Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

industrial technologistsmuch along the lines of those codes that exist for engineers which have been ratified by professionalbodies such as the NCEES and ASQ (American Society for Quality). In many ways, this papercomplements and augments that argument. We agree with his position and also go further to statethat accreditation standards for industrial technology programs should clearly specify ethics in thecontent domain of knowledge and outcomes assessment. Consistently, the Certified IndustrialTechnologist examination should reflect appropriate testing of a candidate’s knowledge and skill indealing with potential ethical issues of the profession.ADDRESSING THE NEEDSThe discipline of industrial technology has had a long history of adapting to the

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

andscience, and the presence of discouraging attitudes about girls in science and engineering are allfactors whose importance is diminishing. This is not to say that efforts to remedy these issues arecomplete, just that they are making progress. In the meantime, the matriculation of girls intoengineering and engineering technology programs is not reflecting this progress, which points toother factors such as interest in and understanding of engineering. It is therefore time to furtherrevolutionize the approach to recruiting women by defining what engineering and technology areearly on in a student’s education and emphasizing those qualities that are more likely to fit withgirls’ self-image such as creativity and communication skills. This will

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

accreditation visit in the fall of 2003. One goal of the paper is to present thecomprehensive, measurable and flexible educational objectives and outcomes as well astheir systematic evaluation process.Another goal of the paper is to describe a new technique for presentation of assessmentmaterial for accreditation by ABET and CSAB Criteria for Engineering and ComputerScience programs. The e-assessment presentation system is highly integrated anddeployed throughout the CS and CpE programs and clearly driven by the School ofEngineering outcomes and objectives.The developed system is to be systematically reviewed and updated to ensure a completeand realistic reflection of the quality of education in the CS and CpE programs of theSchool of Engineering. It

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

practical hands-onexperience (internship). The program seems to touch on all of the skill sets that employers value.However, like any educational tool, the ILTM program needs to be continuously refined. In thedecade since ILTM was instituted, there have been notable changes in the business world, andthe program must change to reflect those changes. Today, globalization is often an assumedaspect of business, with many companies having plants or offices overseas. It is still importantof course to understand the dynamic of running a multinational corporation and serving foreignclients, but the way that the topic is covered needs to be updated, as several ILTM graduatessuggested. Other topics have become more prominent – over the past few years, with

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Butkus

in 2002 and 2003.8 Students were required to communicate with their customers, anillustrator, and tradesmen, three forms of communications that are necessarily quite differentfrom traditional student-professor exchanges. Students were required to design under resourceconstraints that included: time to complete the project, a limited budget to purchase materials andlabor, availability of materials, and constructability. The students also designed an experiment totest the product, conducted the tests, and analyzed the results. These students continued workingon the same designs as part of their senior design course. Because the students worked onprojects in both their junior and senior years, there was both a reflective period and an

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tsung-juang Wang

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

and now occurs at one-yearintervals during the fall academic term. These future data should allow us to ascertain whetherthe current results are anomalous or reflect a trend.However, even with the reduced data collection time period our results are worth discussing inlight of prior research. Our results that show a negative trend for the self-efficacy and outcomesexpectations scales are consistent with results from both Brainard and Carlin20 and Felder29. In alongitudinal study of Chemical Engineering students, Felder and his colleagues found severaldifferences between male and female students including, that female students’ (who began theirstudies exhibiting equal levels of academic ability as their male counterparts) expectations

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Laura Wesson; Bill Elmore; Norm Pumphrey; Kelly Crittenden

result of flight 2 Example is a novel answer not directly discussed in class ⇒ translated concept to related topic. 1 Example is one given in class 0 No answer or incorrect answer 5. What does “normally distributed” mean as it relates to statistics? Graph closely approximates a bell-shaped curve 2 Definition is correct 1 No mention of approximate. In other words, the answer does not reflect an understanding of the inherent nature of variability in data collection 0 No answer or incorrect answer 6. Give definitions for men, median, and mode as they relate to statistics. Mean – arithmetic

