Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering educators have homework, design projects, and mid-term exams, andmany times topics are tested again on a final exam. This process allows the student tofirst wrestle with the concept at their own pace in a homework assignment where theycan collaborate with others before being asked to test their skills within a timed eventsuch as an exam. Learning by doing is the primary basis behind the growth of project-based learning (PBL) opportunities.5 Some programs have been completely sold on theconcept to the point of desiring PBL for all learning activities within the program.6,7These collaborative, team design experiences allow even deeper understanding throughgroup work focused on a project. If this process is sound, then why are most

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Crystal Hoyer; Crystal Eney

Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WICSE)seminar. The syllabus was shaped by the instructors’ personal experiences, and research studieson gender disparity in computer science and engineering. Throughout the quarter we brought inguest speakers, visited research projects, and held discussions. Our activities concentrated onfostering a sense of community, encouraging a wider and more accurate view of computerengineering, and offering a safe environment for discussion and debate. At the end of eachquarter we surveyed the students and found that they had uniformly positive reactions to theseminar. The women felt more comfortable in their programming course and became excitedabout the field of computing. Our paper will outline what we

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

considering classroom use of emerging cloud capabilities.History of Cloud ComputingThe concept of cloud computing began in the nineteen-sixties as technologies to connectcomputers to each other and enable them to transfer data back and forth were just beginning toemerge. Even before the first two computers were connected together to exchange data, JosephCarl Robnett Licklider, the director of Behavioral Sciences Command and Control Research forthe Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), envisioned a shared computer network. Hisvision went far beyond what would begin as ARPANET and later evolve into the Internet, and Page 15.150.2his vision also

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Reed, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Ludois, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Maria Hamlin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

power electronics orother power conversion course could improve student engagement throughout the course ascompared to more conventional sample applications. Furthermore, it will be shown that theknowledge base necessary to build an SSTC spans far more technical areas than required in mostconventional power electronics projects, and therefore justifies the SSTC as practical classroomexercise. The hypotheses presented in this paper are investigated and further evaluated with asurvey to gauge student interest in enrolling in a power electronics course based on a variety ofsample applications, including the SSTC. (a) (b) (c

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

to continue to learn throughout their careers. With experience, graduates should grow Page 15.1195.2professionally from the level of a junior team member to that of a leader with responsibility forthe broad scope of a technological project. Their job duties should progress from dealing withspecific problems as part of a broader project to managing the entire project where the personmust deal with social and economic as well as purely technical issues.While the initial job function may have the graduate performing basic tasks such as calculationsand analyses where someone else makes critical judgments based on these calculations, or

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

, 2010 Mobile and Wireless Networks Course Development with Hands- on LabsAbstractRapid advances in wireless networks technologies present opportunities for innovative educationat undergraduate and graduate level. Wireless networks courses become increasingly popular incolleges (including community colleges) and universities. However, there is a real concern withthe lack of hands-on labs based active learning in computer science, engineering and technologycurriculums. Hands-on project based learning is found to be the best way of learning andteaching wireless networking technologies. These hands-on projects also provide the problembased learning (PBL).In this paper, an undergraduate computer information

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University; Michele Govekar, Ohio Northern University; Amanda Stype, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of management education. She currently teaches undergraduate courses in strategy, corporate citizenship, small business and project management. She is the co-program chair of the North American Management Society 2009 conference and past Division Chair of the Management History Division of the Academy of Management for 2005-06.Amanda Stype, Ohio Northern University Amanda Stype is a 2009 graduate of the James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University with an Honors degree in International Business & Economics and also in applied mathematics. She currently is a graduate student at Bowling Green State University in their Master of Economics

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Jones, University of Texas, Pan American; Rajiv Nambiar, University of Texas, Pan American; Deborah Crown, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

by Dr. Crown and delivered to students in a measurements andinstrumentation lab. Students responded positively to the platform however the time investmentrequired for the instructor to create content for an entire course was determined to be prohibitive.In the process, however, it was observed that the development of the content was veryinstructional. In the following summer a group of high school students were employed to teachthe chat-bot basic algebra to study the possibility of using students in the process of training the Page 15.181.3chat-bot. The students enjoyed working on the project, gained a better understanding of algebra,and

