Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fitzpatrick, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

it to explore physicalconcepts, had been refined for the particular student audience and environment and appropriatescaffolding was created to encourage learning independence among the students. Anecdotalobservations, along with survey results of students that actively participated, indicate that ahighly scaffolded learning environment is necessary to persuade involvement, maintainengagement, and foster awareness and interest in engineering careers among middle schoolstudents in the urban setting in which this module was implemented.MethodsThe module was implemented in a 1.5-hr long elective period held at the end of each academicweek at MYA, over the course of 8 weeks that corresponded with each academic trimester. Thestudents involved

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

Tagged Divisions

International

offering different types of courses trying to provideeducation even basic one. Many endeavors keep going not only providing TV courses but also bythe internet. Many universities have created and have been offering many different programs inmany levels and it seems that the prejudice caused by the past has been overcome due to thenecessities of modern life style and the need for constant updating the career. Anyway, manyhave are opting for distance learning as a way to guarantee a specific knowledge for professionalimprovement.8. Present Engineering in focus in BrazilSustainable development with social promotion of individuals and society has been the constantsearch of scientists, educators and some politicians worldwide after the

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. The learning experience at Rose-Hulmanfeatures a strong emphasis on • thorough treatment of the theoretical foundations of students’ degrees, • practice-oriented project-based learning, • highly accessible faculty mentors, • proactive assistance with internship and career placement, and • a campus environment with ample opportunities for development of leadership skills, community outreach, and programs to broaden students’ perspectives through local, national and international activities.The Department of Civil Engineering includes approximately 170 students with seven full timefaculty members. Every department faculty member holds a professional license or is preparingfor professional licensure, and every

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

members with guidance from theinstructor. It is obvious that students need to maintain positive interdependence15,16: studentsneed to rely on each other to complete the project and nobody can do this alone. This teachesthem the necessity of being a team player and the needs to keep learning from colleagues in theirfuture careers. If students know they are going to be held individually accountable, they wouldmake a serious effort to learn and contribute.As instructors, we have attempted to integrate an assessment driven learning approach to ensurestudents’ progress. Assessment is built into the lab execution. For example, with the assistance ofGTAs, students in a team are randomly picked to report progress, and explain design choices anddecisions

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the pressure from the framework andpeers. This trend is good for students in the view of their career placement or graduate schoolapplications.After the initial period, features of best projects start to emerge and can be divided into threeareas. The first is the industry related projects, especially with co-funding or sponsorship. With awell-defined and well-scheduled proposal from industry as well as strong financial and othersupports, this kind of project usually excels. Similarly, the research-oriented projects initiatedfrom an established research laboratories also usually succeed. Lastly, many projects areinvolved in major, and in many cases, international competitions. Faced with major challenges,many of these projects are successful

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

author of a textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences.Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet OMER FAROOK is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University Calumet. Professor Farook received the Diploma of Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering and BSME in 1970and 1972 respectively. He further received BSEE and MSEE in 1978 and 1983 respectively from Illinois Institute of Technology. Professor Farook’s current interests are in the areas of Embedded System Design, Hardware – Software

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Kumar Manoharan, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

instructor and students in the experimental section at Auburn Universityincluded the following:≠ The case studies show the students that engineering requires judgment despite limited knowledge, conflicting information, and uncertainty. They show that the livelihoods, even the lives, of people are daily engineering responsibilities. These case studies reveal the importance of ethics and professionalism in engineering. The students see that engineering is not only a technical career but has a very high “human” component.≠ Seven out of eight African-American students in the class preferred an interactive learning environment. The students indicated that the case studies were a very positive experience in their learning of

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Whalley; Harriet Svec; Harvey Svec; Teresa Hall

Engineering Field Experience: Industrial Archaeology Studies in England Harriet Svec, Harvey Svec, Teresa Hall, William Martin Whalley South Dakota State University / Manchester Metropolitan UniversityThe practice of engineering could be described as a nascent profession when contrasted withmedicine, law, academia, politics or the clergy. Engineering as a career emerged as recentlyas the 1800s as an outcome of newly created industry-based economies. Today theengineering profession is well established, respected, and contributes to the greater benefit ofsociety. Bringing science, technology and creativity together, engineers conceive solutionsto problems, develop new

