Conference Session

Flipping ECE Courses

Collection

2014 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

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Electrical and Computer

places as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Universities of Texas and Wisconsin in the U.S., Kyoto and Nagoya Universities in Japan, the Ioffe Institute in Russia, and Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology in Ukraine. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001 to 2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003 to 2008. He is presently the Education Director for the SMART LIGHTING NSF ERC.Dr. Dianna L. Newman, University at Albany/SUNY Dr. Dianna Newman is Research Professor and Director of the Evaluation Consortium at the University at Albany/SUNY. Her major areas of study are program evaluation with an emphasis in STEM related programs. She has numerous chapters, articles, and

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Gu, Michigan Technological University; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Ching-Kuang Shene, Michigan Technological University; Chaoli Wang, Michigan Technological University

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Computers in Education

State Univer- sity in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Wang’s research interests include scientific visualization, large-scale data analysis and visualization, user interface and interaction, information visualization, and visualization in education. At Michigan Tech, he co-directs the Graphics and Visualization Laboratory and participates in research activities at the Immersive Visualization Studio. His research has been supported by Michigan Technological University, the National Science Foundation, and the Dave House Family Foundation

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

Paper ID #9767Aerospace Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative EngineeringDr. Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University Dr. Steve Gorrell joined the BYU Mechanical Engineering Department in 2007 following an eighteen year career as an Aerospace Engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate. There Dr. Gorrell pioneered the use of high performance computing (HPC), hi-fidelity time-accurate CFD, and Particle Image Velocimetry to investigate and understand unsteady flow physics in high performance gas turbine engine fans and compressors. Dr. Gorrell has published 64 technical papers on unsteady

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald S Harichandran, University of New Haven; David J Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

demonstrate the skills and habits acquired through PITCH courses. Student outcomes for the project were established based on an extensive survey ofemployers, alumni and faculty. Communication instruments include technical memoranda, posterpresentations, oral presentations, laboratory reports, proposals, and senior design reports. Inaddition to text elements, the use of tables and graphics also are addressed. Advice tables,annotated sample assignments and grading rubrics are being developed for each instrument toassist students in their work and facilitate consistency in instruction and assessment acrossmultiple instructors teaching different course sections. Within each of the seven programs, specific courses within all four years are

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger V. Lindgren, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

spurred changes to the degreerequirements. The last accreditation visit occurred prior to the curriculum redesign and rollout ofthe co-terminal program. The updated BSCE has not been accredited yet.The civil engineering department functions with five faculty members: four full-time teachingfaculty and one part-time teaching/department chair. In addition, the department includes onefull-time technician who aids in the operation of its laboratory space. With only five facultymembers, the program has four specialty areas: structural, transportation, geotechnical and waterresources engineering. Each of these specialty areas has its own dedicated laboratory space andis directed by the faculty member(s) with the associated subject matter expertise.The

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osvaldo Mangual, Honeywell Aerospace; Marvi Teixeira, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Reynaldo Lopez-Roig, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Felix Javier Nevarez-Ayala, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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Computing & Information Technology

University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and a BSEE degree from Polytechnic University. Professor Teixeira is an IEEE Senior Member, a Registered Professional Engineer and a former ASEE-Navy Summer Faculty Fellow.Mr. Reynaldo Lopez-Roig, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Mr. Lopez received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in 2013. His work as an undergraduate research assistant was related to the implementation and benchmark- ing of parallel signal processing algorithms in clusters and multicore architectures. Mr. Lopez is currently working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a Software Systems Engineer.Prof. Felix Javier Nevarez-Ayala, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University; Pavel M. Polunin, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

pp.Brief narrative of procedure, measured Individual); Technical Analysis,data, deduced and analyzed data, plotted Economic Analysis, Recommendationresults with discussion and conclusions. for ActionME 391 – Mechanical Engineering ME 412 – Heat TransferAnalysis Design Project Documentation: FormalReading, thinking, and teamwork Report (1 @ 10 pp. + App., Individual) Memo Reports (X @ 2 - 5 pages App.IndividualME 451 – Controls (Senior)Laboratory and Project Reports: Laboratory Experiment Written Reports (2 Formal Reports,Individual); Abstract, Nomenclature, Introduction, Analysis, Results, Discussion

