Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Kelly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Drug regulatory processes and agencies? ________ 4. The culture, geography, and social/political climate of other countries? ________ 5. Issues involving and examples of “access to medicines”? ________ 6. Pharmaceutical business strategy(s)? ________Figure 1 on the following page shows some of the survey results, namely the average scoresfrom the engineering and business students on these questions 1 through 6 above. All averagescores indicated that the students learned at least “an adequate amount” of new material in eachof the six topical areas. The only border line case was

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

associate professor was hired and paired with a single senior woman because her transition, as a senior faculty member, was unique.Evaluation of the Triad Mentor ProgramAnnual Online SurveyWe administered an online survey to Triad Mentor participants in the first and second years(2006-06 and 2007-08) of the ADVANCE grant. In those two years, 12 senior women served asmentors with 75% of them participating in the online survey. During the same time period(2006-07 and 2007-08), 21 junior women were protégés with 52% of them participating in theonline survey. There was 61% overall participation in the online survey during the two yearperiod.In the survey, we asked about the goals of the participants, topics discussed, and benefit(s) s ofthe

Conference Session

Technological Literacy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

). American Society for Engineering Education. 3. Hanford, Bethany, “Engineering for Everyone,” American Society for Engineering Education, PRISM, December 2004. American Society for Engineering Education. 4. Nocito-Gobel J., S. Daniels, M. Collura, B. Aliane, “Project-Based Introduction to Engineering – A University Core Course,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference (2004). American Society for Engineering Education. 5. E. Garmire, Dartmouth College, Private Communication, (2009). 6. Hudson, C., “Innovations in teaching, learning and assessment,” IEE Intern. Symp. on Engineering 7. Malave, C., Belhot, R. V., Figueiredo, R. S. “New questions about learning styles

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Kelli Jayn Nichols, University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Bioengineering; Laura Wright, University of Washington; Christopher Neils, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

taken outtside the BIO OEN departm ment. Lastlyy, juniors preesented the ddesire to havve anincreased d quantitative basis in their physiologgy course. partmental ProceedingsIntradep P s: New Curriculum DeevelopmentHaving successfully s navigated thhe ABET acccreditation pprocess in 20008, the depaartmentdeterminned it had eno ough experieence and forrmative feedbback to undeergo an exam mination of tthecurriculu um. Consideeration of thee results pressented abovee ultimately led to an iniitiation ofcurriculu um revision by b the BIOE EN faculty annd academicc affairs stafff. The first sstep consisteed ofa “Curricculum Summ mit,” in which

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University, Goodwin College of Professional Studies, Engineering Technology Program

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

://www.nrel.gov/learning/,Accessed: 19 January 2009.3. U.S Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,http://energy.senate.gov/news/dem_release.cfm?id=2211794. H. Salehfar, “State of the Art Power Electronics, Electric Drives, and Renewable Energy Systems Laboratories atthe University of North Dakota”, Proceedings, 2005 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 12-16.5. P. Jennings, “New directions in renewable energy education”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 34, 2009, pp. 435-439.6. J. DeWaters, S. Powers, "Work in progress – energy education and energy literacy: Benefits of rigor andrelevance", Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th ASEE/IEEE, San Antonio, TX, 2009.7. M. H. Nehrir, “A course on alternative energy wind/PV/fuel

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

belonging in engineering?To analyze the data scores were computed and the appropriate statistical analysistechniques were applied.Question 1Are there differences in students’ engineering self-efficacy across academic levels?This question asks if there is a difference in the engineering self-efficacy of a sophomoreengineering student as compared to a freshman engineering student, and so forth. Thisquestion seeks to find the result for all students, regardless of ethnicity. Table 3 shows theANOVA table for the subscales contributing to engineering self-efficacy. The resultsshow that there is/are marginally significant difference(s) between means of the fourclasses (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) for math outcome expectations (F =14.356, p = 0.0

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Seniow, Oregon State University; Eric Nefcy, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reasoning in order to make decisions within the project.Once identified, the full mathematical expression or model descriptor is added to the ModelRepresentation. Quantitative Model Components, those characterized by mathematicalequations, are placed inside squares while Qualitative Model Components, those characterizedby descriptive mechanisms and responses, reside in circles. Additionally, a model componentcan be designated as either statistical or empirical in nature by an ‘S’ or ‘E’ in the modelcomponent box. Figure 2 shows the different types of model components and an example ofhow they could appear together in the Model Representation. Figure 2. Primary and Secondary Model Components. Part (a) shows both qualitative (circle) and

