Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector Carlo, University of Puerto Rico; Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Scott Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Management

in participants’dispositions or beliefs, the program will use pre and post online surveys designed to gatherinformation on students’ attitudes, skills, self-confidence, interest in careers, and perceptions ofexperiences related to integrated virtual teaming. For virtual teaming metrics includecommunication level, leadership, and performance as a unit4, 6, 1. Quantitative data will beanalyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to test for statisticallysignificant differences from pre to post. Page 15.248.7Faculty mentors also complete online surveys. Since mentoring is one of the hardest, yet mostrewarding

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

part of her work. Through many events and circumstances, includinglearning to see water not as a physical object to be moved across space but as a resource to beprotected, she conceived and implemented strategies that empower communities to take controlof their own water consumption, sanitation, and treatment. Throughout her career, this engineerbecame an agent of organizational change, political action and community empowerment. Shemobilized organizational resources and drafted national legislation to protect water as a resource,engaged social scientists in her attempts to communicate with communities, and more recentlydeveloped community-based processes to map communities and their water use. Throughout herexperiences she learned that

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

BRIGE grant), advancing problem based learning methodologies (NSF CCLI grant), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineering outreach.Eric Pappas, James Madison University ERIC PAPPAS is an associate professor in the School of Engineering and the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University. Page 15.1082.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diana Stoppiello, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and working collaboratively as • successfully enter careers in civil environment, professionals in a diverse, engineering, serve society, and • pursue further studies in their interdisciplinary environment, and pursue further studies in their profession to remain technically • successfully enter chosen careers in profession, and competent and advance their technical the medical device, health care, or • attain professional licensure. competencies, and biotechnology fields, and/or • attain professional licensure. graduate studies or professional

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Robert Dennis, University of North Carolina; Charles Finley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

modeler) to create a solid 3-D model of that object made from polycarbonate. This gives the students an understanding of the trade-offs involved when designing a component for “printing” using a rapid prototyping device. It also provides students with experience in using rapid prototyping, a tool that they will use in subsequent classes, and likely in their future careers. B. BME Design and Manufacturing IIStudents typically take this course in the spring of junior year. Because this course is more labintensive than the above class, it is only offered in the spring. It is a two credit hour course withthe following objectives: ≠ To learn about modern design practices ≠ To learn about and use a variety of

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerry Marekova, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in their curriculum that leads to academic career in engineering or engineeringtechnology. Two courses that students have in their senior year are transferable to Drexel, if theyare accepted to the AET program. The two courses are EET 102, Introduction to AET, and MET101, Manufacturing Materials. The courses follow the syllabi of the same freshman classestaught at Drexel. The books and other materials for those courses are the same as for thefreshmen students at Drexel University.Currently, the administration of AET Program at Drexel University is working on transferarticulation agreements with Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) and CommunityCollege of Philadelphia (CCP). Both colleges have successfully prepared students in the past

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

: a. Student’s reason for participating on this project. b. Student’s skills and talents that he/she brings to the project. c. Student’s academic standing. d. Impact on student’s career and life.The two teams are given below: Fall Semester Team Brian Kunkel, William Hurles, and Bryce Thelen Spring Semester TeamNabeel Aslam, Kevin McPhail, Ryan McPhee, Brent Rowland, and Eric TingwallThe author took on the role of faculty advisor for both teams.The DesignFollowing the traditional design process, the first step was to develop a conciseproblem statement. After significant discussion with ATDC, the followingstatement was developed: The goal of this project is

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Besser, University of Saint Thomas; AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design techniques into mechanical engineeringcurricula, students could establish a solid working relationship both with the concepts of design andthe professionals in the field while still in college. This may result in engineers having a deeperunderstanding of design and its process, as well as being better prepared for their future career. Orput differently, the aforementioned call could be answered.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the University of St. Thomas Young Scholars program forfunding this research.Bibliography[1] Neeley, W. Lawrence, Sheri Sheppard, Larry Leifer. “Design is Design is Design (Or is it?): What we say vs.What we do in Engineering Design Education”. Proc. of American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanghun Choi, Purdue University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University; Rohit Shenoy, MathWorks

