Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #5684Ancient Structural Failures and Modern Incarnations:Dr. Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technol- ogy, where she regularly teaches courses in rhetoric, business/technical writing, and ethics. She is also a part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She has been active in ASEE for more than 25 years, serving as a regular conference presenter and moderator. She was OIT’s campus representative for seventeen years and served in various section leadership

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Weber; John Prados

needed in anintroductory course in chemical engineering. The web site was organized around the reviewsections of the textbook1 and included HTML pages, Word Documents, Excel Sheets, StreamingQuicktime movies, flash, and PDF files. The choice of format for a given situation depended onthe format of existing material and the type of activity to be presented on the web.As part of a larger project, a Windows notebook computer with Internet Explorer, MicrosoftOffice, and other software was lent to each student in the course. With this configuration, a widevariety of media could be seamlessly integrated into the web browser.This concept was first used in the fall of 2002. Students were told they needed to understand thereview material in the text but

Conference Session

Teaching Styles and Peer Review

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

% of the total) have beenhired since 1996, with FEAS accounting for almost 40% of that number17. FEAS facultycomprises 33% of all RFA members. FEAS has established a highly visible profile within theUniversity with respect to the number of research grants, graduate programs, publications, etc.However, the same cannot be said for participation in educational professional development orinstructional technology use. Benchmarks for these are provided by a look at the activities of theLearning & Teaching Office (LTO) at Ryerson (http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/about/index.htm) andof the Digital Media Projects (DMP) (http://www.ryerson.ca/dmp/). The former provides supportand resources to faculty in their teaching, in close collaboration with the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

Laboratory-Oriented Studies (DELOS)Simulation technology is integrated into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratoriesthrough the development of teaching modules (TM) for complementary computational fluiddynamics (CFD), experimental fluid dynamics (EFD), and uncertainty analysis (UA). TMinclude three parts: (1) lectures on CFD and EFD methodology and standard procedures and UA;(2) CFD templates for academic use of commercial industrial CFD software; and (3) exercisenotes for use of CFD templates and complementary EFD and UA. The commercial industrialCFD software is FLUENT http://www.fluent.com/, which is widely used in many industries anduniversities and is a partner in the project. Initial TM are based on those developed as “proof ofconcept

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

Laboratory-Oriented Studies (DELOS)Simulation technology is integrated into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratoriesthrough the development of teaching modules (TM) for complementary computational fluiddynamics (CFD), experimental fluid dynamics (EFD), and uncertainty analysis (UA). TMinclude three parts: (1) lectures on CFD and EFD methodology and standard procedures and UA;(2) CFD templates for academic use of commercial industrial CFD software; and (3) exercisenotes for use of CFD templates and complementary EFD and UA. The commercial industrialCFD software is FLUENT http://www.fluent.com/, which is widely used in many industries anduniversities and is a partner in the project. Initial TM are based on those developed as “proof ofconcept

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

Hispanic population, currently at 475,000and projected to increase to more than one million by 2020. Two decades has yielded an increasefrom 1 percent of Hispanics in metro Atlanta to the current 7 percent. The average age ofHispanics in Georgia in 1999 was 26.4 years old. The U.S. Census predicts the average age willbe 28.1 in the year 2015. Nationally, the Hispanic population is younger than other populations;for example, under 15 years of age, • Hispanic 30 %, • African American 21%, • White non-Hispanic 20 %.3What are the implications? We could suggest given this heavily younger population there is adefinite opportunity to impact them while they are concentrated with in the K-12 education. Thisoutreach can translate to opportunities

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

biology,human anatomy and physiology, as well as a graduate level course in statistical inference duringtheir undergraduate preparation. They are expected to obtain a BME faculty mentor and initiate aresearch project by their senior year, and that research will lead to their Master's thesis research.This can be accomplished both via optional (for credit) undergraduate research as well as carefulplanning of their Senior Design Projects. Students wishing to complete a 5-Year Master's program must attain at least a 3.0 GPA intheir major undergraduate course work (courses in Applied Sciences, Biology, BiomedicalEngineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics). While the GRE is not considered in theadmission process for these students into the