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; Keith Rouch, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

needed to betterdetermine optimal methods for utilizing this tool.References1 Camtasia Studio Software, Copyright 1999-2009 TechSmith Corporation, http://www.techsmith.com2 Campbell, C., “On-Line Video-Based Training for Matlab, Mathcad and Maple”, Proceedings of the 2006 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education (2006).3 Jackson, A., Jackson, S., and Mehta, M., “Applying the Six Sigma Process when Creating A Modular Six SigmaGreen Belt Program”, Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society forEngineering Education (2009).4 Brown, C., Lu, Y.-H., Yale, M., Bennett, D., “On-Line Examinations for Object-Oriented Programming”,Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas; Christa Hestekin, University of Arkansas; Bradley Dearing, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

AC 2010-2293: UASPP: THREE YEARS OF HELPING MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHERS DEVISE THEIR OWN HANDS-ON ENGINEERING AND SCIENCEACTIVITIESShannon Davis, University of ArkansasCarol Gattis, University of Arkansas CAROL S. GATTIS Dr. Gattis is the Associate Dean of the Honors College and Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She formerly served as Director of Recruitment, Retention, Honors and Diversity for the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. In this latter role, she directed and developed new programs for the college-wide efforts in recruitment, retention and diversity.Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas BRYAN W. HILL

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

thatstudents are making progress toward achieving the learning outcomes of the capstone project,and by extension progress toward degree program outcomes? This is a serious and difficultquestion often raised as “how do I assess the individual working within the project team?” [2][7].But it is more than how to arrive at a grade. For the instructor, s/he wants to provide formativefeedback early and often during the project to help the student understand the larger context of aspecific issue and how it applies in the real world. For the student, gaining an awareness of thecause-and-effect of her/his choices and actions within a team, and how those judgments translateto the real world is important. For example, consider a project that is falling behind

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

perspective, our design leveraged the principles of radianttemperature control, first pioneered by the Romans, and the concept of the roof-pond coolingsystem, born out of the University of Nebraska during the environmental movement of the1970’s. The team coupled these technologies and designed a unique system that passivelychills the concrete walls during the cooling season. Thermal energy in the form of radiation isabsorbed in the high-mass walls throughout the day, and stored. The system makes use of thecapillary tubes – already embedded in the walls for curing the concrete (i.e. multi-usecomponent) – as a vessel to circulate thermal fluid. The capillary tubes provide a vesselthrough which to circulate water and expel stored heat (a.k.a radiant

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

engineeringchallenges and be successful professionals contributing postitively to the global community. Page 20.12.9AcknowledgementThe author wishes to acknowledge the participation and support by various hospitals and medicaldevice companies in Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Singapore, France, Canada and Germanyfor hosting co-op/internships. The author expresses his thanks to H. C. Lord Fund at WIT, RachelKeen, Adityen Sudhakaran and Adam Paczuski for assistance in the manuscript, and numerousstudent participants.References1. Luzzi, David E. "Beyond the Classroom." ASEE PRISM. ProQuest Central, 20 Dec. 2010.2. E. S. Sovilla. “Co-op's 90-Year Odyssey

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Krishnanand Y Maillacheruvu, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

Rivers and Lakes in India: Balancing Societal Priorities with Technological Possibilities. In Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification. Elsevier Press. 49 pp.4. Al-Khafaji, A.W. and Elhouar, S.E. (2014). Preparing Engineers for Global Challenges. Third Annual ASEE International Forum, Indianapolis, IN (in press)5. Suresh S., Roden S.J., Al-Khafaji A.W., Renukappa S. (2009). The key drivers for leadership skills development practices in the UK construction industry: An empirical study. COBRA 2009 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. pp. 278-288.6. Suresh S., Al-Khafaji A.W. (2009). Teaching and learning activities through the use of mobile phone technology. Association of

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Robyne Bowering, Monash University

