Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantin Chassapis; Hamid Hadim; Kishore Pochiraju; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard; David Vaccari

withthe results of Course Surveys and any other pertinent information to determine which CourseOutcomes need to be improved and to plan steps towards that improvement. This information iscollected on the Instructor Course Assessment Form, which reports the results of the CourseOutcomes Assessment. In this form, the instructor is asked to address the following questions: 1. List course changes made this term. Indicate which changes were made as a result of the assessment process. Comment on the success of the changes made this semester. 2. List Course Outcomes that were not achieved to your satisfaction and your reasoning for feeling these outcomes were not achieved. Base your response on the Course Survey, The Assessment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; James Richardson; Tan-Yu Lee; Robert Leland

).Metacognition, or an awareness of how you are thinking, plays an important role in mostproblem solving courses, and training in metacognition has lead to gains in problem solving andmath skills6,8. Sometimes this is expressed as a 4-6 step process for solving problems. This ismisleading, as following the steps mindlessly will not solve all problems. To keep things simple,we followed Polya’s model of Understand, Plan, Do, Reflect13. As indicated by Polya andothers, we found the key area students needed to grow in was understanding the problem.Students were constantly made aware they should invest time in understanding a problem first,and developing a plan of attack before jumping in and performing a lot of computations.2. Description of the CourseIn

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay Howell; Ann Wittbrodt; Alfred Moye

to stimulate research and development in learning science andtechnology, worked with over seventy leading learning science and informationtechnology researchers over a three year period to produce the Roadmap. The Roadmapdefines research priorities, a development chronology, and short- and long-termmilestones. While the roadmap focuses on post-secondary science, math, engineering,and technology education, its research plan should be useful to all learning markets,including K-12. The roadmap provides a comprehensive strategic view of the learningscience and technologies field which can guide researchers, industry, and fundingagencies as they strive for innovation in educational technology. This paper describeshow the roadmap was developed and

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

compute the laser beam's position relative to the home position given the location of thereceivers. Their final product was a MATLAB program.Banking Options. This MEA was implemented in week six. Students had begun studying time-value of money the previous week. Students were expected to use their knowledge of simpleeconomic relationships in the design of their first relatively complex spreadsheet.Lab Component: Students were introduced to three types of investment strategies that familiescan use to plan for college tuition costs: fixed rate investments, mutual funds and stocks, andmoney market funds. The client is an investment firm that wishes to develop a spreadsheet thatfamilies can use to determine how much they need to invest each month or

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary A. Nelson; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

of the alpha version concept inventory, present our preliminaryanalysis of the results from the alpha test, and discuss our plans for assuring the validityand reliability of our finished CI. Page 9.1003.11 Contact author: Barbara M. Olds, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School ofMines, Golden, CO 80401, bolds@mines.edu, (703) 292-4429. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBackgroundThere is a large and growing body of research on misconceptions (or

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

) model)• Pre- • Topics/Content • Training • Management • Reactionsquestionnaire • Instruction material and delivery of • Learning• Team design: development training • Behaviorbehavior Lesson design changeprotocol Lesson plan • Organizational(TBP) Delivery results methods and tools Page 9.567.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

able to use an encrypted email system • Understand the relationship of public and private keys to email and the uses of a Public Key Infrastructure • Be able to identify the security problems with standard terminal based protocols like telnet, ftp, NFS, and web. • Be able to identify solutions to the security problems with telnet, ftp, NFS, and web traffic. • Understand how secure protocols like SSH, SSL, and VPN's operate and how they can be used to enhance security. • Be able to develop a plan to attack a network of computer systems and then be able to develop a plan of countermeasures. • Understand the use of firewalls and the strengths and weaknesses of a firewall • Be able to read

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

: coordinator, author,reader, and recorder. Ideally, each role is played by a different team member. The role of the coor-dinator is to facilitate communication, schedule meetings, and ensure the process is successful.The author is the person who wrote the code and, ulimately, corrects the defects identified by theother team members. The reader and recorder act as impartial code reviewers (in addition to thecoordinator) and have major roles during the design review meeting.For the software development portion of the project, the “development activities” block in Fig. 2involves five steps:• Planning (coordinator and author) Code design review planning involves the coordinator and the author. After the author creates a cleanly compiled code module, the