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Construction

better evaluation ofstructural integrity and rational analysis of potential causes of distresses. In contrast to theconventional lecture and laboratory environment, in which students were told to use specificequipment or tools for specific specimens, student in this exercise were asked to identify theequipment or tools that they might require and then consult with the instructor on theprocedural details of equipment usage. Specifically, students were required to include a casestudy in each of their posters. Students were to present their poster in front of the judge panelcomposed of industrial experts and faculty members from related programs within thedepartment. Two examples of student posters may be found in Figure 2. All posters were setup

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has conducted research in the areas of environmentally-responsible manu- facturing, globally-distributed engineering teaming and early engineering education development and has over 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Dr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech, where he began his biomedical research career in the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He then attended MIT where he earned his M.S

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Giacomo Nannicini, SUTD; Roland Bouffanais, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Elica Kyoseva, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Jean Wan Hong Yong, SUTD; Dario Poletti, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Robert E Simpson; Aditya Prasad Mathur

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

was the sum of these aspects.This was confirmed when studying the correlation of the 2D grades assigned in each subject withthe overall final grades in each subject. In the systems course, the correlation was 44%, and in Page 24.763.15the thermodynamics course the correlation was 30%, which is about what one would expectbetween hands on laboratory grades and overall subject matter grades. When each subjectcourse grades a 2D project alone on the subject matter contribution to 2D, then those grades willnot correlate, and do not grade the multidisciplinary nature of the 2D

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering profession in their respective Page 24.765.3disciplines. The course differs from other lecture and laboratory based courses in the engineeringcurriculum in fundamental ways.ASEE Annual Conference, 2014The purpose of capstone design course, required of all seniors, is to provide a realistic experience byintegrating basic material learned during the engineering undergraduate program to address real-lifedesign problem from schematic phase into the construction design levels, including advanced engineeringdesign aspects in certain selected focus areas of technical discipline.There is no unique model for teaching multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community College

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Civil Engineering

CoursesThe LEWAS was designed as an educational outreach tool to promote water sustainabilityconcepts through discovery based classroom modules that utilize a remote laboratoryenvironment. Through real-time data acquisition and display via the LabVIEW website, theLEWAS simulates a remote laboratory where students can virtually situate themselves at theLEWAS site. These modules were built upon previous empirical research developed by LEWASmembers that suggest that access to real-time data improve a student’s understanding of watersustainability concepts2. The LEWAS modules were developed and implemented first in twofreshman level courses the local community college in the spring 2013 semester, and again in thefall 2013 semester. In total

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

forms the basis for SMEcertification exams for Certified Manufacturing Engineer and Certified ManufacturingTechnologist.4The lintel spanning the pillars emphasizes that laboratory experiences, quality, continuousimprovement, and problem analysis pervade the manufacturing engineering field and integrate itsvarious facets. This approach aligns with many of the personal effectiveness techniques.While there are multiple uses of the Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge, for the purposesof this paper, the focus is on fostering ongoing dialog among faculty in mechanical engineeringand mechanical engineering technology programs whose graduates often work in manufacturingengineering functions of product-producing industries. Such dialog will help to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny Ph.D., Arizona State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Brady J. Gibbons, Oregon State University; William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean Maass; Candace K. Chan, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

she holds a patent. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories and the diffusion of educational interventions and practices.Dr. Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University Cindy K. Waters is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering at NCA&T State University. She received her B.S. and M.S from Virginia Tech in Materials Science and Engineering Department and a 2004 PhD in Mechanical Engineering, from NCA&T. Her research is in the development and characterization of novel syntactic foams and various porous metals via powder metallurgy and foam casting. She is also significantly involved in engineering education research in the areas of assessment

