Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

ProjectIn EE Design III, students are assigned to teams. Each team is assigned a unique design projectand must solve and implement a design problem throughout the semester. These projects areoften industrially supported. Recently, some projects have been extended into the senior year.EE300 is taken in the spring semester before the year long senior design sequence and is animportant foundation to the senior project experience.The first course of the senior year experience is EE Design IV. During this course, studentsthoroughly plan their capstone project. At the beginning of the semester, students are placed onteams and are assigned projects. Each of these projects has a sponsor external to the EE faculty.Some of the projects are funded through

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Baker, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

opportunities when qualified candidates are found ≠ Serve as a bridge in the transition from graduate student to faculty member ≠ Assist in preparing future faculty for a career at the university.Future Faculty Career Exploration Program StructureSince the program’s conception in 2003, a certain procedure has taken place to execute thenecessary planning and preparation of each year’s program. These procedures are set in stagesthat stretch throughout the entire year, beginning at the end of the current year’s program. Table1 provides a breakdown of these stages. FFCEP Highlights (Table 1) PHASE STEP ACTION Recruitment of applicants: Advertising

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Performance Recently, department faculty have implemented several measures aimed at improvingstudent preparation for the exam. The following four-part plan has been implemented: 1. Offer a formal weekly FE review class taught by department faculty, and require all seniors to attend the course, 2. Offer a four-hour FE mock exam on a Saturday morning two or three weeks prior to the actual FE exam, 3. Hold a “signing-day” ceremony attended by department faculty, with a presentation by a prominent alumnus, where students obtain the signatures needed for the FE exam application, and 4. Encourage department faculty teaching the Civil Engineering core curriculum to give some “FE-exam-style” questions

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

students, and witnessing the result of the projectefforts, a number of specific recommendations and associated rationale have emerged tomaximize the learning, fun, and project success: • Project scale and complexity level must be appropriate for the number of students and project time allocated (typically 2-3 students over one month) -- too simple and the students don’t learn very much, too difficult and students become frustrated and the project is of low quality. • It is advisable for each team to have an overall strategy, or “game plan” before beginning the detailed modeling for how to model each component (part or assembly) and its features plus the organizational structure of the entire assembly

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

Develop content Deliver & evaluate Figure 2: Procedure to expand requirementsDerivation of a work-plan from a set of high level specifications is a familiarmethodology so the industrial contributors were able to join in and quickly driveprogress. However, the approach does make an important contribution to our widermission to “Reinvent Technology”. The top-down identification of requirements leads tothe complex interaction of skills implied by the framework component of figure 2. Wecan then “pull” the necessary components of science, math and engineering to do the job.This process can be considered as an application of the just-in-time production concept toeducation. The disadvantage

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite; David N. Pocock; David Dutton

% campus.V. Future WorkThe project is a success for distance education efforts at OIT. This is in spite of all thechallenges related to new hardware and software, networking problems, and the newconcept of taking measurements from home. The EET department’s future plans includethe following: 1. The development of complete laboratory courses available over the web.We will begin to develop the sophomore level analog electronics laboratories:“Introduction to Amplifiers and Semiconductors”, “Transistor Amplifiers”, and“Frequency Response of Amplifiers.” These web laboratories will be available tostudents in addition to the classroom labs conducted at OIT.In parallel with designing the laboratory projects, we will start an effort to develop

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gillian Saunders-Smits

: Additional competencies Specialist Manager A. Ability to change (x2) 4.5 5.0 B. Ability to work in teams (x6) 3.7 4.3 C. Social skills (x5) 3.3 4.6 D. Planning and Organizing/Systematic Planning (x2) 4.0 4.0 E. Continuous education (x2) 5.0 4.5 Table 3: Most suggested additional competencies by the expert panel and their importance to engineering managers and engineering specialists (1