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Young; John Fernandez

techniques are expensiveand time consuming, although there are approaches that decrease the cost13. Many softwareengineers recognize (at least off the record), that many of the HCI techniques are useful andappropriate for projects that have user interaction as a major component. Integration betweenthese two disciplines is certainly possible and probably required as software developmentbecomes a more user-centered activity.When potential computer professionals begin training, they start by learning to program in one ormore computer languages. It is not until later in their education that they learn thatprogramming, as interesting as it is, is not the focus of computer science. After graduation, theywill probably spend more of their working career

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Skylar Stewart; Linda Ramsey; Julie DuBois; Jorge Roldan; David Mills

that participants developed an improved confidence in their ability to score well on thescience portion of the ACT. Finally, the course participants were not the only ones impacted; thegraduate students responsible for the design and implementation of the course indicated that theirinvolvement was personally and professionally rewarding.INTRODUCTIONThe ACTAs any college admissions advisor will tell you, a student’s ACT (American College Test) scorecan have a profound impact on their college career. While an ACT score can not definitivelyindicate how well a student will perform in a college classroom, a good score can open manydoors for success that a poor score cannot. ACT scores are used to determine college admissions,scholarship eligibility

Conference Session

Design and the Community

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt

distributed in December 2004 contained additional questions on the level of mentorinvolvement with the students, service learning, and projects with the University of Colorado (atotal of 31 questions). This survey was emailed to the Fall 2003 students and given out in-classto the Fall 2004 students. The advantages of surveying students a longer period of time afterthey have taken the class is the retrospective they have and a real appreciation for what was mostbeneficial as they are starting their careers as practicing engineers. However, the response ratefrom these former students is generally much lower. To avoid double counting feedback from asingle individual since the surveys may be returned anonymously, groups that were previouslysurveyed (2002

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Mavriplis

engineeringfeats helped to keep the interest of a large percentage of the students and provided astructure from which students could explore their own interests in their chosen field ofstudy. These reading assignments and other reflective teaching techniques, non-traditional to engineering, helped to students to develop self-confidence and take a moreactive part in their career plan.AcknowledgementsMany of the ideas for this course, particularly in the self-guided inquiry method were developed by theauthor and her colleague Rachelle Heller, a professor of Computer Science at the George WashingtonUniversity, when they designed and co-taught an Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering ScienceSeminar reported in Ref. 17. That seminar development was funded

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Schildgen; Jon Duff

2004 accreditation standards that define learning goals and measure theachievement of those goals (standards 16, 18, 19, and 21) address using external guidance forsetting these goals for degree programs. The AACSB guidelines state, “External constituenciescan inject expertise and perspectives into the process that will be unavailable if the facultyoperates alone.” The study reported in this paper follows the AACSB suggestion that externalconstituencies (in this case, advisory board members) be included. It is critical to survey industryfor current trends and issues that may provide a more practical application of the capstone seniorproject, and ultimately assist in securing career employment for students. The AACSB furtheraddresses an

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kedmon Hungwe; Seyed Zekavat; Sheryl Sorby

their future career, we needed to gather enough information from all non-EE communities,including undergraduate and graduate students, members of faculty and industry. To do that, weneeded to create a survey that covered all possible required topics in EE for all non-EE fields.Hence, we formed a group consisting of faculty members from all engineering areas (EE andnon-EE) at Michigan Tech. The group also consisted of faculty from the Education Departmentand some EE graduate students. We conducted regular weekly meetings out of which we Page 10.196.4identified the main topics and sub-topics in Electrical

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

what students learn through the program.1 This criterion has brought aboutterminology that programs are not accustomed to utilizing in their day to day business. Theseterms included objectives and outcomes. In addition, continuous improvement has become soimportant to ABET that a separate criterion has been devoted to it in the latest update fromABET.2 Defining Objectives and OutcomesProgram objectives are long-range goals of what a program envisions their graduates willachieve. ABET regards objectives as being obtained by graduates a few years after graduation.Program objectives will usually focus on successful careers or being skilled practitioners. Theyare much longer range attributes a graduate accomplishes. One