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Layton, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

by Literature andHumanities departments. The paper proposes an alternative approach to teaching science fictionclasses, one that treats the class as an interdisciplinary subject, not a primarily literary one. Sucha course would focus on the scientific and technological themes of science fiction rather than onthe literary technique. The paper includes some ideas for class themes, in-class assignments,essays, and team projects, all of which will have students use critical thinking methods forassessing how technology affects their lives.IntroductionThat the human world has become more global and more technical has long been recognized. Apersistent problem from this change has been how to harmonize personal lifestyles withtechnological change

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Musa Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; William Palm, University of Rhode Island

15.1157.3from the User-Interface Program.User-Interface ProgramA screen shot of the developed Windows-based User-Interface Program is shown in Fig. 2. TheUser-Interface Program was designed to serve as the user-interface for all the experiments thatare planned to be performed in this project. The User-Interface Program was developed in VisualBasic Express 2008, and it communicates with the embedded program on the PIC18F4550microcontroller through either a serial or USB connection. The embedded program wasdeveloped in C using PICC compiler from CCS, Inc. The User-Interface Program transfers theexperiment settings to the PIC microcontroller, provides monitoring and control of theexperiment progress, retrieves the data collected after the experiment is

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education c. Develop the cash flow diagram for a project. Sunk cost; nonrecurring cost; salvage value; revenues and expenses. d. Perform an economic analysis. Sensitivity analysis of alternative projects using cost of capital/minimum annual rate of return. Alternatives with equal and unequal project lives as well as with and without project replacement; additional techniques including benefit/cost analysis, incremental internal rate of return, and payback period. e. Determine the effect of taxes and inflation on profitability of projects

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

control,analog and digital electronics, microcontroller technology, interface electronics and real-time programming. The laboratory sessions focus on small, hands-on interdisciplinarydesign projects in which small teams of students configure, design, and implement asuccession of mechatronic subsystems, leading to system integration in a final project.For example, as an introduction to digital design, students apply the fundamentalprincipals of combinatorial and sequential logic to the design of a quadraturedecoder/counter circuit that is used to interface an incremental optical encoder to amicrocontroller. The design is implemented using the appropriate software development

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Mukai

Session #3630 Effectiveness of Various Components in a Mechanics of Materials Course David J. Mukai University of Wyoming Civil and Architectural EngineeringIntroductionThe pressures on undergraduate Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology (SME&T)education are well documented (1). Some of these problems include: undergraduateSME&T courses tend to filter out students, leaving only a few highly-qualified graduates;low retention in SME&T courses because students find them boring; and an increasedamount of knowledge that needs to be transmitted. This project modifies materialsdeveloped by Gregory Miller at the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lunt Barry; C. Richard Helps; Joseph Ekstrom

team projects in most of the courses, including the sophomore level Page 9.496.5 course, and continuing the application-oriented labs in all IT courses. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & 5 Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 8. Including the use of state of the art tools through educational copies and the use of the 30 day free trial of the software. (Vendors who allow free academic use of their products get a big advertising bonus here.) 9. Providing deeper coverage of enterprise systems deployment in the

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

done.C. Project BackgroundAs part of a five-year longitudinal project funded by an National Science Foundation (NSF)grant from 2008 to 2012, the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE)established at Purdue University offered a one-week introductory engineering TPD program eachsummer and a three-day follow-on TPD program the following year for grades two to fourteachers in a large school district located in south-central United States. During their first one-week Summer Academy, teachers were exposed to engineering content by engaging in andreflecting on various engineering lessons. These lessons included developing working definitionsof technology and engineering, an introduction to an engineering design process (EDP

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery L. Loo, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa T. Ngo, University of California, Berkeley; Cody K. Hennesy, University of California, Berkeley; Brian D. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Jean McKenzie, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Embedding video-based learning modules for library research methods in an online graduate engineering degree programAbstractAt the University of California, Berkeley, the College of Engineering has launched a fully onlineMaster's degree program in integrated circuits. As part of this program, students are required tocomplete a comprehensive capstone project requiring access to the research literature andtraining on its use.The Library plays an important role in providing the information resources and instruction tohelp students succeed in their capstone. In response to student need, we designed an onlineinstruction environment that supports common information challenges, uses