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Waffle; Donald Martel; Peggie Weeks

for high schooltechnology teachers in materials/manufacturing and information technologies; (4) encouragestatewide dissemination and implementation of exemplary technology education instructionalpractices; and (5) create a transportable and sustainable model of professional development.In the spring of 2003, a planning group comprising the project management team and the Page 10.1023.3Professional Development Collaborative (PDC) leadership teams (secondary school Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

maintained by theGeorgia Tech Office of Institutional Research and Planning,http://www.irp.gatech.edu/Peer%20Institutes.html. Nineteen schools were investigated to obtaina sample size of ten schools with combined BS/MS programs. This figure implies that about onehalf of our current peer mechanical engineering programs have a dual bachelor and master’sdegree program. Table 2 shows a list of the schools included in our study. GT Peer Institution with BS/MS Programs Stanford University Johns Hopkins University Carnegie Mellon University Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University

Tagged Divisions

International

 introduction will have a major effect on education system. As the learning resources such as fully stacked  libraries  and  fully  equipped  computer  laboratories  are  rare  in  the  country,  careful planning is required to prioritize the introduction of ICT into the mainstream education including  Page 15.1251.3higher education.While  the  world  has  changed  dramatically  in  the  past  few  decades  and  will  continue  to  do  so with  an  accelerating  pace,  the  learning  environment,  i.e.  the  classroom  has  not  changed  but  it will change in the near future. The education system in Afghanistan must follow its international

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

alternates (backup plans)takes the lower risk. And multiple lower risk scores statistically reduce the overall probability offailure.Purchasing RiskPurchasing parts is a useful strategy to reduce the dependence on internal resources while allow-ing a manufacturer to focus on their core business strengths. But any part purchased outside, orproduced internally carries some element of risk. The ranking system below provides a quick wayto apply a score to each part in the design. Obviously the scoring should focus on special parts inthe design. It would be wise to ignore commodity parts such as surface mount discrete compo-nents, nuts/bolts/washers, generic raw materials, etc. 0 You have the thing 1 Commodity item - available now 2 Commodity item

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

sciences programs to structure projects related in some ways to both programs. This is done to advance engineering principles as well as proof of concept, as the case may be in its application to the aviation program. The benefit for students is that they are able to engage the faculty both as clients and instructors that result in a variety of learning modes. For this project, the class groups of two distinct teams that completed identical projects for the same client. Engineering design concepts with emphasis on various aspects of planning, developing and product design via hands-on approach was the key to this course experience. It also enhanced the students’ communication skills and teamwork. Product visualization utilizing computer software

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, USF

research interests include modeling, analysis and control of discrete event systems, production planning and control, industrial information systems, data analysis and knowledge discovery, and engineering education research. He has taught courses in the areas of systems modeling and analysis, information systems design, production planning, facilities design, and systems simulation. He has publications in the areas of control of automated manufacturing systems, transportation systems, and autonomous vehicles, business process modeling, freight transportation systems analysis, people logistics, manufacturing and service information systems, and engineering education research. He also co

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationnumber of reasons including the student focus on grades instead of focusing on the process oflearning3,4,5. Faculty members on the other hand, have a tendency to give higher grades toachieve better student evaluation6, 7. A number of academic institutions in the US have moved toan outcome-based education framework to move away from the grade point average drivenacademic framework. Outcome-based education is a method of teaching that focuses on whatstudents can actually do after they are taught. All curriculum and teaching decisions are madebased on how best to facilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

and/oradopted by ADVANCE institutions. The committee met monthly to discuss goals and strategiesfor achieving institutional transformation through recruiting, retaining, and advancing women,particularly in the traditional science and engineering disciplines at North Dakota StateUniversity. The group applied for the grant but was unsuccessful in 2005; however, afteradditional research and honing of project plans, the group re-applied and received the grant in2008. In the meantime, during the 2002-2008 time period, the FORWARD group also advocatedfor and succeeded in obtaining additional childcare facilities, lactation rooms, and changingtables on campus.In this same time frame, North Dakota State University had been poised for change, making