Tagged Topics

Invited - Student Development

of their personal professional skills. 3. Analyse and respond to Nair et al.’s ‘Re-engineering graduate skills - a case study’.[21] A study of the 2007 Monash University survey of employers’ satisfaction levels of their Engineering graduates. The students are reassured that the findings are typical for similar surveys conducted throughout the world, and certainly not unique to Page 21.46.4 Monash or Engineering. In their response, the students need to state whether they agree or disagree or are surprised with the survey findings and back up their statements with relevant examples from

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

courses. In the assessment process, we found surprising results,particularly in the summative assessment process of collecting data for continuous improvementand ABET outcomes. Some possible explanations for the results will be offered.BackgroundIn the late 1990’s, engineering and technology educators received perhaps the greatest shock oftheir careers – accreditation was changing to outcomes-based assessment from a decades-old listof topics. After the shock wore off, it took several years of hard work for most educators just tounderstand outcomes-based assessment, let alone perform any meaningful assessments.The difficulty most engineering and technology educators have with outcomes-based assessmentcan be easily understood by studying the mental

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Bryan Norman; Jayant Rajgopal; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

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Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF A STATICS CONCEPT INVENTORY AND ITS USE AS A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL Paul S. Steif Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213AbstractA multiple choice test, the Statics Concept Inventory, is used to measure conceptual progressof students in Statics. This paper reports on detailed comparisons of the results of this test tostudent performance on class examinations. Reasonably strong correlations are foundbetween concept-specific sub-scores in the inventory and scores on related types ofexamination problems or solution errors involving similar concepts. With these findings weset the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Drummer; James Frendewey; Sheryl Sorby; Kris Mattila; John Sutherland; Leonard Bohmann

theimportance of engineering applied to the service sector.5 An outcome of the workshop was thecreation of the Service Enterprise Engineering program within the NSF Division of Design,Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation in recognition of the need for engineers to work withinthe service sector in order to improve this sector’s productivity. Tien and Berg note that “despitethe growing role that services play in the U.S.’s economic well-being, productivity in the servicesector has shown limited growth.”10 They further note that one of the reasons that the servicesector is such a large part of our economy today is due to its inefficiency – especially in terms ofgovernment services. However, as other countries begin to provide services, our own

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Plesha; Gary Gray; Francesco Costanzo

compression, we expect the solution to Eq. (1) to give FBC > 0, which it does. • You should verify that the solutions are mathematically correct by substituting FBC , Ax and Ay into all equilibrium equations to check that each of them is satisfied. However, this check does not verify the accuracy of the equilibrium equations themselves, so it is essential that you draw accurate FBDs and check that your solution is reasonable.Example from Dynamics: Kinetics of a Two-Particle SystemProblem Statement A student throws a pair of stacked books, whose masses are m1 =1.5 kg and m2 = 1 kg, on a table as shown in Fig. 3. The books strike the table withessentially zero vertical speed and their common horizontal speed is v0 = 0.75 m/s

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaishalee Naruka; Stephen Raper; William Daughton

10 0 s ed g e n in y tio ng at as lv nt ca

Conference Session

Innovations in Library Management

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Weiner; Honora Nerz

for getting there?” The best way to bring about a change in one’s work life is to be the driving force behindmaking it happen, by being the one to assess the situation, identify the problem(s) if there areany, and prescribe it the solution (or take responsibility for the search for it). This proactiveapproach will be more likely to get a positive response from senior management and provides amuch greater feeling of control over one’s work life. An element of the planning that should not be ignored, but all too often is, relates to thenext job. We should always be able to envision the next job and have a sense of how long it isappropriate to stay in the current one and/or with the current organization. People often thinkthat if

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Newcomer

assignment serves to get students to look at work tasks with an eye toward ergonomics.Students are only required to observe the work task, but many try different methods of assess-ment such as video tape or still photography, and they, almost all, also interview their subject(s)to get a better understanding of the task and its difficulties from the worker’s perspective. Whenwork tasks are very rapid, such as the case of a grocery cashier, students find that they muststudy different aspects of the task at different times, so students might spend half of their timedocumenting wrist posture and half documenting back and neck posture. Students more oftenthan not find some risk factor in the work task; this is probably in part a selection effect, for

