Conference Session

Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Oyindamola O. Idowu, Waukegan Schools District 60; Thomas C. MacMullen, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a substantialenhancement of the telecommunication course’s academic tools. The collaboration of thetechnical people in charge of the university network is a key component if any other institutionwants to replicate what we have done. Without their expertise and collaboration it would be verydifficult to build the access network appropriately. We believe that the final evaluation and fine-tuning of the laboratory guidelines will be complete within a year after we gather more data fromour students regarding their experience with the course and laboratory practices. Page 24.711.12References[1] Yoo, S., & Horis, S. (2004, March). Remote

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Student

from other departments.These challenges, common on interdisciplinary teams, are uncommon within traditional doctoralcommittees, potentially causing more challenges for the student.MethodsThis study utilized a 4 round Delphi method as a means to achieve consensus about the keytechnical, personal, and professional characteristics of a doctoral advisor and the overallcommittee for Engineering Education.Delphi Method OverviewThe Delphi method was first utilized by the RAND Corporation in the 1950’s as a means toobtain reliable consensus among experts [14, 15]. The method is typically applied in situationswhere judgmental information is needed to set goals, develop policy, and predict the events offuture events [14, 16, 17]. The key advantage of

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Sean Poust, University of California-Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

organization, data interpretation, and analysis. Using an online simulationprovides an outlet for collection of data within constraints of a stand-alone technical writingcourse: limited time and laboratory equipment resources; and is an effective way to engagestudents in laboratory report writing.Works Cited1 Atman, Cynthia J., Sheri D. Sheppard, Jennifer Turns, Robin S. Adams, Lorraine N. Fleming, ReedStevens, Ruth A. Streveler, Karl A. Smith, Ronald L. Miller, Larry J. Leifer, Ken Yasuhara, & Dennis Lund. (2010).Enabling engineering student success: The final report for the center for the advancement of engineering education.San Rafael, CA: Morgan & ClaypoolPublishers. (http://www.engr.washington.edu/caee/CAEE%20final%20report

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

learning community program. The learning community simply encouraged studentsto dual enroll in two courses in order to create a community of learners that will hopefullysustain them to graduation.References1. Lenning OT, Ebbers LH. The Powerful Potential of Learning Communities: ImprovingEducation for the Future. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 26, No. 6. 1999.2. Bailey R, Shoffner M, Rowner-Kenyon H. Special Session - Integrating LearningCommunities into Engineering curricula. 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference.Washington, DC2010. p. T4A-1 - T4A-2.3. Baker S. Impact of Learning Communities on Retention at a Metropolitan University.Journal of College Student Retention. 2001;2(2):115-26.4. Zhao C-M, Kuh GD

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepak Gupta; Robert Creese

(VisualBasic for Application). A copy of the program was e-mailed to all the students and they couldeither modify the program for their additional shapes or use any other program to solve theshape(s) which were not initially included in the program. The load and support modulesdetermine the force and moment relationships and the shape module determines the centroid andmoment of inertia expressions. Expressions for moment and deflection (Appendix 1) fordifferent shapes were built into the computer model4. The parameter selection module requiresthat certain parameters be fixed so that only one variable is determined. The parameters may bespecified as a specific value or as a ratio. For example in the evaluation of a rectangular shapethe width or height

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiunn-Chi Wu

C unambiguous needs statement while designing the mechanism for the specified task.2. Students will demonstrate their abilities to perform documents while in process of designing mechanism.Students will outline the basic steps of mechanism design and choose Cthe suitable methods.Students will learn collaboration through teamwork during the Dpreparation of contest.Acknowledgement This research has been sponsored by the National Science Council of Taiwan, ROC undergrant # NSC92-274511-S-008-002 and NSC93-2522-S-008-003. The authors also want tothank all the participated students who have taken the pilot courses and provide theirfeedback

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

ased L earn in g C a m p u s, W ired O u tco m es C lassroom s Z U A ca d em ic P rog ram M od el A ssessm en t & F eed b ack - E lectro n ic P o rtfolio Fig.1. Components Supporting the ZU Academic Program ModelThe readiness program is a prerequisite for students to be admitted to general education.Students must satisfy competency in English, basic mathematics and Information Technology.Students spend two years in the

