Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Gaonkar

who are not sure of their career path. Page 8.1072.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students. Theses interactions among students are mini feedback paths, and they can help students in two ways: learning from each other and social integration. Tinto12 argues that individuals are more likely to persist when they are either academically or socially integrated and even more likely to persist when both forms of integration occur. This type

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Gaonkar

who are not sure of their career path. Page 8.1073.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students. Theses interactions among students are mini feedback paths, and they can help students in two ways: learning from each other and social integration. Tinto12 argues that individuals are more likely to persist when they are either academically or socially integrated and even more likely to persist when both forms of integration occur. This type

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

off-campus students.1. IntroductionA variety of social, economic and technological factors are converging to transform the nature ofhigher education today. Some of the key symptoms of this change have been noted by leadingacademics and social commentators. James Duderstadt, President Emeritus of the University ofMichigan - Ann Arbor, has this to say: "Today’s undergraduate student body is composed also ofincreasing numbers of adults from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, already in theworkplace, perhaps with families, seeking the education and skills necessary for their careers” 1.Sir John Daniel, Vice-Chancellor of Britain's Open University says, "Higher education is in crisisworld-wide. The ingredients of the crisis are access, cost and

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; Kevin Whitaker; Jim Richardson

lack of discourse on race andgender in colleges can lead to less tolerant graduates at the end of their college careers. Left totheir own devices, college students are not well equipped to develop their awareness of the valueof diversity. Tatum22 discussed this sentiment along with the observation that students may not beable to effectively process their emotional responses to issues related to diversity. According toTatum, simply presenting the cognitive issues of oppression to students without addressing theemotional responses is not effective. She identified three sources of resistance to learning aboutand discussing racism: 1) Race is considered a taboo topic especially in racially mixed settings, 2)students have been socialized to think

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Hogan; Barbara Goldberg

their career goals.Most importantly, a mentoring environment demonstrates to the learner that s/he “matters” to theinstitution. Rosenberg and McCullough speak of the importance of “mattering” and define it as“a motive – a feeling that others depend upon us, are interested in us, are concerned about ourfate, or experience us as an ego-extension.” 11 Feeling that they “matter” keeps students engagedin their learning. Beal and Noel found that a strong retention factor is the caring attitude of facultyand staff. 2 Within a supportive and caring environment, faculty and peer mentors encourage andprompt struggling students with strategies that enable them to cope with competing demands. Asa result, mentoring is a strong layer of support in an

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell; Pat Shamamy; Feierfeil Greg; Chris Reidel; Tarek Rizk; Lisa Anneberg

, as writing Page 8.523.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationrequirements in an engineering program are typically confined to the humanities and arts.However, all students expressed an appreciation for the importance of writing andcommunication and also identified this as a need in their programs of study and careers. Theentrepreneurial faculty commented that the quality of student writing improved considerablyduring the duration of these courses.Engineering Enterprise 1The course was

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

Engineering Machine Shop and has served at that position for 12years. Dr. Eftekhar also founded the student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) atUTSA in 1987 and served as the SAE faculty advisor from 1987-2002.RANDALL D. MANTEUFELRandall D. Manteufel is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UTSA. He received his Ph.D. degree inMechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. His teaching and researchinterests are in thermal sciences. In 1999 he was awarded the Dow Chemical Outstanding New Faculty Award forASEE Gulf Coast Southwest section. He is currently the faculty advisor for SAE and ASHRAE at UTSA.YESH P. SINGHDr. Singh after 23 years of productive career and "hands-on" broad-based

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

was envisioned that a website could support the work of the curriculum committee byproviding a central repository for material required for formal program evaluation (Figure 3).The material included the program assessment plan (in matrix format) used for measuring eachprogram learning outcome, the subjects in which each program learning outcome is addressed (inmatrix format), and constituent data (standard program assessment and evaluation data collectedfrom senior, alumni and employer surveys; graduate career tracking data). Assessment andevaluation data were embedded into an easily accessible EXCEL spreadsheet so that programofficers could manipulate display the data as needed. A sample graphical output for constituentsatisfaction with

