Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students more flexibility when choosing courses,several courses, required on the old plan, were dropped and replaced with new required courses.The most notable change was the exclusion of an introductory electrical engineering course fromthe required core curriculum. This course was replaced with MECH 343 (Modeling DynamicSystems). This new four-credit course, which includes a laboratory component, includes topicssuch as Laplace transforms, Newtonian dynamics, Lagrangian dynamics, lumped-parametermodeling, derivation of equations of motion, and introductory system theory. At the same time,the students are exposed to systems in several domains (mechanical, electrical, thermal, andfluid). The lectures and laboratory exercises have attempted to

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Aslam, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

unique feature ofthe MSU smart robot is its user-upgradeable capability and itslarger number of programmable motor and sensor ports (than forexample the RIS). The user can even upgrade the microcontroller, Figure 11 Microcontroller basedwhich is not possible for any robot in its price class. A wall-climber, robots; miniaturization.completed in Summer 2005, is shown in Fig. 12. Plans for itscommercialization are under way (the target price is $200). Other examples of MILS and RILS are shown in Figures 13-15. Anenvironmental monitor, shown in Figure 13, is based on a PIC 16F876microcontroller and can measure air temperature, density, pressurechange and speed. This monitor was designed, tested and packaged bythe TASEM teams. A module

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

faculty advisor whenever necessary to discuss class scheduling plans, currentacademic issues, or other matters of concern.However, it is left to the student to request an appointment with her/his faculty advisor,and most do not. This situation is similar to the SLCC, where it is up to the students toask their instructor about the possible impact of the new environment on theirperformance. From our previous discussions, it is clear that many students facesignificant adjustment challenges, and it may be necessary to utilize all possible methodsof preparation much more carefully. In the case of international student transfer, in mostcountries, students are at least told about these academic challenges in their final year,and methods for coping are

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Queensland into the nature ofengineering competence indicate, however, that some competencies of recent graduates arenot the result of the systematic instruction envisaged in the concept of outcomes-basededucation. Based on these findings this paper introduces the concept of AccidentalCompetencies. These are the competencies that graduates achieve through the co-action ofseveral curricular elements and additional aspects surrounding the formal process ofeducation. Accidental Competencies are therefore not a planned outcome resulting fromcurriculum design.Critical Review of the Competency MovementIn order to understand this concept it is necessary to review the definition and underlyingassumptions behind the idea of competencies, the foundation of

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Mernet Larson, University of South Florida; Jack Heller, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

actual circuit deviceanatomical drawing living human bodyhouse or building plan existing (or proposed) house or buildingneural net model “real” human learningpicture or painting of a flower vase the actual flower vasescript the performed playscore the performed music Page 11.1081.13 Table Two Summary of the survey results of chemical (ChE) or mechanical (ME) engineering senior capstone design courseResponding programs

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guili Zhang, University of Florida; YoungKyoung Min, University of Florida; Matthew Ohland, Clemson University; Timothy Anderson, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

policy, 2005 version. DESIGN REVIEW POLICYIt is important in Civil Engineering to take the steps necessary to get the correct answer.Remember Hammurabi’s Law? In the "real world" practice plans, drawings and specificationsare reviewed and a responsible licensed PE is required to stamp them. In academia publicationsand research are also subjected to peer review prior to publication.Thus, this semester all your problem sets will be reviewed by two of your classmates prior totheir being turned in. This approach to having your work reviewed is called DESIGN REVIEW,and this idea, if not our process, may be familiar to you from other courses. The objective ofDESIGN REVIEW in our course is two fold. First and primarily

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

on the research team for four to six years. In contrast, at an undergraduateinstitution students may start in the group with only one or two engineering courses completed,and will remain in the group for only two or three years. Other constraints at these schools arehigh teaching loads and limited research facilities. Because of these concerns, some faculty maychoose to avoid research activities while others may perform only research that requires limitedstudent involvement. However, as the primary focus at these institutions is the education ofundergraduates, the ideal research plan will provide opportunities to include studentssignificantly in the process.One way to perform research with heavy undergraduate involvement is to select an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Curriculum Reform EffortsIn late 2002 curriculum reevaluation was started through support of a National ScienceFoundation Planning Grant for Department Level Reform of Engineering Education. Thereform effort was based on the hypothesis that learning was enhanced when engineeringcourses were relevant to students’ existing preconceptions of engineering, and students’experiences in the classroom match their preconceptions. Relevance was created byfocusing reform around three goals. First, student engagement and attitude would beimproved by changing courses from a traditional lecture format to one which emphasizedin-depth analysis of authentic problems by student teams. Reformed courses sacrificedbreadth of coverage for depth of understanding. The

