Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hisham Hegab P.E., Louisiana Tech University; James D Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Engineering degree offered by theCollege. A professional track Masters program was also created to serve the large number ofnon-thesis students seeking training and skills in micro/nanotechnology. Thesemicro/nanotechnology graduate programs formed the foundation to build an undergraduatedegree program in this field.Initial planning for the new nanosystems engineering undergraduate degree began in the summerof 2003, when the College’s Engineering and Science Foundation (industrial advisory board)was approached about the possibility of establishing an undergraduate degree program focusingon nanotechnology. The advisory board unanimously endorsed the concept. As a result, in theFall of 2003, an interdisciplinary team of faculty from within the College

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy S Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology; Iem H Heng, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology CUNY

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Skills - From Industry to Education and Back” at 2010 NSF ATE PrincipalInvestigator C o n f e r e n c e , M r . Charles F a d e l , Global E d u c a t i o n R e s e a r c h L e a d a t C i s c oS y s t e m s , presented a study which indicates that students learn well in teams, in project basedactivities, and in collaborative environments. The hands-on project based activities will also strengthenstudents’ skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity/innovation. These skillshave been identified by top U.S. companies as priorities for employee development, talent managementand succession planning [2]. It is only natural for the technology education to incorporate hands-onpractical applications at every stage of a

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luz M Rivas, Iridescent; Dara Olmsted, Iridescent

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #6189Be A Scientist: Family Science for MinoritiesMs. Luz M Rivas, IridescentDara Olmsted, Iridescent Dara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Harvard University and a Master’s in Environmental Policy and Urban Planning from Tufts University. She has taught science overseas and at Harvard, worked for a watershed association, helped to make Harvard more sustainable, run farmers’ markets, and directed Harvard’s Food Literacy Project. Page 23.241.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Tiffany Barnes, NC State University; Richard Burns, West Chester University

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Computers in Education

similar to the classroomapplication of the scientific method—posing a problem, doing research, planning, developing aprototype, testing, redesigning, and sharing solutions. In this process the learner is equipped withtools for systematically addressing a problem, such that it becomes transparent to their ownthinking and learning trajectories.10   Page 23.261.2    Many today recognize that technological fluency and access to new technology allow individualsto better position themselves in life.9 As a result, such people strive to become

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nicholas Janeiro Medeiros, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donal James Boyd; Jared Snell, WPI; Lucas J Brutvan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

summary of the accident and a discussion of what could have been done toprevent it.The third objective of the pre-lab is to understand the theory presented below and show howresults for glycerol concentration as a function of time can be used to obtain coefficients for anapproximate rate expression. The final objective of the pre-lab exercise is for students to explainhow they plan to use the equipment described below to study the temperature dependence andevaluate the activation energy for conversion of canola oil to biodiesel with 0.5 weight % KOHand 6:1 methanol to oil ratio.In the lab, student groups use a computer-controlled mini pilot plant to run the reaction safely atseveral different temperatures. They collect samples from the reactor at

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Maggie A Flynn M.A., Elizabethtown College

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First-Year Programs

Education, 55(1), 40-76.9. Knight, W. (2003). Learning communities and first-year programs: Lessons for planners. Planning for Higher Education, 31(4), 5-12.10. Meath-Lang, B. (1997). Dramatic interactions: Theater work and the formation of learning communities. American Annals of the Deaf, 142, 99-101.11. Johnson, J. (2001) Learning communities and special efforts in retention of university students: What works, what doesn’t, and is the return worth the investment? Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice, 2(3), 219-238.12. Johnson, W. G. (2006) Strategies for enhancing student learning in the residence halls. New Directions for Student Service, 75, 69-82.13. Schroeder, C. C., Minor, F. D., & Tarkow, T. A. (1999

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

. Page 10.1362.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright . 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”7. Chinese or Indian Proverb, widely quoted.8. Peterson G. D.: Engineering Criteria 2000: A Bold New Change Agent; ASEE Prism 9/97, pp. 30-34.9. Rogers G. M., Sando J. K.: Stepping Ahead-An Assessment Plan Development Guide; Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology with Support of the Foundation Coalition (National Science Foundation Grant EEC-9529401) ©1996.10. Palmer M. A., Riffe W. J: Course Level Assessment - Keeping it Simple and Comprehensive; TMS Fall 2002 Annual MeetingBiographic

