Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

higher education are frustrated withstudents who do not attend class, turn in assignments late or exhibit a lack of effort inclasses where they pay tuition and receive a grade. It is a challenge, therefore, to gain theinvolvement of students in social entrepreneurship efforts where the reward (grade, payor recognition) is not immediate or minimal and the trade-off (time management for theirschedule) may be more fun or financially rewarding. This paper discusses the evolutionfor the process of enlisting student involvement in two distinct social entrepreneurshipprograms at our university.The first program involves linking university skill sets in the arts, digital media,technology and project management to the planning, implementation and

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenfa Hu, Tongji University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

teams are lack of sharing constructioninformation with each other. Construction information can classified as (1) physical information,for example climates, construction site, and underground water of site; (2) technical information,for example shop drawings, construction specifications, construction planning, constructionmethods and technologies; (3) management information, for example construction contracts andregulations, construction schedules, management procedures, and construction quality; (4) socialinformation, for example cultures, religions, educations, and moral standards; (5) economicalinformation, for example salaries, materials prices, payments, and claims; (6) other information.Construction technical and management information is

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Nickolson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

better use the technology at our disposal to help disseminateinformation to students beyond traditional teaching methods. With so many on-lineuniversities, recruiting is becoming a game of who can best attract students with the bestand most versatile technology and innovations.The software being taught in this particular course as mentioned are Auto Desk Products,Auto Cad and Architectural Desktop. These are two software packages used widely in theArchitectural and Interior Design industries. They allow the user to create constructiondocuments in floor plan and elevation views, as well as 3D drawings, massing modelstudies, and to create schedules of all types.3.0 DevelopmentThese developments set the stage for finding the right course to develop

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgil Cox, Gaston College; Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College; Phyllis EssexFraser, Gaston College

Mary Beth Ross earned a Ph.D. in English from Syracuse University and undertook post-doctoral work in linguistics at University College London. She has over twenty years experience in higher education as a classroom teacher and curriculum developer (Syracuse University, S.U.N.Y Utica/Rome, The Women’s Writer’s Center, and Philander Smith College). Currently serving as the director of grants and special projects at Gaston College, she previously spent nearly a decade with The National Faculty, planning and implementing K-12 teacher summer workshops like this one from Alaska and Hawaii to Louisiana and Arkansas. This was the first time she was involved with one that included students. She is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

USMA is constructed within a spreadsheet and iseasy to modify for use in any course. Inherent to this assessment technique is a mapping ofspecific student activities to program outcomes. The mapping involves the assignment of anumber between one (weak mapping) and five (strong mapping) by faculty members who havetaught the course at least once and are knowledgeable about both the course and its relation tothe program outcomes. This step normally requires about an hour and is the only subjective stepin the process. For example, as part of the 10 percent design submission for CE492, students arerequired to develop architectural floor plans for a given building scenario. Table 2 lists the

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cejka, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

resource, but a larger number of the classroom mentors (89%) believe this is the case.A quarter of the teachers feel that this program has increased their workload, but only 11% of theclassroom mentors have noticed this to be the case. This indicates that communication betweenthe teacher and the classroom mentor about the program and the burden of implementing newcurriculum could be improved. While having an extra set of hands in the classroom in the formof the classroom mentor is certainly helpful for actually implementing the activities, the amountof work that goes into planning and designing hands-on activities, especially in a content areathat has not previously been covered, should not be underestimated. This may be an area wherecommunication

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

specific recruitment plans for women candidates and dual career couples 4 Cultural perceptions of “traditional” gender roles/lack of respect from colleagues, students and 5 parents Difficulty in finding mentors 5 Concerns about roles of women Ph.D.s in non-tenure track positions 6 Salary issues including inequity between departments and deviation from national rates 6Table 2: Results from Factor Finding SessionsAdditional themes which generated significant discussion were dual career couples, the lack oftransition opportunities between teaching or research tracks and tenure

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melinda Seevers, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; William Knowlton, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; John Gardner, Boise State University

opportunities to partner with the university leading toopen dialogue. It is truly a “Win-Win-Win” relationship in that the students and Collegeultimately benefit due to enhanced learning experiences, increased sources of senior designprojects, possible student employment, and an opportunity for employers to preview potentialfuture professional employees. Page 11.734.6Program FutureThe university Career Center is planning to implement a “soft-skills” seminar during the 2006-07academic year. All lower division students wishing to participate in the engineering internshipprogram will be encouraged to attend. For the academic year 2006-07, a forum is in