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

- pare students for successful careers. Previously he was marketing manager for MathWorks’ Controls products and worked closely with customers in automotive and aerospace industries on modeling, simu- lation, and control design. Page 22.67.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Modern Educational Power Electronics Laboratory to Enhance Hands-on Active LearningAbstract – A new educational power electronics laboratory based on state-of-the-art tools andindustrial-grade platforms is presented in this paper. The developed laboratory, which is builtbased upon

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

stabil- ity, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simu- lation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published several papers in referred journals and in conference pro- ceedings in his areas of the research interests. He has also been PI or co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting and analysis, renewable energy analysis, assessment and design, turbulence and wave propagation

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

comments by a respondent with 20+ years of experience and employed by a multi-national corporation:“Language skill is a tremendous plus for any career but as long as the US market is one of thelargest then success can be achieved without it. However, the globe is a much more excitingand lucrative opportunity and language along with appreciation for cultural diversity istremendously important. Cultural appreciation is even more so. This appreciation can beachieved in many ways including but not limited to study abroad. These things only enhancepotential…”Another senior engineer respondent commented:“It would be an amazing coincidence if the foreign language an engineer knew happened to berelevant to any assignment offered.”During our research into

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

seem a little more prepared. I think in the beginning, when we asked the kids what their interest was in science or what they wanted to pursue, a couple of them said it really wasn’t a science career. But like you said, I think the kids were a little bit cooler. They put up a little bit of a wall, but as the week went on, they kind of dropped that wall. They believed in some of the things that we were doing and looked at it from a different standpoint. One of the girls said, “You know what, I never really like science, but this camp is making me think about it. I can’t really compare the two groups, but since I was a camper last year, I can agree with what they were saying about not being

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Hennington, Mississippi State University

, Heat Transfer, and Analytical Microdevice Technology courses. In addition, she is an NSF CAREER Awardee, has served as co-PI on an NSF REU site, PI on grants from NSF and DOE, and was the faculty advisor for MSU’s chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). Her research is in medical microdevice diagnostics & dielectrophoresis.Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University Dr. Keisha B. Walters is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She received her B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from Clemson University in 1996 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Importance of Technical & Professional Writing in Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peilin Fu, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Ronald Uhlig, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-2143: IMPROVING TECHNICAL WRITING AMONG ENGINEERINGAND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSPeilin Fu, National UniversityShekar Viswanathan, National University, San DiegoRonald Uhlig, National University, San DiegoHoward Evans, National University, San Diego Page 15.702.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Technical Writing among Engineering and Technology StudentsAbstractThe ability to communicate clearly and effectively is crucial to success in an engineering career.Good writing skills give students a competitive edge in job searches and career advances. It iswidely agreed in and out of academia that instruction in

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering principles with math and sciencecurriculum standards. Between meetings, teachers were encouraged to collaborate with thefaculty and fellow participants by e-mail, invite engineering faculty to their classrooms to serveas resource teachers and talk about careers in engineering, bring groups of students to campus fortours and activities, and prepare their students for engineering-based competitions.In the era of No Child Left Behind, school districts evaluate all professional developmentactivities on the extent to which they support the implementation of curriculum standards. Theproject team provided orientation for the engineering faculty on mathematics and sciencestandards and encouraged them to develop their institute sessions in

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugo Pirela, InterAmerican Development Bank; Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES; Juan Luis Crespo Marino, Universidade da Coruna; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Miguel J. Escala, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University

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International

Accreditation Process Steps – duration is approximately one yearfrom application to decisionThe assessment team proposed is composed of three members from academia and industry. The Page 15.334.12inclusion of representatives of both sectors is particularly important for a system that evaluatesthe quality of engineering careers and results in achieving the required expertise in theseprofessionals. One of the team members must be from the same country as the institution beingevaluated to ensure that the contextualization of the national situation and thus the objectivity inapplying the model to the realities of different countries.The proposal indicates

