Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Drennan MSW, Centers for Disease Control ; Mary Y. Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Sean J Creighton, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Community Engagement Division

to move forward legally to upgrade a long-standing summer research program. The views expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. Page 23.395.4IntroductionThis paper introduces a novel and unique way forward to upgrade a long-standing summerresearch program at a government institution to include components that are now standard atcivilian programs, such as National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU) programs. Critical to the success of this new paradigm

Conference Session

Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lynn Charles Rathbun, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Cornell University

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International

) Avg. It allowed me to identify/perceive the world context of technology 4.7 It allowed me to see how technology can help improve the lives of under- 4.6 served populations It allowed me to put my research in the context of the global arena 4.1 It allowed me to have discussions with the foreign participants about 4.8 It opened upand technology mysociety understanding of technology and the impact on society 4.6 It has influenced my future in terms of my career choices 4.1 Reflection questions post experience (1+ years since iWSG) Avg. I believe that my iWSG experience

Conference Session

It's Elementary

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

selected problem and were asked to decide which problem they wanted to solveusing engineering. The next two days were dedicated to making a stop-motion action movieusing SAM software [23] to explain their problem and proposed their solution to the class. Weeksseven and eight were spent designing, building, and testing. The materials students used to buildtheir prototypes consisted of whatever was available in the classroom and supplies obtained byrequest from the STOMP fellows. The last day of the unit was dedicated to reflection about theprocess.Data CollectionThe primary method of data collection was video of in-class student group work and largerclassroom discussions. Pictures of student artifacts were also collected to document the stages

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, National Instruments, and 3M during the curriculum development process was critical in the creation of these courses. This sequence includes courses in device/system testing, engineering statistics and data analysis, leadership, and product development business/engineering best practices. In addition to revising the curriculum, the program name has now also been changed toElectronic Systems Engineering Technology (ESET) to better reflect the new emphasis onproducts and systems.New Course Development As part of the new curriculum, in addition to restructuring and augmenting existingcourses, three new courses were developed. These supported both the embedded systems and theproduct development tracks as discussed above

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Charles Knight, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

participated in field experiences to practice the topics learned in the classroom.Examples of such activities included: 1) 3-4-5 Rule in the Construction Trades and its relation tothe Pythagorean Theorem; 2) Proportional Triangles--determining the height of a street lamppost; 3) Slopes--determining the rise and run of a ramp (on campus). See Figure 1. Theseactivities were important as icebreakers and help students to reflect on the importance ofapplication of theoretical concepts. Page 23.55.7 Figure 1: Field Experiences (Applying the 3-4-5 Rule

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Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University; Bruce W. Weide, Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Teaching Presence (Structure/Process) Fig. 1. Community of Inquiryeducational systems, it is also appropriate for learning environments that are (mostly or entirely)face-to-face. The three principal elements of the CoI model are social presence, cognitive presenceand teaching presence. Social presence may be defined as the degree to which participants in thelearning environment feel affectively connected one to another; cognitive presence represents theextent to which learners are able to, via interactions with each other, construct and refine theirunderstanding of important ideas through reflection and discussion; and teaching presence is the

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lam F. Wong, Cuyahoga Community College, Metropolitan; Henry Griffith, Wright State University

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Manufacturing

ProductDevelopment for utilization in academia based upon existing best practices in industry. Theproposed definition is formulated as a coupling of an engineering process and a leadershipframework, which respectively formulate the mission and vision for the process. Theengineering process is based upon classic theories of product development integrated within aconcurrent, sustainability focused framework. The leadership framework, which is developed asan expansion of the aforementioned TBL, completes the SPD process by providing guidance forthe establishment of a sustainability focused culture within an enterprise. After introducing thisprocess, a reflection detailing the challenges and opportunities associated with the inclusion ofSPD principles within a

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

oftenlacking in many engineering courses, using traditional teaching approaches. Furthermore, thedesign experience motivates student learning and develops skills required in industry.The development and implementation of a project solar energy harvesting in our senior projectdesign course is described here. The project is used to allow students to apply fundamentalengineering concepts as well as principles of engineering design. The societal impact of theproject, Solar Energy Scavenging, also makes students more aware of what engineering can do toaddress current energy issues worldwide. Presently we are modifying the content of the projectto address the main concern that many students expressed in their reflection papers, i.e. the levelof complexity

