Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Viviana I. Cesani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

. Viviana Cesani is a professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). She completed her Ph.D. degree in Manufacturing and Production Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include production plan- ning and control, supply chain management, engineering economy, project management, and engineering education. She is currently the department head of the IE department at UPRM. Dr. Cesani is a senior member of IIE, President of the UPRM-Delta Chapter of the International Organization for Women Ed- ucators, and member of the Professional College for Engineers and Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico. She was recognized as UPRM

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Albert, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

themeasurements throughout the longitudinal period because deviations or inconsistencies mayyield unsubstantiated conclusions.The response variable, also referred to as achievement in MBT studies, will vary widelydepending on the learning objectives of the exercise. Of course, the learning objectives must bemeasureable actions that students are able to perform as a result of the educational module. Forexample, in the author’s recent research the learning objective was for participants to be able toidentify the safety hazards in planned construction environments. Throughout the longitudinalexperiment, the assessment variable remained constant and standard; however, the context of theassignment or the problem to be solved must change. For example during

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

originated here to use a hologram as the basis for a $99 computer After much brainstorming, a prototype is created. This prototype, Figure 2 below, iscontrolled with internet monitor gloves which allow the user to control the projected 3-D screenby rotating it, clicking certain buttons and even opening documents and internet pages. It alsohas a voice that projects through speakers to communicate to the user. The team came up with“E-Magic” as a name for their product. With the prototype complete, the team travels to variouscompanies to present the proposal of their product for possible investments. Unfortunately, themeetings did not go as planned and the prototype malfunctions many times. One of themalfunctions involved not displaying the proper

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

memberskeep their offices was slated for asbestos abatement. With the stimulus funds available, a largerproject was quickly planned that included renovation of the entire building to a LEED silverequivalent level. The cost of the project triggered a state law requiring one percent of the projectbudget to fund an art project. Recognizing the opportunity, the authors of this paper asked to beon the art selection committee and presented the steel connections sculpture as a possibility.Looking beyond simply steel connections, the authors wanted a more diverse civil engineeringsculpture, one as functional as the AISC sculpture but with features of all of the disciplines incivil engineering. They also sought to develop a functional gathering space around

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Conference Proceedings. Austin, TX; 2009.15. West C, Duffy J, Heredia M, Barrington L. Student Voices: Service-Learning in Core Engineering Courses. In:ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. Louisville, KY; 2010.16. Jones BD, Paretti MC, Hein SF, Knott TW. An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First-Year EngineeringStudents: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans. Journal of EngineeringEducation. 2010;99(4):319–336

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 25.1178.2JiTTIL approach to determine the impact on student outcomes and on the ease of implementationand use of the strategies and tools by the instructor.IntroductionStrategies for Adapting Active Learning tools to a Cyber-enabled Web Environment.A National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored project, Just-in-Time Teaching with InquiryLearning (JiTTIL), significantly increased student conceptual gain in a core materials classcompared to earlier classes taught with lecture pedagogy1. We are planning to leverage threeNSF-supported, cyber-enabled web platforms, designed for easy implementation and broadusage of learning tools, by using the platforms for teaching with the active learning strategies andtools that have been proven to enhance

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University; Elsie Elford, Grant MacEwan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

follows:Extroverts – sociable, external, interactingIntroverts – territorial, internal, intensiveSensing – perceiving, past wisdom, gathering information, sensible, realisticIntuition – imaginative, speculative, ingenious, inspiration, hunchesThinking – evaluating, judging, logical, objectiveFeeling – subjective, empathetic, humane, persuasive, appreciative, harmony, positiveJudgment – planned, scheduled, working steadily, closurePerception – open-ended, flexible, adaptableThese descriptors are closely associated with the descriptors used to define the StrengthsFinderthemes.† It will be shown later that these descriptors can be used to examine the relationshipbetween MBTI and StrengthsFinder.Jackson and Magun-Jackson18 have also provided an excellent

Conference Session

Identity and Culture

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Kathryn Ann Mobrand, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

cognitive, interpersonalstudent? How do you feel when the educator evaluates you or your work?13. Did the portfolio studio align with this view? If yes, please explain how? If no, cognitivehow could it better align?14. People have said that working on the portfolio influences how they view the cognitivecourses they have taken or plan to take. Is this true for you?15. How useful was working on portfolio in regard to current coursework, future intrapersonal, cognitiveplans?16. How