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

, American Society for Engineering Education”that pre-instructional planning time and post-project group processing time be integrated into theclass.The self assessment instruments used throughout the class were kept simple due to the maturityof the students in teaming. Students were asked to allocate $100 to team members in proportionto their contribution to the project. Contribution was described as attendance to meetings,relevant contribution to discussion, organization etc. In a second instrument, each team memberwas asked to rank all team members including themselves from greatest contribution to leastcontribution. No ties were allowed. Finally students were asked to assign grades to each teammember including themselves assuming that 100 is the

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheila Edwards Lange; Joyce Yen

] as samples of bestpractices and of how an institution might put together a plan to better focus on these twoimportant areas.” The topics covered in both toolkits are shown below. Recruitment Toolkit Retention Toolkit Faculty Hiring Policies and Procedures Monitoring the Health and Welfare of Departments Search Tips for Diversifying the Pool Transparency in Operations Including Fair and Open Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Resources for Diversity Creating a Welcoming Department Climate Language and Ads for Announcements Mentoring Benefits and Resources for New Hires Valuing Diversity in the Department Resources from other

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

research, and his non-academic experience includes service to the Louisiana Department of Natu-ral Resources first as Head of Economics and Statistics and then as Director of Policy and Planning. Page 10.313.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

New Endeavors

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

technologyliteracy course, teaching the pilot course in fall 2004, and plans for a second semesteroffering in spring of 2005.Spring results will be reported at the June 2005 ASEE meeting.Formatting the Course In more detail, we have developed a two lecture and single lab per week formatwith the following characteristics: Lecture 1: CONTEXT: define the historical origin and technical evolution of priordevices which served the same or related functions (e.g, for digital camera, survey optics,drawing, camera obscura, Daguerrotype, black and white film, Kodak and the personal(Brownie) camera, color film, Polaroid camera/film, and video camera). Lecture 2: CONTENT: describe principles and key operations of the moderndevice (e.g., digital

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

defined that will be offered once each year and will be a logical extension of the key EE topic areas developed in the junior year. c. Linear Algebra – this course was added to enhance the math skills of our students and as an essential course for all who had plans for graduate school. We have found that valuable course time is otherwise too often used for explaining mathematical operations students should be more familiar with. It replaces a course in Vector Calculus. 5. Senior Design: The essentials of the academic year-long team project were retained. What has been or is being added is a greater integration of non-technical topics into team

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ming Sheu; Michael Ohadi; Arman Molki

and lab engineer to the four labs to supportthe professor in charge of the labs, thus eliminating the uncertainty associated with variousprofessors teaching the courses involved and the degree they may consider the lab integration intheir courses important to better learning of the subject matter by the student in a typicalmechanical engineering curriculum. We believe the information provided in this paper can serveuseful for academic institutions who are considering revising their laboratories and/or plan tointroduce new labs in their mechanical engineering program.References1. Lambert, J.M., “Team Projects in Computer Science and Engineering”, Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-AtlanticConference, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1996, pp. 104-107.2. Uhran, J.J

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Irina Nelson

- microgravity drop tower demonstrations - satellite image processing - management of space debris - Earth climate change - crew selection for space missions - cardiovascular measurements and diagnostic - design of future Mars missions - designing governance settlements on Mars - communicating with extraterrestrial intelligence - futures studies and strategic planning - answering requests for proposals - commercial negotiations - crisis communication and media training - intercultural awareness and team building - report writing and communication skillsThe following three Team Projects were published and presented in local public sessions and atinternational meetings (e.g. the IAC in Vancouver, Canada, and the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” and retention in at least four modules; student, faculty, college, and industry satisfaction; and institutional and industry return on investment when compared to face-to- face or pure web based instruction; 5. Research and create a dissemination plan that addresses adoption barriers identified in the project.The next section addresses the current progress towards the objectives and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilan Grave

