Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Michael Hutchison, University of Illinois

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

internalizing theinformation and developing lesson plans, under guidance from the teacher and graduate students, onclean energy for an Integrated Physical Science (IPS) class comprised of Special Education students andEnglish Language Learners. Following the presentations by APES students, the IPS students weredivided into smaller working groups with an APES student acting as the group manager. The smallgroups were tasked with designing, building and testing inventions that improved upon or specificallyused solar, wind, water or biologically-derived energy. As a culmination to the project, the high schoolstudents presented their inventions to a mock-investor panel which included faculty members and localentrepreneurs. This activity-based

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lyndsey Alyssa Wright, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8956Including Children With Disabilities in STEM: An Outreach Program forDyslexic Students (Research to Practice)Ms. Lyndsey Alyssa Wright, Colorado School of Mines Lyndsey Wright is working towards an M.S. in Applied Mathematics at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research is on Numerical Methods for Poisson’s Equation; she has also worked on various K-12 outreach and course assessment projects under Dr. Barb Moskal.Dr. Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Page 24.726.1 c American

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Education, College of Engineering, at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects assess student perceptions of learning related to their experi- ences with engineering course innovations. She has worked extensively in the design of assessment tools for course methods and activities. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in in- structional design, and the instructor of the Graduate Teaching Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants at Penn State

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9005Lessons Learned Developing an Engaging Engineering Summer CampMs. Karen J Krapcho, University of Utah Karen Krapcho,M.S. is the Outreach and grant coordinator for NSF-0652982.Dr. Cynthia Furse, University of Utah Page 24.861.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Lessons Learned Developing an Engaging Engineering Summer CampIntroduction In order to meet the growing workforce needs in science and technology it is projected thatthe U.S. must increase the

Conference Session

Accreditation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Painter

survey indicates that 80% of engineering graduates attend schoolsthat have no ethics-related course requirements. Even at schools that have courses withethics-related content, the courses are usually in philosophy or religion and have nospecific engineering ethics component (Stephan, 1998). The American Society forEngineering Education’s (ASEE) Statement on Engineering Ethics Education states: Page 10.1321.1“…To educate students to cope with ethical problems, the first task of the teacher is tomake students aware of ethical problems and help them learn to recognize them. Asecond task is to help students understand that their projects affect people for

Conference Session

Building New Communities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberley R. Breaux; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

multiplies opportunities for reality to interfere with design.As engineering education evolves, many more researchers must become familiar withmethodologies outside traditional technical disciplines. Mixed-methods research calls fordocumentation of processes of research so subsequent projects can benefit from the learningcurve of prior research activities [2]. This paper examines CSM’s implementing research designinto practice, describing both successes and stumbling blocks.introductionFounded in January 2003, the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) isa higher-education Center for Learning and Teaching, funded by both the Directorate forEducation and Human Resources and the Directorate for Engineering (ESI-0227558). The goalis

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Jenny Lo; Bevlee Watford

Session 1526 Promoting Undergraduate Research by Creating a Research Option in a Technical Communication Course: Initial Project Phase* Michael Alley, Jenny Lo, and Bevlee Watford Engineering Education Department Virginia TechAbstract Although many institutions such as the National Science Foundation, the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science, and the National Research Council have called formore undergraduate research, incorporating significant research experiences into undergraduateengineering

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley

presents lessons learned from this pilot symposium and discusseshow we intend to incorporate these lessons into next year’s symposium.Introduction The Boyer Commission Report has urged universities to “make research-basedlearning the standard” for the education of undergraduates [1]. Also calling for more Page 10.73.1* This work was supported by the National Science Foundation: NSF Project 0341171. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationresearch by undergraduates in science, technology

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

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tomas Cavanagh; Richard Gilbert; Linda Austin; Edwin Goolsby; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

and prioritize skill sets.The agenda for each focus group included: Identification of local/regional job needs, including job titles and job descriptions Review of existing national skill standards in biotechnology Identification of required entry-level skills, suitable for short-term training programs Recommendations for training delivery methods and preferred training providersSeveral key findings resulted from the meetings, including: 1. The biotechnology industry is very diverse and there isn’t a single organization currently in place to provide a program endorsement. However, one could be created/established. It was generally agreed that, for the purposes of this project, the scope of the

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Kephart; Robert Weissbach

region would require throughout the year. From this data, theaverage daily, weekly, and annual power requirements for a 2,000 square foot home wasdetermined. Hybrid energy systems (using wind and solar power only) were then researched andpriced to determine feasibility in the Great Lakes region. Alternative and supplementary sourcesof home and water heating were also explored in an attempt to reduce energy consumption inorder to meet the specified cost requirements of the renewable energy project. Successes andchallenges of developing a completely self-sufficient (off of the commercial electrical grid)home in the Great Lakes region of North America using renewable energy will be discussed.IntroductionThe purpose of this project is to consider

