Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

policiessituated within colleges (P&T). By conducting in-depth interviews with STEM faculty membersand exploring organizational texts such as the PL and P&T document guidelines, or college anduniversity level strategic plans and policies for stopping the tenure clock or granting courserelief, we will demonstrate the usefulness of the IE method in engineering education research.This methodology has theoretical and policy implications that address the phenomenon ofwomen’s underrepresentation among engineering faculty.We begin this paper with a discussion of the sociological theory investigating the construct of an“ideal worker” in the context of academia. We then describe some of the theory behind theinstitutional ethnography research method, and

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Kenneth Goodson, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

performance.This paper concludes with recommendations for fostering engagement in undergraduate coursesand plans for future work. Our results linking course performance with completion of extra creditassignments will spur further study of how to best encourage learning in heat transfer courses.Course BackgroundThe introductory heat transfer course held in Fall 2009 had three required components: an in-class component, an at-home component, and a laboratory component. In addition, there wereoptional components that students could choose to pursue including attending the teachingassistant-led sessions or completing extra credit assignments. There were 61 students enrolled inthe course, and 60 students agreed to participate in this engagement study.There

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

assistance of an outside expert in assessment. • Revisit the scope of the exercise. Should it include both operating point and series/parallel configurations, or should it be limited to determining the operating point? • Make improvements to the in lab apparatus to make it easier to operate and gather data. The less the students have to think about operating the equipment the more thought they can put into the concepts.In addition to the exercise specific steps listed above there are plans for a significant upgrade tothe entire suite of exercises. Future work planned for the overall project includes: 1) Researching the feasibility of moving the exercises online making them much more accessible to others

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Focus groups are used as one of the assessment methods. The assessment result is used to further improve the laboratory course. Economy: As much as possible, space, money and student time should be economized. A multidisciplinary facility, shared between ECE and ME classes would allow efficient use of space and equipment, better use of available funds, and elimination of overlap among individual departmental labs. Focusing experiments on control technologies, embedded systems, and industrial drives rather than a plurality of devices would result in economies of space, money and student time.To achieve these goals we have carefully planned the new control laboratory. As part of thisprocess

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky; Michael Evans, Virginia Tech; Brett Jones, Virginia Tech; Carol Brandt, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Participants learned how to be receptive to adviceand opinions from viewers, which they in turn incorporated into new iterations of their design.This created an online collaborative environment to complement the on-site activities of theyoung participants.Studio STEM used the design studio as a pedagogic model for introducing STEM throughenergy conservation as a focus area. Predicated on a common construct in architectural fields, the“studio” as physical and virtual space allowed students the opportunity to share design plans as“pin-up sessions” or “gallery walks.” Students focused on, explained, and justified their designsin design critiques (or “crits”), incorporated the input from their peers, and refined their designideas. 22,23 Likewise, our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Michael Mauk, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Dhruv Sakalley, Drexel University; James Hagarman, Drexel University; Holly Burnside, Drexel University

of defects. These operations do not add value tothe final product, and many of them can be mitigated by re-organization of the production area,which in this case refers to the laboratory.Cellular Layout. The laboratory for the course is set up as cellular manufacturing layout. Eachstep in the laboratory protocol (including measurements and analysis) is arranged sequentiallyaccording to process flow, with stations in close proximity. The students make “spaghetti” orwork-flow diagrams (using the floor plan of the lab) as part of their lab reports.Kanban. The kanban system is used to manage the flow of material or product through thefactory. Kanban is one of the main components of the visual workplace.Workplace Organization (“The 5-S’s”). The

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Javier Macossay, The University of Texas-Pan American; Martin Knecht, South Texas College; Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of power and energy consumption by DC loads4.3 Assessment of LearningA plan has to be created to develop the assessment tools required to collect informationthat allows generating conclusions about student understanding of the targeted concepts.Next is the assessment plan for this example challenge: Page 15.396.9 Formative Assessment: it consists of practice activities, which should not count in a significant way as grades; however, it needs to provide feedback to the students and the professor in order to address any learning problems or difficulties. à Pre-test. à Classroom activities: ″ Study working principle and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. William Graff, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer, LeTouneau University; Martin Batts, Le Tourneau University; Maria J. Leiffer, LeTouneau University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

pieces are shekels). This is becauseusury, which is the practice of charging excessive interest, was forbidden in the JewishLaw. We know that “excessive interest” was defined as “the hundredth” (one percent?), because it was specifically condemned by the prophet Nehemiah (Nehe.5:10,11),in the Old Testament.4. Engineering ThinkingComputation and scientific thinking may come easily for some students, but manyfreshman-engineering students don’t automatically think like engineers. It takes a fewcourses to undo some habits learned earlier, so that one can help students considerrealistic requirements and constraints, estimate answers rather than blindly acceptingcalculator answers, and plan out a project instead of jumping too quickly to a

