Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Holliday P.E., University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Richard Cecil Ryan, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

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Construction

’ perspectives, the partnership developed with the local industry to teach thelabs was the most beneficial part of the lab development and administration. The use of skilledtrade instructors to help lead the labs provided numerous benefits. The skilled trade instructorsprovided current field based expertise that the academic instructor could not provide. The tradeinstructors provided valuable insight into the content of each lab and suggested improvementsrelated to the materials, work process, tools, equipment, and shop drawings for each specific lab.Additionally, they represented specialty trades that typically students have less exposure toduring course activities, career fairs or program events.The labs offered formal and informal opportunities for

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthis in my career?” This essay addresses these questions on an ongoing basis, helping studentsstay motivated. Puzzles act as the opposite “bookends” to the WarmUp exercises. Like WarmUps, puzzlesare delivered and answered via the WWW. However, where we use WarmUps to introduceindividual topics and subtopics, we use Puzzles to tie a group of topics together, and to connectthose topics to prior parts of the course. Puzzles are intended to be difficult even for the beststudents in the class. They often ask students to integrate course content with knowledge fromother courses, and they are

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

. Qualitative feedback from students is presentedbelow through their comments. 9 Liked working with software and hardware integration 9 Enjoyed working with partner 9 Applying classroom knowledge to real-world examples was interesting 9 Great to have specification-based project development experience 9 Very thorough, easy to follow LabVIEW programming exercises at the beginning of the semester got me a great start 9 Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun 9 Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career 9 I found the course challenging and interesting ¾ Reliance on partner was a problem ¾ Writing lab reports was time consuming ¾ Include a little more structured learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler

effectively enhance student learning and assessment of this learning.While the preliminary work for this proposal has been done for first year students at NotreDame, our interest is general and is intended to address: (a) Engineering student retention—which is a continuing problem at Notre Dame as well in the US in general—primarily byexciting students, at an early stage of their educational careers, about the creative as well as theanalytical nature of engineering and (b) enhance student learning by providing a wellintegrated package in which the web-based textual materials define the topic, carefully organizethe presentation, and give feedback to students and faculty through "quizzing", a powerfulsimulation package that allows students to

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

cooperation with local or foreign companies. We do reachout to industry to develop programmes of mutual interest. Projects are located in the technicalengineering areas with supporting wide-range activities including marketing and business.The focus is on the overall realisation process rather than on any specific science or skill. Inthis way our students are exposed to appropriate activities to value and appreciate diversity.This is recognized to be an important part of the career of the future engineer.IntroductionMore and more companies arrange seminars for employees to discuss their expectations offuture employer/employee relationship. The following text is a typical example of what isfrequently discussed at management level in international

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

students is also equipped for videoconferencing,and plans are in the works for similarly equipping a 100 seat lecture room. This will give usvideoconference capability ranging from small project groups to large classes.Development of a web-based student portfolio system: Media professionals in our FacultyInnovation Center, working with faculty and students, have developed a web-based electronicportfolio system which permits students to display the work they have done throughout theirproject-centered academic careers. The system consists of a preformatted template with a veryuser-friendly interface which allows students to easily create and update portfolios; it alsoincludes provisions to allow student control of access to portfolios. These

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Olivier de Weck

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

majors varied much less than thedifferences displayed within Table 5 for gender and ethnicity. This is not surprising since thestudents are in their first year, are in interdisciplinary teams, and have not differentiated their skillsand engineering approaches yet. Perhaps we can also tentatively assert that there is nopredetermined bias against team training by academic major at this early point in a student'sengineering career.5. DiscussionThis paper will conclude by making general observations about implementing team training intothe undergraduate engineering curriculum including obtaining faculty buy-in and "lessonslearned."9 The discussion is greatly assisted by a recent evaluation report written by our project'sexternal evaluator, Dr. Carol

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

recently, the Engineering Learning Center was established to foster effective student-centered teaching and learning within the College of Engineering. Major programs include the Teaching Improvement Program, a New Educator's Orientation Program, and a K-12 Outreach Program, as well as links with national programs like the annual, week-long Leadershape leadership training for selected students. As Engineering Learning Center programs developed in the 1990s, the College built an Engineering Centers Building to house it, along with the growing Technical Communications Certificate Program, Engineering Career Services Center, and a new Student Leadership Center. The Student Leadership Center will coordinate engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mausumi Syamal; Gary Ybarra

well informed” about engineering. This statistic is the result of thefact that engineering is generally not introduced in either elementary or secondary education.Exposing elementary and middle school students to engineering concepts will increaseawareness of the general population and potentially lead to more children pursuing careers inengineering fields. This project introduces students at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham,North Carolina, to mechanical engineering fundamentals throughout the course of a schoolyear. Our goal is to create an integrated curriculum accompanied by hands-on projects andweekly quizzes. Teaching is structured with weekly lectures accompanied by several interactivedemonstrations and experiments. Students are given