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Trends and Tools

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanie N. Abdelmessih, Saint Martin's University; Irina Gendelman, Saint Martin's University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

). • DimDim is non reliable, it went out of service during scheduled class times. Solution: Adobe Connect license has been acquired, and a web conferencing system (IVC) was purchased. • Bad quality sound and echo. Solution: Headsets for all users. • Inability of the instructor to move away from the podium. Solution: use of a wireless microphone and headset. • Engineering Analysis does not fit on DimDim’s or Adobe Connect white board. Solution: Wide camera on the classroom board, with IVC • Document camera display was not able to transmit through IVC, DimDim, or Adobe Connect. Solution: use a wide camera with Adobe Connect or a wide camera for IVC. We also plan to experiment with connecting a smart board to the IVC system and

Conference Session

K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

% 50.0% 25.0% 8.3% 0 (0.87) engineering program.During the initial offering of the pre-engineering program several things became clear:  Project-based activities in conjunction with traditional presentation of material were an effective way to present topics and engage the participants in the learning experience. With careful planning, instruction on topics could be more fully integrated into the project activities. Participants expressed both an interest in this approach and the utility of the approach. Program materials should be modified to accomplish this.  Participants responded well and were highly engaged when connections could be drawn

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

dabble in science toward solving a myriadSimilarities not understood or not questions and problems; whereas engineering design focuses on theidentified, Differences understood products that solve these explored problems.” “I think it's the numerous iterations that need to take place that make them similar. Initial plans sometimes don't work as intended. Students need to be able to analyze the data, intentionally makeSimilarities understood, Differences changes, and test to see if they get a better product. The

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Eric Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

outside of the application domain sequence. Thus, for any givenoffering of one of these courses, more than half of the students may be taking that course as atechnical elective without any plan of taking the other two courses in the sequence. Thisproblem is magnified even more by the fact that students of both the software engineering andcomputer engineering programs routinely take these courses as technical electives. This makes itmore challenging to offer these courses in a neutral manner.Scheduling is also an issue with these courses. Because of the small size of the programs, thesecourses are only offered every other year, resulting in a mixture of both junior and seniorstudents taking the courses. This results in significant differences in

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Instrument to Examine Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education on Engineering Students", 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, DC, 2010.19 Falkang, J., and F. Alberti," The assessment of entrepreneurship education", Industry & Higher Education, 2000, pp. 101-108.20 Bertoline, G., "Future College of Technology: A Vision-Based Detailed Analysis and Implementation Plan": Purdue University, 2011. Page 25.1259.1521 Engineering, N.A.o., "The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century", 2004.

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Wunderlich

information needs to be found (or selected):Known information: • Dimensions of enclosure and obstacle. • Robotic kits come with 2 motors, 2 touch-switches, a light sensor, and an IR comm port.Information to find (or select): • Knowledge of environment to be obtained through robot movement. • A path-planning search algorithm (while avoiding obstacles) to find light. • Selection of an open-loop or closed-loop control scheme. • Programming language(s).2) Simplify: The easiest way to simplify the real-time robot code is to not try to learn theenvironment, but simply bounce off the walls and obstacles while looking for the light. Thisinvolves putting the bump switches and light sensor on the front of the robot, and developing asearch

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Menart; Elizabeth Johnson; Gary Kinzel

. Page 6.52.14 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationELIZABETH JOHNSONElizabeth Johnson is an assistant professor in Industrial Engineering Technology and Manufacturing at SinclairCommunity College. She received her B.S degree from the University of Dayton in 1992 and worked as aquality assurance manager at three different companies from 1984 to 1998. She currently teaches generalindustrial engineering technology courses with an emphasis on manufacturing processes and process planning

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vicki Eller; Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Joel Balestra; Asha Rao

and the students. Thephilosophies seen in this paper have been developed through planning, but also trial and error. Itis the continuing task of the MDAL to keep refining its philosophies as more empirical databecomes available and new ideas are introduced through experience.Bibliography1. University of Missouri-Rolla, Media Design and Assessment Laboratory, Media Design and AssessmentLaboratory, (1999), available www: http://www.umr.edu/~media.2. University of Missouri-Rolla, Smart Engineering Group, Smart Engineering, (1999), available www:http://www.umr.edu/~smarteng.3. University of Missouri-Rolla, Psychology Department, PsychConnections, (1999), available www:http://www.umr.edu/~media/psychconnections/index.html.4. Horton, W. (2000