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the vast majority of cases, the manufacturing technologies in question will be well-beyond those that were central to initial faculty preparation. Few current faculty will have, for example, developed a level of expertise in medical device manufacture during their graduate study or earlier career; growth in expertise is essential. Introduction of new technologies requires background (from study of new technologies, as well as the fundamentals of the manufacturing engineering discipline), perception (from interaction with the program’s industrial constituencies and with trends in the broader national and international arena) and a well-developed program strategy (needed in any case).… Note that some of the new

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

forging of commitment to values,careers, relationships, and personal identity. Drawing on Piaget’s theory, Perry hypothesized thatshifts or changes from one position or category to another are brought on by disequilibrium or astate of flux. Interactions with the environment present the individual with an opportunity toassimilate the new information into their existing cognitive framework or accommodate theentire framework itself. Perry’s work established a baseline for subsequent research studies torefine and extend Perry’s developmental sequence;[15-19] unfortunately, very little agreementregarding the stages has ever been achieved across studies.Schommer [19] approached the task from a different angle by challenging the notion

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

., is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Before joining the U of A faculty in 1996, he served in the US Army as an engineer officer for 24 years. During his military career Dennis had the unique opportunity to build roads, airfields and other facilities on six different continents and spend over 11 years as a member of the faculty at the US Military Academy. His current research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geohazards. He has published over 85 peer reviewed articles relating to his research and

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Harlow, Western Kentucky University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

laboratory courses. Moreover,the adaptability of the test bed makes it possible to use in a variety of laboratory experimentsbased on the specific needs and desired outcomes of the specific course.On the part of the student worker, this extracurricular activity has provided learning experiencesthat no one course can provide. As a result, the student worker has been able to add value to hisundergraduate education by applying and refining a variety of engineering skills. Moreover, therewards personally witnessed by the student have inspired him to continue to seek out ways toadd value to future engineering education and career endeavors.Using this experiment in the junior level Engineering Experimentation and Instrumentationcourse brought value to the

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

course had been taught for several years before the authorvolunteered to start teaching the course in the spring of 2002. The course was an electivecourse and was not required of any major in the institute. The course enrollment during thespring of 2000 was six students. In 2001 the enrollment was also six students. In 2002 theauthor decided that one of the problems with enrollment was that the students didn’t reallyknow about the course and that the students also didn’t understand that the course wouldbe useful in their engineering careers. Thus, the following e-mail was sent to all student. "MA 336 Boundary Value Problems will be offered during the spring term. If you are aChemE, EE, ME, Math, or Physics major this course may be of interest

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Harley, IUPUI; Daniel Baldwin, IUPUI; Wanda Worley, IUPUI; Tresler Thurston, IUPUI; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Premier. EBSCO. Web. 26 Dec. 2009.3. Imperatore, C. "What You Need to Know About Web 2.0." Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers 83.9 (2009): 20-23. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 23 Dec. 2009.4. Klein, K. "Demystifying Web 2.0." BusinessWeek Online (2008): 15. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 26 Dec. 2009.5. Junco, R., & Mastrodicasa, J. M. (2007). Connecting to the Net generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today's students.6. Peacock, M. (2008, May 30). Millenials drive mobile Web 2.0 technologies. CMSWire.com. Retrieved October 15, 2009, from http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/millenials-drive-mobile-web-20-technologies- 002719.php7. Williams

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Teacher O of District B and the twenty-two students of Teacher M of DistrictA) were combined with survey results for two other groups of students who experienced similarprograms in two other towns and a report on the results of administering the survey to the fourgroups of students was completed by an outside evaluator in April 2009. That document, entitledAnnual Evaluation Report8, states that although the student attitudes were only measured witha post-survey, data based on a 4-point Likert scale were stronger on general performancecategories and lower on engineering career-related items. Page 15.1171.11 Table XIII