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

Like many engineering schools, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlottehas had a continuing debate regarding the freshman engineering curricula. One of the issuesunder discussion is the need for computer programming in the curricula. Like facultyelsewhere5 nearly all faculty at UNC Charlotte believe that students need to learn early intheir academic career “basic” computer skills such as word processing, spreadsheet analysis, Page 8.184.1and data presentation. Likewise, many faculty favor the approach taken by other schools2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

by the students. • Applicable to future careers as military officers. • Creativity is allowed. Students and faculty are also afforded the opportunity to revisit design flaws or concerns in the ensuing semester or guide the other group through their experience that might have resulted in failure of the design. This also provides an opportunity to evaluate and critique their peers resulting in a higher end learning experience. • Emphasizes the iterative nature of design. • Increases the project management skills of the students by providing them with the opportunity to coordinate within their group, with other groups, with clients, and with faculty. • Created a synergy as the students

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Shad Reed

technical, as well asdevelopmental, course objectives.BACKGROUND The mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) is “To educate, train, andinspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of charactercommitted to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as anofficer in the United States Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the nation.”11 The AcademicProgram at USMA is designed to meet the intellectual demands of this mission statement. Theoverarching goal of the Academic Program is “to enable its graduates to anticipate and to respondeffectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, and economicworld.”12 In order to achieve this goal

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Thompson

the management of technology. This is a long established practice,particularly in the training of doctoral students who will be studying the management of realengineering organizations, although it is underreported in the current periodical literature. Theusefulness of this technique to practicing engineers and engineering managers, as distinguishedfrom researchers, will be discussed as a basis for justifying its application to undergraduateengineering students who may have no present interest in a career in research. Particularattention will be given to two evolving areas: student choice of projects; student critiquing ofprojects.No justification is required for the choice of projects by the instructor; from experience, theinstructor can

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

group problem solving strategy. They should be able to recognize and contribute to therelationship of the engineering enterprise in the socio-economic context. The development of themotivation, knowledge base, and intellectual capability for career-long learning is important.Some of the approaches to enable students to learn how to “work smarter” are: 1. Interdisciplinary, vertically integrated real design projects 2. Collaboration with colleges of arts and sciences, business and medicine in curriculum development 3. Coupling between engineering technology & engineering programs that emphasize complementary and evolving roles in the workplace 4. Experiments in professional master’s degree 5

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Keisha B. Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3670: ENGINEERING FUTURE CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: IN-CORPORATION OF PROCESS INTENSIFICATION CONCEPTS INTOTHE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUMDr. Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State UniversityDr. Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of chemical engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan. 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She re- ceived her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Tech- nological University in 1998. Minerick’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER Award and the

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-3498: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMET-RIC TECHNOLOGIES: IMPLEMENTATION IN ENGINEERING CUR-RICULUMDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Rigoberto Chinchilla, PhD in Integrated Engineering, Ohio University, is an Associate Professor of Ap- plied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality design, Biometric and Computer Security and Ethics, Clean Technolo- gies and Automation. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university committees at EIU and has been awarded several research grants in his career. Dr. Chinchilla Publications in

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne W. Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

course addresses the Mechanical Engineering Program Objective to prepare some of ourgraduates to enter graduate programs and succeed in obtaining graduate degrees at the Mastersand/or PhD level. The MS degree program in mechanical engineering is focused on enabling aresearch-oriented career path for those of our students who are so inclined. Some non-dualdegree MEng students wishing to change their status to MS also take the course to help them puttogether a successful proposal.Students enrolled in this course are expected to perform work independently, with minimalguidance, and with utmost attention to professional standards and conduct. Students taking thiscourse will be expected to perform at the level of a practicing BS mechanical engineer

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Earl Hilton Martin

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Minorities in Engineering

emphasis on stimulating interest in STEM disciplinestowards increasing the number of underrepresented minorities and women in theses areas. Thespecific goals of the INSTRUCT program are to:1. Increase and stimulate the participation of underrepresented students in STEM disciplines2. Retain underrepresented students in STEM disciplines3. Foster the integration of NASA content into undergraduate education and training4. Promote the career preparedness of undergraduates by integrating NASA content based learning techniques throughout the STEM curricula5. Increase the number of students going to graduate school in NASA relevant technology areas6. Increase student and faculty exposure to NASA research and technologies and their relevance to

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

. To instill an interest for the engineering profession as a O7 42% 26% career objective. Reflect on practical and theoretical engineering exercises that cross disciplines to capture my imaginations regarding future academic and professional O8 26% 26% engineering activities. Gain an introduction to engineering design as a team activity and as a major element within the engineering O9 26% 32% profession

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Page 25.624.6are attached. All players are primarily remote controlled, though some advanced programmingenables multiple actions through a single button press. Figure 4: Scenes from Robotic Football competition.13 At right, the passing robot is discussed.Through this event, Notre Dame aims to “introduce a new intercollegiate competition that will befun for all spectators and demonstrate the challenges and excitement of engineering.”14 Oneproject organizer notes that the “participants will use the skills they acquired during the projectduring their careers … to develop, among other things, intelligent prostheses, biomedicaldevices, and electromechanical systems in general.”15Students from ONU observed the game in 2010 and were first

