Collection

2020 PPC

Authors

Miriam Quintal

immigration and visa threats emerging or expected; increased reporting and disclosure rules •Personnel shakeup continues to undermine federal agencies –Loss of career staff reduces capacity and responsiveness with lasting effects –Continued attempts to dismantle regulatory agencies •Rising deficits threaten longer term spending cutsFederal Funding for FY 2020 Agency FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 Final Enacted Enacted vs. FY 2019 NSF $7.82B $8.08B $8.28B 2.5% DOD Basic $2.26B $2.53B $2.60B 2.9% Research DOE Science $6.26B $6.58B $7.00B 6.2% ARPA

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Muhammad Khan; Mohamed Ibrahim

learnhow to select the best possible design option within the constraints of time, cost, tools, andmaterials. They follow systematic and iterative design cycle that involves planning, modeling,simulation, building, and testing prototypes.As the success in engineering career largely depends on thorough understanding of engineeringdesign process, the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) has laid out Student Learning Outcomes in GeneralCriterion 3. Three of the key outcomes of engineering education are: to prepare engineeringstudents to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems, to apply engineeringdesign to produce solutions, and to function effectively on a team [3

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Juliana Utley; Drew Gossen; Toni Ivey

States, 2013). This additionhas increased students’ opportunities to develop the skills that are necessary to meet the demandsof a competitive STEM college degree and career. Many adults and children do not demonstrate an awareness of what engineering is as aprofession. Students’ portrayal of engineers often reveal that they don’t have an understandingof what engineers do (Gibbons, Hirsch, Kimmel, Rockland, & Bloom, 2004). The reasoningbehind student conceptions is complex, but often forms because of a personal connection to anengineer or to how they see engineers portrayed in the media (Bevins, Brodie, and Brodie, 2005).The Draw-an-Engineer-Test (DAET) has been widely used to gain an understanding of studentconceptions of engineers

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eve Fine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jessica Winchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine Pribbenow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Molly Carnes, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

training appears to becorrelated with increased hiring of women faculty, as well as other desirable changes toour hiring processes at UW-Madison.INTRODUCTIONAfter years of attempting to increase the gender diversity of our academic science and Page 12.1257.2engineering leadership through awards to individual women (e.g., Research Opportunitiesfor Women, Visiting Professorships for Women, Career Advancement Awards, FacultyAwards for Women, and Professional Opportunities for Women in Research andEducation1), the National Science Foundation (NSF) changed course in the early 21stcentury, choosing instead to focus on the institutions in which academic

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

circuit design that provides a smooth entry point either to a career path or future graduate work in this area; and • details of a development effort into the creation of an extensive integrated series of concept modules in RF circuit design that will be made available to the general academic community in support of curriculum development areas at other universities.Undergraduate Curriculum Track in RF and Microwave Engineering The overall curriculum track (Figure 1) begins with the required EngineeringElectromagnetics course in the junior year. This course builds upon the static electromagneticscourse the students take in the freshman/sophomore year and emphasizes dynamicelectromagnetics and wave theory and

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cleon Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

attendance. According to arecent study by SRI International,4 undergraduate research programs can assist students who areuncertain about going to graduate school to clarify their intent to pursue those goals and toreinforce the commitment among students who have already decided to pursue those goals. Thedecision to attend graduate school can be highly influenced by the amount of facultyinvolvement in the undergraduate career of minority students.5 Quality interactions with facultycan have a significant impact on a student’s decision to pursue graduate education, since suchinteraction provides the student with effective role models. Thus, faculty members in scienceand engineering fields are a critical link in the challenge to increase the likelihood

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

” they have to put up with. These frustrations and illfeelings, unless properly addressed and dealt with, early on, would result in seriousconsequences, such as: opting out, changing jobs, or else continue to face problems in theclassroom, and eventually, become demoralized; thus adversely affecting outcome. Given thisrather unpleasant situation, how may young faculty members of the Gulf States, overcome thesedifficulties and survive in this maelstrom of uncertainty? What is the role of the institution inassisting young faculty in overcoming the initial hurdles at the start of their journey?The paper addresses issues and concerns that beset the majority of young engineering faculty inthe Arab Gulf States at the start of their academic career