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Jansen

Sciences. Whether students pursue careers in Biomedical Engineering researchcenters, biomedical companies, or go on to the medical professions, they are almost certain toencounter optical technologies for diagnosis, sensing or therapy. It is expected that opticalscience and optical technology will be at the forefront of development of new enablingtechnologies and devices both in the basic science labs as well as in a clinical setting. Thus,several programs around the country, including ours, are actively working on coursedevelopment in the area of Biomedical Optics. Typically courses in Biomedical Optics are aimedat upper level (senior) undergraduate students and first-year graduate students while a real needfor continuing education has been

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

andsystems engineers (I&SE). By putting the freshmen within the context of an IE projectenvironment, they can more accurately understand and evaluate their interest in an industrialengineering career. This enables the student to make a more informed decision regarding whichengineering discipline to follow after the freshman year.The six-week module engages students in an industrial engineering project as the means ofintroducing them to: 1) experiential problem-solving; 2) the engineering method of design,construct, measure and test; 3) typical aspects of people, process and technology that are foundwithin IE projects, and 4) the necessity for good leadership, communication, and teamwork.Class sessions include an introduction to agile enterprise

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

the conditions fortenure. Faculty members certainly want to, and need to, know how to avoid these unpleasantsituations. Administrators, senior faculty members and academic organizations spend a lot of timerecruiting these new faculty members and want to retain the good ones.What can be done to help? An unscientific survey of the tenure stream faculty in the EngineeringTechnology Division at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown was administered over a fiveyear period. Faculty polled were at various stages in their careers and no administrators wereincluded. None of the faculty mentioned their industry experience or their reasons for leavingindustry. The following comments were gathered and generally apply to the use of mentors andteaching

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Duco Jansen; Sean P. Brophy; Stacy Klein; Patrick Norris; Ming Wang, Vanderbilt University

Page 8.98.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”expressed the concern that we are not providing enough exposure to the field of Engineering as awhole, or to specific Engineering disciplines, to allow our freshman to make an informed choice.In addition, freshman are not exposed to the excitement and rewarding experiences of theengineering profession but instead get submersed in basic science courses. For the most part theyare unable to relate material learned in these courses to their career choice, which could have anegative effect on retention rate. Certainly for a relatively new discipline

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi-Wei Huang; Nikos Kiritsis; David Ayrapetyan

learning objectives,complements and expands the previous presentation and illustrates the open-ended aspect ofquality engineering education. 2. IntroductionThe Engineering Department at McNeese State University offers an ABET accredited Bachelorof Science in Engineering degree with concentrations in four major disciplines: Chemical, Civil,Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The Department excels in undergraduate engineeringeducation and is committed to preparing students for careers in both industry and graduate Page 8.77.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization

Tagged Divisions

International

the job market as well as to pursue an academic career developing research in prestigious National and International Institutions. Final Considerations All the programs and projects of engineering education that were implemented by COPEC team showed that it is possible to innovate and change the formation of engineers and so to provide them the tools that they will use as professional and as researcher. COPEC understands that the programs should provide the future engineers a generalist formation and to instigate the development some skills such as: communication, knowledge of foreign languages, environmental awareness, and ethics among others in order to be prepared to face the contemporary work market in a world of no borders so

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caridad Cruz, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, American University in Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning committed to first-class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide rangeof academic disciplines including economics, business administration, the physical and socialsciences, engineering, humanities, and the arts. UDLAP places a high priority on reaching out toits local community. Such outreach fosters service opportunities so P-12 students can discoverscience, engineering, and technology careers. Service is a fundamental aspect of being aprofessional and thus fundamental to our students’ education.Alimentos Divertidos is an inquiry-based science and engineering program for P-12 students1-4.We have developed, implemented and evaluated educational materials