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

Reflection-in-Action”, SIGCSE’04, March 3–7, 2004, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 2004, pp.7. HTMLArea, website last accessed on June 30th, 2004, http://www.interactivetools.com/products/htmlarea/ Page 10.1186.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education8. Isong, J., “Developing An Automated Program Checker”, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Central Plains Conference on the Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Bransom, MO, The

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

reflect sound engineering design theories and processes. They are complimented by instructional guidelines for teachers and activities for fourth, fifth, and sixth grades students that align with the science curriculum and state academic performance standards. Delivered: A large variety of projects have been completed and implemented into the interactive Rainforest Room: An Air Cannon that shoots tennis balls and helps apply concepts such as force, gravity, air pressure, friction, and trajectories; A Laser Harp that uses lasers in place of strings to play notes; The Memory Basketball Game that demonstrates how memory affects learning via shooting baskets off an electronic-based backboard with and without

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mincer; David McDaniel; Laurence Caretto

Toolbox provides calculations of thermodynamic properties in an Excel™spreadsheet. Calculations may be done for a variety of substances using a flexible input format.A graphical interface calculator is available for computing individual state points and complexmodels may be constructed from cell formulas, Visual Basic code, or a combination of the two.The software may be downloaded at no cost from www.spreadsheetworld.com.DisclaimerThe views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position ofthe US Air Force, Department of Defense, or the US Government.Bibliography1 NIST Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP): Version 7.0, NISTStandard Reference Database 23, web page http

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kofi Nyamekye; Yildirim Omurtag

loop, as a generic approach to reflect the fact that when the societal need changes thePh.D. program in engineering must adapt to it. An example of a newly established, innovativePh.D. program in Engineering at Robert Morris University (RMU) in Pennsylvania that attemptsto address some of these issues has been illustrated.1.0 IntroductionIn recent years, the U.S. has lost its manufacturing base to the emerging countries, such as Chinaand other Asian-Pacific countries. For example, China has now become the “factory floorcapital of the world.” The economic consequence of the loss of our manufacturing base isenormous. Today, U.S. engineering graduates must not only compete for the fewer engineeringjobs in the U.S., but they must also compete

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

difficult adjustment for students. Students are concerned about content coverage in a PBL environment,21, 24, 26 which is also reflected in our survey. Another reason for students’ frustration might be the newness of students’ roles in PBL.28 The shift of students’ roles requires the students not only to adjust their own learning style but also to redefine their roles in the learning process.29-30 On the positive side, Schultz-Ross and Kline27 found that students’ discomfort and dissatisfaction levels decreased significantly by the end of a course. Our study confirmed the reports from other fields that students considered PBL to be effective in enhancing their confidence in judging alternatives for solving problems,30

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.90, no.4, Oct. 2001, pp.491-497. Page 10.792.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education9. Wankat, P.H., “Reflective Analysis of Student Learning in a Sophomore Engineering Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.88, no.2, April, 1999, pp.195 -203.Biography:WADDAH AKILIWaddah Akili has been in the academic arena for over 35 years. He has held academic positions at DrexelUniversity, Philadelphia, Penna (66-69), at King Fahd

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

knowledge base for effective teaching of mathematics includes pedagogicallyfunctional knowledge. Mathematics content development experiences should encourageteachers to connect concepts across a variety of mathematical content areas, connect themathematics they learn with the mathematics they will teach, and reflect on teachingwhile engaged in learning[5]. Teachers tend to teach mathematics in ways that areconsistent with how they learned mathematics[9-11]. Consequently, teachers needopportunities to reconstruct their understanding of mathematics content and expand theirviews of what understanding mathematics involves through curriculum and instructionalapproaches that are similar to those which they will later use in their classrooms[6

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Snehamay Khasnabis

projectevaluation, a number of analytic tools have been developed, each with a specific set ofcharacteristics8,9,10: • Cost Effectiveness (C/E) Technique • Benefit Cost (B/C) Ratio Technique • Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Technique, and • Pay Off Period (PP) TechniqueThe four techniques identified are associated with four Measures of Effectiveness (MOE’s)designed to reflect the degree to which a set of mutually exclusive alternatives are expected tomeet their economic goals. The (C/E) technique essentially identifies the project with the leastcost per unit benefit, while the (B/C) ratio technique is directed toward designating the projectwith the highest benefit per unit cost, both at a specified interest rate. The IRR