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Garen Gregorian; Francis Di Bella

the World. Adventures in Engineering”, H. Petroski, Knopf, 19972. “Why Buildings fall Down”, M. Levy and M. Salvadore, Norton, 19923. “A Scientist in the City”, James Trefil, Double Day, 19944. www.the-skydeck.com; Info. on Sears Tower5. “Advances in Tall Buildings”, Lynn Beedle, Editor-in-Chief; Council on tall Buildings and UrbanHabitat6. “Developments in Tall Buildings, 1983”, Lynn Beedle, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat7. “Tall Buildings: 2000 and Beyond”, Nov. 5-9, 1990, Fourth World Congress; Council on tall Buildingsand Urban Habitat8. “ Tall Building System and Concepts”, Volume SC, Monograph on Planning and Design of TallBuildings; Coordinators Fazlur Khan and John Rankine9. “Principals of Solar Energy”, Frank Kreith and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

? How much fuel will they consume?Performance Fuel weight, take off distance, speed/altitude boundariesConfiguration How should it look? Designer’s decisions needed!Stability & Control Locate & size the tail, flaps, elevators, ailerons etc. Fuel distribution.Structure Strength of each part, material, weight reduction, life prediction.Manufacturing: Design each part, see how everything fits, and plan how to build andconcurrent maintain the vehicle. Break this down into steps involved inengineering manufacturing.Life-cycle cost Minimize cost of owning the vehicle over its entire lifetime.Iteration Are all the assumptions satisfied? Refine the weight and the design.Flight

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie E. Sharp

large would be inappropriate. This feedback helped meto tailor my e-mail correspondence to the needs of my students. I plan to give the questionnaireagain to gather further information.References1. Goodson, C.E., and S. L. Miertschin, “Development and Implementation of Web Based Courses for Engineering Technology,” ASEE 1998 Annual Conference Proceedings, 5 pp. Available online at http://www.asee.org/conferences/search/00127.pdf.2. Goodson, C.E., S. Miertschin, S. Schroeder, and P. Daniel, “Experiences with Video Enhanced Collaborative Learning, “ ASEE 1999 Conference Proceedings, 6 pp. Available online at http://www.asee.org/conferences/search/99conf207.pdf.3. Kraebber, H.W., “Using the World Wide Web to Support Teaching in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Moshe Kam

department of history and politics (these are also required of allundergraduate majors in the CoE). In addition, the sophomore-class instruction in ethics iscoordinated closely with the laboratory and the history of technology component of “Evaluationand Presentation of Engineering Data.” Coordination among the core faculty results incurricular planning that is integrative in Herkert's sense of integrating an entire range of topicsthat span the literature: from professionalism and engineering ethics, through the history andsociology of technology, to technology policy studies and onto what are called "science-technology-society" (STS) studies.7III. MethodologyResearchers in the field of engineering ethics have identified at least four major

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

David R. Haws

day of classes, Itook him to the registrar’s office to add his math course and stood in line with him to make surethat he didn’t encounter any problems (I was unsure that they would let him register for the mathclass without taking the placement exam himself, and would have taken him to the testing center,if this had been the case). In my office, I showed him how to access my computer and printer,the Internet, and how to get an outside phone line (he already knew how to get soft drinks out ofmy refrigerator). Over the first couple days, I tried to answer his questions (or anticipate hisquestions) about what his different instructors would expect. I reviewed his syllabi, helped himto plan out his study time, and this was about the extent of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

planning for the future and provide the student an opportunity toidentify areas of technical skill development in which he/she may need to place more effort inthe future.The Portfolio will be a requirement in only one course each semester, but will address thelearning which has occurred in all courses taken that semester. The portfolio will be graded andwill count as part of the final grade in the courses for which it is required.Students will prepare two separate, but identical, portfolios. One will be turned in at the end ofthe semester and will be placed in the student’s permanent portfolio file in the Department. Thesecond copy is one that the student will maintain as a continuous file throughout his/her stay atWentworth.The copy retained by

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

senior design projects sequencewhere they are involved in multi-disciplinary teams working on projects solicited from industry.Through this method of instruction the graduating engineers gain a sound knowledge andappreciation of the soft skills as demanded by the employers. Lastly, oral and written feedbackfrom alumni have indicated this methodology was extremely beneficial in their transition fromacademia to the work place. References Manufacturing Education Plan (Phase I Report): Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates, published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Oct. 1997. Przirembel and E.G. Christian, “Integrating the Product Realization