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

introductory course for engineering freshmen. This feedback can beused to improve curriculum and enhance student engagement. Students are known to find thetransition from high school to a demanding major such as engineering very challenging. Thisstudy provides some insight into the student opinion about this transition. Furthermore, thefindings from this study can be used to improve the delivery of follow-up introductory coursesand enhancement of metacognitive development. The assessment of learning outcomes throughmultiple measures provides a means of understanding the usefulness of laboratory and projectcontent in meeting outcomes, and also allows a comparison of the findings with the data in theexisting literature.2, 3Keywords: Introductory Courses

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic StateUniversity in San Luis Obispo is the only college in the nation that has departments ofArchitecture, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management and LandscapeArchitecture in the same college. The institution has a 60 year tradition of collaborationbetween the engineering, architecture and construction disciplines, particularly at thelower division level. To enhance this collaboration, the college committed to providingan upper division, interdisciplinary experience to every student in the form of a projectbased, team oriented five unit studio laboratory that every student would take. Thecourse is now in its third year and requires small teams of architecture, engineering

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; H. David Snyder; Catherine Mavriplis; Charlene Sorensen

males are available to fill the SEM positionsneeded. But progress is slow. For the individual woman at a non-ADVANCE institutionthe lack of information is significant. Furthermore, graduate students are often isolated intheir laboratories and have little insight into the faculty search process. For these reasons,a workshop to demystify the tenure-track assistant professor path in SEM fields is sorelyneeded.We present here the design, content and outcomes of the “FORWARD to Professorship”workshop. The aim of this paper is to 1) inform the community of the existence of theworkshop and 2) appeal to higher education administrators that workshops such as thisone are extremely well received by participants and can contribute to increased numbersof

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Shaw; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

bono or fee basis (2) Student interns and employees (3) Access to technicallabs, facilities and equipment (4) Access to databases and researchers (5) Access to research anddevelopment financing through programs such as SBIR – federal grant funding is greatlyenhanced when incubator clients submit a joint proposal with a university or federal laboratory(6) Additional services and resources including patent knowledge, alumni who may act asadvisors, business contacts and strategic alliance facilitators or investors, access to a far-flungnetwork of laboratories and technical expertise, and access to investment by universityfoundations.All the above mentioned research findings and other issues and environmental factors wereconsidered when designing

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

) introducing modern learning practices, (ii) incorporating new laboratory experiences, (iii) integrating powerful software tools using an object oriented approach in engineering design, (iv) incorporating research experiences including use of National Scientific Digital Library (NSDL) to promote inquiry based learning outcomes, and (v) emphasizing communication and interpersonal skills, 2. Develop an assessment scheme to assess the effectiveness of the enhanced program, and 3. Develop a Master in Engineering Education program Page 10.649.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

professional services referral network • Linkages to faculty consulting and collaborative proposals • Access to specialized equipment, laboratories and other university capabilities • Coordination and offering of curricula, courses and training • Other special activitiesEntrepreneurial teams and students in senior design work directly with Florida TechStart to helpfacilitate the commercialization of their projects and ideas. In this regard, Florida TechStart’sgoal is provide an accelerated opportunity track for any senior design projects and teams whichmay have market potential for commercial implementation.In addition to Florida TechStart, Florida Tech has initiated a student entrepreneurial club, the e-club, which meets regularly

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Balascio

conceptual understanding is a costly process for the instructor in terms of both time and effort. Page 9.1360.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIdentification of Problem and Implementation of LON-CAPA Enhanced PBLEGTE 321 is a four-credit lecture/lab course that meets weekly for two one-and-a-half-hourlectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. EGTE 321 is a required course for theConstruction Technology and Technical Management concentration in the department’sEngineering

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Fisher; Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

% Laboratory Classroom 20% 10% 0%Figure 2. Number of students in engineering internships and co-ops at Iowa StateUniversity. 250 Internship Co-op