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationconcepts. Third, he must decide when to administer the examination, and how many versions ofthe examination are required. Fourth, a grading plan is needed to ensure consistent grading ofthe examinations. Last, the course director must capture the lessons learned from developing andadministering the examination and use the information to improve the course in the future.Course Development Proper course development is the first and most important step in crafting good exams.There are numerous other papers that discuss course development in detail, so only a shortsummary of the method used by

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

K Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; Dee Fink; Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Carolyn Ahern; Kurt Gramoll

(2 sections) CE 3414 Spring '02 CE 5333 CE 3673 CE 3403 CE 4123 CE 3234Notes: ENGR 1112 – Introduction to Engineering, ENGR 1213 – Graphics and Design, CE 2553– Surveying, CE 3403 – Materials, CE 3363 – Soil Mechanics, CE 3212 – EnvironmentalEngineering, CE 3234 – Environmental Engineering II, CE 3414 – Structural Analysis, CE 3663– Structural Design (Steel I), CE 3673 – Structural Design (Concrete I), CE 4123 (Open ChannelFlow), CE 5333 – Foundation Engineering.3. Overview of the Evaluation ProtocolTo evaluate the success of the Sooner City project, a comprehensive assessment plan is in place,including both formative and summative evaluations. The

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patsy Brackin; Clark Merkel

practice the design process, including planning, predicting performance, andteamwork to achieve the same goal.Description: Assign students to a team. Tell them that they will be building a papertower and that the group with the best performance will win the contest. Theperformance is weighted based on the number of sheets of paper they use, the height ofthe tower, and the time it takes to construct. However, before students are allowed tobegin construction, they must plan what they are going to do and estimate theirperformance. After a predefined amount of time, all construction must stop. A typicalperformance weighting might be Performance Score = 10H - 67N - Z( T – 300 )where H is the height of the tower in inches, N is the number

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

semester, yet realistic enough todemonstrate the intended concepts. 3.3 Plans for Full Development Upon successful completion of this proof-of-concept project (Phase I) – as determined bythe outcome of evaluation efforts – our full-development plans (Phase II) for this project includedesigning additional experiments for other core and regularly offered elective courses. Thesecore courses include electromagnetics, computer architecture and Electronics II (VLSI design),whereas the electives include image processing, wavelets, pattern recognition, adaptive filters,neural networks, instrumentation, DSP architectures, RF electronics and optics. The experimentsdesigned for electives will be drawn from advanced topics of BME that are closely

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

of Electrical & Computer Engineeringat Youngstown State University pursuing a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.He is interested in the area of Control Systems and is planning to pursue a PhD studywith a control system concentration upon graduation from Youngstown State University.F. Mossayebi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Youngstown State University teaching in the area of digital systemsincluding digital signal processing and controls. His primary area of interest includesmodeling and simulation of nonlinear systems, digital signal processing, and control. Page 9.655.4

Conference Session

BME Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Cordray

the Courseware Authoring and Packaging Environment (CAPE) of Howard6. This systemallows instructors to monitor the way in which students approach a set of homework by lookingat their use record. This shows the degree of difficulty they may have as well as thethoroughness to which they approach a problem set.CognitiveEvaluations of cognitive change in faculty are best observed through an analysis of theirinstructional design plans. We have devised a template for these designs7. These designs can beanalyzed for HPL content. In addition, taxonomies of knowledge and curricula are examples ofcognitive artifacts from faculty. The most used rubric to analyze curricula has been the ABEToutcomes which can be used to assess the content of courses

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

issues that are very broad-based and interdisciplinary in nature. The fiveparticipating teachers worked together as a team in planning their experiments. The facultyinvestigator advised these teachers and met with them as a group as well as individually. Theteachers gained increased content knowledge, design of experiments skills, and usefulinstructional materials.AcknowledgementThe author is grateful for the support provided by the National Science Foundation’s ResearchExperience for Teacher program though a supplement to GK-12 Award Number 0086427, andfor the encouragement of Program Manager Dr. Mary Poats.Reference1. Esin Gulari, “Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplements and Sites,” 1 Jan. 2002, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

the ModelLaboratory. Their understanding of group dynamics and appreciation for cost-effective andsuperior designs has been enhanced.Partial support of NSF, which started in January of 2002 has increased the momentum of theefforts that have started since 1998 for creation of the State of the Art Laboratory. Successfulimplementation of this project has resulted in several measurable outcomes as:1. Generation of comprehensive blueprints for fabrication of apparatuses necessary for precision experimentation in the areas of Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics of Machinery.2. Creation of detailed laboratory manuals-ready for distribution to students.3. A well thought out and comprehensive plan for putting together an affordable model

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jimmy Smith; Michael Loui, Illinois Institute of Technology (Vivian Weil),; Steven Nichols, University of Texas at Austin (Steven Nichols), University of Illinois at

of Texas at Austin (Steven Nichols), University of Illinois atUrbana/Champaign (Michael Loui), Illinois Institute of Technology (Vivian Weil),University of Arkansas (Walter LeFevre) and consultants from engineering industry (PhilUlmer, Eagle River, Alaska and Carl Skooglund, former VP and Ethics Director of TexasInstruments, Dallas).“Incident at Morales” Synopsis and Ethical IssuesThe story in “Incident at Morales” is fictional but realistic: Phausst Chemical manufactures Old Stripper, a paint remover that dominates the market. On learning that Phausst’s competitor Chemitoil plans to introduce a new paint remover that may capture the market, executives at Phausst decide to

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Linse; Rebecca Bates

with a session to plan activelearning modules and two sessions to present the modules to the class. Thus, every studentparticipated in the development, implementation and learning stages of a learning activity.Guest lecturers were used frequently to build familiarity with campus resources and to helpstudents build a network of contacts for education information.The order of the classes was obvious in some cases, such as the introduction and discussion ofstudent learning, but less so for some intermediate topics. For example, the ClassroomAssessment Techniques, Group Learning, and Active Learning sessions could have beenpresented in almost any order. The order used made sense for the guest lecturers and materialcovered in this class. (The class

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

Education Center and view the TAMpresentation, then met once in a mock “project planning meeting” where the operation of TAMand the project requirements were explained. In the meeting, the customer specifications weregiven, and the “designers” could ask questions. Specifications included: • Inputs: 6 bits from the comparator circuit giving TAM's current position and 5 position bits representing TAM's desired position from the I/O card (through the connector block) • Two outputs: Motor On and Left/not Right • +5V Logic • Documentation that would explain the IC’s operation after 15 years, even after the technology was obsolete.This project was presented in a different manner than students were accustomed to - typicalweekly

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Single; William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

undergraduates and Ph.D. students, selected “yourfuture career plans” most often. Again, this choice of a most important topic coincides with amajor decision point in the academic careers of students at these levels. The three leastfrequently selected topics were the same for mentors and students. Five Most Useful Topics Discussed Lower Ph.D. Community Div Upper Div Post All College Undergrad Undergrad Masters doc Combined*Your backgrounds (education, interests, etc.) 30

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationimproved graphical user interfaces. Software in various domains became more specialized, andmechanical CAD was born in the present form. Along with CAD, other Computer-AidedManufacturing (CAM) software for planning and developing manufacturing, such as cutterpaths, improved significantly. Analysis software using finite elements became an integral part ofthe design process. Today, it is possible to purchase different software that can help in severalaspects of the design process and manufacturing simulations.The rapid increase of computational power continues to empower designers and engineers toperform more of the design and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Mahmut Fetvaci; Ismail Fidan

, and Computer-Aided Technical Drawing. His teaching andresearch interests include computer integrated design, process planning and manufacturing, gear andcontinuously variable transmission manufacturing, design for optimum cost, online design catalogs, andweb-based collaboration.ISMAIL FIDAN Dr. Ismail Fidan is a faculty member at the MIT department of Tennessee Tech University,Cookeville, TN. He began his academic appointment in August 2000. Dr. Fidan received his PhD inMechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. He is a senior member of IEEEand SME, and member of ASEE, NAIT, ASME, TAS and SMTA. Dr. Fidan also serves as an associateeditor for the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing a nd

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

role models for the girls participating the program.Our team consisted of 13 individuals (10 women and three men) including: (1) the director, whooversaw the financial aspects and submitted a report to the Schenectady County HealthDepartment which grants the permit for operating a children’s camp; (2) the coordinator, whoworked with the director and staff to plan the schedule and work out all of the logistical details,distributed application materials, and communicated personally with all of the participants; (3) Page 8.128.2three Union faculty - one from mechanical engineering, one from computer science, and one Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

Page threeThe development of Fieldbus technology and its dissemination was alsoaccomplished through workshops. The center presented Fieldbus workshops foreducators during two summers. About twenty educators from two-year and four-year programs attended each of the workshopsThe first summer (2001) workshop introduced Fieldbus technology in general.In addition, a roundtable discussion on development of courses in the subject washeld. Ideas from the educators were received and a plan for future workshops,training, and credit courses was made.The second workshop held the following summer (2002) was more technical andhad an extensive hands-on lab.Topics in the second summer workshop included an introduction and history ofinstrument signals, types

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Belle Upadhyaya

(ITC) at the University on instructional module development and design and planning for online instructional material.• Development of windows applications for instructional modules and interactive problem solving examples. These are incorporated into the text as well as the presentations.• Preparation of animations and video clips for incorporation into the modules. This will enhance students’ appreciation of engineering principles and minimize the boredom associated with non-synchronous web-based delivery.• Development of web-based machinery data acquisition and visualization for a vibrations laboratory using an Internet Toolkit.• Preparation of a CD-ROM text with windows applications, interactive engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

-point in the semester proved tobe of even greater importance. By forcing the students to consider the written proposal weeksbefore its final due date, the program encouraged the students to think like technical professionalsdo when engaged in planning a document. The writing consultants do a careful reading of thedraft proposal making specific suggestions for improving the final proposal. By adding this step,students learn the value of draft preparation, document review and editing for grammar,punctuation, clarity and content.Conclusion: Page 8.1067.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chad Washington; Alene Harris

that flowed easily from one category to another. We then turned to data in the SEO and in the GR. We found that student engagementwas easily plotted directly from the categories as they stand. For each data sample in the SEO, abar representing 100% could be divided into segments of “definitely engaged,” “probablyengaged,” and “unengaged.” For each summary GR at the end of a lesson, we simply plottedthe data as a straightforward bar graph. In the spring semester of 2003, we plan to provide observed professors with formativefeedback based on data from their VOS observations. Eight observations will be spacedthroughout the semester, with cumulative feedback provided after the fourth and eighthobservations. Prior to receiving feedback

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe solution of the simultaneous algebraic equations using these schemes are found in Özisik [7]. Figure 2: Nomenclature for finite-difference nodes.VI. ImplementationThis design of experiment is planned to be integrated into the junior level heat transfer laboratoryin the spring of 2003. Each student team will be given a handout that describes the nature of theexperiment, their design objective (see Problem Statement section above), and safetyconsiderations. The student team will be asked to perform the design calculation first, to checkwith their laboratory instructor about their

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Velegol; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant

to expose them to the various engineering disciplines. The first module was very similar informat and content to the previous version of the class. The only significant change was that lessemphasis was placed on discipline-specific problem solving, which was instead handled within theseminars.In addition to the lectures, there was a team-based laboratory design component for the firstmodule based upon designing a park for an unused 20-acre parcel of university property. Eachthree-student team was given a plot of land and asked to come up with a plan for the land usingthe engineering design process.2 The expenses of their plan could not exceed a given financialconstraint. They worked together as a team to develop and rank criteria for this

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara L. Christe

retention and transfer [2]. The web-based classroom instructor must use innovative techniques to accomplish Gagne’s steps. By pre-planning how each event can occur, the instructor can be very successful in distance education.II. Content PresentationThose who teach via the Internet will agree that the amount of time invested in a class prior to itsbeginning is tremendous. One area of concentration is the provision of information to thestudents, which normally could be obtained elsewhere. Before the class begins, issues must beaddressed with detail. Expectations must be outlined. Topics in this area include: universityintegrity, academic schedules, grading, syllabus design, tips for success (including timemanagement), contact information for the