Page 10.341.2focus and improve the instructor’s planning and delivery throughout the course. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”With this background and in this context I started thinking about what features and opportunitiesare embedded in a circuits course. Some thoughts have evolved from daydreamed insights andinspirations, towards facilitating and developing desired professional traits and attitudes in thestudents.A place to start could be a critical analysis of the contributions of a circuits course to the a-kattributes, mentioned under ABET criterion 3 (Program Outcome and Assessment

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Hasenberg

its history using patentsearches, technical journals and user observations; defined benchmarks to measure success;documented the results; and planned the completion of the design in the spring quarter.Third termThe third term of the pilot will emphasize the social responsibilities of the designer throughstakeholder analysis and case studies such as the Narmada Sagar hydroelectric project in Indiaand the failure of the Playskool Travel-Lite crib. The ethical challenges that designers face willbe illustrated with case studies such as engineer Le Messurier and the Citicorp building and theFord Pinto case. In the case studies, issues of diversity in relation to design professions, andethical and social responsibilities of the designer will be

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven York; Lynn Nystrom; Elizabeth Joyce; Michael Gregg; Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor

allows the SEC to give directlyback to the college: faculty members submit proposals for projects that will directly benefit theundergraduate engineering student body, and our general assembly votes on the allocation offunds.Engineering is all about hands-on problem solving and the SEC provides another forum for that.Beyond the obvious benefits of such programs, these events give students the opportunity to Page 10.1154.2work on event planning, product design, team management, group cooperation, and a variety ofother skills better learned outside the classroom. Such activities foster a sense of unity not often Proceedings of the 2002

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon-Michael Hardin

. While hands-on demonstrations or exercises mayaid in student understanding of the physical nature of forces, for example, the linkbetween that understanding and the formulation and solution of an engineering problemcan remain tenuous, at best. By using the definitions of Statics ‘skills’ and ‘concepts’given above, the content-based Into, Through, and Beyond instruction method mayprovide students, as it has in its linguistic usage, the motivation to learn and retain boththe ‘skills’ and the ‘concepts’ required to comprehend and master Statics.Statics Lesson-Planning Example Using Into, Through and BeyondIn addition to its clear distinction between ‘skills’ and ‘concept content’, the Into,Through, and Beyond method makes use of a ‘scaffolded

Conference Session

Information Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Ekstrom; Joseph Ekstrom

request to the central server which then sends therequest to an open node. The node processes the request and returns the results, just as anormal function would. A test application was made for this system that did large matrixmultiplication. The system worked and plans were made for future research.[4]The second implementation of DOGMA was an attempt to separate the scheduler fromthe distributed Java machine. This would allow the running of multiple programs on thesystem at once, something the original version did not support. Instead of working withthe old code base however, and separating the pieces, the graduate student doing the workdecided to do a complete rewrite. His project never reached a usable state.The third version ofDOGMA, called

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Garcia Julio; Patricia Backer

courses.These considerations for engineering-related instruction include, but are not limited to: more “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 10.799.3 Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”self-discipline is required to get through lecture material than in a traditional class; the studentdoes not have the benefit of face-to-face interaction with the instructor; and communicationbetween student and instructor is not immediate and requires more planning (Cohen & Ellis9,Kubala10, Lake11).The laboratory exercises for Tech 167 will be

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Waugaman; Brian Self

Society for Engineering EducationLaboratoriesSeveral different laboratories were planned to provide the students with hands on experiencewith biomedical engineering. Most classes were held in an electrical engineering classroom, sobasic circuitry and oscilloscopes were readily available for smaller projects. Labs werecompleted in teams, which were assigned to maximize group diversity (e.g., one EE or Astromajor per group). It was hoped that these labs would provide the students with appropriatebackground to assist with their final projects.ECG LaboratoryThe first lab accomplished in the course was measuring andanalyzing the ECG signal from the heart. A physiologylaboratory in the Biology Department was available for ourtesting. An iWorx 214