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Leanne Avery; Angela Lueking; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

then does experiments to test their hypotheses.”Question 7: Describe what an engineer does.“Engineers use math and science to solve practical problems. They also design, manufacture, and build such itemsas houses, bridges, etc.”“An engineer is someone who invents or creates new thing things. This is much like the job of the scientist in thefact that they would also use the scientific process in their work.”“An engineer takes the theories that scientists develop and then apply them in the field and in everyday life, to see ifthe theories can work outside of the laboratory. An engineer will also examine the theories and fine tune them ifnecessary, in order to make them work outside of a laboratory.” College Student Minute PaperTo

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

. Page 9.379.2Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering7. Analyze Each SolutionEach solution was analyzed taking into account the needs of the industries as well as the practicalavailable resources for classrooms, laboratory space, supporting library, faculty and the timerequired to get an engineering program up and running. The department Chair, who also wasresponsible for assigning the various numerical values, conducted the study.Table 1: Summary of Type of Program AnalysesCriteria Weight Discipline BS in BSE with Discipline BS in BSE with specific General

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Bowman; Cliff Goodwin

approximately 300hours of preparation time to get his class online, the hardware and software systems areavailable to him. His university has made the high fixed cost investments. However, hecan consider his personal development time of 300 hours as a fixed cost for his course.RevenuesThe fees charged for online and traditional classes may be different. The justification fordifferent and usually higher fees for the online offerings is that there is higher instructorcosts in preparation and more time spent in online questions/chat and in the overhead orfixed costs of the online system. Usually there are different fees for laboratories thannon-laboratory courses, so the precedent for different and higher fees is established.In general, there is

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

- ing in several.The following provides some of the reasoning for the CEES assessment shown in Table 3. 1. Technical core - Level 3. CEES maintains a science-based approach to engineering education, where students receive a grounding in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering science before embarking on sub-specializations of civil engineering. Through this course sequencing, the students do have an ability in (at least) four areas. 2. Experiments - Level 3. Besides general chemistry and physics labs, six required courses have formal laboratory/field components. In addition, courses that have Sooner City design components use a combination of virtual and real data sets for

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

Page 9.1058.2faculty member or professional scientist mentor at an industrial, governmental or“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”university laboratory site. The objectives of this program are:• To increase the number of students who participate in undergraduate research.• To enhance students’ learning and commitment to their studies.• To increase the number of students attending graduate schools.• To provide students with professional development training. Research in the undergraduate engineering curriculum remains a significantcontributor to the educational preparation of new practitioners for an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Min Huang; Michael Trevisan

-technologysector. Several companies have investigated re-locating to the region or establishing start-upcompanies in the area. A key concern voiced by these companies is the need for a professionalworkforce in the region that can be drawn on to fill critical technical positions. In addition, therecurrently exists a dearth of trained individuals with expertise in optoelectronics, which is criticalto many high-technology products and future development.In response to regional high technology industry needs, a master’s program in opto-electronicswas established at WSU, combining the research strengths of the physics and electricalengineering departments. NSF funding was obtained to develop and support the initial stages ofthe program. Course and laboratory

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

the B.S. and M.S. degrees,respectively, in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. He is a member of Pi TauSigma and Tau Beta Pi. He worked for the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH, during the summers of2000 and 2001. He is currently a doctoral student at Polytechnic University. His research interests include control ofmechanical and aerospace systems.VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY,where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSFfunded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1News, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Brenda Capobianco; Judith Zawojewski; Margret Hjalmarson; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman

computer laboratory period per week. The lectures focus onfundamental engineering concepts and problem solving. Prior to Fall 2002, each lab period wasorganized into a series of four or five tasks to be completed either by teams of four students orindividual students, as specified by the instructors. Typically, tasks provided the students withstructured exploration of the use of new computer tool syntax/procedures and simplefundamental engineering problems. Each lab concluded with a "check for understanding" on thenew concepts covered in the lab. Students then applied the theory introduced in lecture and thesyntax/procedures learned in lab to the solution of homework problems and team projects withengineering context.In Fall 2002, four MEAs were