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the National Science Foundation. The authors would also like to thank Shuwen Tang,Cindy Walker, Todd Johnson, Tina Current, Sharon Kaempfer, and Jennie Klumpp (all atUWM) for their assistance with this project.Bibliography1.National Science Board. 2003. The Science and Engineering Workforce: Realizing America’s Potential.Publication NSB 03-69. (www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2003/nsb0369/nsb0369.pdf)2. Augustine, N. “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a BrighterEconomic Future”, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), 2007.3. Good, J., Halpin, G., and Halpin, G. “A Promising Prospect for Minority Retention: StudentsBecoming Peer Mentors”, J

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Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kyle Pace; Jeremy R Anderson, EASENET

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

) Max. Temp. (40 g)Temp. Cellulose Temp. Lignin Direct Combustor Direct Combustor 2286 K 1837 K 673 K 691 KAs expected, the experimentally-measured temperatures were significantly lower than thecalculated theoretical adiabatic flame temperatures as a result of the assumptions described inEquation 5, derived from Equation 4 above. Moreover, the overall initial fuel mass had littleimpact on the maximum measured temperature. So, the deviation in measured temperaturesbetween 30 g and 40 g in the direct combustor likely reflects the inaccuracy of the experimentalflame temperature interrogation technique. 40 35 Direct Combustion 40 g 30

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Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Harry R. Diz, Gannon University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Activities Conference.Finally, a Course Exit Survey was given in the end of each semester to collect student’s assessmenton their learning and course itself. All of the assessments indicated that students learningexperience was great, including positive reflections of their experience in traveling to Washington,DC, as part of the project team, to participate in the US EPA-sponsored expo.5. Discussion, Conclusions, RecommendationsIt was found that the energy yield upon torrefaction was more than 90% of untorrified energycontent and loss in mass per pellet was less than 2%. The overall conversion efficiency from wet-weight biomass material to ultimate pellet would be subject to further refinement, but it appearedthat dry weight could directly

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector A. Ochoa, The University of Texas at Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

mean rating for each question is measured on thehorizontal axis, while the amplitude of the normal distribution is represented on the vertical axis.The students were given a survey composed of sixteen questions to evaluate the success of thecourse. The survey is given to the students the last week of the semester during class. Theprofessor is required to leave the classroom while the students fill out the survey. Since some ofthe questions are reflective in nature, in the following years the authors will seriously considermodifying the survey methodology to include two surveys: one at the beginning of the class andone later. One of the major difficulties with this approach is to quantify and measure items like“knowledge of the area of

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

further research and analysis within and across GlobalInstructional Objectives to understand the relative importance of topics and how to measurequality. It is also important to study how this may vary across academic disciplines.There are limitations to focusing on business plans as the basis for such analysis. First, is theextent to which a business plan is truly an experiential learning activity versus a traditionalacademic assignment. In the literature, experiential learning has a precise definition and itsmajor characteristics have been well agreed upon (Kolb & Fry, 1975; Kolb, 1984). When donecorrectly, it consists of 4 phases: 1) providing an action for students to experience, 2) havingstudents reflect on the action and experience, 3

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Gloria A. Murphy, NASA; Lisa D. May, NASA Headquarters

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Systems Engineering

teams do not actively use systems engineering processes, butinstead write their paper to match the rubric after the design and build of their lunabot. Suchbehavior completely misses the point of the paper as a required element of the competition. Infact, one student mentioned that she was responsible for writing the paper, and upon completion Page 23.203.12she realized that the systems engineering processes could have helped the team design a betterlunabot. Even worse, some teams completely ignore the rubric and submit a paper reflecting partof their course requirements or a paper written at the last minute.Table 8 shows the distribution of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University; Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

information; exposureexperiences allow students to apply and contextualize knowledge; and longer experiences likecourses and programs give students time to reflect on their progress and provide moreopportunities for them to control their learning.Bloom’s taxonomy provides another way to demonstrate the affordances of the differentapproaches to policy learning. In this taxonomy there are four types of knowledge viz. factualknowledge, conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge and metacognitive knowledge19.Programs and certificates can cover all these forms of knowledge where talks and seminars mayonly cover one domain such as factual knowledge. The same can be said for the levels ofintellectual behavior outlined in the cognitive domain of Bloom’s

