Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian F Martensen, Minnesota State University; Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marilyn C. Hart, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-term surveys is comparedto past feedback. Reflections by faculty mentors will be used to highlight challenges andattempts to address them. Reflections on the process of transitioning mentoring and cohortleadership to faculty in permanent and temporary roles will also be included.BackgroundStudents in our program are selected on a competitive basis with an eye towards supporting adiverse working group. Here, diversity includes majors, years, gender, race, socioeconomicbackground and cultural experience. During the weekly seminar, students engage with eachother and the faculty mentors as a large group, in smaller teams and in various affinity groups.Our program has demonstrated past successes in addressing issues important to the field

Conference Session

Ethical Cases and Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu, St.Joseph’s College; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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Engineering Ethics

students to pedagogies of liberation encourages them to claim responsibility for theirdecisions and to see themselves as co-teachers in a community of scholars18. Critical thinkingand reflective action are methods used to understand situations and decide on which part of Page 25.836.3professional ethics to use to toggle the situation. These are also the outcomes of pedagogies ofliberation. Students who are taught from this perspective not only learn to think ethically but alsoto act ethically.Herreid16 stated that the use of case studies in teaching could be classified into four major types:(a) individual assignment; (b) lecture format; (c

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Judy Sheard, Monash University

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Educational Research and Methods

with the assumption that most of the students have very little useful knowledge of the topics to be covered.”In contrast to their results we have a fairly strong loading on ITTF6. ”In this subject I concentrate on covering the information that might be available from a good textbook.”We believe that this may reflect some differences in learning culture, though both our and Page 25.855.6Prosser and Trigwell’s studies draw on a significant number of responses from Swedish aca-demics. The difference in our study is that all responses were collected from a single faculty 5at a single university

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam

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Manufacturing

societal context.Others also emphasize the importance of ethical decision-making, group dynamics, goal setting,visioning, networking, delegation, motivation, conflict resolution and diversity. One programhas students prepare a leadership portfolio as a culmination of their leadership education andexperiences. Another has students keep an electronic journal (blog) of their reflections of eachclass activity, reading, speaker and discussions. Page 25.879.6 5 6One program (Lawrence

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

= -2.636, p = 0.008), algorithmic logic(Z = -5.915, p = 0.000), and programming output (Z = - 2.000, p = .046). Specifically, afterreviewing the pseudo peer diagram, thirty-three students identified a change should be made bymarking the error area; nineteen students merged their diagram with the pseudo peer diagram;and eighteen students revised their own diagrams by reflecting on the pseudo peer diagram.As illustrated in Figure 2, most students acknowledged the value of the pseudo peer diagram Page 25.885.7implemented in lecture. They agreed that pseudo peer diagrams facilitated their noticing of initialideas of the system (Question 1

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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Two Year College Division

addressing the student’s professionalism and character; • Motivation, based on the personal reflection statement, addressing the applicant’s motive and commitment to obtain a degree in engineering and join the engineering workforce or continue in graduate studies.Students apply for the scholarship according to university-established timelines. Applicants arefirst screened by the University’s Student Financial Services to determine financial eligibility.The ECASE Selection committee reviews financially eligible applicants using the criteriaoutlined above. Students are be ranked according to their potential for academic success(according to grade point averages; courses completed; and reference letters), professionalism(based on

Conference Session

Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy L. Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

% changeMaster’s 656,784 865,000 32%Doctoral 67,716 106,100 57%First Professional 92,004 119,200 30%Overall, the long term projections for growth in graduate education are positive, and reflect agrowth in graduate enrollments through 2020.A Note on Gender Balance and Demographics in Graduate ProgramsWomen are expected to continue to dominate graduate enrollments overall. From 2009-2020,the gender gap is expected to widen, with women increasing to make up 59% of all post-secondary students (up from 57.1% currently).15Women dominated graduate enrollments in 2010, with men as 40% of all graduate students, andwomen earning the majority of doctoral degrees (for the second year in