Conference Session

Design Realization

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Katja N. Spreckelmeyer, Stanford University, Dept. of Psychology; Jacob Hershfield; Max Hershfield, Stanford University; Carolyn McEachern, Stanford University; Martin Steinert, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology); Larry Leifer, Stanford University, Center for Design Research

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

student at Stanford University, working towards a Bach- elors of Science in Engineering: Product Design. Her focus is human-centered design, with an interest in user testing and prototyping.Prof. Martin Steinert Steinert, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Martin Steinert, Ph.D. is Professor of Eng. Design and Innovation at the Department of Eng. Design and Materials at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). I teach fuzzy front-end engineering for radical new product/service/system concepts and graduate research seminars for PhDs en- gaged in topics related to new product design and development. My various research projects are usually multidisciplinary (ME/CS/EE/Neuro- and

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter A Sable, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sharon Liz Karackattu; Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

new engineering students about the responsibilities, activities, and projects they mayencounter as practicing engineers will have an impact on students’ desire to continue inengineering.15Results found utilizing nonparametric analysis indicate that, on average, exposure to engineeringpractice and research does not statistically increase or decrease students’ desire to remain inengineering, though it does significantly increase students’ familiarity with faculty and research.Within some cohorts, there was a statistically significant decline in interest to remain in thespecific MEE major. While this outcome may indicate that exposure to engineering practitionersdoes not increase retention, it may also infer that exposure serves as a deterrent

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Katherine Sofía Palacio, Fundacion Universidad del Norte; Sarah Spencer-Workman, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Yaneth Correa-Martinez, Colorado State University-Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Presentations and discussions The IPAT equation Presentations and discussions Limits of growth and the Presentations and discussions concept of carrying capacity Assessing the foot print Presentations, discussions, and homework assignments Introducing sustainability into Students’ presentations the design process Evaluating the foot print Posters Developing and evaluating a Final project and students’ new manufacturing or service presentations company by using

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

methods from the businessworld are analyzed for their usefulness in the academic world. Four different methods wereanalyzed, including Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, Business ProcessReengineering (BPR), and Lean Manufacturing. “TQM was highly suited to improving thedepartmental processes to effect a transition to excellence, Lean Six Sigma provided a few buthighly effective methods for departmental improvement.” The use of Lean Six Sigma wasrevealed from their analysis of the Kukreja study. It was noticed that the data collection cyclewas too long and a great deal of time was necessary to complete the project. Since most studentsare only enrolled for four years, this did not work well with this required timespan. They proposemixing

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervises many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects (IPRO) program. Areas of Interests: - Zonal modeling approach, - Integration zonal models/building energy simulation models, - Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building, - Airflow in Multizone Buildings & Smoke Control, - Thermal Comfort & Indoor Air Quality, - Predictive modeling and forecasting: Support Vector Machine (SVM) tools, - Energy, HVAC, Plumbing & Fire Protection Systems Design, - Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Application in Building, - BIM & REVIT: application to Architecture and Electrical/Lighting Design systems

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berndt Spittka P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Erik R. Wright PE, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Evan Hansen

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

closer to internal motivation whenwe have the ability to work autonomously. 8 Mastery is becoming proficient at ones’ chosencraft. In the same way that a basketball player shoots the same shot hundreds of thousands oftimes in practice for the opportunity to shoot one time at the end of a game, so too do allprofessionals seek to become masters within their domain. Allowing professionals and studentsthe opportunity to work towards mastery helps move us beyond Motivation 2.0. 9 Finally,Purpose allows a person to see the reason why their efforts are important. Most people want tobe functional members of a team and have their efforts used as part of a larger project, or theentire project. This purpose means something more than just their current

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Theodore Demetrius Caldwell M.Ed., Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Kyle P. Foster, Michigan State University College of Engineering; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr.; Lisa R. Henry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

- ticipants involved in the reforms. She is involved in several research projects focusing on competencies- based curriculum redesign and implementation aimed to integration across curricula; increasing the re- tention rate of early engineering students; providing opportunities for STEM graduate students to have mentored teaching experiences.Mr. Theodore Demetrius Caldwell M.Ed., Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan StateUniversity BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES THEODORE D. CALDWELL, DIVERSITY DIRECTOR Contact Information Michigan State University Cell: (517) 614-3528 Diversity Programs Office Office: (517) 355-8310 College of Engineering Facsimile: (517) 355-2293 1108 Engineering Building E-mail: tc