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

of the computer lab series, preliminary assessment from studentgroups, and subsequent improvement and deployment plans. The development and deploymentof this software is partially supported by an NSF CCLI grant.Introduction“Medical Imaging” is an important subject in most bio-medical and bio-engineering curricula. Itis a multi-discipline subject involving studies in biology, physics, mathematics, electricalengineering, and computer science. A comprehensive medical imaging course may coverfundamental science and engineering principles (e.g. atomic and nuclear physics, Fourieranalysis and reconstruction, and computer assisted tomography), medical imaging modalities(e.g. x-ray radiography, x-ray CT, nuclear medicine gamma imaging, magnetic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Misty Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Hal R. Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates, Inc.; David Woehr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida

collected through user and heuristic evaluation, a variety of edits to thesite were recommended and implementation is planned. Page 15.1069.6DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL FOR TRAINING VIGNETTESThe use of critical incident analysisThe development of training vignettes is a central strategy for this project. Our plan was to use acritical incident methodology to identify a wide variety of team behavior to include in thevignettes. Originally developed by Flanagan (1954), the critical incident technique gathersspecific, behaviorally focused descriptions of work or other activities. Bownas & Bernardin(1988) assert that “a good critical incident has four

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Stevie Clark, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Ryan Smith, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

not have the resources tocomplete the project on their own and the responsibility has fallen on the teachers toassist them. Four years ago, the program recognized the teachers’ need for assistancewith the economically disadvantaged students and pledged to help. In 2006, the programwas new to the process and did not act quickly enough to help more than two students.However, much was learned and we were able to plan earlier for 2007 when wesuccessfully helped 12 students. The greatest reward that year was seeing one of the boysstanding proudly in front of his display in the cafeteria with a huge smile on his face.The following year we assisted 16 students and in 2009 we were only able to assist 12due to snowstorms that cancelled two days of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Margle, Penn State Abington; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State New Kensington; Yu-Chang Hsu, Pennsylvania State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata Engel

program,although slightly different at each campus, involved tutoring services for introductorymathematics courses. Table 2: Coalition Campuses and Their Math Tutoring and Toy FUN-damentals Start Dates. Math Tutoring Toy FUN-damentals Campus College Program Program Connection- Bridge Coalition Campuses Started Started Programs Spring Fall Fall Planned Planned 2009 2009 2009 for 2010 Summer 2010 1 Abington √ √ 2

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Davila, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

IntroductionEngineering design is defined as a complex cognitive activity in which the main objectiveis to change from a current to a desired status, through a planned and organized processthat involve: multiple disciplines, social collaboration, open-ended solutions, technicalknowledge and advanced skills. Our mission as educators is to cultivate design skills andabilities in our students to achieve the highest competency, but design methodologies canbe difficult to implement pedagogically, therefore the student struggles to learn, anddevelop design skills.The objective of this paper is to propose a model to improve the engineering designeducation experience by building a prescriptive relation between a desired skill todevelop in the student and a specific

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

(Freshmen). The main objective of the first year of the Synthesis andDesign Studio is to introduce engineering undergraduate students to design through anexperiential group design experience and to teach them observation, modeling, the use ofmetaphors, and creative thinking strategies through an ill-structured sustainability design project.Management and Communication (Sophomores). The second year of the Synthesis and DesignStudio will continue with project-based learning and will focus on learning strategies formanaging teams that are working on large-scale, complex issues. Within their design project, thestudents will develop a business plan that includes scope, time, performance, and teammanagement. The course is intended to develop students

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

scared of or frustrated by technology, to report thattechnology increased their ability to learn new things, to report being more likely to enroll in STEM-related courses,and to have more positive feels toward technology in general. Digispired students also reported a much greaterinterest in pursuing careers in scientific research or engineering than their comparison peers (59% to 45%).Participants were more certain about their post-high school plans than non-participants; they primarily planned toattend 4-year college or university programs (78% versus 49% of comparison students).Students’ comments indicate that they enjoyed the program, for the most part, and that they increased theirknowledge and skills through their participation. Students

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Jim Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Missy Wooley, Ruston High School; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

workshops focus on building confidence withthe projects and fundamental topics. The teachers then implement the curriculum with theirstudents throughout the academic year and work with the university faculty to further refine thecurriculum. Primary challenges related to student learning with new curricula include thedevelopment of lesson plans and notes from trusted sources as well as the experience of isolationassociated with teaching a single course in a school. Some of the strategies include thedevelopment of master notes (by university faculty and K12 teachers) through continualcollaboration with the teachers both in person and electronically. Through the NASA-Threadsweb portal (www.nasathreads.com) university faculty provide master notes as