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stier

possess specified basic personal skills, technical skillsand business professional skills, b) compare the skills identified as important in this study withthe SME competency gaps listing, and c) use the results of this study as one criteria to revisecurriculum and update a laboratory in the IMS Sequence at ISU. The methodology for this project consisted of randomly selecting small and mid-sizedIllinois manufacturers from the 2004 Illinois Manufacturers Directory. The participants in thestudy completed a survey consisting of questions with regard to demographics, basic personalskills, technical skills, and business/professional skills. A 5 point likert scale was used. The results of this study are being used to help modify a

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted M. Stilgenbauer; Thomas Nicholas; Anthony Brizendine

: Conditions of Learning. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Page 10.708.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”AuthorsThomas Nicholas II is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Fairmont StateUniversity. He has received a B. S. in Civil Engineering Technology degree from Fairmont State College and a B.S.and M.S. in Civil Engineering from West Virginia University. Mr. Nicholas’ scholarly activities have includedfunded projects in transportation and structural

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Filsinger

effects through practical experimentation, as onecannot simply compare the performance of a non-pipelined CPU versus a pipelined CPU, sincethe performance will likely have been strongly affected by other optimizations in the(presumably newer) pipelined CPU.This paper will examine one project I use to demonstrate this concept. In this project, studentswrite a simulation of a series of “instructions” moving through a CPU data path. This simulationtakes three forms: a single-cycle implementation, where each instruction takes exactly one clockcycle to execute (but this clock cycle must be long enough to handle all of the requirements ofthe longest instruction type); a multi-cycle implementation, where each instruction can takemultiple clock cycles

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Tront

in small group projects. Active learning exercises, specifically facilitated by the new tabletPC technology, were devised by the instructor for almost every classroom session. Studentswere able to capture the instructors electronic ink notes made on PowerPoint slides andelectronic whiteboards. Along with the instructor’s notes, the software also captures studentelectronic ink notes as well as e-ink input generated by other students. Throughout the course,students kept journals of their experience. Additionally, the performance of the Tablet PC groupwas monitored and compared to others in the sophomore cohort who took the course withoutTablet PCs. In general, students were very satisfied with the use of the tablet PC and their abilityto take

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

course curriculum was outlined as: academic development,personal development, utilizing resources, building community, and professional development.The course grade was based on the completion of the following components: Class attendance 20% Activity participation 20% Homework/reading assignment 20% Class notebook 15% Presentation and quiz 35% = (5% for quiz, 10% midterm presentation, 20% final presentation)Attendance was taken every class period. Group projects were graded according to the averageof the grades for each individual in the group.The Activity

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lewinski; William Hudson

the manyprescribed laboratories and their cumulative design experiences in both the single semesterJunior design and the year long Senior design sequence. Both students also had completed therequired Microprocessor design course in which they completed a multitude of assemblylanguage programming exercises. The students had project design experience at the device levelbut had little experience in system integration and designing using commercially availablesubassemblies. Also previous to this activity, the students did not have significant researchexperience. Page 9.862.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

around on campus is talking on a cellular phone, andyour staff sends instant messages back and forth, you realize that communications technology isa major influence in the way we do things. Today the student on the other side of the countrycan participate as an active team member on a class project. That software project that fivestudents from different parts of the world are assigned to can be designed produced andpresented because of collaboration software used over the internet. The presentation of thatsoftware project could be given by joining these five distance education through videoconferencing over the internet with the on-campus class. In one of the courses, in the field ofEnvironmental Engineering, the professor has identified various

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

Engineering EducationLiterature reviewMost of the literature required for the project, books and journals were suggested by the expert,in this case Mr. Kaushik Hatti working as a Teaching Assistant for the Organic lab at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. The most useful book in this project was The ExperimentalOrganic Chemistry by Gilbert and Martin 5. Other books which were helpful in this case wereExperimental Organic Chemistry by Daniel R. Palleros. Many important points were noted downfrom the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual by Dr. Mark C. Morvant.10Most of critical information required for this project was obtained from Gilbert and Martin 5which addresses a critical need faced by researchers in all fields of the human sciences - how

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

fourth case studydescribed project-based assessment of conceptual knowledge in an advanced graduatecourse. In this case, the traditional, comprehensive final exam was replaced with anindividual or team project related to the course material. Recognizing that they elected totake the course, presumably to aid their graduate research, students were encouraged topursue topics directly related to their research. The complete projects were deeplyinsightful, indicating a level of conceptual knowledge gain which could not have beenmeasured using a final exam. Project-based assessment was very effective in this advancedgraduate elective, where students were compelled by a personal desire to learn.Like most faculty study groups, the faculty participating

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Molu Olumolade

find on their way to reaching the goal’s solution, there is a goodchance that important information will not be studied. Dolmans et al.1 found in their study,correlating student directed study and faculty objectives, that students did not stay on track andmany important objectives were omitted.Motivation:In our program, engineering technology students have to go through a course of industrialinternship before they graduate, which they normally complete during the summer session. Inthe past couple of years, it has become difficult to find appropriate industrial projects for thesestudents. It is therefore feared that if this continues, students may be spending more than thenecessary number of years to graduate. But in order to keep the students