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Ingalsbe; Jess Godbey

-of-datetechnology. Because the majority of JSU technology graduates begin their careers in theNortheast Alabama area, this relationship is particularly important.The need for feedback is also rooted in the requirements of the accrediting bodies3. TheNational Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT)7 accredits JSU’s IndustrialTechnology program. NAIT specifies that the institution have an assessment plan thatincorporates evaluation of student learning outcomes and competencies. Programassessment should measure student mastery of competencies and then use these results toimprove the program. While some of that feedback is fulfilled by way of an activeindustrial advisory committee, it is valuable to supplement that feedback with theopinions

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan Meckley; Fredrick Nitterright, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

not be studied because the machines were performing production runs. • The ability of choosing machines, molds, and parts were for their educational value didn’t exist as we were only able to observe what happened to be in operation at the time of the visit. • Floor plans in the facilities that were visited did not allow students to position themselves where they could hear all portions of the discussion or observe the entire process. • Students were not able to experience the total process, only segments of the process.In addition to some of the above issues, many other issues resulted from showing videos of thePIM process. The videos did not captivate the student’s attention or allow them hands

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

information to solve a real-world engineeringproblem. In many engineering curricula, capstone design is the class where students gainexperience with the complete design process including defining the problem, generatingengineering specifications, developing and evaluating conceptual designs, choosing final design,and conducting engineering analysis on the final design. In some cases, students have the chanceto implement and test their design to see whether their application of concept, knowledge, andanalysis on their design work out as planned. With more emphasis on the design contents in theengineering curricula, the importance of capstone classes for students cannot be overemphasized. This paper described the author’s experiences in

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mueller

and is still in operation. The success of thisproject led the EOC to hire 2 of our junior-level students as interns in the semester following thisproject. They also sponsored another senior project in the following year and plan on doing thesame in the future.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank newly graduated engineers Eric Franz and Tim Stotler for theirefforts in this project.Bibliography:[1] EOC website, URL www.electro-optics.org[2] RD Webb website, URL www.rdwebb.com[3] LabVIEW website, URL www.ni.com Page 10.244.11 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

tutoring sessions on that particular topic or ILO.Using the module surveys has helped the students focus on what they need to know and whatareas they may be deficient in. Their questions were more focused and there were fewercomplaints about not understanding the course material. In fact, those students that did notperform as well as they expected on the tests and exams in most cases attributed their lacklusterperformance to test anxiety rather than a lack of understanding of the course material orinadequate course delivery. The student feedback on the two open-ended questions points to theusefulness and effectiveness of this ongoing module survey. The author plans to develop ILOsand module surveys for more courses within the Civil Engineering

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Kidd; P. Paxton Marshall

. This constraint forced designs to be portable and theirsetup to be pre-planned and rehearsed, simulating the real time-constrained nature oftechnical theater. Amazingly, all of the groups completed their setup and take-downwithin the five minute time limit.Structuring the Teams The students were divided into nine teams (nine playwriting students from DougGrissom’s class participated in the project.) Accordingly, each group was assigned four tofive engineering students from the ENGR-162 class (40 students total), and a director andstage manager from the directing and stage management class. The engineering teamswere formed by Marshall and Kidd, using a self-evaluation of leadership, technical, andtheater experiences, which the

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

Thursday, 9:15am-11:55am), students appeared more focused and engaged in thework. Some students stayed after the allotted time to continue working; at one time or another allseemed to be taking work home or planning to meet over the weekend. The lab book used for thedesign problems to be done on the Altera board included a CD-ROM with the MAX+Plus IIsoftware. The software was also available as a free download from Altera. Having the softwareenabled students to develop the solutions at home, save the solutions on a floppy disk and thenspend the time in lab programming the chip on the Altera board and debugging the lab. • Students took responsibility for learning and would ask about topics needed for a particular lab. The instructor

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brianno Coller

students at NIU, we wish to makea broader impact. We plan to make the core software and course materials available toeducators everywhere. These items will be made available after we have had the chanceto go through the course cycle at least once and make refinements.In addition, we hope to integrate the computing and simulation framework into otherparts of the mechanical engineering curriculum. The most natural places to focus on arethe undergraduate and graduate control classes we teach. Page 10.136.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American