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan M. Hill, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

inexpensive than the priorsystem, in particular, it is more multi-disciplinary, providing entirely new educational value. Thesystem allows students to more closely study principles involved in sampling and signalconditioning, as well as the opportunity to study data acquisition software, but without involvingintensive programming. These goals were achieved with an inexpensive acquisition systemalong with two software tools, namely Python and MATLAB.The overall system comprises the experimental apparatus, signal conditioning electronics, a dataacquisition module, and a host computer. The experimental apparatus includes a laser, reflectivefilm, and a position sensitive device (PSD), arranged as in Figure 1. A change in position dy ofthe reflective film

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven

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Chemical Engineering

old curriculum. The transport operations I course (CM315) is thefirst chemical engineering course in transport (unit) operations in the new curriculum. It hasbeen slightly modified to reflect the different sequence of courses, but covers much of the samematerial as the older version (CM310). It can also provide a point of comparison for thecurriculum model, however it builds on content in EAS224 as well as EAS211.Introduction to Modeling of Engineering Systems (EAS211) includes students from allengineering majors: chemical, civil, computer, electrical, fire protection, mechanical and system.The depth of study of mass and energy balances is limited due to time considerations and issuesof relevance to the audience. Topics are chosen to be of

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna L. Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, University at Albany/SUNY; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University

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Electrical and Computer

involves awareness andunderstanding of barriers as well as knowledge of potential benefits. For the Mobile Studioproject, this entailed challenges that are inherent to implementation of any new instructionalapproach (e.g., instructor experience, administrative support, and assistance in acquiring neededresources) as well as specific challenges reflective of the philosophy underlying a mobile studiopedagogy (e.g., the need for accessibility and mobility of the device and support for aconstructivist approach to learning). Information pertaining to these areas is presented below.3.a. Prior Experience Instructor and students’ lack of experience with constructivist philosophies of educationand use of Mobile Studio devices were found to impede or

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University; Penny M. Knoll, Montana State University

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Construction

boom of 2000. Withthis boom came people, and with people came the need for more houses, buildings, and jobs.Despite challenges reflected in the recession, within a ten year span (2000 to 2009), an additional175,000 people arrived and the need for construction safety awareness has become paramount,evident by the data presented below.Facts about SafetyThere is an overwhelming problem with worker's safety in Montana. According to theDepartment of Labor and Statistics, roughly 50% more days are lost to injury or illness than thenational average. The state is number four in the number of worker fatalities per year in the US1and has the second highest injury rate in the country. This poor safety record costs businesses$4.60 per second or $145

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Akshit Aggarwal, Stanford University; Felipe Pincheira, Stanford University; Rebecca Rose Krauthamer; Gregory Kress, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

understanding of cultural factors and the regional advantagesof Silicon Valley for breakthrough impact [9,10]. Furthermore, while extensive observations offormal small group learning of design teams in large classes and innovations in lectures havealso been explored, it is unique to consider a knowingly utilized “open process” approach for theteam; a process which by definition is open and available to alternate, change inputs, and addnew perspective— all dependant on the team’s decisions and dynamics (strikingly similar to thatof a startup company). Our original intent for this paper was to consider the commonalities anddifferences of the academic team to the start-up company studied. We planned to explore therelevant factors through the reflective

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fitzpatrick, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

were considered from 12 studentswho participated in the project and completed the activities.The intent of the qualitative survey was to capture the knowledge, attitude, andskills of the students as they reflected on their experience in the elective. Of theseven questions, five were posed to allow a Yes/No objective response whileallowing students to explain themselves. An additional two reflection questionswere open ended. The exit survey responses are shown in Table 1. Page 15.1316.9 Table 1: Exit survey responses from twelve active course participants. “Yes” “No

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

of key historicalevents and discusses how a range of political, social, and economic conditions likely influencedthe formation of a new engineering education system during this period. This paper reports onthree main research themes: 1) How were engineers trained immediately prior to the formation ofa modern engineering education system in China? 2) What were the driving forces that initiatedthe reformation of the engineering education system? and 3) How was a Westernizedengineering education system fused with a long tradition of Confucian-dominated education?The paper concludes with some reflections about how the legacy of this transformation lives onin the contemporary context of Chinese engineering and engineering