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

– there is a 95% chance that it isnot normally distributed. Unfortunately, most of the students performed the five data analysissteps in the order given on the lab handout. Because steps 2, 3 and 4 all assume that the data isnormally distributed, their results appear to have no meaning. Students expressed frustration thatthey had wasted time calculating results that they could not report. The instructor used thisopportunity to discuss the importance of critical thinking and about planning engineeringprocedures. The lesson learned is that the real world is not cookbook. Engineers must plan theirown experimental and data analysis procedures.Piston Kinematics LabVery accurate data is necessary for the course learning objective of identifying the

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida; Edward Hampton, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

beoffered during the Junior and Senior years of student classification starting in the Fall 2006semester. The planned topic areas of concentration include: 1) Leadership foundationconcepts and theories, 2) Communication, Negotiation, Conflict Management, and GlobalAwareness as well as other leadership principles.The goals of the Leadership Development Institute include: Provide students with a baseline of knowledge for exploring and understanding engineering leadership and management challenges in engineering environments; i.e. solutions, tools, and approaches in today’s engineering professional and multi-cultural/multi-national environments

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

theexperience level of the student trainee. Figure 7: User testing of the training scenarios; a: Window VR, b: HMD4. Curriculum development and assessmentTo integrate the different training simulators with the Aircraft Maintenance Technologycurriculum, it was necessary to devise a curriculum development and assessment plan. Alongwith the training provided using the Virtual Reality simulators, the current educational materialis enhanced by integrating a computer-based inspection training program focused on improvinginspector performance entitled GAITS (General Aviation Inspection Training System) [13] intothe curriculum. GAITS was developed using the task analytic approach for aircraft inspectionthat is anticipated to standardize and

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education - I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Czajkiewicz, Robert Morris University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Ozden Uslu, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

a senior student running the RP machine or a CNC a couple days beforetheir graduation since he/she wants to gain more experience.In the near future RMU - School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science plans to expandRapid Prototyping & Manufacturing capabilities by adding several other technologies to itsinventory. Students will have more hands-on-experience with diverse RP/RM technologies,such as Desktop Composite Printing, 3D Metal Printing, and possibly Rapid MoldFabrication.References 1. Marian Bozdoc http://mbinfo.mbdesign.net/CAD-History.htm 2. 3D Systems Corporation, Valencia, CA http://www.3dsystems.com 3. Advances in Metal Part Manufacturing with Rapid Prototyping, Brett Lyons, Prof. Suman Das, and Prof. Pravansu

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian, Arizona State University; Guillermo G. Mendez, Arizona State University; Brian Skromme, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. A transformation was used onresponse variables whose distributions were non-normal. The results showed that the many ofthe outcomes were significantly correlated to prior GPA, including the total course score and theexam scores. A clear, statistically significant, benefit to the spreadsheet use could not be found,mainly due the strong influence of prior GPA and the relatively small samples sizes. Severalexam questions did show improved performance when using spreadsheets, but larger samplesizes are needed to be certain of the effects. We plan to add additional control data and continueusing the spreadsheets in other sections to obtain better statistics. In addition, we feel that morein-class use of the spreadsheets in an active learning

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Doherty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shweta Shanbhag, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Science & Technology/Engineering standards,and are part of the Engineering is Elementary [3] materials. Engineering is Elementary (EiE)combines elementary level technology and engineering with commonly taught science lessonsthrough a storybook whose main character is a child that works on solving a real world problem.For each unit the materials introduce the students to an engineering field and leads them througha simplified design process using a five step approach (shown in Figure 1) of “Ask, Imagine,Plan, Create, Improve” as they work to solve the same problem as the character in the story. Theselected projects used for the TEMI workshop were: - Water Purification (civil engineering), in which the students design and test a water