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

feedback on comprehension of the content. In-class testing of the beta versionof the module is planned for Winter 2004, to be followed by a more systematic evaluation of themodule’s usability and observations of the interactions with the module by volunteers withdifferent learning styles.I. BackgroundLearning ObjectsBorrowing from the concept of object-oriented programming, learning objects can be simplydefined as any computer-based instruction components that can be reused in multiple contexts1,and are generally understood to be deliverable over the Internet, allowing simultaneous access,collaboration and sharing of resources. Canadian Co-operative Learning Object Exchange(CLOE) 2 defines the learning object as “any digital entity designed to

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

assemblyprocess that could be improved in order to achieve maximum throughput in the productionsystem. The team utilized brainstorming techniques to address their concerns and then addressedthe changes that in order to improve the process. Finally, the team developed a plan of action toaid in the implementation of the improved changes.Initially, the team members discussed the obvious deficiencies of the initial simulation and thenidentified the following areas needing to be addressed; the production control system, rawmaterials handling, facility layout, cross training, line balancing, card signaling for rawmaterials, and quality control. These are the primary areas that the team focused their efforts inorder to maximize improvement. These are the same

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

project is expected to be a minimum of 160 hours which isexpected to be 25% of their final year of studies (over two semesters). Either a major reportor a technical paper is prepared and submitted for assessment, a poster is prepared for displayand an oral presentation is delivered in a conference format.Format of Capstone ProjectsThe timeline of the projects extend over two semesters. During the first semester the studentsdefine their project, often in discussions with various staff members. However, if they wishto propose a project, that is often also accepted for their capstone work. This is done inconsultation with a staff member. The next step in the project organization is thedevelopment of project proposal which may include a business plan

Conference Session

TIME 2: Laboratories

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Parker; Paula Zenner

described along with our plan for testing and assessing the ability of the remotelabs to convey practical aspects of control system phenomena.IntroductionThe Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity developed a required undergraduate Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory that isa practical and relevant component of an engineer’s education. The purpose is to provide acombined laboratory experience that reinforces the traditional elements of the course. Faculty aredirectly involved teaching the lecture component of the course and are responsible for thecreation of laboratory experiments. Graduate students work closely with these faculty membersand teach the weekly labs.The primary goal of the

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

an informal, supportive setting for discussing those issues. Students are encouraged toexpress their concerns about their courses, about life at Purdue, about their career plans, orwhatever else is important to them that week.Presentations by guest speakers. Women who have achieved success in a technology-relatedprofession, many from major corporations, are invited to campus as guest speakers for the class,sharing their knowledge and experience about the many areas and career options available intechnology. The variety of disciplines represented by the speakers serve to acquaint the studentswith the options available to them not only in their own majors but in others as well. Thespeakers also discuss the ways in which women balance their

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

Improvement. The topics includethe following: History of quality movement, Quality gurus and Deming’s philosophy on TQM, Strategic planning, Customersatisfaction, TQM tools, Effective visual representation of data, Worker empowerment and teamwork, Supply chain management,Statistical tools for controlling quality, ISO 9000 and its role in quality improvement, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,Deming’s Prize, Industrial practice and Case studies. The course fosters teamwork with Team project reports and oralpresentations. (Lecture-problems 3 hours). Traditional grading only.ENGR391. Engineering and Civilization (3)Prerequisites: ENGL 100 and a Critical Thinking course (A3 category of GE) or consent of instructor. Study of the interactionbetween

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Beheshti; Edwin Dado

. The reason is that the BC industry withits related areas covers some 8% of the population in Europe. This point to the fact that therewill be a need for more engineers with profound IT understanding as discussed in theprevious section.The curriculum should complement the existing portfolio of IT-education programs of thenine participating universities and must be able to meet the growing demand for such skills inthe European Union. The current implementation consists of 12 taught units (subjects) and adissertation element. The curriculum is being developed in such a way that courses will beoffered from several universities in a conventional way (face-to-face) as well as in a web-based, distance learning form. It was planned to start the