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

checklists in both projectmanagement and interpersonal communication. Lessons learned from student projectmanagement case studies and team activities reinforce student’s learning outcomes that well-managed communication is crucial to complete quality projects on time and within budget.Student team activities further reflect the importance of interpersonal communication that notonly covers the usual technical perspective but also include administrative/managerial,environmental, social, political, economic, and financial perspectives. Page 15.758.5The innovative approach to case studies and team activities represents the first attempt toresearch and

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Estrella Mountain Community College; Maria Reyes, Estrella Mountain Community College; Marge Goodman, Intel Corporation

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

aid, scholarshipsThe fourth and the least influential source of self-efficacy is physiological arousal, where peopleinterpret their emotional states as a reflection of their capability to accomplishing a given task orgoal. People may interpret their high stress and anxiety as a reflection of their lack of ability.5All Hermanas conference volunteers were briefed on the purpose of the conference goals and Page 15.641.6desire to create a positive, nurturing environment for the conference participants. A positive toneis set throughout the conference. All participants are encouraged to explore, share and designtheir future. The conference starts

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

oftheir job requirements. It is essential for engineering and technology students, at a minimum, tobe familiar with renewable energy technologies and their applications and implementations. Thiscourse serves as an introduction to renewable energy with an emphasis on energy harvesting,conversion, and storage systems. It is a combination of lecture, demonstrations, student inquiry,in-class problem solving, and hands-on projects. Students are required to complete a series ofexercises/projects and/or tests that reflect their knowledge of the stated objectives. A short powerelectronics section covers the major electrical equipments required for power transmission andpower conditioning. Topics include photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, green

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Heather Rowan-Kenyon, University of Virginia; Amy Swan, University of Virginia; Marie Shoffner, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso, University of Virginia

. Page 15.678.3 Figure 1 Boix-Mansilla Model of Interdisciplinary KnowledgeThe four components are: ≠ Purpose/Need: the recognition of a need for more than one discipline to approach a problem effectively ≠ Disciplinary Grounding: the development of skills from multiple disciplines ≠ Integration: the complimentary use of the skills from multiple disciplines to approach a problem ≠ Reflection: the recognition of inherent limitations from each discipline and from their integration in the context of the problem being addressedThe overall structure of the TLP curriculum is shown in Figure 2. The colors used in this figureare linked to the colors used in Figure 1 to show how the Boix-Mansilla model

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Technology

assessment.Course-Embedded AssessmentAn interesting aspect of the new assessment criteria is that old dependable grades are not asufficient acceptable measure of performance because they are not related directly to theachievement of specific program outcomes. However, instructors must continue grading as usualwhile at the same time being involved in development and implementation of assessment plansthat include performance measurements. C. A. Palomba and Trudy W. Banta in their bookAssessment Essentials state: “In a move that is all too rare in higher education, faculty at RivierCollege is working to integrate goals described in the institution’s mission statement and thestandards on which grades are based. That is, individual college grades should reflect

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Devine

, teaching was done with more confidence and thought, much attributable to the practice classes during ETW. Video tapes of classes were also made to allow after class assessment and reflection of what the students saw during class. There is ongoing thought of how much of the ExCEEd model to adopt and how will it work out for the particular instance of each class now being taught. Class and the job of being a professor are all considered in the realm that focus is on student learning. Thus, at different times, for different classes, different aspects of ExCEEd have been used in class. The general opinion is that teaching and student learning has improved significantly due to ETW attendance. The reaction of students has been positive

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

a written status report, everytwo weeks: 1. What issues are you having with the technical aspects of the project? 2. What logistical issues (ordering problems, scheduling, software issues, etc.) are you facing? 3. What issues in team dynamics have arisen since our last meeting and how are you dealing with them? 4. What do you think the highest priority task is during the next two weeks? 5. What is the largest barrier to accomplishing that task?These questions resemble the journaling activities used at Clemson University [24] andthe University of Texas at Austin [25] in which students write reflective piecessummarizing key concepts, discuss concerns, and (at UT Austin) create an analogy forthe