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Ludovice; Noel Rappin; Matthew Realff; Mark Guzdial

be faded as the student gains expertise with both the software environment and the concepts. ThegPROMs solver provides the capability of achieving objective 3 (comparing models with real systems), although itis not clear if students have developed an appreciation for these differences. The third objective (understandingdegrees of freedom) was not explicitly addressed by our previous evaluations. Our next planned classroomevaluation will require students to answer questions about a pump design problem that will explicitly addresswhether the appreciate the origin of the differences between their model and the real system (approximated by amore realistic gPROMS simulation). Students will also be asked questions to determine if they better

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert George; Allen Soyster; John Lamancusa

, with a strong industry connection. Now after three years, each of thethree universities have in place formal minors and options in design and manufacturing as well asnew laboratories known as Learning Factories 1. A cornerstone of this project has been thegrowing interest and support of local industry to participate in the development of theseprograms, particularly in the area of senior design projects. Currently, nearly 100 companies aresupporting senior projects for students in these programs at the three universities. Such projectsrequire major commitment of resources for planning and execution from both the universitiesand the companies. This paper describes some of the processes, some of the successes and someof the failures in this

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Yixin Shao; Laura Walhof; Joseph J. Biernacki

can compete commercially. You are expected to do a rigorous review of the tile market. Consider other tile products as well including tiles for bathrooms, exterior facades and interior wall coverings as well as others you may think. Page 2.235.9This project immerses the students in a simulation of a real-world situation. They mustresearch the market, consider the limitations of the materials they have to work with,design a development plan, design the test methods, produce samples and full-scaleprototypes communicate the results to others and convince their peers that their product isviable.The student directed design project is similar

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Victoria Gallagher; Tracey Weldon; Cynthia R. Haller; Richard M. Felder

the actual teaching sequences. These interpersonalinteractions tended to constitute a form of socializing (e.g., what students did over the weekend,their plans for the evening, the next day, and so on). In Group B, by contrast, which had thehighest percentage of collaborative sequences, interpersonal interactions were generallyembedded within the teaching sequences and were somehow, if only tangentially, related to theproblem at hand. Group B participated in very little truly off-task discourse. Its members didengage in interpersonal interactions; however, they commented on things like the professor’s ortheir own work expectations and idiosyncrasies rather than talking about details of their personallives. Of Group B’s 10 interpersonal

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Gary Lee Downey

reading, he willalso contribute to a course-wide multimedia database of text and audio introductions/reviews ofbooks, articles, reports, and government documents about engineering education. We believe thisdatabase may prove attractive to instructors at other institutions who may want to use the course.We also plan to work with other STS colleagues to integrate Engineering Cultures in betweengeneric introductory courses to STS-related issues and more focused STS in engineering designcourses. This sequence of three STS courses for engineers would not only satisfy upcomingABET 2000 accreditation criteria but further meet our goal to enable students to understand andreflect on their own problem-solving and design activities as perspectives that both

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard R. Schultz

involved in introducing undergraduate students to thejoys and frustrations of signal and image processing research. Experiences are described from worksupported in part by National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grantnumber MIP-9624849, entitled “A Career Plan for the Integration of Image Processing Education andResearch.” Research-based projects were included in several required and elective courses taught by theprincipal investigator, including Computer Aided Measurement and Controls; CommunicationsEngineering; Digital Image Processing; Discrete Real-Time Filtering; Capstone Senior Design; andIndependent Study. Some of the projects attempted by the students included a hybrid DiscreteCosine/Wavelet Transform for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary H. McDonald; Charles V. Knight

fabricated in the engineering shop and analyzed using basic statics. Thestrain gages were added and wired. In the second semester, another group obtained theappropriate data acquisition devices and generated a LabVIEW virtual instrument for the trussproject. This group also tested the truss using a conventional strain gage indicator to recordstrain gage output before connecting the gages to the strain gage data acquisition system. Thedata acquisition system was then used in obtaining the loading in each member of the truss, withthe loading values being compared using basic statics. This year’s projects being planned willretrofit existing fluid mechanics and mechanics of materials experiments with modern electronicsensors that will support data