used to transferinformation about the market to stakeholders. As a result, the farmers would have moreinformation available to them about what their crops are worth, and boat operators ortransporters could plan more organized routes to save gas and completely fill up their boats witheach trip. The Rural Trade Communications venture is under development by the NapoNet team toaddress this disparity. Using the wireless network and smartphone technology, the farmers canbe put in contact with the

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jean N. Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Student and Curriculum Development

acquisition ofproject funding. With each University’s academic semesters starting and ending on differentdates, careful consideration had to be taken into account when planning the WBS and schedule.A significant difference in educational approach was that the University of Colorado has formalsenior and graduate design course offerings in its curriculum with a rigorous systems engineeringeducational component; whereas the Universities of Stuttgart and Sydney organized their teamsin a framework often described as “independent studies.”Compared to conventional academic projects, the Hyperion schedule was orders of magnitudemore complicated to develop as special consideration had to be made to accommodate the out ofsync university’s semesters. The Sydney

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Fashaad Crawford, University of Louisville; Katheryn McAnulty, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Planning, 2010).It is vital for colleges and universities to develop strategic recruitment initiatives,especially for under-represented minorities (McAnulty, Crawford & Johnson, 2008),including females in engineering. This article highlights a post-orientation program forincoming female engineering students at UofL by providing details of the program whichcould serve as a model for other engineering schools seeking a low-cost overnightvisitation program for admitted students.Related LiteratureFor over 160 years, institutions of higher education have focused activities on first yearprogramming and specialized recruitment efforts (Levine, 1991; Colton et al., 1999).Previous studies have found initiatives such as orientation programs and first

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Purdue University; Greg Lasker, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

million metric tons of carbon dioxide,representing 4.7 percent of the world’s total emissions5. At present, the share of direct energy useof households in India is about 40% of the total direct commercial and noncommercialindigenous energy use12, 13. Although India has virtually no solar power now, the plan envisagesthe country generating 20GW from sunlight by 2020. Global solar capacity is predicted to be27GW by then, according to the International Energy Agency, meaning India expects to beproducing 74% of this within just 10 years. India is considered a developing country. Oncecitizens, who are mostly agricultural workers, want to become more advanced socially andeconomically, the energy saving techniques they have implemented within their

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Glover; Frank Claydon; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

, which includes completing the same laboratory sequences as the Camp participants.Mentors are encouraged to ask participants guided questions to help the girls discover thenecessary answers on their own. The motivation for providing girls with a learning atmospherefree of gender stereotypes is illustrated by the comments of two female high school students whoparticipated in a focus group during the planning stages of GRADE Camp: these two girls shareda story about their first day of class at their high school. Both were enrolled in a computercourse, but when they approached the room for the class and looked through the door, they saw aroom full of male students. They turned around, walked to their counselor’s office, and promptlyrequested a

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhukar Vable

singu-larity. Appropriate formulas will be presented but the emphasis will be on use of these formulasrather than the theoretical derivations. Underpinning assumptions of the formulas will be dis-cussed in phenomenological sense to ensure that the limitations of these formulas are clearlyunderstood.A student survey1 of reading habits showed that only 76% read text but 100% read numericalexamples. For this reason, great attention will be paid in selecting the example problems and inpresenting the solution. Each example problem will start with a section called Plan and end with asection called Comments. Developing a plan before solving a problem is essential for the develop-ment of analysis skills. Comments are observations deduced from the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Gally; Steve Chadwick; Randy Shaffer; Milton Cone; Jim Helbling

envisioned by the instructorteam. A description of the organization of the course and the sequencing of the subject matterfollows, along with a discussion of how lecture and laboratory time was utilized in ensuring thatthe goals and objectives were realized. This will be followed by a summary of the lessonslearned by the instructors in implementing the class material, and a final discussion of the plan to Page 10.816.1scale the course to include all incoming engineering freshmen. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

and social growth. The eradication of poverty and the setting ofconditions for social and economic development are timely issues that have been deeplyassociated to the building of indigenous capacity for self growth. Most of thepreconditions for such development are partially defined by the United Nations WEHAB(Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity) objectives, which cannot bereached without engaging engineers in the process of designing, planning and even in thedecision making process. Many actions in the WEHAB objectives have been treated onlyunder the necessary, but insufficient, economic and political aspects. Moreover, engineersare crucial in dealing with emergencies, disasters and post-conflict situations.Further

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Haig Vahradian; Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

example screen of thecomponent unit – a rectangular tooling plate. For novices to tooling nomenclature andtechnology, the component units are especially valuable as the subtle differences between stylesand correct application are critical to well-designed production fixturing. Figure 3. Component unit – tooling platesImplementation UnitThere are three main steps in the Computer-Aided Fixture Design (CAFD) process: setupplanning, fixture planning, and fixture configuration design6. The objective of fixtureconfiguration is to select fixture elements and place them into a final configuration in order tolocate and clamp the workpiece. The intent of implementation unit in ToolTRAIN© is tointroduce a basic concept of

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

toemphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they will encounter asengineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning and improvement inthe design of this course.9 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuous steps: Plan, Do,Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students did not learn whatwas intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycle again underslightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because it leaves roomfor change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’um Laboratory” orComplex Systems (see the class web page at http://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). Thisallowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum with community college partners (Henry Ford Community College and MacombCommunity College) and an ideal articulation plan was devised where up to half the degreecredits (freshman and sophomore years) would transfer. An example of possible transferprogram with Henry Ford Community College is shown in Table 1. (iv) Created upper divisioncourses and related laboratories for the EGT curriculum. (v) Program launch of the modelBSET-EGT degree was delayed pending funding from external sources.ENERGY TECHNOLOGY BS DEGREE CURRICULUM It was important to design the BSET-EGT curriculum to satisfy the accreditationrequirements of the Technology Accreditation Commission of the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

practical and challenging projects instead of writingresearch papers.Identifying and Recruiting Good Candidates for the ProgramThe ECET faculty teaching the freshman courses in introductory circuit analysis and digitalelectronics identify students through their scores on exams and their performance in lab. Welook for students who are willing to take the initiative in the laboratory, are inquisitive both inlab and lecture, and are mature and responsible individuals. When potential students areidentified, a meeting is arranged between the student and the faculty advisor for the ECEThonors students. The requirements of the program are discussed, questions and concerns areaddressed, and a general plan for completing the requirements is outlined. The

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

‘A’ represents menu items and section ‘B’corresponds to a floating panel. Note that this section changes according to the selection of list-items ‘D’or ‘E’. All functions in J-DSP appear as graphical blocks. Each block is associated with a specific signalprocessing function. Panel ‘C’ shows some of the frequently used blocks; list-menus ‘D’ and ‘E’ includea group of existing and planned functions, respectively. Panel ‘G’ provides interactive visualdemonstrations. A variety of DSP algorithms can be simulated using a drag-and-drop process to establish Page 10.1302.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

templates.A project management plan was put in place to as the first order of business. Projectmanagement resources and software were used to coordinate and track the development activityand progress. Project planning tools such as Gantt charts, task assignments and deliverableswere commonplace during all phases of the development process. Each development teambegan a module by identifying the competency statements, prerequisite objectives and modulelearning objectives. The prerequisite learning objectives were selected from the MATECmodules. MATEC produced a comprehensive set of background and lecture orientedsemiconductor-manufacturing modules as a deliverable for their NSF Center grant. Selectedmodules, individual components and features were