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central; Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students for this problem as18.4 points. Next, we calculated the instructor average rating score as follows: (18.4/20)*5=4.6,which is listed below O6 on the third row in Table 3. As we mentioned before, grading thestudent’s projects yielded the instructor average rating score for outcome 8 (O8). The instructoraverage rating scores for assessing the rest of course learning outcomes are included in Table 3.The average rating scores from both the student survey and the instructor assessment can serveas a reference for the faculty to improve the course. For example, any course learning outcomeachieving an average rating score below 3.5 will raise a concern and require an action plan to fixthe issue

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Said Shakerin, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

preferences for visual, active, orhands-on learning. Use of toys and demonstrations, when well-planned, practiced, andintroduced in support of class content, can liven up the classroom, engage and challengestudents, and help them visualize concepts that may otherwise be outside the realm of theirexperience.The literature on use of toys in education is indeed rich. Articles can be found in publicationssuch as American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, the European journal PhysicsEducation, Prism and the Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education. Severalsuppliers including PASCO and Educational Innovations, Inc. have developed their businessesaround supplying the types of toys used in support of science and engineering education

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals (EF), they may teach a section of a first-year engineering course. The practice of the Engineering Fundamentals department is to pair agraduate student with a faculty mentor to assist them with things such as lesson planning, studentethics, and grading policies. Recently, this program has been evaluated in order to betterunderstand the impact and future directions of EF graduate student mentoring. Additionally, theapproach of the EF mentoring program has been compared to its contemporaries at otheruniversities.Some universities have graduate courses specifically aimed at teaching techniques in highereducation for STEM fields. The University of Washington has developed a 2 credit graduatelevel

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

settings. His technical expertise spans applied quantitative methods, strate- gic planning, technology evaluation, and organizational assessment. Prior to joining the Systems and Information Engineering faculty at UVa, Dr. Smith was as a Senior Scientist at Science Applications In- ternational Corporation (SAIC) where, during his twenty-plus years tenure, he led numerous studies and analysis in a variety of application domains, including transportation operations, transportation security, national security, manufacturing, and health care. Prior to his employment at SAIC, Dr. Smith was a member of the Industrial Engineering faculties at the University of Missouri and Oregon State University. Dr. Smith earned his

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University ; Philip Samuel, BMGI

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

techniqueswill have to be created or existing techniques adapted to fill that void.Finally, it will be necessary to test the clarity and effectiveness of this classification schemeand its application in practical settings. We have supplied a recommended process for usingthe new classification scheme in Section 4, but further vetting inside and outside the designclassroom will be required. Plans for testing the efficacy of the scheme and its application inboth academic and corporate settings are under development.References[1] Benyus, J. (2002). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. New York: HarperCollins.[2] Christensen, C. M., Anthony, S. D., Berstell, G., and D. Nitterhouse (2007). Finding the right job for your product, MIT Sloan

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrin S. Muggli, Benedictine College; Brian Tande, University of North Dakota

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

of these hires were justified by the strongengineering student enrollment numbers, produced by the existence of ABET-accredited degreesin the four major disciplines. Benedictine College has entered a memorandum of understandingwith UND, has established articulation agreements with each of the four UND engineeringdepartments, and has completed three semesters of offering both on-site engineering and DEDPcourses to BC students. Moreover, dual-degree programs have been published in the BC CourseCatalog for each of the four major engineering disciplines. After its first year of the agreementwith DEDP, the Fall 2010 BC engineering program enrollment consisted of ~20 sophomores andjuniors and ~25 freshmen.Five-Year, Dual-Degree ProgramThe plan for

Conference Session

Engineering Mathematical Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

. Threesections of the course contained a total of 36 students. The University is co-educational, so mostclasses are a combination of a few males and predominantly females ranging from freshmen toseniors. Most of the students are non-native English speakers from diverse countries, and all ofthem are, or plan to become, design majors. Course Activities. Over the past several years, the teaching strategies and assignmentrequirements for MATH 131 have evolved to accommodate students‟ generally non-Americancultures, their English-as-second-language (ESL) needs, and their individual learning andinformation-processing preferences. After administering and evaluating learning style preferenceand brain hemispheric preference tests, the professor uses

