Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Andrea Bill, University of Wisconsin; Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University; Ida van Schalkwyk, Oregon State University; Rod Turochy, Auburn University; Rhonda Young, Texas Christian University

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Civil Engineering

, where he coordinates an inter-disciplinary, college-wide capstone design program. He received a Ph.D. in from Washington State University, MS from Dartmouth College, and BS from University of Massachusetts. His research interests include engine testing, alternative fuel combustion, design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills in project environments.Andrea Bill, University of Wisconsin ANDREA BILL is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in traffic engineering and safety. Her research incorporates aspects from each of these disciplines, with a specific emphasis on discovering new and innovative ways to

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

the customer.Cross functional teams are, according to Wild, Wild, and Han30 (2006), “composed of employeeswho work at similar levels in different functional departments. They work to develop changes inoperations and are well-suited to projects requiring coordination across functions, such as Page 15.493.4reducing … time” (p. 336). A team of experts is assembled from throughout the organization toattack and resolve a critical issue by collectively using resources from every department orfunctional area. In this way the problem is now being addressed simultaneously by the entireorganization rather than a single department or functional area at

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Edginton Bigelow, University of Dayton; Gail Wheatley, Edheads; David Tomasko, The Ohio State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 15.610.3important that the developed website would be more in-depth, enable multiple types of learning,allow users to make mistakes, require active thinking, and mirror real world engineering tasks,all of which are elements that have been identified as providing users an engaging real-lifesimulation of engineering which can result in a “I can do this”-realization.Edheads (www.edheads.org), the lead behind this project, is well known for its interactive web-experiences. A number of experiences are available, exploring different types of fields; however,there had not previously been an experience focused on engineering. As one of its mostsuccessful experiences, Edheads has designed and implemented a Virtual Knee Surgery activitywhere users

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1510: CONCEPT BASED LEARNING: DEMONSTRATING ITSEFFECTIVENESS IN THERMODYNAMICSMathew Hagge, Iowa State UniversityGloria Starns, Iowa State University Page 15.307.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Concept Based Learning: Demonstrating its Effectiveness in Thermodynamics1. Project OverviewFeatures:This project examines the coupling of concept based learning and findings from the fields ofneurology and cognitive science to empower students to solve problems of increasingcomplexity. The central question the authors seek to answer is: does concept based learningoffer an advantage to students in terms of their ability

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(Excel, spreadsheet), knowledge of industry standards, willingness to relocate / commute to rural area, willingness to get dirty, accept non-office jobs, knowledge of basic calculus (mean, standard deviation), ability to handle biologically active products, workplace safety knowledge; and bulk processing knowledge.• Advanced Technical Skills - knowledge of: biologics, Lean manufacturing, bioprocessing, microbiology, CFR 21, process controls, regulations, operating systems and standards (GFSI, ISO, OSHA, EPA, IDEM), project analysis, risk mitigation, hygienic design, project management, biosecurity and traceability, and industry case assessment also an ability to work with advanced technology and electronics

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Robert C Calfee, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University; Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #10411Evaluation of Impact of Web-based Activities on Mechanics Achievement andSelf-EfficacyProf. Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University Sarah Billington is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineer- ing at Stanford University. Her research group focuses on sustainable, durable construction materials and their application to structures and construction. She teaches an undergraduate class on introductory solid mechanics as well as graduate courses in structural concrete behavior and design. Most recently she has initiated a engineering education research project on

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University; Siddika Selcen Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curricula.MethodologyThis study examines the engineering content of 10 integrated STEM units developed by teams ofmiddle school science teachers for use their classrooms. The analysis is qualitative in nature,seeking to provide a rich description of the ways in which different units address the importantaspects of engineering.EngrTEAMS Project. The 10 integrated units analyzed in the paper were developed as part ofthe EngrTEAMS: Engineering to Transform the Education of Analysis, Measurement, andScience in a Team-Based Targeted Mathematics-Science Partnership project16. The purpose ofthis project is to support middle school science teachers through professional develop andcognitive coaching in developing and implementing effective integrated STEM curricula.During

Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

typicallyunderrepresented in engineering has not increased significantly in the last decade. Former NAEPresident Bill Wulf noted that “...for the United States to remain competitive in a globaltechnological society, the country as a whole must take serious steps to ensure that we have adiverse, well trained, multicultural workforce.”1Even during weaker economic times, high demand for U.S. engineers continues; and, the numberof U.S. engineering jobs are projected to increase in all engineering diciplines during the nextdecade. Most engineering disciplines are projected to grow faster than most other labor sectors.4The number of undergraduate engineering degrees awarded in the U.S. fell dramatically from77,572 in 1985 to a low of 59,214 in 2001, but has been on the

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Kimberly Monique Holmes, George Mason University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #10524Building a Community of Practice Among STEM Graduate Students to Fos-ter Academic and Professional SuccessDr. Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Renetta Garrison Tull is Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs at UMBC and Director of the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transforma- tion, a new AGEP-T project for the University System of Maryland. She presents across the U.S. and Puerto Rico on topics ranging from graduate school recruitment, retention, and dissertation completion, to faculty development. She serves as a

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger V. Lindgren, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

in Geotechnical Engineering with and emphasis on dam and levee projects. He is currently an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology. Page 24.336.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Creation of a Co-Terminal BS/MS Civil Engineering Degree ProgramAbstractA civil engineering department at a small teaching-focused polytechnic university recentlyoverhauled its undergraduate program to develop a practice-focused, co-terminal,bachelor’s/master’s degree program. The department, staffed with five faculty

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

approach aims to provideappropriate guidance and relevant training, not only to the instructor, but also the student learner.These ideas lead us to the design and development of innovative instructional techniques asdescribed below.Assessment Implementation & Methodology Assessment was carried out by utilizing sample quizzes, homework assignments,examinations, written essays, laboratory reports and project binders. All these documents weregraded on a holistic basis using likert scale principles. Later the data collected were recorded ina tabular form using an excel spreadsheet. A matrix was generated to document grading andanalysis. A sample excel table for one student’s single homework assignment report is shown inAppendix E

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Brainard; Sheila Edwards Lange; Elizabeth Litzler

. Washington, D.C.: Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges, 1986.[8] B. Ulku-Steiner, B. Kurtz-Costes, and C. R. Kinlaw, "Doctoral student experiences in gender-balanced and male-dominated graduate programs," Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 92, pp. 296-307, 2000.[9] C. S. V. Turner and J. R. Thompson, "Socializing women doctoral students: minority and majority experiences," Review of Higher Education, vol. 16, pp. 355-370, 1993.[10] H. Etzkowitz, C. Kemelgor, and B. Uzzi, Athena unbound : the advancement of women in science and technology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.[11] R. M. Hall and B. R. Sandler, "The classroom climate: A chilly one

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

, security, and preservation. • SP4 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities (3): Computer usage policies and enforcement mechanisms. • SP5 Risks and Liabilities of Computer Based Systems (2): Implications of software complexity, and risk assessment and management. • SP7 Privacy and Civil Liberties: Study of computer based threats to privacy. • SE6 Software Validation (3): Validation and testing of software systems. • SE8 Software Project Management (3): Risk analysis and software quality assurance.This list clearly indicates the taskforce’s resolve to use security in CC2001 as a recurring themeacross the curriculum, much in the same way that concepts such as layers of abstraction,efficiency, and complexity are

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Maass; Kesa Black; Heather Storace; Anne Ranes; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

continues to experience atransformation that is responsible for an increased state of complexity and achievement, resultingin national recognition as the 2003 Outstanding Student Section for a medium-sized section.Major restructure of SWE officers: management leadership and a team approach in theLeadership TeamThe major restructure of the SWE officers began in the 2001-2002 academic year. The executiveboard decided that there was too much work for only a handful of officers, and that a largergroup of officers would be more effective in handling the workload of all the SWE projects. Inorder research how other SWE student sections organized their volunteer resources, the currentPresident and Vice President performed a benchmarking analysis using the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Fisher; Jed Lyons

guidance for the development, implementation and assessment of our efforts.This three-year program seeks to improve the teaching and communication skills of 30engineering students, to enhance the ability of 120 elementary school teachers to use engineeringapplications to teach science, and to inspire thousands of elementary children.A major objective of this and other GK-12 projects is to improve science learning of students andassist in the professional development of teachers in grades 3-8. These groups are targetedbecause this is the time when most young people are either turned-on, or turned-off, to science. Page 9.511.1Too often, science