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; David M. Moss, University of Connecticut; David Giblin, University of Connecticut; Elias Faraclas, University of Connecticut; Cathi Koehler, University of Connecticut

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school training. She plans to complete the Ph.D. in May 2006.David Giblin, University of Connecticut David Giblin earned his BSE degree in mechanical engineering in 2002 from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Since then, he has been active in the Galileo Program at the University of Connecticut supported by the NSF Fellowship (under contract NSF-0139307). Currently a PhD student in mechanical engineering at the University of Connecticut, his research area is in robotic manipulation theories and environment mapping strategies.David M. Moss, University of Connecticut David M. Moss is an Associate Professor of Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. His

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

writing samples gathered inportfolios). It employs several assessment strategies (quantitative analyses of student writingsamples, quantitative analyses of written surveys, and qualitative analyses of interviewtranscripts).This paper is the second in a series of four planned EWI reports to ASEE. While last year’spaper articulated a baseline set of data with regard to student attitudes, practices and skills, thisyear’s report will include data demonstrating what students have learned in addition topreliminary considerations of how this study can begin to affect instructional practice in UT-Tyler Engineering courses.BackgroundWith some estimates suggesting that “as much as 80% of an engineer’s work time is spent oncommunicating,”1 significant

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

come.AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation,Division of Engineering Education and Centers, under program solicitation NSF-03-562,"Department Level Reform of Undergraduate Engineering Education," Grant Number EEC-0343214. This work has also been supported by the College of Engineering & ComputerScience and the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Wright State University. Page 11.1073.12Bibliography1. Adelman, Clifford, 1998, "Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers," U.S. Department of Education Report, May, 1998.2. Pomalaza-Raez

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Sometimes when we teach our courses, we tend to lose sight of the fact that each courseis but one element in a learning sequence defined as a curriculum. The closer therelationships are among courses, curriculum, and planned out of class activities, the moreeffective the learning experience will be for the students2. The paradigm shift initiated by theappearance of ABET engineering accreditation criteria EC 2000, see Ref. [3], imposed oncourse designers to keep in mind this relationship between these three educational aspects. Acourse has to be designed, taught and assisted to address program objectives and outcomes.2. Active LearningThe instructor can make the most of a classroom by turning it into active learning. The setupin the classroom would

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

other first-yearCoE students at a campus dining facility or local restaurant. This social experience was intendedto be relaxing and a much needed distraction from the academic demands of the semester.Two large scale events and one closing activity were planned and implemented during the fallprogram. In conjunction with the Student Engineers Council, a course request help session forspring courses was facilitated by mentors and open to all mentees. Mentors representing specificengineering disciplines were available to answer questions about certain major-specific classesand professors and to assist students in completing the online course request process. An eveningevent was also held following the second Engineering Explorations test. Mentors

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Markus Billeter, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Institute for Biomedical; Grace M. Nijm, Northwestern University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Northwestern University; Alan Sahakian, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, please also ask the intervie-wee the two starting questions below, just to smooth the environment. We will notbe using them in our analysis, but for both parties (interviewee and interviewer)asking a few starting questions will warm up the conversation.(a) Starting question: What is your major field of study?(b) Starting question: What are your plans after graduation?(1) What is a spin echo? Could you describe me your understanding about spinecho in your own words? Alternative questions: Where do we use it? What causesspin echo?(2) What is spatial encoding? How is spatial encoding accomplished in MRI?Alternative questions: Where do we use it? What causes spatial encoding?(3) What is the ”Larmor frequency”? Alternative questions: Where do we