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Beckett; Thomas Marrero

B S.E. Wald Df Sig. Exp(B) Step 1(a) FIG(1) -.673 .346 3.780 1 .052 .510 ACTCOMP .168 .038 19.042 1 .000 1.182 HSrank .013 .005 6.777 1 .009 1.013 Constant -3.260 1.109 8.638 1 .003 .038a Variable(s) entered on step 1: FIG, ACTCOMP, HSrank.Academic success of first-year studentsUsing the same sample, a one-way ANOVA was used to compare first semester mean gradepoint averages (GPA) between

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

, American Society for Engineering Education”The outreach activity was initiated as part of a university-high school partnership under theauspices of Georgia Tech’s NSF-funded Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP)GK-12 program. It requires an incremental approach that gradually introduces the necessaryconcepts within the context of the regular school schedule.3.1 Year-One SummaryInvolving the High School Teacher(s)Our partnership began in the summer proceeding the placement of the STEP Fellow in CedarGrove High School. The high school physics teacher, Mr. Michael Pastirik, sat in on the summersession of the Georgia Tech mechatronics course. This allowed him to gain an understanding ofboth the depth and breadth of the course and an

Conference Session

Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha

decision hierarchy within the legal domain as is illustratedin Figure 2.3.1.1. Statutes and RegulationsStatutes are laws passed by federal and state legislative bodies. Federal and state agenciesformulate regulations to objectify the statute. Regulations have the same legal impact as statutes.One must always adhere to statutes and regulations. Regulations codify many things thatprofessionals can do and cannot do.Many regulations governing public procurement have been written to make unethical behaviorillegal. An example of regulations on ethical behavior is illustrated by the case of U. S. ArmyCorps of Engineers vs. Swensen [11]. The issues involved bribery collusion, and otherreprehensible actions

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Smith

would question the educators to the point ofalmost demanding the opportunity. When extra study is arranged, Chinese students must attend.Although a small percentage of Chinese youth are successfully accepted into the finite number ofnational colleges, almost every parental pair saves without fail to be able to fund the child’sadvanced education. Since wages are low in comparison to other oriental cultures (ex: Japan),both parents must work to be able to afford food and education for the child. Usually a Chinesecouple has only one child due to a law passed in the late 1970’s that allowed each family onlyone child without penalty. The reason: to curb a rapidly rising population before the countrycould no longer support its own peoples’ needs. If

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Trev Harmon; C. Richard Helps; Michael Bailey

. Brumm, A. Ellertson, S. K. Mickelson, “Using ePortfolios to Develop and Assess ABET-Aligned Competencies.” Proc. American Society for Engineering Education 2003 Annual Conference, Session 1408.[3] E. F. Gehringer, “Why Aren’t Course-Management Systems Penetrating Faster?” Proc. American Society for Engineering Education 2003 Annual Conference, Session 2158.[4] S. F. Harris, “Applying Laptop Computers and Course-Management Software to Enhance Undergraduate Student Learning,” Proc. American Society for Engineering Education 2003 Annual Conference, Session 1532.[5] R. Hentze, A. Muto, “Sending HTML in E-mail – Status Report 2000.” Network Working Group Internet Draft, online at http://dsv.su.se/jpalme/ietf/mhtml-test/mhtml-status.txt

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chia-Jeng Tseng

”decision for the number of bits allocated to the integer and fractional parts as well as where toplace the binary point. strobe 14 7 14 7 15 8 0 15 8 0 S S 21 0 6 0 15 0 7 0 left shift right shift right shift left shift 22 0 15 0 integer ACC fraction ACC

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

indeedisolate those aspects of instructional design which require updating. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliography1. Christopher W. Alexander. Notes on the Synthesis of Form Harvard University Press (June 1, 1970)2. Alan Shalloway, James R. Trott, Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (July 9, 2001)3. Gamma, Erich, Helm, Richard, Johnson, Ralph, Vlissides. Design Patterns; elements of reusable Object- Oriented Software Addison Wesley, 19954. Andrew S. Gibbons, What and how do designers design? TechTrends, v47

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

0.395 4.1 4.2 0.608 4.2 4.3 0.22Confidence 3.6 3.6 0.731 3.4 3.5 0.411 3.4 3.5 0.512 Page 10.217.12Conclusion References 1. Collura, M.A., B. Aliane, S. Daniels, and J. Nocito-Gobel, “Development of a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral”, Proceedings, 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20 – 23, June 2004. 2. Nocito-Gobel, J., S. Daniels, M. Collura, and B. Aliane, “Project-Based Introduction to Engineering - a