Conference Session

Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman "Storm" Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy A. Lingle, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teaching and learning. Storm began his career as a Mathematics Teacher at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, South Carolina. He was awarded Teacher of the Year after his second year in the classroom. Also at this time he was selected to serve on the Curriculum Leadership Institute for the Greenville County Schools District. After teaching middle school for five years, Storm moved to Riverside High School and instructed integrated mathematics classes for 2 years. With a solid foundation of teaching experience formed, Storm accepted a position as an Aerospace Edu- cation Specialist for NASA’s Aerospace Education Services Project. For 7 years Storm designed, imple- mented and facilitated various STEM programs to

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mikhail M. Bouniaev, University of Texas, Brownsville; Immanuel Adaikalaraj Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Bill W. Elliott, The University of Texas at Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Page 24.862.1 he is the Coordinator for Special Projects with the Office of the Dean, College of Science, Mathematics and Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He has extensive experience in developing academic support programs for post-secondary students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 LESSONS LEARNED IN ESTABLISHING STEM STUDENT COHORTS AT A BORDER UNIVERSITY AND THE EFFECT ON STUDENT RETENTION AND SUCCESSAbstractThe University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) serves more than 8,000 students in the Lower RioGrande Valley area and broader Mexico region. UTB is a Hispanic-serving institution thatattracts students from the surrounding areas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lee Clapp P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Petronilo Estandarte Pana, LBJ Middle School, PSJA ISD

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 25.13.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Modeling, Simulations and Studies using Hydrogen or Dithionite as Reductants in Uranium Contaminated Groundwater at Post- Leach Uranium Mining Sites in South TexasAbstractThis paper summarizes the results of a summer research project conducted by a public highschool teacher. The project focused on the impacts of in situ recovery (ISR) uranium mining ongroundwater quality in South Texas. Uranium is a major groundwater constituent at ISR miningsites and there is need for more effective post-mining restoration strategies. One promisingapproach is to add reductants to reduce soluble U(VI) species to insoluble U(IV) species

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Renee Lockwood, West Texas A&M University; Emily M. Hunt, West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Page 23.513.3simply not feasible to constantly integrate course material in a learning community as eachcourse has its own objectives, but with curriculum flexibility and careful planning, faculty havebeen able to integrate the courses with consistent periodic activities and projects throughout thesemester. Our experience indicates the more consistent the integration, particularly in the firstsemester courses, the more likely the students are to be engaged in the community. Problemstaken from Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications developed by Wright StateUniversity are used in both the Precalculus and Calculus courses of the learning community as ameans to link mathematics concepts to engineering applications [11]. Problem

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; John Hansen; Thomas Hall

act on a continuum of either behavioral scale—task or relationship—so, the fourquadrants merely simplify the discussion of styles. The following four descriptions are adaptedfrom their book. • Telling: High Task Behavior and Low Relationship Behavior. The leader is very directive and provides close supervision of the project. Often, communication is one-way from the leader to the followers. • Selling: High Task Behavior and High Relationship Behavior. The leader may still make the decisions, but will explain them to the followers and give them opportunities to ask for clarification. While “selling,” the leader remains heavily engaged in the project, but opens up two-way

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsectors of the economy in the next five years. The magnitude of the proposed projects is simplystaggering.With this rapid and significant development has come the challenge to make the ChemicalEngineering program of the national university a national technical resource and asset. Thischallenge has forced the program to redefine its identity, refocus its mission, and develop avision as ambitious as the developments taking place in the country.One of the early conclusions of the College of Engineering and the Chemical Engineeringprogram was to recognize the need to obtain ABET “substantial equivalency

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

community colleges, in the military, or in private and other publicsectors.The ECU program grew out of strong needs for affordable, graduate, DE based, hands-ontechnology programs in information technology for students who would not otherwise be able tophysically attend a college or university due to work load, family commitments, distance, orother limitations. To that end, the online programs at ECU are designed to provide maximumflexibility for the working professionals, allowing them to take courses, conduct hands-on labactivities and projects, and collaborate with their classmates in their available time.For on-line or Internet-based programs to be successful, however, several key issues must beaddressed. These include advanced planning