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.W. Bruce, Mississippi State University; Lee Hathcock, Mississippi State Univ.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

single, best part ofthe course, while one student felt that the dissection was the worst part of the course. Theremainder of the students felt the lab experience or lectures were the best part of the course.Several students responded to other questions about how they felt the dissection and the coursewill benefit them in the capstone design course and in their future careers. Whether or not thecapstone course designs improve is still to be seen. ConclusionsThis paper described the experiences of the author with dissection of consumer electronics in anoffering of a semester-long embedded systems classes for seniors and introductory graduatestudents. Students disassembled and analyzed a low-cost device. The results of this dissection

Conference Session

Training Faculty to Teach CE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

• Creating a healthy departmental climate • University strategic plan overview • Where the money comes from and what funds are available at the university level • Assessing and improving the departmental climate: managing your departmental operations • Potpourri of new tools: stopping the tenure clock, modified duties, reconciliation and mediation • Options for handling conflicts, dual career, assistance program, leadership development opportunities • How to work with your dean • Moving from a faculty member to a departmental leadership role • Communication • Dealing with difficult people • Working effectively with staff • Planning for future programsThe University of California at Berkeley offers a two-day

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2008-381: MEETING STUDENT AND INDUSTRY NEEDS THROUGHEXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND SOFT SKILLS STUDY IN COMPUTERGRAPHICSJana Whittington, Purdue University CalumetKim Nankivell, Purdue University CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet Page 13.884.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008Meeting Student and Industry Needs through Experiential Learning and Soft Skills Study in Computer GraphicsAbstractStudents in a Computer Graphics (CG) degree program need a variety of “real-world” portfolioprojects and experience before graduation to prepare them for their careers. One way toincorporate “real world” experiences is to use experiential

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinay Kumar Domal, University of Western AustraliaUWA; James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

International

knowledge and engineering courses aremisaligned with industry needs. Graduates themselves have acknowledged theseweaknesses9. A survey of industry requirements for engineering education in Britain foundevidence of skill deficits and concern that “the grade of degree awarded can be a poorindicator of a graduate’s actual abilities”10. Employers expressed “a need for enhancingcourses in terms of their development of practical skills but not at the cost of losing a strongtheoretical base”.There are other signs pointing to the need to rethink the objectives of engineering education.In a recent visit to a representative sample of leading engineering education institutions inIndia I learned that very few of their graduates enter engineering careers: most

Conference Session

Blurring the Boundary between Content Knowledge and Professional Knowledge

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Verna Fitzsimmons, Kent State University - Kent; Stephane Booth, Kent State University - Kent

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

implementing and sustaining a lean effort.Students enrolled in this course were either seniors or graduate students and all had someindustrial experience through coop, internships or regular employment. On the first dayof class, the reflective journal assignment was briefly explained; a handout on reflectivejournal entries was distributed, as was a rubric for its evaluation. Given the level of thestudents enrolled in this course, it was assumed that they had been asked sometimeduring their earlier liberal education academic careers to write in a reflective manner.However, it became apparent to the instructors by the second week of class that areflective journal and its purpose was an entirely foreign concept to the students. Thiswas not as shocking of

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

graduates since2000 showed that over 50 percent of EM graduates either become analysts or enter theIT/Systems field. Knowing that a majority of Stevens Engineering Managementgraduates do not follow the typical path into traditional engineering, creating focus areasspecializing in the career path of over half the graduate EM population was deemedappropriate and necessary to serve the undergraduate Engineering Managementpopulation well.Summary of Successful Endeavors and ChallengesStevens Institute of Technology had no concentrations in the Engineering ManagementProgram since its inception in the late 80’s. However, other more established programs,such as Mechanical Engineering, which has been at Stevens since its inception in 1870,had many

Conference Session

Thinking around the Bachelor of Arts in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

University’s IDEAS B.S. program that integrates the arts, engineering, and sciences into one non-ABET accredited degree [Students have the option to structure their curriculum so they can also get a traditional B.S. degree.] o Provides a technical liberal arts preparation for non-engineering design careers. These programs retain students who become disillusioned with design in engineering departments and engineering colleges.• Engineering courses for non engineers included in the general education requirements o E.g. Princeton University’s Center for Innovation in Engineering Education with multiple courses, Harvard University’s freshman course(s) titled Introduction to the World of

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Curtis, Microchip Technology Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2008-315: EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DESIGN METHODOLOGY TO HELPSTUDENTS SUCCEED IN THE REAL WORLDKeith Curtis, Microchip Technology Inc. Page 13.481.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Embedded Software Design Methodology to Help Students Succeed in the Real WorldIntroduction: A Tool for Entering the Workforce With ExperienceIn the good old days, new engineers could look forward to a long and rewarding career, workingfor a well-established engineering firm. They would typically spend their first year ofemployment “learning the ropes” from older, more-experienced engineers. During thisapprenticeship, they would pick up the tips, tricks