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Blat

students may stay in the program their entire academic career. Most otherretention programs typically invite or require students to participate during their first year only.Third, the program was developed with significant input from students and is still operated,assessed, and continuously improved by students with faculty oversight. This approach hasproven to have other benefits besides optimizing use of resources. Students involved in theprogram have assumed ownership for its success. They also have the opportunity to developnon-technical skills highly valued by employers, such as leadership, project management,communication, and teamwork skills. Fourth, the program recognizes and addresses criticaltransition stages experienced by students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wook-sung Yoo; Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

from the Computer andInformation Science (CIS) department also participate in this project, as they plan to seek ABETaccreditation in the near future. The committee is responsible to evaluate the process in place fordepartments and to ensure consistency between departments in meeting the ABET’s criteria.The committee developed a common format for end-of-semester course (e.g. course-exit)evaluations that pertain to ABET evaluation. It consists of the course name, instructorinformation, course objectives, assessment methods, a qualitative questionnaire section, aquantitative questionnaire section, and an ABET criteria section. This web-based course-exitsurvey facilitates the process in collecting the data in a timely manner. The web-based tool

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim McCartney; Lynette Krenelka; John Watson; Dara Faul; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

were at times more than three weeks behind their on-campus peers in submitting the requiredassignments, projects, and tests. This delay generated additional load for faculty in terms of gradingand advising on-campus and distance students at different points in the course. In general, facultymembers considered that under these circumstances a distance student required up to 50% more timeand attention than an on-campus student. Page 9.1377.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationSecond

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Delplanque; Marcelo Simoes; Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

a particularly strong position toundertake major curricular and pedagogical reform.In support of reform activities, the National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated a newprogram, Department-Level Reform of Undergraduate Engineering Education in 2002. Thisprogram called for innovative strategies to effect reform, including streamlining thecurriculum through the reduction of legacy materials, introducing topics in emerging areas ofengineering, and forming integrated partnerships that cross disciplines and focus ontechnological systems. CSM engineering faculty interested in curriculum reform developed aproposal to this solicitation; the proposal was funded in fall 2002. This paper describes aspecific objective of the project, namely the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus L. Carter; Amy G. Yuhasz; Misty Loughry; Matthew Ohland

peer evaluationinstrument. It is not always clear, however, what characteristics of teamwork these instruments,or the students, are evaluating. In preparation for this multi-year NSF-supported project, the teamreviewed peer evaluation literature and instruments. The research team has an ambitiousassessment plan that will help develop an instrument that is easy to use and yet meaningful forboth faculty and students.IntroductionIn recent years, there has been a great deal of activity in engineering education research aimed atevaluating teamwork. Much of this is a result of the need to measure ABET’s EC 2000 Criterion3, outcome (d), “an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.”1 While there has beenconsiderable debate on how to apply the

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

admission and encouraging the students to enroll in engineering.A Regional and Statewide competition on engineering-related projects and subjects is held eachyear. The MESA program includes training for the MESA advisors and information sessions forthe parents to help them encourage their students to pursue engineering and science. Over 700students are currently being served through ASU MESA. Approximately half of these studentsare young women.Our college students make additional recruitment efforts. For example, the ASU student chapterof the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) holds a recruitment day each year invitingyoung black children to the campus who have never seen it before. Through the activities, theNSBE students serve as

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

writing and distribute to students in every class. The author has developed a class policy document that has evolved over nearly twenty years and spells out numerous issues and policies associated with his classes. He updates it every semester to address any new problems or issues. The document has guidelines for laboratory notebooks and reports, term papers, and design projects. It has recommendations for homework, studying, and test taking. It includes the university Academic Integrity Policy formally addressing student cheating. There are few problems that could arise between student and professor that are not addressed by the evolving document. The author requires that all students study it every semester and gives a brief