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

for storage. 6% was chosen as areasonable value to reflect the value of money with time. Traditionally this might be the currenthome mortgage rate. In the Washington, DC area the home mortgage rate is quite varied, so 6%was accepted for this problem. Assuming 75 % of the basement area used for storage, $5,400(0.75 x 300 x 24) was used as the benefit due to recovery of storage space.Analogously, the value assigned as a benefit for recovery of confident use of the garage forparking is $3,600 (1.0 x 300 sq. ft x 0.06 x $200). The long term benefits from the new drainagesystem and provisions to accommodate potential back up of water (check valve and over-flowsystem) were established by estimating the increased value of property due to the new

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

, experience, and custom. Theiterative process of engineering design is characterized by a series of distinct functions: identifyingneeds, defining options, making decisions, gathering data, preparing a plan, and implementing aplan. Demonstrating these functions, along with introducing the students to open-ended problemsolving, produced both universal and culturally distinctive results. This paper will demonstrate various cultural distinctions affecting the progress and success ofadapting an engineering model to a Middle Eastern culture. In a sense, this paper reflects the Page 10.125.2colonization of a Western academic community in the Middle

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

type of testing (or other forms of assessment)used in the course and which reflect the amount and nature of the information that mustbe learned will go a long way to promoting academic success. Page 10.376.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Question #7 - Learning Strategies: What types of learning strategies do my studentsneed? Will they need to collaborate with others in small or large groups? Will studentsneed to listen, maintain their attention for long periods of time, or take extensive notes?Students

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Adams; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

, and then RF power reflected from themixer can be measured with the mixer connected to the directional coupler. More details aboutmeasurement procedures can be found in the Mini-Circuits application notes 7 . (5) RF System Performance Once the students gain a solid understanding of the functionality and performance parametersof an RF communication system through the experiential exploration obtained above, they areready to put the modules together to build a complete point-to-point RF communication systemand to further investigate system performance. In our case, we use a 900 MHz point-to-pointsystem for RF performance testing. The main purpose of this experiment is to let the students see the operation of a complete RFsystem, and gain a

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Schildgen; Jon Duff

: “The senior project shouldcontain elements of criticism and self-reflection.” Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Geography Arizona State University West University of Minnesota Computer Science P. Stevenson Jr. Library University of Colorado Bard College Social Sciences Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Hawaii North Carolina A&T University Physics Communications and Media Studies Case Western Reserve University Tufts University Robert E. Kennedy Library

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

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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

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Information Systems

EC related course topics among overall importance, education and current known. Inorder to make the study more complete, we conducted a series of follow-up interviews with 12responding software engineers with most knowledge “learned in education”, and 12 respondentswith most knowledge “learned on the job”. Also, we compared the curriculum of IT departmentof a well-know vocational college in the southern part of Taiwan and interview the relevantfaculty of the IT department who are currently teaching the related EC-related topics torigorously justify our research results.All of the interviewees including the relevant faculty members asserted that the findings in thisstudy regarding the knowledge levels of each course can accurately reflect the

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Harley, IUPUI; Daniel Baldwin, IUPUI; Wanda Worley, IUPUI; Tresler Thurston, IUPUI; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

• Dating networksStudent Engagement: Definitions and MeasurementsWhile most college instructors have heard the term “student engagement” and would likely agreethat engaged students are a positive reflection upon their teaching strategies, a consensus on itsdefinition is difficult to determine. A common definition of student engagement, however,evolves beyond the mere transmission of information from instructor to student and moves intothe realm of active learning. As Williams and Chen write, Common characteristics associated with active learning include the use of higher level thinking and engagement of students in activities that encourage exploration and subsequent evaluation of their involvement. The emphasis on skill

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

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Women in Engineering

described by the American Council on Education16 — atransformation that: “(1) alters the culture of the institution by changing select, underlyingassumptions and institutional behaviors, processes, and products; (2) is deep and pervasive,affecting the whole institution; (3) is intentional; and (4) occurs over time.” Therefore, NorthDakota State University Advance FORWARD’s approach to such institutional transformationinvolves multiple interventions which take into account (1) the effects of institutional policies andpractices; (2) campus climate, reflecting attitudes and behaviors that diminish women’sadvancement; and (3) knowledge and skills for success in teaching, research, and leadership.Institutional ContextNorth Dakota State University, a