Conference Session

Using Applications and Projects in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria; Christian Steinmann, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2012-4538: FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATION USING CELLULARAUTOMATADr. Gunter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria Throughout his career, Gnter Bischof has combined his interest in science, engineering and education. He studied physics at the University of Vienna, Austria, and acquired industry experience as development engineer at Siemens Corporation. Currently, he teaches Engineering Mathematics and Fluid Mechan- ics at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences. His research interests focus on vehicle aerodynamics, materials physics, and engineering education.Mr. Christian Steinmann, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria Christian Steinmann has an engineer degree in mathematics

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob T. Allenstein, Ohio State University; Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

tunnel test model.They then learned the process to physically countermeasure that model to further reduce aerodrag inside of a wind tunnel. At that point we were able to discuss feasibility issues andconstraints that currently influence automobile design and aero countermeasures. We felt it wasa great real world learning experience for these university students and demonstrated twodifferent paths they could choose for a future career. Their overall design and individual ideaswere unique and the results were above the expectation of our company. They worked as a teamin design, construction and problem solving.”The student team felt that this project was a great experience not only as a capstone design-buildproject but in gaining an appreciation

Conference Session

Engineering Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Jay Caponigro, University of Notre Dame

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

early in his career, Caponigro was the founding director of the Robinson Community Learning Center, a 10-year-old educational partnership between the university and the northeast neighborhood of South Bend. In that capacity, he was the PI on community-based projects through the Department of Justice, the Small Business Administration, and HUD’s Office of University Partnerships, where he also served as a reviewer. Caponigro has co-authored articles in Christian Higher Education and the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Page 25.707.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

Department of Education (ED) Grant 9031C080057-09. Any opinions, findings andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of NSF and/or Department of Education.Bibliography  [1] Cisco Academy, (2009), “Master a Language that Increases Your Career Potential”, Cisco Academy Report,[2] Council of University Presidents: New Mexico Universities, (2011), “Performance Effectiveness Report”, NewMexico, USA. [3] Fleming, L., Engerman, K., and Williams, D., (2006), “Why Students Leave Engineering: The unexpectedbond”, Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,Chicago, IL.[4] Fujinoki, H., Christensen, K.J., and Rundus, D

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fall semester.The remaining sections of the paper are organized as follows. In section II, we briefly describethe course and its objective. Section III presents course design and detail schedule of activitiesduring the residency week. In section IV, we present a case study on an animal healthcaredistribution company from a recent class. Section V describes the key findings of the project. Insection VI, we conclude the paper with some remarks from students’ survey.II. Course DescriptionThis is a project-based course designed to enhance students’ experience in quantitative researchand analysis. The main objective of this course is to provide students with sufficient exposureand training to perform applied research in their post graduation career

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2012-4066: INTEGRATING INFORMATION LITERACY IN ENGI-NEERING: LIBRARIANS/FACULTYMs. Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University Mary L. Strife is Director of the Evansdale Library at West Virginia University and Senior Engineering Librarian since 2002. Her career covers almost 30 years as a Science or Engineering Librarian at Cornell, University of Rochester, and SUNY, Utica/Rome. She is a member of ALA, ACRL, and SLA.Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University Robin Hensel is the Assistant Dean for Freshman Experience in the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a B.S. in mathematics from Wheaton College IL, an M.A. in mathematics from SUNY

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Ruby Clewlow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joseph M. Sussman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

real-world problems that are interdisciplinary in nature typicallyhave limited exposure, at an early undergraduate level, to tools and methods that are available forrigorously and systematically examining these challenges. The development of analytical skillsfor addressing such problems has been primarily offered in graduation education. However,undergraduate engineering students are increasingly interested in working on contemporarychallenges earlier in their careers. Students entering engineering programs today are more awareand better equipped for conducting sophisticated analysis due to their access to information,knowledge and tools that previously were not available to prior generations. It is thereforeimportant – both for retaining

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Ronald Lessard, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

successes as well as pitfallsencountered in the implementation process. Concepts that distracted students from the capstoneexperience were removed, and new concepts are being added where appropriate, such as the riskmanagement module discussed above. The authors hope that the lessons learned will benefitother engineering programs that leverage SE principles as they seek an appropriate level of SEeducation in their disciplines.Bibliography1. McGrath, Elisabeth, Susan Lowes, Chris Jurado, and Alice Squires. "SE Capstone: A Pilot Study of 14 Universities to Explore SE Learning and Career Interest through DoD Problems." Vancouver, BC: ASEE, 2011. 725.2. Defense Acquisition University. Systems Engineering Fundamentals. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

keeping them from doing more to ensurethat this happens at their institutions.Intentions for the futureSurvey participants articulated their intentions to ensure learners are exposed to understandingand applying leadership principles and practices. Here are some of their intentional statements: o Would like to co-create a leadership course for undergraduates o Motivation, awareness, pro-active career planning o Ensure that students are fully engaged with the resources and services available to them o Training, experiential learning and personal development are intertwined. o Give them opportunities integrated within existing curriculum without having a stand-along course o Multiple sessions of seminars and service learning o