Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy Ward, Ohio State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Robert J. Gustafson; Jessica D'Ambrosio; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

International

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

employment period.• In order for the faculty member to gain the most during the short summer months, they need to work on as many different projects as possible. These projects should reflect different engineering applications in the faculty member’s discipline. In some cases, the faculty member’s contribution to a project could be very minimal or simply as an observer.• Sometimes, it is not necessary for the faculty member to see the projects from the beginning to the end. If the faculty member participates in different stages of a project and participates in enough projects, collectively, he/she should have an understanding of how a project is initiated, planned, designed, and executed that would generate fruitful

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keelin Leahy, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of these stages is reflected in the students’design folder. However, generally design is taught in a linear and assessment based approach,stifling design ability and creativity; “If one only works from within an established pattern thenone tends to follow its natural line of development and is unlikely to restructure the pattern.”[16]The present design process works to a certain extent however “many students shut down whengiven a list of requirements and constraints”[17] thus design ability and creativity aresuppressed..Figure 2: Irish curriculum design process[18].The cognitive activity involved in design activity in the professional world is an area of greatambiguity. As a result the assessment in post primary education is dominant on the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance; Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

enhanced the problem solving capabilities of the students in entrepreneurial orintrapreneurial environments.Selected Articles and ExperienceThe instructors utilized personal experiences, cases, articles and class discussions. Students wereexpected to participate in the learning process by bringing personal experiences and reflecting onthe articles, cases and class discussions on Business Week articles, HBR articles including PeterF. Drucker’s article and TRIZ Journal to research specific topics; ideality, resources, etc.SpeakersThe instructors arranged to bring in three speakers (one from industry, one with extensiveexperience in Structured Innovation and a recent graduate who is employed as an innovationtechnologist) to address Structured

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Cook, Brigham Young University; Geoff Wright; Steve Shumway; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technologyeducation, it is actually a refinement of technology education to include a broader skill set andfocus. This also reflects the view that technology education keep up with the world’s businessand economic engineering and technology focus.In light of these suggestive technology education curriculum and objectives modifications, thereis a need to evaluate the influence of the changes. The Technology Attitude Scale (TAS) andPupils Attitudes Toward Technology (PATT) have been used to ascertain students’ attitudetoward and understanding of technology, however, the tools do not include engineering issues.2Thus a comprehensive instrument was needed to measure student interest, perception, attitude,and understanding of both engineering and technology. In

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Christiansen, Brigham Young University; Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Spencer Guthrie, Brigham Young Univeristy; Gaurab Paudel, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Engineering Technology students take bothstatics and mechanics of materials with the engineering students. The College decision to givethe Civil and Environmental Engineering Department this overall responsibility has significantlycontributed to the economy of the resulting program.As shown in the five year average enrollment graph, Figure 1, the average mechanics course sizewas growing modestly but remained under 40 students until in the early nineteen eighties. Then,during the late nineteen eighties and into the early nineteen nineties, the average class size grewto about 100 students per class and has remained approximately at that level. The early growthrate reflected a desire and ability to keep classes small and the average rate of increase

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Randa Shehab, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

leadership and organizational practices can unintentionally excludestudents the organizations are intended to include. Future studies might examine in more depththe diversity of students within a perceived homogeneous group and how sub-group cultureswork to include or exclude certain members.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation's Directorate ofUndergraduate Education's STEM Talent Expansion Program Grant No. DUE- 0431642. Anyopinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Theauthors wish to acknowledge the contributions of numerous colleagues and students who

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E James Nelson, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University; Lourdes Manley, Brigham Young University; Oscar Dzul, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas; Joshua Draper, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

requirement. Therefore, those people were put in groups with others who do speakSpanish. This enabled those who did not speak Spanish to contribute and communicate with theirMexican teammates without having to learn the language and might explain why learningSpanish had a much lower score than the other goals. In future surveys this question will beapproached differently so that it reflects distinctively the feelings of those who speak Spanishfluently and those who do not. Page 14.451.10 Technical Competence 3.8 3.8 Language