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

: 33.3% 11. How many of these proposals have been funded? Average number of funded proposals per respondent saying yes to question 10: 3 12. Percentage of funded proposals through: Federal Agencies? 24% State Agencies? 20% Industry? 21% University funds? 27% Other (private foundations, SME foundation, ASCE) 8% 13. How are the results of these funded projects disseminated? Peer-reviewed journals? 25% Conference presentations? 32% Trade Journals? 19% Technical Reports? 15% Other (websites, workshops, newsletters, White papers to industry, lab exercises/manuals)? 9% 14. Have you collaborated with ET faculty from other departments or institutions in

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alex Friess, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine; Dylan Connole

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, in the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institution (LACCEI) as Vice-President for Research, and in the International D+Federation of Engineering Education Societies as member of the Executive Board.Dylan Connole

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

.) How is the concept of cyberlearning describedin the scholarly literature? 2.) What funding has DUE provided for cyberlearning projects over the past 10years? 3.) What types of cyberlearning awards has DUE made over the past 10 years? 4.) What are theperceptions of cyberlearning among a subset of NSF Program Officers? 5.) Based on the quantitative andqualitative findings, what are possible directions DUE could take with its support for cyberlearning? This study yielded many findings. In scholarly literature, cyberlearning is described using theforms in which it may appear (e.g., games, virtual environments), its purpose, attributes, and outcomes.Over the past ten years, DUE has provided approximately $100M to over 800 cyberlearning

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; James William Altschuld, Ohio State University; Blaine W. Lilly, Ohio State University; Daniel A. Mendelsohn, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the labs and hands-onexperiences.This paper focuses on the new sophomore level design course which has been piloted as anabbreviated ten-week quarter long version in Autumn 2011 and Winter 2012. The sophomorecourse fills, in part, the major gap in design education that exists between the fundamentals ofengineering course sequence (and its honors equivalent, both of which serve as a prerequisite tothe major) and the senior-year capstone design course. And while the first year course sequencesinclude a design-build project, there exists a wide variance in the machine skills and experienceof entry-level Mechanical Engineering students. This new sophomore course attempts to level-set the practical knowledge of machining among students in addition

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Seung Ki Moon, Pennsylvania State University

models can be incorporated into the framework as shown in Figure 2. Thehighlighted areas indicate the approximate range of topics for each type of course.Project Goals and ObjectivesThis work will develop a framework for developing and evaluating courses onengineering and technology for non-engineers. The objectives for this project are to: o Refine and validate the proposed framework for evaluating general education engineering courses. o Pilot test the framework through development of pilot courses. o Establish the foundation for a repository of engineering for general education and technological literacy course materials based on this framework.The framework shown in Figures 1 and 2 will serve as an organizational infrastructure

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

measured the impact that professionaldevelopment training for pre-college engineering had on these beliefs. We examined this in thecontext of a specific, well-regarded, pre-college engineering program, Project Lead the Way(PLTW). We measured teachers’ views before and after training and teaching their first PLTWcourse, as compared to changes observed with a control group of STEM teachers. Some pre-existing differences reached statistical significance: Prospective PLTW teachers were morelikely than control teachers to identify sources of support for engineering in their schools, reportthat science and math concepts were integrated with engineering instruction; and to supportgreater access to engineering. Over time, teachers from both groups were

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Evans, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

, University of Washington Priti N. Mody-Pan is the Director of Evaluation at the Center for Workforce Development. Her responsibilities include overseeing funded projects related to the Global Alliance, writing and editing proposals, fundraising, conducting research projects on institutional best practices in diversity, writing reports, managing an international exchange program, conducting program evaluations, marketing, and working with international and national organizations. Ms. Mody-Pan received her Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS) degrees from the University of Washington and her BA in Political Science and East Asian Studies

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Andy Riess, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Tagged Divisions

International

for students,12 more than80 percent of returned Fulbright scholars say they have recommended that students orcolleagues participate in an international exchange program.13After they return to their U.S. campuses, almost all Fulbright Scholars continue tomaintain their connections to their colleagues and host institutions abroad. Three-quartersof returned Fulbright Scholars continue collaborating on specific projects with colleaguesfrom their host institution or country.14 Approximately one-quarter of returned Fulbrightscholars initiated at least one institution-to-institution exchange program between theirhome and host institutions.15 These exchanges typically include student and faculty