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Vaughen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

evaluated the risks of these Ðyqtuv"ecugÑ"gxgpvu"wukpi"c"consequence versus likelihood risk matrix, with the consequences, the likelihood, and the riskqualitatively ranked as low, medium, or high. Before running their experiments, the studentsdocumented that the risks had been addressed and were reduced as much as is practical. Theynoted the design and implementation of any engineering controls, any administrative controls,and, if needed, any required personal protective equipment (PPE). The students documentedawareness of potential hazards in their surroundings by documenting an area tour, as well.Whether the students continue onto graduate school or begin their careers at a plant site, thisapproach provides them with awareness tools that will

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abulkhair Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Fahmida Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

professional engineering programs; 2. Smooth the transition from high school to college for new freshmen in engineering through proper advising, schedule-building, counseling and monitoring; 3. Assist freshmen and transfer students in career counseling related to both engineering and non-engineering fields; 4. Recruit and retain high quality high school and transfer students interested in majoring in engineering with special emphasis on attracting women and minorities; and 5. Maintain the high quality of instruction and professional development necessary to ensure the accreditation of the professional programs.General Engineering students have varied backgrounds; some are better prepared for the rigor ofcollege studies than

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Bentow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Richard Blais, Project Lead the Way; Laura Bottomley, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Christina Vogt, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

addressing diverse student bodies. Assessment of this effort will include determination of theimpact of the IEEE-developed K-12 outreach modules on visited adult leaders of K-12 students via surveys ontheir attitudes about gender equity both before and after their exposure to the IEEE modules. In addition,attempts will be made to measure the evolutions in the attitudes of K-12 students toward engineering andengineering careers over time by identifying selected sites where visitations have occurred repeatedly.Project Lead The Way (PLTW)Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes pre-engineering courses formiddle and high school students. PLTW forms partnerships with public schools, higher education institutionsand the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy Linn, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2047: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMJimmy Linn, East Carolina University Jimmy Linn is a Teaching Instructor at East Carolina University. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He completed a 23 year career with the U.S. Navy as an Electrical Engineer, 11 of which were in research engineering, before getting into academia as an Instructor. Page 12.899.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Technology in the Classroom

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

retain the information. All professors encounterthis problem as depicted in Figure 1. Page 12.222.2In order for STEM material to become an integral part of the student’s knowledge base throughout theirentire educational and professional careers, the students must, in essence, “live the material” every dayand in every course [1-5]. To foster this approach, material must be presented in a more cohesivefashion. The efforts described in this paper are an attempt to overcome some of these issues through theuse of a better integrated deployment of the material with a general theme that exists throughout all thecourses where the material is

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Gabauer, Virginia Tech; Tim Bayse, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, as well as asking the students to explain howor why a particular design works (or doesn’t work). These are applicable to the undergraduatedesign as well – the trick is to find new and innovative ways to awaken the inner curiosity of thestudents. For at least one of the graduate student authors, whose goal is a career in academia,this take home message was an invaluable one.Dealing with the UninterestedOne particular student on author 1’s team was almost entirely not interested in participating inFLL. This was very frustrating to the teacher as well as the mentor. Both teacher and mentoroften asked themselves, “Why did they even bother to show up?” This posed a formidablechallenge; both to get the student involved and prevent the student from

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Douglas, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

peer mentoring program that links incoming freshmenwomen with upper-level students in each of the disciplines. The program currentlyutilizes a group mentoring structure that matches each mentee with multiple mentors sothat the probability of establishing a close bond between the mentee and at least one ofthe mentors is significantly increased. This structure also supports the freshmen menteesin developing peer to peer relationships that can be maintained as they progress throughtheir college career. The success of K-State’s Women Mentoring Women program iswell documented: • Since 2002, the number of participants in Women Mentoring Women has tripled. • Retention rates after the third semester of college has gradually increased to just

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ward, California State University-Chico

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

retirement. Neither of these choicesis a good one. The junior faculty should be focused on developing research and teachingpedagogy, as well as learning one’s way through the tenure and promotion gauntlet. Whilejunior faculty might have the energy and enthusiasm for promoting assessment, they often lackinfluence with senior faculty. A mature faculty member, on the other hand, will often have theexperience and insight to guide the process but may lack the drive to inspire innovation. A betterchoice is a mid-career faculty member with tenure and experience, who is both invested in theprogram and who will likely have to live with the results of the next ABET visit for some time.Program Assessment TeamworkMeaningful program assessment requires teamwork