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Shawn A. Woodson, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

servicesAbstractThe Master of Science in Engineering Technology (MSET) program was developed at DrexelUniversity to provide a graduate level educational opportunity on a full- or part-time basis. Theprogram is designed to be extremely flexible; it permits the student to select a combination ofcourses relevant to individual career goals in technology or to provide the foundation for furtheradvanced study. The multidisciplinary curriculum includes core courses and electives in suchareas as rapid prototyping, programmable devices and systems, modern energy conversiontechnologies, lean manufacturing principles, project management, to name a few. The program iscurrently available entirely online and several of the courses employ web-based laboratoryexercises

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Narate Taerat, Louisiana Tech University; Nichamon Naksinehaboon, Louisiana Tech University; Oneka Tiwanna Cummings, Louisiana Tech University

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Graduate Studies, Student

„disconnect‟ between the graduate students throughout the college. TheGSC saw an opportunity for cross collaboration as well as creating a more united community ofcohorts within its graduate programs. The GSC wanted to provide an opportunity for growthwithin the graduate student community. After a meeting with the dean in January of 2011, it wasdecided that providing a college wide conference for the graduate students to present their Page 25.577.2research would yield great benefits for not only the graduate students, but also the university.Students would profit from improved presentation skills for their future professional careers 2 aswell as

Conference Session

Technological Literacy Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3789: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMET-RIC TECHNOLOGIESDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Rigoberto Chinchilla, PhD in Integrated Engineering, Ohio University, is an Associate Professor of Ap- plied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality design, Biometric and Computer Security and Ethics, Clean Technolo- gies and Automation. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university committees at EIU and has been awarded several research grants in his career. Dr. Chinchilla Publications in 2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

with freshmen engineering students are discussed and lessons learned areoutlined.IntroductionThe challenges associated with getting freshmen students involved in research studies mirrorthose of graduate level research. Often time undergraduate students are less prepared for aresearch study. They are looking for an experience as a means to determine career pathways. Thesupport mechanisms, evaluation structure, and reward systems for undergraduate students are notwell established or well defined and are still being developed in many institutions anddisciplines. In addition, funding mechanisms have not truly figured out how to properly evaluateand fund undergraduate research1,2. Given those challenges, it is still important to get themmotivated

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Joe Harris, Digilent, Inc.; Alex DUPE Wong; Monica Bot

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Electrical and Computer

the contest has gained tradition and prestige over the years, followedclosely by the one in United States, but it was the worldwide finals that had proven itspopularity, appreciation and prestige. The survey that followed the competition was meant toevaluate the entire event from the perspective of a learning experience and cultural exchange.The survey was also used to give useful feedback to the sponsors related to the quality of theirproducts, support materials, the organizing methods and evaluation criteria. All the teams haveprovided a feedback.One question investigates how beneficial is the competition for the students’ professionaldevelopment and future career as an engineer. Students’ comments range from: “it helped meget a job in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javier Angel Kypuros, University of Texas, Pan American; Martin William Knecht, South Texas College; Constantine Tarawneh, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert D. Wrinkle, Center for Survey Research

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4151: GUIDED DISCOVERY MODULES FOR STATICSDr. Javier Angel Kypuros, University of Texas, Pan American Javier Kypuros received a B.S.E. in mechanical engineering from Princeton University in 1996. He later received a M.S.E. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1998 and 2001 from the University of Texas, Austin. Kypuros began his career at the University of Texas, El Paso in 2001 and later joined the faculty at the University of Texas, Pan American (UTPA) in 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor and departmental ABET Coordinator. Kypuros received the UTPA Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching from the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2012. His research interests include dynamic

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students whether or not they pursue engineeringas a career. It has also been proffered that engineering design has the promise of enhancing andintegrating the science, technology, and mathematics content areas1. However, there are manyquestions yet to be answered regarding engineering design as it pertains to its role in primary andsecondary educational settings. Some of those questions include: what does engineering designlook like in K-122? What do the students do and how do they think when defining and workingan engineering design problem? Through this paper we will specifically explore and examinehow seniors in high school approached and worked through an open-ended engineering designchallenge.Procedures This research was informed by