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

research results into a publication.Maintaining a research notebook helps students keep all of their research work in an organizedform that parallels the process of their work. With their notebooks in hand, the SURE ProgramCoordinator led the discussion on methods for documenting student research findings and how touse the research notebook to identify, evaluate, reflect and refine their information collectionprocess. Questions such as “Should I keep an electronic or paper notebook,” “How often shouldI update my research notebook,” and “What should I put in my research notebook” wereaddressed during the workshop. Notes provided to the participants on research notebooks aredetailed in Fairley3.The second workshop on documentation was led by a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarel Lavy, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

items should be reflected; for example,Emergency Generator Log, Fire Sprinkler Log, Filter Log, Daily Rounds, Electrical ReceptacleTest Log, Kitchen Hood Inspection, Water Chemistry Test Log, and Vehicle Log.The students were asked to review maintenance records and find out different performanceindicators, such as the percentage of in-house vs. outsourcing work orders performed, percentageof in-house vs. outsourcing costs, and the percentage of preventive vs. corrective maintenance Page 14.1136.13conducted. The following text is quoted from the students’ report: “The first component that wefocused on was the computerized facility maintenance

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Introduction to Engineering ,a Comprehensive Approach, 5th ed., pp. 352-353, Great Lakes Press, Wildwood, MO, 2006.3 Jonathan Wickert, An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, Belmont, CA, 2004.4 Clive L Dym and Patrick Little, Engineering Design, A Project-Based Introduction, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2004.5 Saeed Moaveni, Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering, Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, Pacific Grove, CA. 2002.6 Donald A. Schön, The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Basic Books, New York, NY, 1983.7 Barry Hyman, Fundamentals of Engineering Design, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003.8 Ralph M. Ford and Chris S. Coulston

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

activities designed to foster self-reflection and investigation of career pathways can bebuilt directly into required courses. This is particularly useful when it is done consistently and isevaluated formally as part of the student's academic performance. Assignments that have beenused to do this successfully include a one page essay where students describe why they areinterested in their major and what aspects of possible careers interest them after a short lecture onthe possibilities. Another activity involves a lecture on resumes, their content, and how tostructure them to be concise and attractive, followed by an assignment requiring students tosubmit a resume for critique and scoring. This activity has been done at the freshman level tomotivate

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. This reflects the philosophy taught in ourcourse that the “Requirements Definition” is the real core of the project design, and involves thegreatest thinking and learning of issues. They confirmed the importance of providing feedback,and setting clear and high expectations, rewards and incentives. These findings reinforce ourcourse structure, especially aspects such as the midterm public poster presentation. This sets up avery focused and probably scary event, from which students come back exhilarated by thefinding that they do very well in explaining their ideas to an outside audience.Learning ResourcesThe search for good learning resources on this complex area took us far and wide. There aremany resources, but they are spread out over the

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

making students the“experts.” Some of the topics students in the spring 2008 PNM class chose to write about areexpressed in the following paper titles: ≠ Capturing the Stars: The Reflecting Telescope ≠ LASIK: Bringing “Good” Vision to “Great” Vision ≠ RFID: Radio Frequency Identification ≠ The Sound of Music: The Physics of a Violin ≠ Acoustics of the Mixing/Mastering Studio ≠ Professional Recording: Evolutions in Audio Technology ≠ The Deadliest Predators: Sharks and the Bioelectromagnetic SenseIn addition to writing about topics that relate to topics covered in class during the semester,students are also encouraged to choose topics that overlap in some way with their major area of

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Beverly Jaeger, and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern University’s; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

as cars, amuseum, a person not listed previously, building a fort. Some mentioned 3 to 5 times were Legosor toys, curiosity, programming, internship, non-relative such as a friend’s Dad, and high pay.Only once was the web mentioned, we thought maybe we had missed that category given theprolific use of the internet and the amount of time students seem to be on the internet. But interms of career choices, we saw no mention of the internet as a contributor to their decision.What is Engineering?We also asked our students “What is engineering”? This question helps first-year instructorscalibrate to the students’ preconceptions of their selected major. Content analysis revealed thatthere were 4 dominant responses –solving problems (39% reflected

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University; Monica Elser, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; James Middleton, Arizona State University; Jay Golden, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the National Science Foundation (NSF). Page 14.525.3Theoretical FrameworkThe recent national emphasis on the design, development, and implementation of K-12engineering education curricula has increased interest in assessing students’ knowledge ofengineering. Many adults and students in the US have deficient understandings of engineers andwhat engineers do1. In addition, engineering is among the least gender equitable professions witha workforce that is only 11% female2. Researchers have argued that the cause for such adiscrepancy has