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

isincluded in the distribution/technology core.Purdue University has the most credit hours for electives while the least in general educationcore. Though the required credit hour for general education is only 19, students have theopportunity to choose the educational course. Page 11.454.8Change in plan of study for industrial distribution at Purdue UniversityCompared the current curriculum (year 2005) of Industrial Distribution program at PurdueUniversity to year 1994, there are many changes occurred, shown in the table below. Program Cores 1994 2005 General Education

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Educational Research and Methods

, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). These initiatives were funded by the National Science Foundation through their STEP(STEM Talent Expansion Program) (STEP-DUE-0230148) program. This was achieved throughthe following objectives: ‚ Developed a high school awareness activity that brought teams of UMBC engineering students to area high schools to introduce the high school students to STEM concepts using hands on engineering activities and demonstrations. During the presentation, the high school students were made aware of the various paths that UMBC students have taken in order to study engineering and what they plan to do upon graduation. ‚ Evaluated the relative effectiveness of a two-week summer bridge

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students can actually do after they are taught instead oftraditional inputs such as course credits earned. Learning outcomes need to be clear, observabledemonstrations of student learning that occur after a significant set of learning experiences.Learning outcomes are demonstrations that reflect what students know; what students canactually do with what they know; and the confidence and motivation of students indemonstrating what they know6,7. Hence, all curricular and teaching decisions in an OBE modelare made based on how to facilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that isdifferent from the traditional educational planning. The desired outcome is first identified and the

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electrical concepts) ofNY State’s standard 4th grade exams. Page 11.1062.10One Year AgoEven with the more engaging studio environments, student learning is still impeded byspace constraints, insufficient time for laboratory activities (particularly to do the in-depth probing that leads to an intuitive feel for system design), and poorly designedequipment that takes up a great deal of space – and can’t be brought home for individualstudy. Lab-equipped classrooms are both in high demand and in extremely short supply.TodayConfiguring a studio facility typically requires a large equipment allocation/expense anda specific space utilization plan. Renovation of

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Electrical and Computer

is themost commonly used character code. During the implementation of this JiTT project, WebCT will be used to deliver warm-upassignments and collect students’ responses. In the event that WebCT server is down, both thewarm-up assignments and students’ responses can be delivered via email. The assessment toolsin WebCT will be used to deliver these warm-up exercises and gather students’ response forJiTT practices.Project Assessment Plan Development Project outcomes, which include students’ attitude change, student-instructor’sinteractions, time spent in and out of class presentations, the natures of JiTT presentations, willbe assessed and evaluated using surveys/questionnaires. Student responses to a standardattitudinal survey

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

engineering management. be able to determine the scientific and (c) an ability to design a 4 Technical design – the technical engineering management variables of interest system, component, or ability to design a prescribed and processes to manage engineering designprocess to meet desired needs engineering subsystem alternatives and management planning. (h) the broad education 5 Design assessment – the ability be able to assess the

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

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Women in Engineering

: oneaction-plan is characterized by the creation of additional choices and courses, the development ofan incentive system, etc. A second plan would rather address female interests and strengths inorder to turn them into door openers to an education in the natural and engineering sciences.In October 2004, the TU Berlin launched a program based on the second approach: GENESIS5.With the development of model-courses, the project GENESIS intends to not only convince morewomen to study engineering and natural sciences (and supervise them optimally within theirstudies from the beginning to the end), but furthermore tries to support universities in their effortto meet both the demands and needs of industry and science (which do not necessarily match).The

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Gordon Brinton, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Harley Hartman, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Scott Neuhard, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Resmy Abraham, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

Internet will provide the medium necessary to pushinformation visualization into the mainstream for use in the business plans of manycorporations. The electric power systems field has intensely focused on visual representationof information in a variety of domains as a means capturing the essence of typically largedata sets. The value in power engineering education is also well recognized 6-11 as a way ofteaching difficult non-intuitive concepts. The students read and evaluated a number of published articles relating to variousaspects of visualization. This served as a basis for the development of the individual studentprojects. The publications approached the use of visualization from many different aspects.The students gained insight and