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

graduate and undergraduate engineering students. Job and long-termcareer opportunities for recent graduates involved with the energy program are also discussed.Lastly, a discussion is included regarding what changes and additions that are planned for theenergy program at Lawrence Tech to keep the program vibrant and adapting to the ongoingknowledge and understanding needs of today’s engineering graduates.1) BackgroundIn the early spring of 2003 Lawrence Technological University (also known as Lawrence Tech)submitted a proposal to NextEnergy (a nonprofit corporation created by the State of Michiganwith the mission to support and promote alternative energy within the State of Michigan) andwas awarded one of five $100,000 grants in early summer 2003

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pedro Renato Acosta, University of Texas, El Paso; Rafael Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

curricula have not stressed theimportance of improving student creativity skills.The design process has become a fundamental aspect required to attain a desirable output interms of quality and functionality when developing a product. According to Ulrich2, “A productdevelopment process is the sequence of steps or activities that an enterprise employs to conceive,design, and commercialize a product.” Same principle applies to the design process which isused to build a product by generating ideas and concepts according to customer specifications.The design process described in the book Engineering Design3 is covered in four main phasesbeing the planning and task clarification, conceptual design, embodiment design and detaildesign. During the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

reported at the 2010 ASEE National Conference [4]. Those interested in the details of thefinal plan can look at the 2010 summary paper, which describes the curriculum as we are nowdelivering it. For the course Infrastructure Engineering, there were two key evolutions between2008 and 2010. First, the course was given considerably greater definition, including theaddition of a course description and course objectives and power generation and distribution aswell as network modeling were added to the course content. Second, it was decided thatInfrastructure Engineering would become the second course in our 3-course engineeringsequence, which is taught to non-engineers, mostly humanities majors. This second decision wassignificant in that it basically

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.S. Chen, Miami University; Steven Elliott, Miami University, Department of Economics; Mark Boardman, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

how do design a course from the ground upwith a goal not only of creating a high quality learning experience for the students, but to do sowith an eye towards the goal of meaningful assessment. As it turns out, the class is reasonablywell planned out in terms of leaning objectives and outcomes that feed into and support those Page 22.192.14objectives. Our challenge into the future is to more carefully document and asses this process.Fortunately a number of institutional resources exist and to which we have access to address thisimportant goal. In essences what is a serious shortcoming currently is easy to address.Another series of lessons

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Roemer, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah

College of Humanities and College of Engineering. The program was developed in 2003 through a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, with the goal of integrating communication (speaking and writing), teamwork, and ethics into the curriculum of every department in the College of Engineering. Dr. Kedrowicz has been the director of the program since its inception and has developed a situated, incremental curriculum plan in all seven departments in the college. Her responsibilities include faculty development (she has facilitated numerous college-wide workshops), TA training (approximately 15 graduate students from the Humanities work with CLEAR to develop the communication

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Frehill, Self employed consultant; Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

engineering license, even if one plans to be a facultymember, can be an important credential. Therefore, at some point, in order to gain the workexperience necessary to sit for the second part of the professional engineering licensure exam,engineers interested in this credential need to spend a period of time outside academia.LiteratureThe literature is replete with anecdotal and more carefully gathered qualitative evidence of thesex gap in completion of graduate studies. In many cases, these accounts are often “buried”within larger treatises on leaving science7 or are included in extended legal briefs9. Institutionsthat train large numbers of graduate students like the University of California at Berkeley, forexample, have implemented policies that

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Elliott Butay, Oral Roberts University; Ben Hase, Oral Roberts University; Sean McDonough, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Tryon, Oral Roberts University; Joshua Weed, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

professional preparation programs have content that can help students become aware of, and examine, their own mental models, beliefs and values, metaphysical assumptions, and future plans and aspirations. But this content will not generate that awareness and enable that examination unless it is accompanied by appropriate pedagogical strategies. Most important, both the curricula and teaching practices need to be accompanied by teachers who are themselves authentic, who are open and candid, [and] who share their own searching, their own concerns, and their own struggles, past and present.”11However, not much is offered in terms of how an engineering curriculum might bespecifically upgraded in this regard