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

same way as the non-premixed daemons. The differencecomes from the fact that the Reaction Panel now has only two blocks – one for reactants and one Figure 11. The Process Panel set up for calculating the adiabatic temperature in a closed chamber.for products. Therefore the State Panel and the Device Panel are also modified to reflect a singleinlet and a single exit for the premixed reactor. Balancing a reaction requires selecting thereactants and products and entering amounts of (n − a) components, where n is the total numberof species that appear in the reaction and a is the number of atoms. For the theoreticalcombustion of methane, the reaction can be balanced by entering 1 kg of methane and 17.201 kgof air as reactants, selecting the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford Bragdon; Carl Berkowitz

be an Hispanic worker. The Hispanic labor force is likely toincr~ rmmbem-to 17 million by the year 2005, growing at an average of 3.5 percent annuall y. The number .of Asians will be an estimated 3.8 percent of the 2005 work force; the number of blacks will rise to almost 13percent. Transportation markets reflect the trend toward greater diversity. For example, the number of minoritieswho ~ truck drivers increased from 16.4 percent in 1980 to over 25 percent in 1990.In the fqture, the overall population growth rate will slow but its diversity will rise. A key success factor fortransportation specialists and managers will be their ability to understand and coach their diverse work forceeffectively.Women in the Work ForceIn 1970,42 percent of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan C. Grant; Sarah A. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Kristine C. Lawyer; Hugh Fuller

). As a result, and as has been the case for years, SATmathematics scores for males and females reflect the difference in preparation, with about29% of the 1996 college-bound male seniors scoring 600 or better, compared to only 18%of their female counterparts (5).One might think that by the time this winnowing process is complete, the men andwomen who had completed all of the prerequisite course work in mathematics andscience with grades high enough to be accepted into a college of engineering would beequally confident of their abilities to succeed. However, when women enter engineeringclassrooms on college campuses, they find themselves in a overwhelmingly male domain.It is in this environment that they will not only learn the subject matter

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

, memorandum, oral presentation, other);≠ Intended audience;≠ Report requirements.While this was a well-intended effort, the results were not particularly impressive. Studentsseemed to treat it as another hoop through which they were to jump and not as a prompt forthoughtful reflection. This was underscored by the observation that frequently students wereobserved printing the forms immediately after entering the laboratory and completing them byhand to be submitted on the spot, with little apparent forethought.ConclusionOur study of the maturation as writers of the cohort of EWI students has culminated in an NSFproposal (#0837338) to improve the quality of student writing at all levels of the Engineeringcurriculum. In the study Drs Beams, Niiler

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Jason Wynne, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Gary Winn, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students to their rooms, I realized something amazing fromwhat had just occurred. I’ve had the opportunity to be something much more than just acounselor or an instructor; I got the chance to be a mentor, I got the chance to be a friend.** Acknowledgement and Disclaimer:“This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0525484. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.” Page 14.1014.20

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College, Columbia University; Peiyi Lin, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jason Sayres, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

topics and “new engineer” workforce skills—that we are seeking toprovide for students through the Build IT curriculum. Page 14.215.14AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber ESI-0624709. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1 Jonassen, D. (2000). Computers as mindtools for schools. Engaging critical thinking (2nd ed.). Saddle River, NJ:Prentice Hall.2 Chambers, J. & Carbonaro, M. (2003). Designing, Developing, and

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

problems can be given. Even so, the number of students complaining of time pressurewill remain non-zero. Although sometimes this complaint is specious (when non amount of timewould help that particular student) at others it reflects the fact that some people approachproblems slowly but truly do understand the material.By eliminating such exams, these problems can be avoided. In the miniquiz format there is only asingle problem and the students are told ahead of time what the area of coverage will be. Hencetheir studying is directed toward that area. Only a fraction of the class time is taken up with thequiz and since there’s only one problem, a goodly amount of time can be allocated to it, reducingthe “no time!” complaints.Since there are many