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman

. Page 10.1084.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationConcepts that students seem to find the most difficult:When one captures (digitized) data from a physical model, there is noise in the data. Somepoints will not be exactly on the true surface and points will not be purely planer. In order toconstruct curves which represent cross sectional data on the surface, these curves must be bothfair and at the same time accurately reflect the surface geometry. The Microscribe digitizer isonly accurate to +/- .009, the physical model may or may not be perfect and the locations wherethe points are taken

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

[7]. “They did try to coverup the fact that they had a computer glitch,” he told the committee [3].Reflecting the secrecy, Lambuth and her colleagues called the effort to fix the problem “ProjectX” [1], and held a series of furtive technical meetings in Lafayette Park, across the street fromthe White House, and in a nearby Starbucks [1, 2, 3].Haas said he did search the “e-mail accounts” of several White House aides to determinewhether messages from Lewinsky had missed being archived [5]. He found numerous suchmessages, but White House officials said all of them had already been discovered and turnedover to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr [5].The Justice Department responded to the hearings by immediately launching a criminalinvestigation

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Joyner; Teresa Larkin

Physical World follows.III. Curricular Tools Designed to Link Physics with College Writing As part of their homework assignments in the physics class, students are given short writingactivities in the form of "folder assignments" (submitted to the instructor in a two-pocket folder;hence the name). Typically, students receive 5 folder assignments each semester. Upon collectionof the folders, a block of time is set aside (approximately 6 - 8 hours) by the instructor to readthem and provide each student with written feedback. This written feedback is absolutelyessential. Numerous studies have pointed out the importance and value of prompt and thoughtfulfeedback to students [26] - [30]. When students take time to reflect on their writing and on

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ford; Nancy White

Engineers. Joe remained an active Texas A&M alumnus, attending football games and going to theannual burning of the Bonfire with thousands of others. Like many people, Joe was shocked andupset by the tragic collapse of the Bonfire in 1999 that killed twelve students just days before itsplanned completion. The tragedy caused Joe to reflect on his own participation in Bonfire as anundergraduate. In retrospect, some aspects of the Bonfire seemed similar to the projects he wascurrently managing for his firm. Both the Bonfire and the projects Joe managed as a professionalengineer required the organization and management of material, equipment, and labor toconstruct a large physical product. After the collapse the Texas Board of Professional

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

.• The information in the course portfolio was used to measure the success of these objectives and then the course goals, and identify appropriate action.• Finally an evaluation of the course was prepared based on the measurements. This evaluation is similar to a reflective memo, which has been suggested as the second step of the assessment process17.Incorporation of Active Learning into CoursesAs shown in Figure 7 we believe that if students are to successfully perform at the AnalysisLevel of Bloom’s taxonomy, which we feel is vital to the course experience, many opportunitiesfor experience and feedback are required. Longer class sessions are required if in class problemsolving is to take place, however if the instructor

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

and then the course goals, and identify appropriate action.• Finally an evaluation of the course was prepared based on the measurements. This evaluation is similar to a reflective memo, which has been suggested as the second step Page 7.218.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education of the assessment process28.This assessment was completed at VCU following the Spring 2001 term. The evaluations showthat the course goals were met satisfactorily. The clean room experience was

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

. A similar pattern was found with the two statements related to understanding theconcepts and course content, and the four statements related to student perception of theirlearning. The student responses to the statements related to understanding indicated thatoverall for each school students believed that as a result of participating in the course,they· Gained a good understanding of the concepts covered; and· Gained additional understanding of problem solving and programming by doing the assignments.· Four statements were selected that reflected the students’ perceptions of learningas a result of participation in the course. Overall, students reported that they learned agreat deal from the assignments and from the problem solving

