Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Candice Stefanou, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; John Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1601: STUDENT LIFELONG LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR DIF-FERENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSSusan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford Univer- sity. She is currently Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engi- neering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, and student autonomy. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded NSF CAREER and ILI grants. She is currently working on a collaborative NSF-funded Gender in Science and

Conference Session

Research and Models for Professional Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher C. Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology; Barbara Burks Fasse, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna C. Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Over the course of thesemester, Fellows took on more active roles, slipping back into the Observer role during timeswhen teachers lectured, gave students book work to complete, or—in one case—modeled lessondelivery for her Fellow and later in the day allowed him to lead the lesson. Mentor. Fellows in a Mentor role are actively engaged with students and serve as a rolemodel for them. In the Mentor role, Fellows serve several purposes, including (1) demonstratingthat academic achievement is not bounded by geography or gender, (2) offering career modelingby explaining or demonstrating what it is that engineers do, and/or (3) engaging with studentswho may get little personal attention during a typical class period.We saw several examples of

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

naturally, this activity shows how engineering flows from the central premise that everyone, everywhere, engineers already. Some post-course comments included: o “I see engineering and opportunities for teaching/talking about it all around us. I can apply the terms and explain it in ‘teachable moments.’” o “[I have a] new passion for what engineering is. It has terrified me since I was in high school and I thought engineering was an unattainable career. Now knowing what engineering is, I may have pursued it – I love problem solving and finding the most efficient way to do something. If I had known that maybe I would have pursued it.” o “I went from

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy C. Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Patricia Lea Hardre, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

theirprofessional careers. How can we address this gap?One way that not only provides the experience, but also leverages a number of other advantagesfor developing these skills, is experiential learning. If designed well, experiential learning not Page 22.681.9only provides authentic opportunity, but also supports self-determined motivation and regulation. 8  It can be structured to enable adaptive interaction among those with various types of expertise,sharing in a professional community, and building both competence and community.2.4 Need for / Value of Reflection, Self Interrogation, Self RegulationBuilding on ontological positions, the

Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

, “students are forced to reflect . . . on the environment of decision making.”4 Doing soallows students to exercise critical thinking and ethical decision-making abilities. Because smallcases are so limited, instructors can spend more time focusing on these skill sets, as well asethical problem identification and moral deliberation.Finally, a consideration of our students’ career paths indicates that small cases may be morerelevant. Engineers, of course, have been involved in high-profile cases, but chances are that our Page 22.710.2students will probably face ethical challenges of the more mundane, garden variety. Furthermore,engineering ethicist

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Edward Morris Barbanell, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

make them have disciplinarybalance. We created the teams using several quantitative and qualitative metrics. We collectedinformation about GPA, major, number of water-related courses completed, water-related extra-curricular and service activities, educational interests, and career objectives. With thisinformation we formed teams that were as balanced (meaning varied as evenly as possible) bymajor, GPA, background experience with water projects, and gender.AssessmentThe methods employed in the spring 2011 course offering to overcome communication barriersincluded the teaching techniques used in the first offering plus the new or revised methodsdescribed in the previous section. All methods were assessed using a survey of student opinionsof

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, entrepreneurship, and modeling. She has served as an associate editor for the JEE and is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Rosa Goldstein , University of Pittsburgh Rosa Goldstein is an Undergraduate Industrial Engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Goldstein has been an active member of the University of Pittsburgh’s SHPE (Society of Hispanic Pro- fessional Engineers) chapter and currently holds the position as President. She recently studied abroad for a semester in Spain at Saint Louis University in Madrid. She will be starting her career this summer at Accenture and is hoping that her research experience this past year will reinforce her plans to attend graduate school in a few years

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis S. Nadelson, Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Joshua Pfiester, Boise State University; Mark A. Emmet, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

The Evergreen State University, a Secondary Teaching Certifi- cate from University of Puget Sound, an M. Ed. in Instructional Technology Leadership from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. (research-based, not theoretical) in Educational Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Patricia Pyke, Boise State University Patricia A. Pyke is the Director of the STEM Station at Boise State University. The STEM Station in a university-level initiative to build a STEM community where students and faculty are connected to the resources and support they need to achieve their individual goals in education, career, teaching and research. Her role as director for the STEM Station builds on previous work