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara; Gary Hansen, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Peter Robinson, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

overlaps and alsomany gaps.”Educational importance of the study In many disciplines, effectiveness in teaching and learning is assessed via content uptakeof the students. This may be measured using psychometrics or evaluating student products usingcertain rubrics. In disciplines where the ‘correct answer’ is less precise, the rubric approach tendsto also pay attention to production process as well as outcome. In our discipline ofentrepreneurship education, not only is there no precise ‘correct answer’ to many managementand business opportunity questions, content uptake does not necessarily reflect the overallpreparedness of these students to become entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial attitude orientationappears to be an outcome parameter that

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Mentis, United States Military Academy; Charles Reynolds, United States Military Academy; Donald Abbott-McCune, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Ring, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, no. 2, pp. 5-9, April 2008.2. Zachary Dodds, “AI Assignments in a CS1 Course: Reflections and Evaluation,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 262-271, June 2008.3. Barry Fagin, “Using Ada-based Robotics to Teach Computer Science,” in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 32, New York, 2000, pp. 148-151.4. Barry Fagin and Laurence Merkle, “Measuring the Effectiveness of Robots in Teaching Computer Science,” in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 35, New York, 2003, pp. 307-311.5. Robert W. Hasker, “An Introductory Programming Environment for LEGO MindStorms Robots,” in Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium, 2005

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Archibald, Brigham Young University; Doran Wilde, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Anchor 1: “Wow Sam, we’re all reflecting on our college senior projects…” o Anchor 2: “All the liberal arts graduates, huh? Go into science kids! That was impressive.” o Weatherman: “I can barely drive my own car, let alone have a car drive itself.”Third, the project consistently has a positive impact on the students who complete it.They report that job interviews take on a very different tone when they bring up theirparticipation in this senior project. Interviewers ask about the technical design challenges,the experience of working together as a team, and the effort required to complete ademanding project with hard deadlines; all are topics that Robot Racer participants cantalk about enthusiastically and authoritatively. We have

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

found that the level of cognitive diversity on the teamscorrelated to improved performance on the project. In final reflective essays in 2008, 88% of thestudents discussed teamwork in some context; for example, they enjoy it, don’t like it, believe itis one of their strengths, etc. Recognizing differences in work styles may facilitate better teamexperiences, as the students may be willing to try to accommodate these differences. Projectcomplexity, student maturity, and other factors also appear to be important determinants of teamsuccess on these analysis-based environmental engineering projects. Continued research oncognitive modes is planned. In the future, a grouping algorithm more similar to that used byJensen24 based on the MBTI types will

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan Lima, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

International

majorskills, and in such way be prepared for the global market place2, 8, 14, 15.The challenges and opportunities in forming global engineers for the Americas were discussed ina recent workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Latin Americanand Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI). The outcomes andrecommendations based on this workshop were reported by Esparragoza et al.8. Brito et al.6make a comparative analysis based upon recent international conferences on engineeringeducation held in Brazil to demonstrate the role of international cooperation in the disseminationof new approaches in engineering education worldwide. This series of conferences reflects theeffort of the Brazilian’s educators

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

class and to theinstructor. The class schedule is often updated during the week to reflect the exactmaterial covered in each class. This is one way to keep students informed even if theymiss a class. Although, the author frequently reminds students the advantages ofattending classes regularly.3.5) Educational SoftwareTo support classroom activities, the author has extensively used WebCT® system as aneducational tool. The author has also used other educational software tools such as:BlackBoard® and DesireToLearn®. WebCT is an extremely helpful teaching tool thatcan be used to complement classroom instruction in a variety of ways, such as: • To develop and apply online exams and quizzes; • To post lecture PowerPoint presentations; • To

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Leicht, Pennsylvania State University; John Messner, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Hyeon Woo Lee, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the videos in order tolearn the material necessary to be successful in the quizzes. This helps to assure that studentswill be prepared for the in-class activities. Second, the instructor can use the results of thequizzes as a launching point for discussion and adjust the class plan as necessary to address anystudent misconceptions or lack of understanding, in a form of just-in-time teaching. 8The classroom flip method may be perceived to be particularly beneficial to students who prefercertain types of learning environments. According to the Felder-Solomon Learning Styles Index,students may classify themselves along four dimensions as being a certain type of learner:active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global