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Val Stamboltsian; Robert Dennis; Khy Huang

interactive assessment tool.As a student works through a knowledge map task, the system provides feedback andcontent-specific information that can help the student gain a deeper understanding. Inaddition, the student’s interaction with the mapping task is captured and made availablein a variety of different summary and detail reports. These data can be invaluable to ateacher or to someone who is responsible for instruction.Our work with knowledge mapping began in 1989 with the "Apple Classroom ofTomorrow" project (ACOT). The motivation at that time was to develop a contentassessment format that could be integrated into a high technology project that would notbe overly sensitive to linguistic fluency [24]. There was a large Limited EnglishProficient

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Bill Elmore

. Page 8.779.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 4–Making a viscoelastic materialBoth the students and their teachers enjoyed the presentations. The following teacher commentswere typical:! Students loved the activities and trying out the experiments.! Presenters were very enthusiastic. Students enjoyed the activities and the lesson.! Great experiment! Very appropriate for this age group.Outreach as a Result of the ClassLouisiana Tech has now received a second phase grant from the NOVA project. We have twomain goals in this second phase. We will

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

real-world issuesfrom an engineering point of view. These improvements make it possible for the casestudy to be self-contained. The case study developed in this project is expected toprovide complete and detailed presentation of the subject under investigation. Solid Rocket Boost Case Study and CD-ROM The case study was developed so that it traced the technical, business, ethical, andmanagerial issues that were debated and resolved in the design of the solid rocket motorstarting in 1971 and end in 1986. We describe below the major events that have beencovered in this case study (Sankar, et al., 2000; Vaughn, 1997).Testing of Solid Rocket Motor Morton Thiokol, Inc. (MTI) used many tests including joint lab tests

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

freshman engineering program. Dr. Bursic has done research and published work in the areas of Engineering and Project Management and Engineering Education. She is a member of IIE and ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academics and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering educational experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former senior editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Dr. Shuman is the

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

approach to the question of the engineer’sperception of his/her place in the field of engineering and how a different, philosophicalviewpoint can aid engineering education research. Why is this a problem that merits significantstudy? Engineering has been assaulted from all sides by the demands of industry, academicrewiring and strife, professional requirements, and all along has had the requirement ofproducing students!(10-14) The formation of myriad of professional societies in recent years,coupled with new projects such as the Engineer of 2020 and the EC2000 have left many in thefield unsure if the knowledge required to be an engineer can even be properly taught andevaluated.(15-17) Surely, any ideology that furthers our understanding of the

Conference Session

Issues and Answers in Mathematics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

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Mathematics

retention and success of minoritystudents in science and engineering include mentoring programs,3,4 introducing context inintroductory courses,5 alternative instructional strategies such as collaborative and interactive Page 22.1328.2learning,6 and summer bridge programs.7,8In 2008, Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community college in Redwood City, CA, wasawarded a Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant by the USDepartment of Education. The project, entitled Student On-ramp Leading to Engineering andSciences (SOLES), aims to increase the participation, retention, and success ofunderrepresented and educationally

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Shanette A. Go; E. Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-disciplinary skills are the skills that studentsare expected to develop through their coursework in multiple engineering disciplines or in non-engineering coursework. Example survey questions are shown in Table 5.Table 5. Sample self-efficacy survey questionsSubtheme Sample questionDisciplinary Recognize underlying technical principles inengineering a complex problem.Cross- Carefully balance technical, economic, anddisciplinary cultural factors in making project choices.In order to permit comparison of undergraduate and alumni responses with other engineeringrespondents from other institutional surveys, two separate survey scales were used for theundergraduate and alumni survey questions on self efficacy. Undergraduate

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott C. Banks, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

developed Project 16. Project 16 created standards for the technical details andcapabilities of emergency responder communications systems. While Project 16 succeeded increating a basic set of functionality, it highlighted problems of interagency collaboration becausefrequency standards were never adopted. Several manufacturers built Project 16 compliantradios but in order for agencies to communicate with each other their systems needed to bepatched together. APCO Project 25 (P25) started in the late 1980s to address digital radiocommunications, including 800MHz trunked systems. P25 is actually a set of standards thatimprove interoperability by defining hardware, software and interfaces. DHS requires migrationto P25 and federal agencies purchase