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan; Khalil Najafi, University of Michigan; Yogesh Gianchandani, University of Michigan; Kensall D. Wise, University of Michigan; Michel M. Maharbiz, University of Michigan; Dean Aslam, Michigan State University; Paul Bergstrom, Michigan Technological University; Craig Friedrich, Michigan Technological University

addressthem. b) The proposals are required to include systems aspects, and thus must cover a circuit inaddition to a sensor or actuator. c) Budgeting and milestone planning for the proposed work arerequired. Students have been from several engineering majors: electrical, mechanical,biomedical, and chemical engineering, as well as from applied physics. This course is availableto distance education students via the web.Societal Impact of Microsystems (EECS 830)During the next two decades, microsystems are expected to have a pervasive impact on societyas they are used to couple electronics to the non-electronic world. Microsystems will be used tomonitor our environment (global warming, pollution, improved weather forecasting), providehomeland security

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the instructor for future planning of courses.However, in terms of outcomes for the students, there are three questions which constitute bettermeasures of what the students actually learned from the course and how valuable this newknowledge is likely to be after the students leave the class. Below are some results for threeindividual questions on the SALG which captured this type of knowledge. [Percentages representonly students responding to the question, not “N/A” responses.]Question: How much of the following (understanding the main concepts) do you think youwill remember and carry with you into other classes or aspects of your life? 2004 2005 2006Average rating

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

recruitment for theengineering school (further studies in this area are planned). Moreover,approximately 80% of the students who have elected to take the course are men. Inthis sense, then, the course appears to have strong appeal to the problematicdisengaged male students who are most at risk in the widening gender imbalance thatis occurring on college campuses throughout the country.23 Related types ofengineering outreach courses could also easily be envisioned: Table 3 provides titlesfor a range of “technological literacy” courses that have been taught nationally—many of which are based out of schools of engineering.Table 3: Examples of courses that provide outreach to non-engineering/science students17, 24 Course title

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

when talking to people B. Change the topic to something else you thought of related to it23. You like to: A. Make plans and stick to them B. Decide things at the last minute, go with the flow, or do what you feel like at the moment24. You like to do A. Art projects in which you follow directions or step-by-step instructions B. Art projects that give you freedom to create what you want25. You like: A. to play music or sing based on written music or what you learned from others B. to create your own music, tunes, or songs26. You like to play or to watch: A. Sports that have step-by-step instructions or rules B. Sports that allow you to move freely without rules27. You

Conference Session

Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

weaker team (bottom 25%) that would be doing considerable learning on our dime if this were a real-world situation.Table 7 summarizes average performance scores for the past six years, assuming the rubricdefined in Table 6. The data suggest improvement in team performance. This result seemsreasonable since the program has focused more on teamwork and team-building issues during thepast five years and since the instructors of the capstone course have worked to continuouslyrefine and improve the team building and interpersonal communication lesson plans. It isimportant to note that we carefully screen the team performance scores to identify any teamsexperiencing communication problems or personality conflicts during the

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras ; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); Miguel Alfonso Nino, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the literature, we were not able to find papers about funding workshops or the evaluation offunding workshops, but we were able to find two extremely useful resources online that wewould like to share. The first resource was Dr. Robin Walker’s GRFP Essay Insights Website atthe University of Missouri (http://grfpessayinsights.missouri.edu/). At this website, we found arubric for students to self-evaluate the quality of their essays that we plan to incorporate to ourfuture workshops. The second resource is hosted on the website of Kappa Delta Pi, theInternational Honor Society in Education. It is a presentation by the Director of Retention andRecruiting at Texas A&M University, Megan Palsa, and can be found at the following website:http

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Ann Layton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Thomas Reed Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

-eight out of thirty-nine possible participants had amajor within the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, one being a MechanicalEngineer. Most students in QC are juniors and seniors with more than one prior course instatistics. By the end of this course students should have the ability to identify, formulate andsolve engineering problems, and model the stochastic nature of management systems andengineering relationships to the planning, organization, evaluation and control of human centeredsystems. The course places a heavy emphasis on control charting using Minitab 16. QC will becalled the Level 2 course for the remainder of this paper.At the start of the experiment, students provided various items of demographic information (e.g

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janaki Isabella Perera, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

. Research in Higher Education, 46(2), 153-184. 14. Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2007). Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. Sage Publications, Incorporated. 15. Cotten, S. R., & Wilson, B. (2006). Student-Faculty Interactions: Dynamics and Determinants. Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 51(4), 487-519. 16. Astin