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Fischer; Richard Jerz

course – to helpengineering students appreciate the need for close interaction between design and manufacturing Page 10.610.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”engineers. The rapid prototyping lab also illustrated a great technology for quickly producingdesign models.The course is not without its problems. One of the biggest challenges is finding a book(s) thatcovers most of the topics and is affordable. We use about a third of the Kalpakjian book.Students selling it at the end of the

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eldon Larsen

overtime cost. When leveling, use the following constraints. (1) No one task may besplit in its duration and resource requirements. For example, if a task takes four people threeweeks to complete, those parameters cannot be changed and the three-week block must becontinuous. (2) A task on the critical path cannot be moved in the schedule. (3) The sequence inany path cannot be changed; in other words, the given predecessors must be maintained. Assignment 15: For the projects in Assignments 10 and 13, construct the Gantt chart foreach project (a total of three). Show the critical path(s) task bars in a different color and patternfrom those tasks not on the critical path(s).Putting It All Together To help our students put all of their

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Woodruff; Farhad Reza

thank Dr. Earl Lhamon of the LimaAstronomical Society for his enthusiasm and cooperation. The authors also thank the Lima CityEngineer Kirk Neimeyer and his staff for their assistance. The assistance provided by Dr. JasonPinkney of the Physics Department at ONU was also appreciated.Bibliogr aphic Infor mation 1. Chan, E. H. W., Chan, M. W., Scott, D., and Chan, A. T. S. (2002). “Educating the 21st century construction professionals,” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice, 128(1), 44-48. 2. Molenaar, K. R., and Saller, B. J. (2003). “Educational needs assessment for design/build project delivery,” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice, 129(2), 106-114. 3

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

lack portability ‚" Highly portable in nature Table 3.1 shows some comparisons between traditional instruments and virtual instruments4.0 Hardware requirements The main hardware used was the National instruments PCI-6036E series DAQ card, which comprises of a 16 analogue inputs, 2 analogue outputs channels. The sampling rate of this card is up to 200 kSamples/s. A Connector terminal Block, CB 68LP was used for interfacing purpose. A Pentium 2 personal computer was used for this application.5.0 Data acquisition testing using DAQ board Students were given the opportunity to perform the installation of both the hardware and

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

pg 235.4. Jordan, James E. ADA Americans with disabilities act architectural barrier removal & compliance manual,Jordan Publishing, Granada Hills, CA:1996.5. US Government ADA webisite http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm6. R. S. Means Company. Means ADA compliance pricing guide: cost data for 75 essential projects, R. S. MeansCompany, Inc.:1994.Biographical SketchesJAMES BAISH is Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of the BiomedicalEngineering Program. He has been on the Bucknell faculty for 17 years and taught in the previous version ofExploring Engineering.DANIEL P. CAVANAGH is an assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering. In addition to holdingthe Emmitt Memorial Chair in Biomedical

Conference Session

Re-energizing the Mid-Life Professional

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Reid

to meld the1950’s desire for the perfect employee with the 1990’s belief in the individual.”16When unforeseen dynamics such as budget cuts and management/staffing changes occur, unduestress is placed on this relationship. I indicated how librarians could adjust their responses tocope with chaos during this period. When everything has been tried and re-energizing doesn’tappear to work, the possibility of job change is addressed. The pros and cons of this decision are Page 10.1466.7discussed in length. The re-evaluation of this decision is called for when an in-depth inventory“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Melton; Michael Micci; Deborah Levin; Charles Croskey; David Spencer; Sven Bilen

& Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society from Engineering Education experiment(s), including plans to complete and support flight nanosat build and operations • Ability to survive the launch and on-orbit environments • Compliance with the NS-3 program requirements • University implementation of effective plans for Program and Configuration Management • Nanosat EDU operates as planned Safety (10 points): compliance with NASA safety requirements (ground and flight

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy L. Mahan; Martin J. Gutowski; Brian H. Victor; Mark Deluca; Sarma Pisupati