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communica- tion in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore identity and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design. Page 25.710.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Identification with Academics and Multiple Identities: CombiningTheoretical

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

required to take adigital logic course, but most probably do not know why this course is required and aredemotivated when they do not see the relevance of what they are learning16. By teachingstudents a focused, conceptual core, instructors can improve students’ motivation by helpingstudents to see how the concepts and skills that they learn will be applicable throughout theirlearning and careers. Each of the three core concepts that we identified can be applied throughcomputer science and electrical and computer engineering. For example, the concept of statepermeates communications, control, and signals and systems in Markov models and the designof digital filters. The concept of state is also critical in understanding recursion, iteration

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; John K. Gershenson, Michigan Technological University; Amilcar Alejandro Rincon-Charris, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon; Carlos A. Alvarado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Jose A. Rojas, Universidad del Turabo

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

go to work for US companies in Puerto Rico oron the mainland, and others go into US graduate programs. The capstone design experienceplays an important role in developing their potential for a successful engineering career. Theneed for engineers trained in systems engineering design also becomes imperative for PuertoRico with the establishment in recent years of aerospace design and manufacturing companieslike InfoTech (Pratt & Whitney), Honeywell, and Hamilton Sundstrand.Background on Participating UniversitiesThe three Puerto Rican universities working on the project have relatively young engineeringprograms. The School of Engineering at the Universidad del Turabo, established in 1990, offersundergraduate programs in Mechanical

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Steven G. Northrup, Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. It showed real individuals in healthcaresystems in Guatemala. It was a great way to apply what we learned over the semester to real lifesituations.I definitely want to return to Guatemala or another developing country to provide help of somesort.I have become very interested in global health. With whatever I decide to do as a career I wouldlove to be involved globally. Page 25.728.7DiscussionThe results from the student surveys showed increased student-reported confidence in theirability to develop solutions to global health issues after completing the course (mean responseincreased from 2.4 to 3.4; p = 0.001). Additionally, the student

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

curricula development, research initiatives and possibilities, and so forth;  Review and provide input to SOET annual operating plans;  Participate in the development and adoption of an annual plan for the Advisory Board;  Recommend agenda items and any useful supporting materials prior to board meetings;  Attend board meetings twice per year;  Recommend and/or form committees to address pertinent issues identified by the Advisory Board;  Participate on subcommittees formed to address top SOET priorities;  Represent the school to the community;  Advise the school on occupational and career trends;  Provide mechanism for feedback to administration from students and faculty;  Prepare

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher M Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

offer grant funds for research in education. Within many of thesesolicitations there are sections that allow and/or encourage participation and recruitment ofunderrepresented groups. As a faculty member at a college, there is also opportunity for you todevelop programs that involve research and recruitment of underrepresented groups.Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (or LSAMP) seeks to broadenparticipation in research topics within STEM education related to retention and persistence ofstudents from populations underrepresented in STEM majors and careers. There is an aim oftransforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies3. LSAMPis

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

capstone design-build experience with a focus onsystem design, building, testing, and operation.8The ChallengeIn a uniquely pervasive manner, Arizona State University’s College of Technology andInnovation (CTI) values learning of engineering in context (often called engaged learning or“hands-on” learning). As a result, CTI engineering education programs have infused authenticpractice-based experience in the student’s educational experience. Examples of such experiencesinclude realistic projects and problems mirroring the situations CTI students will encounter intheir professional engineering careers. Characteristics of these experiences include studentsworking on interdisciplinary teams, where interdisciplinary implies a broad spectrum of skills

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devi K. Kalla, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State College of Denver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

beyond production to include material extraction,product use, and end-of-use strategies. Students will discuss life cycle stages for a variety ofexample products.6. ConclusionEngineering technology education strives to produce graduates who are ready to perform at ahigh level immediately after receiving their degrees and who can achieve strong professional Page 25.776.8growth throughout their careers. There is no doubt that sustainable green manufacturing willcontinue to be developing, be a benefit to society and improve the environment in various ways.We recognize the need for incorporating an environmental conscious course into ourmanufacturing