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roylance

FNC011 Fundamentals in Chemical EngineeringIn addition to subject work, every MUST graduate student is required to complete an individualresearch thesis continuing over two semesters. The thesis is a scholarly treatment of a subject oran investigative treatment of a problem, which is sufficiently limited in scope to ensurethoroughness. A thesis advisor and thesis committee supervises the work on the thesis, but thestudent is expected to take the initiative at every stage.MIT faculty also act as coadvisors for MUST thesis students, and funding is available whenappropriate for collaborative research projects to be conducted both in Malaysia and at MIT.III. The MIT Subject in Mechanical Behavior of PlasticsMechanical Properties of Plastics (MIT

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey LaCombe; Eric Wang; Chris Rogers

Session 2756Within the realm of educational studies, LEGO® bricks have been used at all ages. The literaturedescribes many uses for K-12 enrichment programs which are not within the scope of this paper(e.g., [2-5]). Restricting the literature review to tertiary education reveals that bothprogrammable and non-programmable bricks have been used to teach engineering principles(e.g., [6, 7]). Further focusing on studies dealing the use of the RCX programmable brick revealsmany papers describing a wide variety of projects and courses ranging from robot competitions(e.g., [8, 9]) to computer programming (e.g., [10]) to project based learning (e.g., [11-17]).What is obvious from the literature is that the RCX can be used in a variety of ways to

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Robert Smith, Brigham Young University; Rollin H. Hotchkiss P.E.,D.WRE, F.ASCE, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

Team-Member EvaluationsIntroductionFrom experience it seems that most students (and people) see the great value of open and honestconstructive criticism, but have rarely had opportunities in which they felt safe to provide it. Inthe procedure which was carried out for this study, students were instructed on how to provideeffective feedback, as well as given opportunities to give and receive feedback to theirteammates on a group project. This provided them with experiences which increased their self-awareness, as well as taught them how to communicate more effectively. Ideally, this will helpthem to be more prepared for working on teams in their future careers.The purpose of this inquiry was to investigate the effects of non-anonymity upon

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Dunning, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

implementation tips.Introduction One of the challenges facing higher education is the need to maximize tuition revenuewhile minimizing instructional costs. This is leading to growth in class size. An introductorycircuit course was examined for this project. The course traditionally had enrollment of 25-35students but due to course consolidation the enrollment for Fall 2013 swelled to 105. Thiscaused a review of teaching pedagogy for the material. With a larger enrollment the typicalinteraction between the faculty member and individual students would be limited. The standardapproach of posing questions and surveying individuals is far less effective since a smallerpercentage of students are actively engaged. Large classroom lectures can be

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

delivery that offers students a variety oflearning styles and preferences in interactive ways. In this research project, we implemented atleast two techniques of increasing faculty-student interactivity in alternate educationalenvironments. It engaged students in the online class discussion by interjecting frequentquestions from the covered contents and providing audio/video repository of answered questions.Online students appear to be successful when provided ample opportunities to interact with theinstructor, other students, and the course content. In this project we designed interactive coursecontent for online students and codify them. We then use this as a basis for an “EducatingEducators” program to help online faculty become more effective

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

longitudinal view of student success in the CoRe Experience program and to identifyfactors that both attract students to the program and enhance their persistence in our college.CoRe Experience StructureThe first‐year engineering course, EGR 100, Introduction to Engineering Design, a team-baseddesign project course, was piloted in Spring, 2008, offered full‐scale in Fall, 2008, and has beenoffered each semester since. This course is required of all incoming engineering students. EGR102, Introduction to Engineering Modeling, an engineering problem-solving and computationcourse, follows in sequence and is required of all engineering majors other than computerscience and computer engineering. Students in those two majors instead take CSE 231

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

into freshman-level humanities course and a junior-level technical course allowed students to make connections with what they learned earlier in their college careers. • Not insignificant is the fact that this interdisciplinary project brought together three people from very different academic areas to exchange ideas.The Museum - Contributions to the Synthesis of Art and EngineeringWhile the seeds may have been planted much earlier, the synthesis of art and engineering atMilwaukee School of Engineering formally began in 2001 with the gift of the Eckhart G. Page 24.784.2Grohmann Man at Work collection to the University