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kundrat, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

.ConclusionsThis project, a part of a graduate course, applied classic manufacturing work improvement toolsin a non-manufacturing environment. The STEPS program is a noble approach to motivateyoung girls toward a science and technology career. Because the technical experience of thecamp is centered on the plane building activities, it is immensely important that this experiencebe enjoyable and educational to its participants. This project has deployed classic techniques toanalyze the camp’s existing activities and processes and has thereby developed a morestreamlined, efficient way of accomplishing the same intended goals. Moreover, this project hascreated an incidental and advantageous learning opportunity for the girls. The participants areexposed to

Conference Session

CPD - Engineering Education K - Life

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University; Christiana Houck, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

InstructionalMedia Center at Missouri Western, a group of nine faculty members from various departmentsbegan intensely to plan and develop full on-line courses to meet the educational and career needsof students as per goals cited in Western’s Strategic Plan.5In May 2005, the Western Institute, the distance education arm of Missouri Western, sponsored atwo week Internet Pedagogy Workshop for nine members of the Western faculty. The facultymembers were introduced to resources for on-line course development including gatheringstatistical data from on-line assessments, narrated mini-lectures with PowerPoint, and othermultimedia tools. These faculty members then began developing their courses that weredelivered predominantly during Fall 2005 and Spring 2006

Conference Session

DB & Information Integration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Glotzbach, Purdue University; Nathan Bingham, Purdue University; Meiqi Ren, Purdue University; Dorina Mordkovich, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Comparison.Season LevelOnce a team is created in e-Stadium it is associated with the next level, the season. The season isindependent of the team, but when coupled with a team allows data such as rosters and schedulesfor a particular team to be tracked over a season. Schedules and player/coach rosters are createdby tying games back to a team/season combination. A new instance of a player or coach iscreated for each season, so individual season statistics can be tied back to a particular player. Theplayer’s statistics over a career can be tracked by this association back to a team.Game LevelAs stated earlier, games are grouped by a team/season combination. For statistical purposes, thegames are divided up into drives, plays, scoring drives, overall-game

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

, and the companies can assist by talking about their own implementations and presentcase studies. Local PMI chapters should collaborate with local universities to establish ties anddevelop modules. There are several ways a company can help:1. Corporate management, lead by a company’s Project Office, will need to convince university administration of the need for teaching project management skills in universities. Executives can talk with university presidents/provosts, college deans, department chairpersons, and even career center counselors.2. Corporate Project Offices should, perhaps through their local PMI chapter, assist in curriculum development or assessment.3. Companies can provide financial assistance to faculty in the form of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gypsy Denzine, Northern Arizona University

prevents impulsive and violent behavior71. Bandura enters the self-esteem debate by arguing the focus should be in increasing aperson’s self-efficacy for a specific task, which will have a direct and indirect impact onachievement. It follows, once learners experience success, we can expect high levels of self-worth. The construct of self-efficacy is not new to field of engineering education. Much of theliterature is grounded in Lent, Brown, and Hackett’s72 social-cognitive theory of career andacademic interest, choice, and performance. Career self-efficacy is important construct andresearch shows it is a strong predictor of who is likely to choose STEM college degrees andcareers. Perhaps one area still in need of further research

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University; David Quick, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce

engineering in US industry. Andtransformative leadership must be undertaken to provide a catalyst for action that transforms USengineering education from the limiting constraints of one-time professional education at theundergraduate level (and singular emphasis on academic scientific research at the graduate level) to morefully develop world-class engineers and technological leaders throughout their professional careers inAmerican industry in order to ensure US innovative capability for global competitiveness.This strategic plan proposes a bold initiative and an exciting new advancement in partneringprofessionally oriented graduate engineering education with the practicing profession in Americanindustry that will stimulate technological innovation

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

curriculum.Introduction The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has a unique role in oursociety among institutions of higher learning. Our mission is: “to educate, train and inspire theCorps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to thevalues of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for a career of professional excellence and serviceto the nation as an officer in the United States Army.”1 USMA fulfills this mission throughrigorous military, physical and academic programs. The Dean of Academics (Dean’s) vision isthat the academic program “educates cadets to be Army officers of character who anticipate andrespond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, andeconomic