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlin Thomas

Page 10.694.11the facility and the complexity of the modules.Reconnaissance Information: Based on the information from the damage report by the crisesaction team, the probabilities of each of the four modules being the source of the failure of theventilation system are estimated at p j , 0 ≤ p j ≤ 1, i = N,S, E, W. Further estimates of timest N , t S , t E , and t W required to test each module; and the probabilities α N , αS , α E , and α W of therepair crew overlooking a failed module given that it is in fact the source of break down wasmade by the emergency maintenance crew.Emergency Diagnostics Strategy: The objective is to find the failed module as soon as possibleand the strategy will be to continue trouble shooting until it is

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

like to acknowledge theNational Science Foundation for their support of the offering of several pilot courses in ourMulti-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral curriculum.8 References 1. Collura, M.A., B. Aliane, S. Daniels, and J. Nocito-Gobel, “Development of a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral”, Submitted to the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2004. 2. Mikic, B. and D. Grasso, “Socially-Relevant Design:the TOYtech Project at Smith College”, Journal of Engineering Education, 91(3):319-326, 2002. 3. John Hopkins Virtual Laboratory, Bridge Designer, http://www.jhu.edu

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mancine; Scott Harper; Ryan Scott; Hassan Rajaei

NetRNG; a templatized, thread-safe circular buffer structure whichimplements the Mesa monitor semantic. Its size is a construction-time parameter. When it is fullthe thread(s) calling put() is(are) blocked, and when the buffer empties the thread(s) calling get()is(are) blocked. This construct provides following services: Page 9.1098.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education BoundedBuffer(unsigned short) ~BoundedBuffer() get(T& ) : bool put(T ) : bool

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wesner; Cristina Amon

projects to the students, so that teams can indicate on which project(s) they would like to work. • to participate (ask questions) in the two Design Reviews • on the last day of class, to hear the Final Reports of all the teamsOccasionally a sponsor representative will manage only the first and last of these. At the otherend of the spectrum, some sponsor representatives come to nearly every class. These peopleoften get drafted to make a presentation during the semester on some topic relevant toEngineering Design, such as describing the Product Realization Process used in their company,or speaking about Intellectual Property issues.The Projects ThemselvesProjects have mostly sought a design solution to a hardware problem. A few have

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

number ofsubsystems including a drive mechanism for generating load, a load measurement unit, adisplacement measurement subsystem, and their related controls. Fig. 1 shows the schematic ofthe microtensile tester developed after an original design from Johns Hopkins University2 whichwas modified to accommodate measurement for large strains. The load train started with amotorized Velmex (Velmex , Inc., Bloomfield, NY 14469) unislide drive equipped with agearbox of 1500:1 ratio, connected to a linear stage providing strain rates as low as 10-4/s. Aswith nearly all variable speed motors, lower speeds could be achieved, however, load capacitydropped below the desirable levels. An “L” bracket machined and installed on the unislide drivemade it

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Goo; Maura Borrego

use 6% Somewhat disagree clickers. 18% Neither agree nor disagree 34% Somewhat agree 20% Strongly agreeAcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank USC’s NICE-PRS discussion group members, includingChris Gould; USC Center for Scholarly Technology staff members Rick Lacy, SueGautsch, Otto Khera and others; and Brooks-Cole sales rep Sylvia Sotomayor.References1 Hestenes, et al. “Force Concept Inventory.” The Physics Teacher 30 (3), 141, (1992).2 Danielson, S. “Developing Statics Knowledge Inventories.” 2004 Frontiers in Education Conference

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Goodman; Maurice Aburdene

. Athanasios Papoulis and S. Unnikrishan Pillai,Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002.6. Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics: For Engineering and the Sciences, Duxbury, Pacific Grove, CA, 2000.7. George R. Cooper and Clare D. McGillem, Probablistic Methods of Signal and System Analysis, Third edition, Oxford University Press, 1999.8. Maurice F. Aburdene and Richard J. Kozick, “A project-oriented course in probability and statistics for undergraduate electrical engineering students” Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997, pp.598 - 6039. Leonard Kleinrock, Queueing Systems, Computer Applications, The Academic Press, Vol. 2, 1976.10. William

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Adams; William Manion

Alumni/Employer s than (N = 6/8) AdequateWritten Faculty 34% 55% 12% Alumni/Employers 44% 32% 24%Oral Faculty 30% 56% 14% Alumni/Employers 30% 63% 7%Visual (ability to design Faculty 34% 51% 14%information, including Alumni/Employers 35% 46% 19%complex displaysof data)These