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Homkes; Henry Kraebber; Donna Evanecky

that it can happen, or the individual failures along the way, are connected with ANDgates and OR gates to get to the final event. For example, Figure 2 shows how a system failurecould occur by the failure of either the actuator or the actuator command. While product (andthus software) development focuses on FTA from a projective approach, it could also be usedfrom a historical or diagnostic approach. A recent television show in the Crime SceneInvestigation (CSI) series showed this can be done. In the episode, the investigation of a busaccident found that a tire failure caused by a contaminant being placed in the tire along with abolt failure from a bad part caused the resultant loss of control and crash.Figure 2 - Generic Fault Tree

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelton Houston; Christopher Herrod; Steven Blesse

areasfor these courses were system maintenance, data communications, network components, networkplanning & design, project management, and operating platforms. These courses were createdalong with 13 other courses to complete the four-year curriculum.Collectively, the courses offered a two-course sequence in computer architecture & maintenance,a four-course sequence in local area networking, a four-course sequence in wide area networking,a five-course sequence in Windows client-server networking, a two-course sequence in open Page 10.809.1source client-server networking, and a two-course senior capstone sequence. Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Trabert; Lawrence Carlson

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationactually measure his/her own part to get the correct answer. However, collaboration betweenstudents is encouraged, as it is well known to be an effective learning strategy.Course Overview and ObjectivesComputer-Aided Drawing and Fabrication is a required three credit-hour, first-year course formechanical engineering majors. While traditionally offered in the spring semester, we aremoving the course to the fall semester next year, for several reasons. We find that havingstudents learn CAD modeling early greatly benefits their performance in the required First-YearEngineering Projects course, which is a hands-on

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

knowledge.Geotechnical Analysis and Design in PracticeGood old fashioned hand calculations and chart solutions are still used on many projects as aquick way to get a feel for engineering performance and behavior, or to check the results of moredetailed computer solutions. On small projects with low budgets, hand calculations and chartsolutions may actually be the standard of practice. In most cases, however, geotechnicalengineers typically use a combination of computer software and spreadsheets, along with moreclassical approaches to accomplish their work. The engineering challenges, however, are inunderstanding the important design considerations on a project, relative to the geotechnical siteconditions, and the determination, selection or estimation of

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Sokol; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Judith Norback

theCommunication Lab.IV. Communication Lab ActivitiesThe Communication Lab provides instruction and practice focused on effective communicationas an integral part of engineering design work. Some lab activities take place in class incoordination with design projects. Other activities take place in the Lab where the focus is onservice to individual students and teams. The activities include: 1) interactive discussions about audience analysis, presentation, and writing skills 2) panel discussions about workplace communication skills by recent graduates and senior executives 3) videotaping of in-class presentations with follow-up review and practice in the Lab 4) writing instruction and review in the Lab.These activities

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Schrader; Jawa Mariappan; Angela Shih

Society for Engineering Education Session 2666 Figure 1 – An Example of SBL ModelScenario-based learning has similarities with project-based learning10, but has some importantdifferences. The closest approach to scenario-based learning is the story-centered curriculumchampioned by Robert Shank2-3 from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Kieran Egan11-12.CMU West is applying this concept to the development of a six-unit network security course.Egan’s approach is adopted in various forms at elementary and high school level. Thus theconcept of SBL is not new. However, its application has been very limited and mostly applied

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Jackson

required for the fourth screen,located on the north end of the laboratory, the screen configuration had to be countersunk intothe ceiling. This required a slightly different configuration, such that the screen could be raisedand lowered electrically, as needed. With this design innovation, one projector could be used todemonstrate and evaluate products and processed generated by each module without having tolook over the shoulder or look to the side to view images specific to a given module. We believethat this will enable participants to improve their research skills and to enhance the effectivenessof each module within the lab. In addition to the visual projection system, two separate soundsystems were installed to enable multimedia

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Frey; Marisa Wolsky

engineeringare serious problems. Engaging young children with engineering is a promising part of thesolution, and popular media is a powerful means to accelerate and broaden this effort.Background on Project OrganizationsIn response to the issues and opportunities described above, an effort has been launched todevelop a new television show and associated outreach programs. To begin this project, it wasessential to assemble a network of organizations and a team of people with the needed skills,experience, and resources. This section describes the organizations and some of the peopleinvolved so far.WGBH is Boston’s public television station and a producer of educational materials in many

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

with fullconfidence in their technical ability and the education they received as undergraduates. Afterobtaining employment, students are very eager to demonstrate their ability and competence.Assigned to a particular project or task the former students quickly delve into their new role,knowing their technical education will provide them with all that is necessary to accomplish theirjob. Working with other technical professionals also gives the students a sense that all will goaccording to the project schedule. They begin to live their career dream envisioned aftergraduation.As problems begin to arise during the course of the project or task, the former student begins toget suspicious of why things are not going as well as was expected. They