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

importance of the human elementcombined with the quantitative element. My role as the interventionist seemed to be verified. The findings from the study support a similar study assessing students’ critical thinkingskill levels. Drouin (1992) discovered significant differences in overall critical thinking abilitybetween sophomores and seniors in engineering disciplines at Memphis State University.Students in their senior year scored higher in deductive reasoning and inference skills than thesophomores. Based on these findings, it can be assumed that students’ induction and inferenceskills will increase over time as they continue their academic careers in a higher educationinstitution. I discovered from my research study that students

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Walter F. Deal III, Old Dominion University; Lacides Agustin Osorio, Norfolk Ship Support Activity; Mathew Henderson, Tidewater Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1983, enlisted in the United States Navy, and in 1984 reported to basic training in San Diego, California. I had plans of completing my four-year enlistment and separating from the navy, but things did not work out that way, and I retired from the United States Navy in 2009 after more than twenty-five years of active service, and achieving the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. Throughout my naval career I continued taking college courses with hopes of, one day, graduating with a bachelor’s degree. On my last tour of active duty, I was assigned to Mid Atlantic Regional Center, which was a shore duty for me, and I was able to complete my educational requirements for my

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

can only be reported in limited form herebecause of the short time since the first cohort’s participation (ending December 2010). Threeyears of CURE data collection and analysis cycles should provide meaningful evidence and arich understanding of the effects of the CURE program for promoting graduate school studies,increasing awareness of international aspects to a research career, and undergraduate researchersas a link between international labs. This will be reported in future publications.DiscussionCURE is designed around three goals. We wanted to provide undergraduate students with aninternational research experience that had the potential to: (1) offer a global perspective on research challenges and opportunities in the field of

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Esteban Molina, Florida International University; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald V. Richardson

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Anton Pintar

careers. I try to explainthis to them and to make their experience as smooth as possible. The fourth through sixthobjectives are intended to give the students their initial exposure to various aspects of the designprocess and to make the computer projects more interesting. Naturally, the process and theeconomics have to be somewhat simplified, especially for the sophomores. The last objective isintended to show the validity of the concepts presented in class and to develop the students’confidence in the theory and in the results from the software such that one reinforces the other.THE MASS BALANCE COURSEThe computer project in the sophomore mass balance course involves a chemical reactor withrecycle. The chemical reaction is usually one that has

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

corporations that were hiring poorlyprepared employees. The report raised the issue of whether employer-delivered workforcereadiness training was the most effective way to address the gap in skills of poorly preparedentrants in the workforce. The survey results analyzed were directed at three levels, highschool, two-year college, and four-year college. The survey results were obtained from 217participants (employer respondents), who commented on three types of training: workforcereadiness (remedial), job-specific, and career development training. The survey was intended toexplore the need for workforce readiness training among the three groups, any gaps in training inresponding employers, and whether such employer-delivered training was effective

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Sleiti, University of Central Florida; Eileen Cashman, Humboldt State University; Peter Lehman, Humboldt State University; Richard Engel, Schatz Energy Research Center; Michael Mann, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

research and supervisory capacities within the Energy & Environmental Research Center between 1981 and 1999 when he joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Mann was recognized as a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2009, the highest honor bestowed by UND. He is a NSF Career Award winner. Dr. Mann's principal areas of interest and expertise include performance issues in advanced energy systems firing coal and biomass; renewable and sustainable energy systems with a focus on integration of fuel cells with renewable resources through electrolysis; production of fuel and specialty chemicals from crop oils; and development of energy strategies coupling

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University; Marisa Orr, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Statics and Dynamics for Mechanical Engineers. Her research involves analysis of the effects of student-centered active learning in sophomore engineering courses, and investigation of the career motivations of women and men as they relate to engineering.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Page 15.757.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrated Dynamics and Statics for First Semester Sophomores in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractA modified SCALE-UP approach that emphasizes active learning, guided inquiry, and studentresponsibility has been described as applied to an

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

allthe team peer ratings is certainly more time-consuming for the instructor. Even the students whodislike working in teams understand the necessity of learning how to do so effectively for theirfuture careers. Some students, as predicted from their learning styles, also dislike active,cooperative work even if it does improve outcomes. Any instructor will certainly understand thechallenge of finding the appropriate mix of activities for all the students who take their courses ifthey consider the data from the ILS carefully. It is certainly challenging to find the bestcombination of activities for a large number of individual learners, each having their own uniqueneeds. The research literature tells us to use an approach that is most effective