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Heather Cooper, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the JiTTapproach to course delivery is that class instruction should be based on student need andinvolvement, with frequent student-instructor interaction. Through well-planned pre-classassignments, the instructor gauges student learning need and modifies each class appropriately toaddress student inputs and feedback.From its introduction in physics, the JiTT approach has spread throughout many disciplines suchas the sciences and liberal arts2. JiTT appears to be most commonly practiced in fields whereconceptual understanding and/or formulation of viewpoint based upon that understanding form Page 11.849.2the core course objectives. Adoption in

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

sensitivity analysis which was also introduced during the lab lectures, only thoseinput variables with the greatest impact on COP were selected for error propagationanalysis.Case Study DiscussionThe proposed experimental plan noticeably shows that a particular group of students wasable to use the different topics covered in the engineering technology thermodynamiccourse and satisfactorily implemented them in the development of an experimentaldesign. The students had the opportunity to combine abstract concepts and formulate anappropriate metric for quantifying the thermal performance of a real refrigerator. Thestudents also made judicious selection of experimental hardware to conduct a data-sensitive experiment of high reliability. To evaluate how

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Garcia-Saenz, Purdue University-North Central; Maria Consuelo Garcia Alvarez, Universidad La Gran Colombia

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

aspects. They were able to determine the feasibility and sustainabilityof a solution for an existing problem in the community. Students improved their understandingof the social and cultural context of science and technology transfers.Student Background infoStudents who took part in this experience where taking a class of installations for AlternativeEnergies at their senior year. In class, students learned about the process of heating water using asolar collector; how to size the solar collector and select their components, the proper sizes forthe pipes and the tank. They studied the specifications for solar water heaters from the “Unidadde Planeación Minero Energética”4 (UPME – Energy and Minerals’ Planning Unit) and therelated standard norms

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

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Materials

schematic diagram of the partnership illustrates the groups who have input to “Engineering Exploration” program and play a vital part in its success. The program is developed to give the Junior Girl Scouts the opportunity to learn about engineering and role play as an engineer to solve the problem presented in the hands-on engineering design project. As shown in Table 2, the activities planned for the day are outlined. Page 11.565.4Table 2. Activities for “Engineering Exploration” program TIME ACTIVITY9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and schedule for the day9:15 – 9:45 a.m. “Engineering : What is it

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

would place thedepartment in temporary locations. The post had recently built a new education center, and thesecond phase of the center was under construction. When the phase two building wascompleted, the Engineering Technology department would move again from the temporarylocations into large new lab spaces in that building. While planning was underway for the firstmove to temporary locations, the department was also working with the architect for the phasetwo project to have the new labs tailored to our needs.The department moved from the main campus in June of 1998. With the initial move, thedepartment entered a transition period, with a gradual shift from offering sixteen week courses toattract students from the main campus to offering all

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

creditsfrom approved sources. Therefore, at present there does not appear to be a strong demand forsuch courses. B&T has; however, included development of the laboratory courses in its onlinecourse development plan to assist students interested in taking these courses from Excelsior tocomplete their degree requirements.Format of Online CoursesAll of the online courses in B&T use a standard course template to ensure consistent look andfeel of the courses. The online courses are delivered through WebCT, a password protectedcourse management software. Upon entering the course, the students will get access to the“Homepage” of the course, the controller for the course that students will use. To provide thestudents with more control of the learning

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Ncube, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

systematically collected and used to show the extent to which aprogram has achieved its goals. Outcomes based evaluation allows program administrator tobecome more accountable thereby increasing their likelihood of retaining or increase funding,develop and justify budgets. OBE allows administrators to focus attention on programmaticissues and garner support for innovative efforts. Positive outcomes allow the program to gainfavorable public recognition in so doing attract new participants. Through OBE administratorsare able to increase the program’s internal efficiency by tracking its inputs and output and targeteffective services for expansion and prepare long-range plans. OBE is an effective way ofdemonstrating the program for replication3.Evaluation

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering and Business

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Delphi Ford Motor Company General Motors DTE Energy Technologies Steelcase Herman Miller Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) Div. of Daimler ChryslerThe fourth key component was students. In an attempt to gauge student interest, aspeaker series was planned to bring in an environmental speaker every term. Eachspeaker came to campus twice to repeat their presentation to both A and B sections ofKettering students. Surveys were distributed with questions relating to student andemployer interest in the topic and the need for a course of this nature. Survey responsewas overwhelmingly positive