Penn State for their consistentsupport in developing state-of the teaching and learning tools to make teaching andlearning a pleasure at the University.References:Dick, W. & Carey, L. (1996). The systematic design of instruction (4th ed.). New York: Longman.Hartley, J. (2003), In Jonassen’s (ed.) Handbook of research on educational communications and technology, New York: MacMillan, 917-947.McKeachie, W.J. (1999), Teaching Tips, Strategies, Research, and Theory for college and University Teachers. 10th ed.: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.Morrison, G. R., Ross, S. M., & Kemp, J. E. (2004). Designing effective instruction (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.Pisupati, S. V., Mathews, J. P., DiBiase, D., Scaroni, A. W

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

important item that you learned today? What do you need to knowmore about? and Suggestions for future meetings (including food). The students were then askedto give an overall rating of the session from 1. Strongly dislike to 5. Excellent. The studentswere also invited to give comments. Most of the evaluations were 4’s and 5’s each week. Theclass instructors responded to the questions and comments at the beginning of the next class.Toward the end of the semester, as their questions were answered, there were fewer and fewerquestions on the evaluation sheets.The NACME fall 2004 class was held in a classroom the entire semester for the second cohort ofNACME students. This supported a more formal setting for the class in contrast to meeting inthe CEDAR

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Yang; Andrew Bennett; Steve Warren

multiple choice format (i.e., numerical quantities ormathematical expressions), a parser checks the syntax of each field. If the syntax cannot beunderstood by the system, the user must fix the offending expression(s) before the module willbe graded. After the answers are graded, the computer shows the student which problems werecorrect or incorrect and provides a total score for the module. Detailed instructions for problemsolutions (i.e., worked problems) are provided if desired. A student can repeat a module as manytimes as desired before the due date, although new problems are generated with each repeatedmodule. The highest score received is stored in the database as the final homework grade. Formost modules, a student does not need to repeat

Conference Session

New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Briar Schumacher; Jon Leydens; Donald Elger

. (2005). The systematic design of instruction. New York: Pearson.Duncan-Hewitt, W., Mount, D., Beyerlein, S., Elger, D., & Steciak, J. (2001). Using developmental principles to plan design experiences for beginning engineering students, Proceedings of 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference.Gagne, R.M., Briggs, L.J. & Wager, W.W. (1992). Principles of instructional design. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning.Joyce, B., Weil, M., & Calhoun, E. (2000). Models of instruction. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.King, P. M., & Kitchener, K. S. (1994). Developing reflective judgment: Understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Kolb, D.A. (1984

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Edington; Melissa Eljamal; Stella Pang

Gaining International Competence: A Multi-Faceted Approach to International Engineering Education M. B. Eljamal, S. W. Pang, and S. J. Edington College of Engineering The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109AbstractIn direct alignment with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology criteria totrain engineers who should be globally competent, the International Programs inEngineering office in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan hascreated a broad palette of international program activities that

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Valentina Cecchi; Karen Miu

the 1988 IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 24-29, 1988.[6] M. A. Kashem, V. Ganapathy and G. B. Jasmon, “Network Reconfiguration for Load Balancing in Distribution Networks,” IEE Proceedings Online No. 19990694.[7] S. P. Carullo, et al, “Interconnected Power System Laboratory: Fault Analysis Experiment,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, November 1996, pp. 1913-1917.[8] S. P. Carullo, C. O. Nwankpa, and R. Fischl, “Instrumentation of Drexel University’s Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory,” Proceeding of the 28th Annual North American Power Symposium, Cambridge MA, October 1996, pp. 367-376.[9] National Instruments, SCXI-1001 User Manual, Texas, 1996.[10] X. Yang, K. Miu and C. Nwankpa, “A Multi

Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

n n 1st Year Core Engineering * Mathematics 1 Vectors, Matrices and * Numerical Methods Foundation Chemistry * Physical and Organic * ChemistryBasic Principles in Chemical * * * Engineering Intro to Chemical and * * Process Engineering IT and Graphical * * *Communication s

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Zhang

systematic perspectivebecause of the wide coverage of content. This article presents a systems approach to teaching an introductory course of electroniccommunications that effectively helps students consolidate their knowledge in electronic circuits,to be better prepared for later communications theory course(s) in terms of how differenttechnologies are applied to a communications system, and to accumulate hands-on experienceat a communications system’s level. Introduction Traditionally, an electronic communications course in ECET covers a wide range of topicsin communications theory, with the focus on different modulation schemes such as AM, FM,BPSK, QPSK, FSK, QAM, DS-SS, FH-SS, and the respective receivers’ baseband structures