Conference Session

Computer Hardware and Simulation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Man Wang, Michigan Technological University; Jun Tao, Michigan Technological University; Chaoli Wang, Michigan Technological University; Ching-Kuang Shene, Michigan Technological University; Seung Hyun Kim, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

FlowVisual, along with tutorialand evaluation materials online at http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~chaoliw/2dflowvis.html. This willprovide other instructors with a useful teaching aid, allowing them to revise their curricula andteaching practices. Due to its simplicity of operation, we plan to further develop a tablet versionof this tool for use at museums, science centers and similar institutions to develop exhibits inscience and engineering.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported in part by the Dave House Family Foundation and the U.S. NationalScience Foundation through grants IIS-1017935, DUE-1105047, and CNS-1229297. The 2Dflow data used in this work are slices extracted from a 3D hurricane simulation data set. Wethank all students who participated in

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Sylvester A. Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

selectively random study groups with diverse members. In summary thisresearch was planned to include the following elements: Developing a frame work for collaboration Formulating a selectively random study group to enhance the interaction between students of different backgrounds and educational performances Breaking the cohort of like minded students or students of similar performance level Engaging and managing a big class in a small university context Improving the performance of minority students and fostering sense of belonging among the students of all kinds Investigating quantitatively as well as qualitatively the effectiveness of selectively

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

important to be able to work in teams. … Usually problems are bigger [than] just one person [can] solve.” [Paige, SPri, Sophomore]By sophomore year, Paige had already learned that the scope of problems in engineeringrequired teamwork in order to adequately address them.The precipitous drop in the importance of teamwork among graduates was surprising. Paige, oneof the three participants that report teamwork as “not important” in her work, told theinterviewer: “One of the skills you need for this job is program management, just knowing how to plan out, how to get a team going” [Paige, SPri, EPS]This seems to contradict her survey response. Similarly, Nate said teamwork was not importantbut reported working with various teams on a

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

and appointments with peer researchconsultants. Access points related to consultations with archivists and media librarians wereadded in Spring 2012.Working with campus institutional research staff, we were able to correlate Fall 2011 library usewith higher term GPA and retention for first year students while controlling for other variablesrelated to student success.1 The Student Success line of inquiry is useful for demonstrating thatsuccessful students do find value in the library. However, as students move beyond their firstyear, the factors contributing to student success become increasingly complex and interrelated.Therefore, while we continue to collect first year data and plan to check the correlation strengtheach semester, we are not

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

productioncan increase along with their knowledge. Professors can talk about the similar kinds of writing that Page 23.676.7they do and the ways in which they handle the writing tasks. Students should also be required tobegin the process of oral presentation early in their academic careers. Professors should give theirstudents every chance available to speak of the technical knowledge that they are learning. Asinterest grows, planned seminars and workshops can be provided that will emphasize theimportance of the engineering faculty as the catalyst for improvement.The structure of unified technical knowledge and communication skill can be

Conference Session

Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, CIF Q2818015F; Jorge A. Lopez-Vargas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja; Nelson O Piedra, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Janneth Alexandra Chicaiza, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

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International

Paper ID #7837Impact of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions inSpain and Latin Americas through Social Network AnalysisProf. Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Polit´ecnica de Madrid, CIF Q2818015F Edmundo Tovar, Computer Engineering educator, has a Ph.D. (1994) and a Bachelor’s degree (1986) in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Polit´ecnica de Madrid (UPM). He is Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) from the IEEE Computer Society. He has been Associate Dean for Quality and Strategic Planning in the Computing School of the Universidad Polit´ecnica de Madrid. From this last position he

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer PE, Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University; Jessica Fitzgerald, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Gipson Tryon, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, tinkerers do not plan out what they aregoing to do, nor do they use any type of process to come to a certain solution. Instead, they use aprocess of guess and check, and try different things until they find something that works—aprocess of elimination. Though Alon makes this claim, that evolution is much like a “tinkerer,”he does state that the “solutions found by evolution have much in common with goodengineering design.” He elaborates on three examples of these similarities between engineeredsystems and biological systems: modularity, robustness, and the use of recurring circuitelements.The first, modularity, Alon defines as “a set of nodes [in a system] that have strong interactionsand a common function.” In order for a set of nodes to be