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J Henderson, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth McDonald P.E., Dept of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Engineering (Missouri School of Mines – MS&T). He is a registered Civil Engineer in the states of Virginia and Wyoming; he is a Certified Planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP); and a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI). Dr. McDonald is also a member of Gamma Theta Upsilon and Phi Kappa Phi. His research and consulting interests are in capacity development analysis and decision analysis as applied to infrastructure and other complex enterprises especially in the arena of nation reconstruction and capacity development. He teaches classes in systems engineering, engineer- ing economics, and project management. He has worked in Iraq

Conference Session

Novel Methods of Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca N Macdonald, East Carolina University; Erich Connell, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

competencies. The instructors; an architectand an engineer, purposefully provided minimal direction in order to prevent the projection oftheir professional bias on the students and to gain further insight of students through a lessintimidating approach.IntroductionThe perception within the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina Universityis that students in the undergraduate degree program arrive with preconceived notions andexperiences about the construction industry. However, base competencies are quite often notproperly understood and frequently misunderstood as only labor and technical based by thestudents entering the study of Construction Management discipline.2 This can lead topredetermined notions that are difficult to identify

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

analysis and on-orbit sensor characterization but has also managed technical teams as a technical team lead and a deputy Integrated Project Team lead within the SEIT (Systems Engineering Integration and Test) organi- zation. Boyd has presented his work at both academic and industry conferences. Furthermore, to address his passion for leadership development and community building, he kickstarted a chapter of Connect1NG; a professionally recognized yet non-traditional development program focused on engaging and assimilat- ing new employees to the workplace through leadership development activities and networking. He is currently one of two Western Region liaisons for the program. Boyd was also selected to be a part of the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Goedert; E. Terence Foster

students, 1 graduate - North Carolina University, 140 students, 39 graduates - North Dakota State University, 70 students, 17 graduates - Purdue University, 124 students, 39 graduates - Western Michigan University, 110 students, 20 graduates - University of Wisconsin – Madison, 70 students, 35 graduates - American University in Cairo, no data available at time of writingThe U.S. production of ConE graduates has been insufficient to meet the demand of aconstruction industry which accounts for about 11 percent of the GDP and affects a muchlarger portion of the GDP 3. Construction projects are increasing in complexity as isevidenced by the “Big Dig” in Boston and the Bay Bridge renovation in San Francisco.These

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Amrine; Caroline Kayser; James Swanson

Cincinnati:Like many colleges, the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is movingin the direction of integrating technology into the learning experiences of our undergraduatestudents. For several years, UC has required each entering freshman to purchase a portablecomputer for use on homework assignments and class projects. Portable computers are requiredinstead of desktops so that students can bring them to classes, laboratories, and use them betweenclasses while on campus. In support of the portable PC requirement, UC has invested in awireless networking infrastructure. Although an early goal was to incorporate the use of PCsinto classes, most of the faculty has been slow to modify course content to directly integrate PCsinto

Conference Session

Assessing Where We Stand

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Pangborn; Renata Engel

third of the programs reported thatmeasuring achievement of general education goals is attempted as part of the assessment activity.The kinds of assessment methods included a wide variety of student, alumni and employersurveys and interviews, and to a lesser extent, portfolios, capstone projects and practica, andstandardized testing. The survey also found substantial variability in the extent to which Page 10.193.2program outcomes were mapped to course goals and outcomes. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverlee Kissick; Alysia Starkey; Jung Oh; Judith Collins

. Page 10.1305.2 meet regularly to discuss, evaluate, revise, and reimplement our collaborative project. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ASEE 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1661Review of literatureInformation literacy can be defined as a set of capabilities; however, it is also an instructionaland intellectual movement13, similar to cross-curricular writing programs that emerged in thelate 1960s with the writing-process movement. Instruction in IL is now viewed as an array ofactivities in an institutional, collaborative

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

the same web-based tutorialprovided to experts. Once the orientation was concluded, students received their firsthomework assignment: Construct a concept map responding the question, “What is yourcurrent conceptual understanding of what is involved in the BME design process?”Shortly before the final exam at the end of the fall semester, students constructed asecond map focused on this same question. Students were allowed, and encouraged, touse this map as a study guide and final exam “cheat sheet.” The exam marked the end ofregular classroom instruction. During the spring semester, instead of attending class,students meet regularly in design teams, and with the course instructor and an advisor todevelop a design project. Students completed a