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

careers inengineering in part because this profession is perceived to lack a connection to helping improvethe world around them4. Although serving humanity is at the heart of the engineeringprofession5, the engineering education system and infrastructure (texts, learning aids, facultydevelopment) have largely lost this core connection. Sustainability education with its holisticnature of technology that is combined with human dimension will re-establish the sense of thisconnection. There is some indication that sustainability also contributes to the increase inrecruiting and retaining traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering6.Sustainability integration may be difficult for many college and university graduates of scienceand engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. At the beginning of the semester did you see yourself aligned as a humanist or technologist when considering solutions to water resources challenges? Do you feel your attitudes have changed such that you might align more or less with the other group? 2. Which topic/discussion provided you the greatest insight into the other group (humanist or technologist)? 3. As a result of this course, do you feel you better understand and can articulate the position of perspectives different than yours as they relate to water resources engineering projects? 4. List one concept outside of your disciplinary major that you learned in this course. Do you feel it will be helpful for you in your future career? How so? 5

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracee Gilbert, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

To assist with time management Time management Mandatory Tutoring To help adjust to college life To help understand concepts Professional Development To be aware of opportunities related to your major Lack of broadcasted opportunities Plethora of opportunities To gain insight on what your career will entail To have practical opportunities to apply coursework Peer Support

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Simon, University of Nevada, Reno; Ted Batchman, University of Nevada-Reno; Christine Taylor, Lewis and Clark University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

environmental paradigm.‖ Journal of Environmental Education. 40(1): 19-28.7. Gross, M. 2007. You, too, can be green: The case for campus commitment and action, Community College Journal. 31: 463-474.8. Inglehart, R. 1990. Culture shift in advanced industrial society. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.9. Jorgenson, H. 2006. A green campus culture in Wisconsin, Techniques Connecting Education and Careers. 81(4): 23-25.10. Kalkani, E., Boussiakou, I., and Boussiakou, L. 2004. Application of educational theories in restructuring an introductory course in renewable energy engineering, European Journal of Engineering Education. 29(3): 401-413.11. Keeney, R., von Winterfeldt, D., and Eppel, T. 1990. Eliciting

Conference Session

IE and the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Poly is given every quarter to students finishing their senior project.The exam for each major is typically offered as three different versions each drawing over 50questions from the ever-expanding bank of test questions that cover virtually all of the programoutcome areas and skills. Students are not advised to prepare for the exam, but they are notifiedthat a portion (usually 10%) of their senior project grade will be affected by their performance onthe exam. Thereby, skipping the exam or purposefully answering incorrectly (e.g., to get finishedsooner) is discouraged. Since the content tested typically spans their educational career, a score of50% or better is considered minimally acceptable from a program assessment point of view. Such

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Reed, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Ludois, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Maria Hamlin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

_____ c. Humanitarian efforts _____ d. Group work, team building _____ e. Grades _____ 4. Do you think power electronics will play an important role in your engineering career? a. Extremely important b. Very important c. Important d. Slightly important e. Not very importantMost course are taught using problem sets for each separate topic. Imagine that you are taking acourse that instead teaches theory and assigns problem sets based around one specific applicationof the technology from the class. For example, a course on hydraulics that teaches theory usingthe Boeing 777

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R.F. William Hollender, Montana State University; James Becker, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

most benefit in terms of using the material later in their careers and so thesesomewhat esoteric topics were removed from the course. Based on one of the author’sexperience in teaching students at Montana State over the last eight years, and in following whatmany of the EE 433 students do after graduation, the most common tasks that align withpotential content for EE 433 include RF/microwave board layout, component selection, andcircuit-level and system-level calculations. It is interesting to note that not one student hasindicated that he/she is involved with distributed filter design. In place of the lectures devotedto the theory of distributed element filter design, time in lecture was opened for discussing thefundamentals of Doppler radar

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

to continue to learn throughout their careers. With experience, graduates should grow Page 15.1195.2professionally from the level of a junior team member to that of a leader with responsibility forthe broad scope of a technological project. Their job duties should progress from dealing withspecific problems as part of a broader project to managing the entire project where the personmust deal with social and economic as well as purely technical issues.While the initial job function may have the graduate performing basic tasks such as calculationsand analyses where someone else makes critical judgments based on these calculations, or