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Page 22.13.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 in that regard. He served on a committee of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a statewide articulation compact for mechanical engineering. He also served on the Texas State Board of Education committee preparing the standards for career and technical education. He is currently serving on the Engineering Education Task Force of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.David Walton Gardner, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board As Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy and Chief Academic Officer, David W. Gardner leads the Coordinating Board’s Planning and

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

expectations clearer. What is significant tonotice about this trend in comments, however, is that students are acknowledging—thoughperhaps not being totally aware that this is what they experienced—that open-ended project-based learning assignments are full of ambiguity as many other researchers havediscussed.19,20,21,22,23 Engineering student are most comfortable with clear cut formulas that havespecific uses and applications in specific contexts. They are not as comfortable with open-endedand ambiguous assignments, which may make them feel disoriented about how to achievesuccess or how to recognize success. Nevertheless, we believe it is important to expose learnersto open-ended project-based learning earlier in their academic careers to better

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Orellana, Washington State University; Fabiola Quiroa, Washington State University; Ala' Ibrahim Abu-Lail; Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

and statistical investigations of the significance of theirresults; 7) expose students to how engineering models can be used to address real-worldproblems; 8) prepare students for careers that cross disciplinary boundaries; 9) help students indeveloping teamwork abilities; and 10) promote students interests in science and engineering 3.Individual experimental active-learning hands-on modules Page 22.103.5 All four modules were composed of two parts. The first part was experimental and thesecond part was theoretical focused mainly on mathematical modeling of experimental datacollected in part 1 of the module. A brief description of these

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

astudents’ undergraduate career, are not fully realized or utilized until after graduation. In manyways, what educators are tasked with is providing students with models of the skills andcompetencies that will be required to continue self-education beyond the end of formalschooling. As educators, we need to provide the “spark”. However, as Mourtos[in 44] has pointedout, the main component of the ABET criteria 3i “…recognition of the need for… lifelonglearning” is not an aspect of the traditional cognitive domain usually focused on in highereducation. Rather, it belongs to the affective domain, not a skill that can easily be “taught” anddirectly assessed, but still vitally important. The second component of 3i “…an ability to engagein lifelong

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-1370: ALL INNOVATION IS INNOVATION OF SYSTEMS: ANINTEGRATED 3-D MODEL OF INNOVATION COMPETENCIESWilliam D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences William D. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and founding of three commercial systems-based enterprises. He has consulted on improvement of engineering processes within automotive, medical/health care, manufacturing, telecommunications, aerospace, and consumer

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Baker, The University of Vermont; John Merrill, The Ohio State University; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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International

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

understanding of subject matter. They found that service-learning is moreeffective over four years and that the messiness inherent in helping solve real community-basedproblems enhances the positive effects  (Eyler & Giles, 1999).  Astin et al. found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that service-learning had significantpositive effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, criticalthinking skills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills),choice of a service career, and plans to participate in service after college. In all measures exceptself-efficacy, leadership, and

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; Leary7 found that girls liked learning science in a social context where they couldinteract with others and take part in learning experiences that did not isolate them. They alsofound that girls selected science careers because they had a strong desire to help. The AmericanAssociation of University Women Educational Foundation-AAUW8 noted that “Girls and othernontraditional users of computer science – who are not enamored of technology for technology’ssake – may be far more interested in using the technology if they encounter it in the context of adiscipline that interests them” (p. v). In a 20049 report that surveyed Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs which focused on gender equity in thesciences, the AAUW found

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

program in 2015.Ms. Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University Meghan M. Alexander is the assistant director for Engineering International Programs at Texas A&M University. She has an M.Ed. in Counseling and over 15 years experience in international education and partnerships.Mr. Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education A graduate of the Masters in Government and Public Policy by te Universidad Aut´onoma de Yucat´an (UADY) , workink since 2 years ago as Head of the Department of Planning and Strategic Projects at the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education of the Yucatan Government in Mexico . Throughout his career he has worked in entrepreneurial activities

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

would certainly benefit from formal instructortraining. The granting of a degree (Ph.D. or M.S.) does not automatically bestow teaching skills,especially effective teaching skills. Most professors simply try to emulate observed styleswithout any justification as to the effectiveness of different teaching styles. The lack of formaltraining programs at most universities, and nearly nonexistent programs to provide constructivecriticism from peers relegates most faculty to the very slow process of developing effective (ifthey are lucky and persistent) teaching styles through a long career of trial and error. Add thedemands of research and the priority at many universities of the greater importance of researchover teaching, and it is easy to