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Ganesan, George Mason University; Philip Henning, James Madison University; Donna Sterling, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and discussing general topics on pedagogy particularto elementary school teaching. The Fellows worked out a schedule with the teacher. The Fellowsbegan their visits to classroom, identified the science needs with the teacher and begancontributing to the enrichment of the lessons and discussing the science behind the lessons. TheFellows were introduced to the children as Scientist, Researcher, or an Engineer. Thus, a strongfoundation was laid for a long-lasting partnership between the school and the university.Ongoing ActivitiesOne of the key activities of the Fellows is the enrichment of existing curriculum and leading thediscussion of the science behind the experiments. The Fellow and the teacher plan the activities aweek ahead so that there

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl West, UMass Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts Lowell

withlongitudinal data of 22,000 students that S-L had significant positive effects on 11 outcomemeasures that included: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinking skills),values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy, leadership(leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of a servicecareer, and plans to participate in service after college.Eyler and Giles (1999) found S-L to impact positively: personal development, interpersonaldevelopment, and community-to-college connections. Students reported working harder, beingmore curious, connecting learning to personal experience, and demonstrated deeperunderstanding of subject matter. They found that S-L is more

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

project, they were required to submit aninstructor-approved description of the project. These design project statements (13 in total) werethen presented to the students along with information about the mission of the correspondingcommunity organization. Student teams‟ indicated their three project preferences; projects wereassigned based on the stated number of teams with which the partner was willing to work.Additional details of implementation of the ROXIE project are provided in [6].A sample of ROXIE projects are presented in Table 2. A unique feature of the ROXIE projects isthat they are not all associated with product design. Some projects, like designing a plan forcollecting excess fruit, involve designing a process. These types of projects

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET, Inc.; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Student and Curriculum Development

simultaneously. This method has been used across the college since 2006,resulting in a dedicated community of 40+ engineering faculty using direct assessment toevaluate the efficacy of their own programs, and to plan and implement improvement at bothcourse and program levels. The Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA) is the onlydirect method for teaching and measuring these skills simultaneously in the literature; thetechnical paper describing Year 1 implementation of the method won the 2008 ASEE BestOverall Conference Paper Award5 . Table 1.ABET Criterion 3 Professional Skills Student Learning Outcomes 3d Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary Teams 3f Understanding of Professional and Ethical Responsibility 3g Ability to Communicate

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ruth Rodriguez Gallegos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

situations.In our Institution, the course of DE is the last formal course in basic math and the culmination ofa series of courses on differential and integral calculus. It is intended that the student is able touse this knowledge in later subjects of his specialty which in fact does not happen automaticallyor successfully. This course is currently taught in 25 different engineering programs. Accordingto each undergraduate study plan, it is found in the third or fourth semester.Since in the current context it is important to prepare future engineers who are able to solveproblems in their areas5, important background to this study is the redesign of the mathematicscurriculum that the Engineering school started in our department in 19996,7 The questions

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Invited - Faculty Development

and the support of learning; contribution to the design and planning of learning activities; assessment and giving feedback to learners; developing effective learning environments and learner support systems).  Have gained an understanding of the learning process, drawing on recognized learning theories.  Have developed an understanding of students, including issues of intellectual and social development, learning styles and differences in student approaches to learning.  Have been engaged in instructional design at lecture, module, course, or curriculum level.  Have been exposed to various methods of instructional delivery, including an overview of teaching methods appropriate for

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

basis for assignments and provided the needed reflection to complete thelearning experience started in the engineering class. The integration through service-learning has made the curricular ties easier to managebecause we were not coordinating each week of each course. It was very helpful with theservice-learning as it provided additional people to help with different aspects of the course. Apitfall of service-learning can be burnout. Whenever students do real projects with real people,problems arise and the linked classes allowed us to share the challenges that the projectspresented. With the large number of students involved in this program, it was a key componentof the institutionalization plan to have the peer leaders who taught

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hamilton

increase yourlearning and knowledge of a subject by having you review work of your classmates as well asrequiring you to have to explain your work to them. It is hoped that when disagreements inanswers are encountered you will take the time to discuss them and find the error, correctmethod, or solution. In order for this to happen you must prepare your work in a timely mannerin order to allow it to be adequately reviewed. Finishing the work 15 minutes prior to turn inwill not allow enough time! The second reason for peer review is to also emphasize that it isimportant in Civil Engineering to take the steps necessary to get the correct answer. RememberHammurabi’s Law? In practice plans, drawings and specifications are reviewed and aresponsible