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dwayne Henclewood, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mshadoni Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Angshuman Guin, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Council of Sections

table. The camp was very effective in increasing students’awareness of transportation engineering (means across both camps increased from 2.05 to 3.89),helping students understand how transportation engineering research relates to the real world(mean=4.63), and helping students understand career opportunities in transportation engineering(mean=3.95). This is also revealed in comments from the students: “The Georgia Tech campwas an excellent experience for me. Now I have a better understanding of what civil engineeringis. Now every time I’m at a traffic light, I will think about the engineers that work every day tomake this possible.” However, overall, the course was not as effective in encouraging students toconsider a career in transportation

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram Mohan, North Carolina A & T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

outsidetheir alma mater and are looking forward to acquiring new skills and degrees that will make themprofessionally more competitive. However, most students have entered graduate school directlyfrom their undergraduate semesters, armed with Bachelors degrees, but unhappy with the jobmarket and their career prospects.Just as their motives for being in this class are diverse so are the academic backgrounds of theCSE graduate students. Many students have undergraduate degrees in mathematics orengineering, whereas some have majored in biology, business, physics, and agricultural sciences. Page 15.301.6Their level of knowledge of statistics is also varied

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Natalie A Mello, The Forum on Education Abroad

Tagged Topics

Student Development

in our senior global projects, but overall over 80% of chemical engineering majorscomplete at least one project experience off-campus. The ID project requires student teams to “research, solve, and report on a problem examininghow science or technology interacts with cultures, societal structures, and values.Project objectives include enabling students to understand, as citizens and as professionals, howtheir careers will affect the larger society of which they are a part.” The senior year project, inthe major, “should demonstrate… skills, methods, and knowledge of the discipline to… solve aproblem… representative of the type to be encountered in one’s career. Activities encompassresearch, development, and application, involve analysis or

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brad Rogers, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kiril D Hristovski, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Nalini Chhetri, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University; Benjamin L. Ruddell, Arizona State University; Mark R Henderson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; John H Takamura Jr, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Curriculum Development

years of industrial design practice experience, John Takamura has been instrumental in implementing brand and product development programs in both Asia and North America. Early in his career, John was hired by ODS, an international market research and design consultancy, and served as the Design Director for their Industrial Design Division under the guidance of international designers Luigi Colani (Renowned Transportation Designer, DE), Hans Muth (Former BMW Chief of Styling, DE), Page 21.6.1 and Barry Weaver (Co-founder Roberts Weaver Group, UK). John later joined Sharp Corporation’s elite

Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary III

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Frank Bullen, University of Southern Queensland

Tagged Topics

Partner Society Plenary

who do begin engineering programs. Approaches to this includeincreasing the numbers of school leavers who have the prerequisite study and the motivationto study engineering; improve retention amongst engineering students by improvements incurriculum and teaching; alternative entry pathways to encourage a more diverse studentcohort into engineering including women, mature age students and overseas qualifiedgraduates who need to attain Australian accreditation.ACED and EA have been active in this area with increased promotion of engineering as anattractive career choice with initiatives like “The Power of Engineering” 20, “Engineers Week– Make it so”21 , Robogals 22 and many scholarships for target groups including high

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Keith W Buffinton, Bucknell University; Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

mentioned in the Introduction section, ENGR 290 China visited many companies. On almostevery such visit, someone, usually in a leadership role, gave a presentation about the companyand how they do business in China, if it is a multi-national company, or how they work in theglobal market, if a local company.When visiting HP Cloud Executive Briefing Center in Tianjin, we met a Bucknell engineeringalumnus who was involved in the designing of the HP cloud computing center in China. Hedescribed his personal experience of coming from the U.S. to work in China when he had verylittle knowledge of China. He described how working in China for HP presented him with atremendous career opportunity. Though he went through some initial culture shock and he had

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Liverpool John Moores University; Andrew David Price, Lougyhborough University; Ximing Ruan Ruan, University of the West of England

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

competency and ethics.For instance, at present, in the UK engineering is poorly understood and beset by stereotypes.As noted by National Grid and the Royal Academy of Engineering1, there is a lack of clarityabout what it encompasses and low appreciation of its huge contribution to the society,making it almost an imperceptible industry. It is worth noting that, there is a huge possibilityto raise and enhance profile of engineering, to inspire young people by demonstrating theimpact of engineering’s successes and to ensure more of them aspire to career as an engineer.According to Harris2, warnings have emerge from leading figures in higher education,employment and management across the engineering sector. They affirm that a growingproportion of