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alicia Townsend; Renate Fruchter

period that they divide up into cross-disciplinary A/E/C teams they willbe working with and learn how to use the collaborative technologies that are available tothem. Once they return to their own universities they are dependent upon this technology tocommunicate and share information and ideas in order to complete their project. The focus ofthis study was to observe where breakdowns occur within the collaborative process due tocultural differences and how those differences are related to the use of collaboration andinformation technology. Our hypotheses were that: · Cultural attitudes about time will be reflected in how participants treat schedules and deadlines. · Cultural values in relation to how one’s view of superiors or

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch

Page 7.506.3 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”make certain that the teams know how to work effectively. Similarly, the student team membersneed to reflect on the success of their teamwork and prepare to improve their work on futureexercises4. Many models exist for using CL in the classroom. In the jigsaw3, the instructionalmaterial for a class session is divided up into a number of parts. Groups of students receive oneof the parts and work together to prepare to teach this part to other groups of students. In thefinal step, teams are formed with someone representing each

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Borrelli

cooperative learningthrough group work called positive interdependence, where students work in groups but are stillindividually accountable for their own piece of the assignment and receive a grade for theirwork. Another good area for rich research is to examine the experiences of students enrolled atthe NSF Model Institutions for Excellence Initiative. We could learn a lot about how thesespecial programs build a system of contacts and connections that reflect the strengths and valuesof families.Bibliography1 Bowen, Murray. (1985) Family therapy in clinical practice. New York : J. Aronson.2 Braxton, J., Sullivan, A., & Johnson, R. (1998). Appraising Tinto’s theory of college student departure. In J.C. Smart (Ed

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

accurate approach to thelaboratory, and this leads to the fourth phase: application. It is during the application phase thatstudents complete the laboratory assignment. The student or student group will use theprocedures and analysis developed during the exploration phase and refined during conceptdevelopment to answer the questions provided with the laboratory handout.The learning cycle outlined above is a core notion in constructivism theory and is an extension ofPiaget’s Theory of Intellectual Development. 2 Essentially, these theories demonstrateindividuals construct their own knowledge. A more detailed explanation follows: 3“They [learners] do not simply mirror and reflect what they are told or what they read. Learnerslook for meaning and

Conference Session

Academic Prerequisites for Licensure

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

least as complex as any of these fields; should not the education of its futureprofessionals reflect this?The interrelatedness of today’s world touches almost everyone, especially those who managechange, which is to say leaders. From the start of their careers, civil engineers of 2030 will beexpected to know more about an increasingly complex world without the job security enjoyed byprevious generations. 36 In the global, internet-connected economy with inexpensive engineeringservices available 24 hours a day, there will be less incentive for employers to developemployees.14, 24 The leading companies will, as they always have, invest in the education andtraining of employees, but civil engineers will be forced to become entrepreneurial in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Goodwine; Steven Skaar; Robert Nelson; Mihir Sen; James Mason; Stephen Batill

faculty. The theme, namely the use of embeddedmicroprocessors or other electronic devices to enhance behavior, versatility, and/or efficiency inmany of the kinds of systems historically associated with mechanical engineering, represents aquiet revolution that increasingly pervades a range of industries, manufacturing processes, andproduct designs.The revised curriculum (shown in summary in Figure 10 at the end of this paper with the directlyaffected courses highlighted) continues to reflect fully an earlier revolution in technology: theapplication of calculus to the modeling and understanding the important physical principles. Itis the academy that has primary responsibility for ensuring that related insights and analyticaltools become part of

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

-method assessment reviewbegan in July 2001. The first EC 2000 accreditation visit is scheduled for Kettering University inFall 2003.The accreditation process of engineering programs has taken a new form, becoming an outcome-based process wherein individual courses and experiences must contribute to the big picture ofengineering education. This process has caused the majority of engineering programs around thenation to reflect on their educational focus, examine teaching and learning styles, experimentwith new and innovative approaches to assess students’ learning, and above all put in place animprovement process [1]. In relation to ABET EC 2000’s [2,3] Criterion 3, Program Outcomes andAssessment, assessment and demonstration of outcomes