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

feel free to make our cases to become 'living documents' reflecting the changes in the way your team thinks and solves problems.)• To design and conduct physical and / or virtual laboratory experiments, as well as analyze and interpret real measured data.• To design and integrate systems, built of components and objects, to perform a desired process for a set of defined needs, or customer requirements within time, quality and cost constraints.• To understand the total quality rules and implications within and beyond the boundaries of the selected case.• To understand, evaluate, test, learn and apply various software packages for the sake of learning problem solving methods, versus just clicking on buttons offered

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

emulate (or in the case of a bad design) not to emulate it. Past uses of cases to teach the technical aspects and the ethical ones have not beenequivalent, however. We expect the professor to be knowledgeable of the state-of-the-art in thetechnical areas and to reflect best engineering practice in the chosen technical area. If a casestudy uses the Colburn relation to calculate the heat transfer coefficient, the clear implication isthat its use is consistent with the view of, say, 90% of the interested parties (in this case, thepracticing engineers and engineering professors) in a similar situation. We expect professors tokeep up with the literature, to attend appropriate conferences, and to perform research in thechosen field. Using case

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

effects of child rearing. 15 Significantlymore men than women with children under the age of six achieve tenure. Many women assistantprofessors are choosing to postpone having children. Almost half of them say the decision wasmade because of their careers (p. 126).Not surprisingly, the inequities between male and female faculty are reflected in their salaries.More than three decades after Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, women faculty still earn from5 to 10 percent less than their male counterparts. 16Sycamore State University in 1988Original interviews conducted for the 1988 Needs Assessment study at SSU provideconsiderable insight into the situation of women faculty in 1988. However, the brevity of thereport precluded the presentation of all

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Budny Dan; Teresa Larkin

skills. As part of their homework assignments, students were required to keep a two-pocket folder.Students received approximately five writing assignments during the semester. Upon collectionof the folders, a block of time was set aside (approximately six to eight hours) to read them andprovide each student with written feedback. This direct written feedback is absolutely essential.When students take time to reflect on their writing and on the instructor’s comments, the folderbecomes a highly effective tool in helping them uncover and then wrestle with theirmisconceptions while the learning is actually taking place. Typical folder activities wereapproximately one to four pages in length. To eliminate some of the burden on the instructor

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

Islander at 2.0%, Hispanic, of any race,at 5.0%, and Other Races at 0.4%, of the U.S. population, with combining Asian/PacificIslander into Other Races. So, one would expect the numbers of engineering students tobe approximately within these percentages. Unfortunately, that is not the currentsituation.According to the U.S. Census Bureau12, the year 2100 will reflect different populationdistributions than the current population. As stated above and shown in figure 11, thebreakdown of the U.S. population is 52.3% female, with 38.7% White females and 13.6%minority females. Of the minority population, Black females comprise 6.2%, Asian/PacificIslander at 2.0%, Hispanic, of any race, at 5.0%, and Other Races at 0.4%, of the U.S.population. In the year

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Johnson; John Fesler; Kenneth Stier

Manufacturing Workshop. The students are exempt from having toattend a week of class in lieu of attending the all-day workshop on a Friday. They makearrangements in advance to be released from any regularly scheduled commitments thatday so they can participate in the workshop. It runs from 8:00am until approximately4:30pm with breaks and a 30 minute lunch period during the day just as it is offered tocompany personnel. The workshop is conducted by the two authors who are IMEC staffmanufacturing experts, trained in lean practices, who donate their time. They role playthe president and change consultant during the four rounds of production and de-briefingas described earlier in the paper. Students are asked to reflect on their learning after

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra

fundingand effort level, and the types of analysis used. Further, these efforts do not address vitalassessment questions such as these: Is this activity meeting its objectives? What impact is it havingon students? Should we continue this activity or use limited resources to fund another, moreeffective activity? What would be more effective?We also recognize there are good reasons for the results we found in our literature review. TheWomen's Experiences in College Engineering Project's (WECE) interviews with 28 WIE directorsfrom 26 institutions provide valuable insights into WIE programs and directors that reflect onassessment and evaluation 3,13. Several findings from this report are pertinent. First, notsurprisingly, time is of the essence. The WIE

Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

they would have tochange with it. Others, like Hem, waited on their old cheese to return - the lecture - and blamedthe professor for their lack of success in the course. Project-centered courses can be a memorableexperience for those students who get it and accept their new role in a student-centered learningenvironment and a semester of misery for those who don’t get it. One student reflected upon howhe benefited from the class. This class has really opened my eyes. … how to know what to expect from other people and where to go to find the answer that you need to finish it out. It may not be the complete answer but you can use some sort of reasoning to come up with some sort of educated guess. …I learned a lot about where to go to

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato; Ronald Welch

can be reviewed to assess if the rawscores truly reflect the quality gradient between designs. To help in this overall review, we builda spreadsheet for a side-by-side comparison of all grades by all instructors reviewing thesubmission. Then we assess whether the points awarded accurately compensate groupsappropriately. (See Figure 5 for a portion of the 10% submission spreadsheet). This spreadsheetallows all instructors to see all totals for each section and view how their grading compared toothers. And in the final analysis, the spreadsheet allows the course director to assign a finalgrade based on the criteria in the grade sheet and norm-based comparison across the course. Overall Quality Scope Facts/Assumpt

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

students to the complexity of real-world problems, show how engineering companiesoperate in the real-world, and improve the higher-level skills of the students.Acknowledgments This paper is based on materials developed partially upon work supported by the NationalScience Foundation under Grant Numbers: 9752353, 9950514, 0001454, and 0089036. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Proposed Project How did the Project Evaluation in Engineering ClassesGoals (What will we Achieve the Goals? and a Workshop for Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gesink; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

individual student in the project. The structure of the ECE Capstone Design Experience presented here has evolved over thelast 12 to 14 years through a process of assessment, reflection and continuous improvement.During this period we have constantly sought input from and listened to our critics (primarily ourstudents) as well as the occasional admirer. Whenever problems have arisen, we've evaluatedthem and made changes to reduce or eliminate them in the next cycle or cycles of the courses.While the current state of the two courses is generally given good marks by our students, otherdepartments in the colleges and by our accreditors, we continue to remain vigilant for newproblems and to the principle of effecting continuous course

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

proper level with the appropriate leadership style. The STSC was designed to havethe flexibility to use both of these models. Mini-lessons are taught on an as-needed basis and canbe taught using the appropriate level of complexity and leadership style. The timing of the phasesof the course is flexible, so that each team can progress through the group development stages atdifferent rates. The facilitator role of the STSC instructor, as opposed to teacher role, challengesthe students to work at their maximum capability.Student-centered educational principles, educational models, retention models, and the four stagesof group development were combined to allow the instructor to optimally emphasize the activeand reflective nature of learning for the

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Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ross

. Another question asked what they thought they needed more of in Page 8.1059.4their education. In short, these questions asked alumni to reflect on their own educationPaul L. Ross UW-Madison 4 Teaching Communication Skills Onlineas it affected their professional careers. More than 9,000 alumni responded to this survey(Perspective, 1994).In the list of subjects “which have been most useful in your career,” the top two votegetters were “Written communication” and “Oral Communication.” The next three were“Basic Engineering Science,” “Core Math Courses,” and “Design Courses.”The top five choices for “which subjects you wished you’d

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ellis

on innovation with some emphasis on proven solutions.” - “Their thinking outside the box is good but they need to keep it realistic and make their deadlines.” - “We all needed to learn to be open to each other’s ideas.”(e.g. “A solar home should celebrate the sun’s light”). Through their responses in Table 9, theengineering students felt that the architecture team members could benefit from a more orderlyapproach to design, a stronger emphasis on deadlines, and a greater emphasis on productfunctionality. These responses basically reflect what the engineers consider to be the core valuesof their own approach to design. The responses presented in Tables 10 and 11 indicate that the students recognized theimportance of communication

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

?”“In what ways has the public discourse been advanced?”“Have course objectives been well defined?”“Has the relevant literature been cited and integrated in the course?”“Are key points covered and appropriate thematic relationships made?”The scholarship of discovery is usually assessed by refereed journal publications and conferencepresentation, and/or changes in industry practice that result from the applied research.The scholarship of teaching goes beyond the act of teaching; it arises from a reflection on the actof teaching and thus should inform and improve the act of teaching. In evaluating the scholarshipof teaching, peer reviewed articles about teaching techniques – what works and what doesn’t andstrategies for improving student learning