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

Engineering EducationIntroductionWomen and men face different challenges when they enter engineering school. In general, mostmen are more likely to succeed in engineering due to many factors. First, the traditionalstereotype that men are good at math and science, while women are perceived to have lessability.1 To help women succeed, researchers have suggested that students work in teams, receiveencouragement, and learn via various instructional methods.1,2 Because men are expected toexcel in math and science prior to college, this expectation follows them into the universitywhere they have more confidence that engineering is the right career choice for them thanwomen. 3 Women have a tendency to doubt their abilities and frequently question their

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; George Wright; Joseph Morgan

the CDR, allteams are present and thus are able to assess their accomplishments in terms of what other teamshave accomplished. In addition, the CDR offers all team members another opportunity toprepare and deliver a formal verbal presentation which will receive critical review and feedbackfrom a large number of individuals. Many students have communicated back to the EET/TETfaculty that these “opportunities” to communication have served them well as they haveadvanced in their professional careers. One relatively new aspect of the course sequence is the “Request for Extension”. In thetwelfth week of the semester, each team must decide whether they will need to request a timeextension for their project. If so, they must formally request

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

for Engineering Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education_______________________________________________________________________Academician DATO’ IR. LEE YEE CHEONG, is President 2003-2005, of the World Federation ofEngineering Organisations. During his career he has served with the National Electricity Board Malaysia,Tenaga Ewbank Preece (M) Sdn Bhd (TEP), and CEO, KTA Tenaga Sdn Bhd. He is a Coordinator of TaskForce No.10 “Science, Technology and Innovation” of the UN Millennium Project, 20O2-2005.RUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlin Thomas

practice for many industrial engineers. IE is diverse, much more so than otherengineering disciplines and it is practiced widely throughout private and public sectors ofsociety. IE managers influence decisions at strategic, management control, and operationallevels of organizations. The overall systems perspective and the experiences that industrialengineers develop through the key elements of operations and organizations prepares them wellfor upper management as a career option. The basic strategy for homeland strategy is to detect, prevent, and respond to threats andacts of terrorism. So the first initiative is awareness to terrorism. Employees should understandthe types of terrorist events that could occur and the appropriate

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Sheardown; Donald Woods

is about performance and not aboutyou as a personM Assessment is based on evidence and not on gutfeelings or wishful thinking Table 2 is given to the students to help them monitor progress in the development of the skill. (Similar tables of target skills have been developed for the other skills in the MPS program.) Now consider more details of the four to six hour workshop used in the sophomore course to develop the skill. The workshop has the following set of activities: define, provide rationale, pretest awareness and skill (using the test in Table 1), read over objectives and target skills (using the material in Tables 1 and 2), consider where self assessment fits in with other career, or higher order skills, address misconceptions

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taz Daughtrey; Edgar Sibley; Anne Marchant

attack and defense exercises. We therefore intend to graduate students capableof excelling in careers as information security engineers or as computer science graduates with aspecialization in computer and network security and, by collaborating and integrating work fromother institutions, reduce costs in duplication of curricula.3. Security Lab ArchitectureA considerable amount of energy has gone into the design of a security lab to support thecapstone cyberdefense exercises. We are studying both the IWAR6 (Information WarfareAnalysis and Research) laboratory at the US Military Academy at West Point and the PEN4(Portable Educational Network) at George Washington University. While our plans continue toevolve, certain elements are clear: • Since

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret P. Battin; Gordon B. Mower; Angela R. Harris; JoAnn Lighty

communication skills. In addition, part of the goalfor getting students to participate in the project of exploring an ethical dilemma and arguing forone course of action over another was to prepare them for the kinds of experiences they arelikely to encounter when they go to work as an engineer, and the grading criteria were intendedto promote the skills they will need when faced with difficult situations. During the course of Page 9.550.4their career they will almost certainly find themselves in situations where they disagree with the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition