The following workshops will
take place during the 2006 ASEE
Annual Conference. Due to limited
seating, you MUST register for all
workshops. Please note: Only those
registered for the ASEE Annual Conference
are eligible to purchase tickets
to workshops.
0213
- Integrating
Engineering Data Analysis and Experimentation
8:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
$60.00
Chemical Engineering
Engineering data analysis and experimental
design are essential tools in the
engineer’s toolbox of problem-solving
techniques. Engineering curricula
often lack the flexibility to include
separate required courses in this
area. Integration of data analysis
and experimental design techniques
throughout the curriculum addresses
this problem and offers the advantage
of repetition as well as direct
application.
This workshop reviews some of the
most important data analysis and
experimental design techniques for
engineering applications. Examples
of how to integrate these techniques
into existing classes and laboratories
through demonstrations, classroom
activities and laboratory activities
are included. The workshop focuses
on experimental design and data
analysis as a tool for engineering
problem solving. Techniques for
integrating software packages into
teaching and laboratories are also
discussed. Attendees are encouraged
to bring a laptop computer to the
workshop.
Workshop leaders: Zenaida Otero
Gephardt, Ph.D., P.E. (Rowan University,
Glassboro, N.J.) and S. Scott Moor,
Ph.D. (Indiana University - Purdue
University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne,
Ind.)
0220
- Real-Time
DSP for Educators
8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
$250.00
Computers in Education
This hands-on workshop will provide
participants with a comprehensive
introduction to real-time Digital
Signal Processing, with an emphasis
on how to incorporate these topics
into their own courses. Because
getting started with industry standard
chips is a formidable task for most
faculty, the morning session will
focus on hardware and software installation
and testing. The afternoon will
focus on projects for various courses.
Participants will take home a TI
C6713 DSK with CCS software suite,
a host port interface daughter board,
a copy of the winDSK6 software,
all class notes and software and
a copy of a real-time DSP textbook.
0225
- An Integrated
Hands-On Freshman Experience
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
$45.00
Design in Engineering Education
The workshop is presented to faculty
interested in providing a hands-on
freshman experience that is strongly
linked to an integrated professional
component plan (design, communication,
professional tools and ethics) across
the entire curriculum. In the actual
course, students experience the
struggles of the design-build-test
process through the design, fabrication
and assembly of a Wobbler oscillating
steam engine. Workshop participants
will build and take home a functioning
steam engine (no machining required)
and develop explicit techniques
for executing and assessing the
professional component. A descriptive
course folder with curricular details
and engine design plans and guidelines
will be provided. The workshop is
offered by mechanical engineering
faculty members from Western Kentucky
University.
0230
- Building
Capacity for Engineering Education
Research
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods
Building on the conference theme
of Advancing the Scholarship of
Engineering Education, this workshop
seeks to engage participants in
identifying the knowledge areas,
skill sets and resources required
for the appropriate conduct, communication
and review of engineering education
research. In this session participants
will work collectively to a) review
the research themes and questions
identified in the Engineering Education
Research Colloquy series, b) develop
strategies for building capacity
for engineering education research
within current and future faculty,
c) suggest activities that can be
taken by academic institutions,
professional societies and other
groups to facilitate rigorous engineering
education research and d) recommend
desired actions by federal and state
policymakers in support of engineering
education research.
Facilitators: Robin Adams (Purdue
University), Norman Fortenberry
(National Academy of Engineering),
Karl Smith (University of Minnesota)
and Ruth Streveler (Colorado School
of Mines)
0231
- Content
Matters: Designing an Inclusive
Syllabus in STEM Courses
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods,
Women in Engineering
Building an inclusive classroom
climate begins with designing your
syllabus. Participants in this workshop
will examine ways to assess current
course content, identify strategic
enrichments, locate and translate
appropriate material, respond to
students’ reactions and evaluate
impact. Syllabi will be peer reviewed
to identify strengths and opportunities,
and participants will learn about
a three-semester study to develop,
deliver and then assess the impact
of diversity enrichments in an ecology
course. Examples of specific lecture
content before and after the study
will be shared, as will students’
assessments of the classroom climate
and an analysis of the evidence
for change as a result of the enrichments.
Finally, facilitators will describe
a revision process and share next
steps.
Facilitators: Barbara Bogue (Pennsylvania
State University), Sandra Courter
(University of Wisconsin-Madison),
Hatice Orun Ozturk (North Carolina
State University) and Mary Wyer
(North Carolina State University)
0234
- Putting
Power Into Your Class Lecture With
PowerPoint
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods,
Physics and Engineering Physics
This workshop will allow participants
to study and apply the pedagogical
applications of PowerPoint in order
to understand its proper use in
the classroom. These applications
include dynamic content, cognitive
enhancement, external learning and
integration of materials. Workshop
participants will leave with an
understanding of best practices
for the software and for pedagogy
when using the software. Participants
who bring a laptop with PowerPoint
(preferably XP or later versions)
will work with other participants
to create a lecture based on the
applications presented. In the process,
workshop participants will learn
how to produce animations, hyperlinked
tables of content, video and audio
and will develop other technical
skills.
Facilitator: Michael DeAntonio
(New Mexico State University)
0235
- Writing
Proposals to Meet NSF’s Expectations
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods
The workshop will encompass three
related but separate themes relevant
to writing effective educational
proposals. The three themes will
be treated in independent sessions,
and participants may attend any
or all of the interactive sessions
by purchasing a single ticket. Session
A will focus on writing effective
proposals, and it will enable participants
to identify and use strategies for
improving their proposals. Session
B will consider project evaluation
plans, and it will enable participants
to work with an evaluator to collaboratively
develop and implement an evaluation
plan. Session C will concentrate
NSF’s broader-impacts review
criterion, and it will enable participants
to understand the criterion and
enhance broader impacts in a proposal.
Facilitators: Barb Anderegg, Susan
Burkett, Connie Della-Piana, Sue
Kemnitzer, Russ Pimmel and Bevlee
Watford (National Science Foundation)
0247
- What Do
Our Students Really Know? A Workshop
in Informed Design & Action
Research
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Free
Engineering Technology Division
This workshop, facilitated by educators
from the NSF-funded New York State
Professional Development Collaborative,
will introduce two-person teams
of high school and college technology
educators to classroom research
methodologies. Participants will
learn how to conduct action research
in the context of an engineering
design challenge—designing
a food dehydrator. This educational
research will be focused on the
question, “Are my students
truly learning/understanding the
mathematical and scientific concepts
that will help them be savvy engineering/technology
problem solvers?”
Participants will receive up to
$1,000 per person to help cover
travel, lodging and/or registration
for the ASEE conference.
Teams (comprised of one high school
technology teacher and one college
faculty member) must submit a single
workshop application (available
on NYSPDC’s Web site, www.hofstra.edu/nyspdc).
Selection of participating teams
will be based on application responses.
For further information, contact
Peggie Weeks, NYSPDC project director,
at peggie.weeks@adelphia.net
or (607) 292-6116.
0275
- Teacher
Talks for New Faculty
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$35.00
New Engineering Educators
This guided discussion workshop
will be interspersed with short
presentations and discussions on
topics of interest. The workshop
will begin with short presentations
on fundamental teaching and learning
skills that lead to organized and
interactive classrooms to set the
tone for further discussions. Attendees
will then be asked to list several
topics of interest; the group will
then select topics for small working-group
discussion using a storyboard technique.
The small working-group guided discussions
will be presented to the workshop
class; a mapping technique will
be used to record discussions for
distribution to the participants.
The workshop will culminate with
a free discussion period on relevant
issues. The use of the guided discussion
models is a student-centered teaching
technique that calls upon student
insight to keep the process moving.
Come to learn, contribute to your
peer group, network and engage in
open
Teacher Talks!
0288
- Hands-On
Activities for Technological Literacy
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
$40.00
Technological Literacy Constituent
Committee
Learning how favorite consumer
products work can be an effective
theme in technological literacy
courses for nonengineering students,
first-year engineering programs
for neophyte engineers and even
disciplinary engineering courses
for advanced undergraduates. In
this workshop, participants will
carry out hands-on activities, involving
device dissection and device de
novo construction, aimed at learning
how things work. Workshop activities
include taking apart a portable
CD player to identify key components
and observe the two-tiered control
system for laser positioning and
focus. Participants will also build
from simple components an electrodynamic
loudspeaker that can produce clear
and loud sound. Other classroom-tested
mechanical dissection and simple
construction projects will also
be explained and demonstrated. Workshop
participants will learn strategies
and techniques for successful implementation
of hands-on “how things work”
activities.
0292
- Preventing
Marginalization of Underrepresented
Students on Teams
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$50.00
Women in Engineering
Great engineering project teams
encourage members to attempt tasks
outside their academic comfort zone
and support members in succeeding.
Sadly, students who participate
in contentious teams often fail
to learn project material and take
away a negative view of both the
team experience and the field of
engineering. Project teams are a
fixture in engineering education.
Faculty members must be able to
identify problematic team interactions
and mitigate their impact. This
is especially critical when teams
include members of underrepresented
student populations in engineering.
These groups include women, African
Americans, Latinos/Latinas and Native
Americans. Members of these groups
may already be challenged by a lack
of similar others among peers and
faculty. This workshop will present
a panel of engineering faculty and
program specialists who will present
best practices on preventing marginalization.
The workshop will be an interactive
experience with a lively and engaged
group of attendees.
0336
- Undergraduate
Associate Deans Forum
10:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
$35.00
Engineering Deans Council
This forum is intended for assistant/associate
deans with responsibilities for
undergraduate education. Presentations
and topics of mutual interest to
undergraduate deans will be solicited
by mid-March, and the most popular
and relevant topics will be placed
on the program. This will be moderated
by Thomas Wolff of Michigan State
University. Please bring your own
lunch.
0345
- Support
Mechanisms for Engineering Research
in NIH
10:30 a.m. - Noon
$35.00
Engineering Research Council
This workshop will discuss “Support
Mechanisms for Engineering Research
in NIH.”
0360
- Develop
Computer-Based Active-Learning Engineering
Course Materials
and Delivery Online Globally
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$25.00
International, Computers in Education
This hands-on workshop is intended
for engineering educators interested
in developing, delivering (online)
and assessing computer-based and
Web-based active learning resources
of their courses. Workshop topics
will include discussion of hardware
and software used in developing
teaching materials and techniques
used to create the materials. Assessment
methods used will be discussed.
Participants will receive a CD with
the information. Workshop was developed
as part of grants from NSF (CCLI-0088947),
Hewlett Foundation (University of
Wyoming) and Texas Tech University.
0361
- Managing
the Paper Load
10:30 a.m. - Noon
$35.00
Liberal Education
Engineering Educators sometimes
wish to include effective writing
assignments but may hesitate to
add to an already heavy load. Professors
have little time, especially when
teaching new courses, for added
duties, particularly grading. In
addition, some engineering professors
may feel unequipped to evaluate
writing. This workshop, co-facilitated
by three veteran writing professors,
presents techniques for evaluating
writing more effectively and efficiently.
The following topics will be covered:
holistic grading, grading with rubrics
and un-grading (adding learning
intensive writing assignments without
extra grading). Participants are
encouraged to bring a course syllabus
and a list of current writing assignments.
This workshop will be led by Julie
Sharp (Purdue), Marilyn Dyrud (Oregon
Institute of Technology) and Barbara
Olds (NSF and Colorado School of
Mines).
0409
- Problem-Based
Learning
12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
$30.00
Biomedical Engineering
Problem-based learning (PBL) is
an educational approach that is
uniquely suited to engineering education.
It has been adopted in both undergraduate
and graduate curriculums by a growing
number of engineering departments
throughout the world. Unlike conventional
teaching, PBL starts with a problem
and requires the students, working
in teams under the guidance of a
tutor/facilitator, to research,
select, analyze and apply information
and theories to solve the problem.
Through tackling complex open-ended
problems, students can develop the
analytical thinking and problem
solving that set engineers apart
from other professional problem
solvers. PBL prepares students to
participate in research laboratories
as undergraduates and readies them
for graduate school and for time-constrained
problem solving in the real world.
This educational approach is well-suited
to the demands of a rapidly changing
field that needs experts who can
change and grow through life-long
learning. The goal of this workshop
is to demonstrate how PBL can be
used effectively in an engineering
curriculum. Participants will learn
the role of the tutor/facilitator,
the art of developing PBL problems
and how to assess student learning
in PBL settings.
0413
- Integrating
CFD Into the Undergraduate Curriculum
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Free
Chemical Engineering
This workshop will disseminate
the results of two NSF-funded projects
that involved integration of CFD
into the undergraduate engineering
curriculum. The CFD educational
software code, FlowLab, was modified
during the course of both NSF-funded
projects in order to enhance its
effectiveness in improving students’
understanding of basic CFD concepts
and basic concepts in transport
phenomena. The workshop will include
training in the use of the modified
Flowlab CFD software and sharing
of course resources including sample
syllabi, CFD homework problems with
solutions, introductory CFD lecture
material and assessment strategies
and tests for evaluating knowledge
of CFD and the effectiveness of
CFD to enhance understanding of
transport phenomena.
Participants must provide their
own laptop computer to use during
the workshop and add a workshop
ticket to their conference registration
by May 15, 2006 in order to attend.
Workshop leaders:
Fred Stern and Tao Xing,
University of Iowa
Jennifer Sinclair Curtis,
University of Florida
Rodney Fox,
Iowa State University
Shane Moeykens,
Fluent, Inc.
0415
- Incorporating
Standards Into Capstone Design Courses
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
$30.00
Civil Engineering
Students entering the workforce
must have a minimum standards literacy.
The ABET criteria for engineering
programs require that engineering
standards be an aspect of the culminating
major design experience. Programs
in engineering technology must also
include capstone or other integrating
experiences. Though consideration
of standards is not required, it
is appropriate in the development
of a product, process and/or service.
In this workshop, panelists from
academia, industry and standards-developing
organizations will provide insight
into the world of voluntary standards
and techniques for incorporating
standards and conformity assessment-related
topics in engineering curricula.
Examples of current standardization
issues—such as sustainable
development; manufacturing and design
issues; health and safety requirements;
economic, social and political considerations—will
be highlighted and discussed from
the perspective of design. Educators
can expect to gain a better understanding
of the importance of standards and
some examples of how to incorporate
standards materials into their curriculum.
0420
- Effective
Practices in Robotics Education
12:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
$75.00
Computers in Education
This hands-on workshop is aimed
at engineering faculty members who
have an interest in interdisciplinary
team-based design, robotics and
computer applications. This workshop
will be led by engineers experienced
in integrating robots into the curriculum,
from first-year courses through
senior design projects.
0430
- Conducting
Peer Evaluations Using the Comprehensive
Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods
A multi-university research team
has designed a peer evaluation instrument
that is simple to use. Student opinions
are collected through a Web interface,
ensuring the confidentiality of
the peer ratings, and the system
analyzes the data to calculate suggested
grade adjustments for equitably
distributing a team’s grade
among the team’s members.
The system also provides extensive
feedback to faculty regarding certain
dynamics of student teams that can
be discerned from the peer evaluation
data. Reliability and validity studies
are underway. Participants will
be guided in using the system and
will have an opportunity to discuss
and shape the feedback the system
provides. Participants should bring
a laptop computer that has wireless
network capability (and preferably
with battery operation) to the workshop.
Facilitators: Lisa Bullard (North
Carolina State University), Cynthia
Finelli (University of Michigan),
Richard Layton (Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology), Misty Loughry (Clemson
University), Matthew Ohland (Clemson
University) and other members of
this research team.
0431
- Quantitative
Research Methodology
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods
This workshop is designed to help
researchers and graduate students
learn about the main elements of
quantitative research methodology
in educational research and other
research settings. The workshop
will discuss research problems/questions,
research variables, research designs
and approaches, data collection
and analysis and the interpretation
and reporting of research findings.
The workshop will also analyze application
cases along with real-world examples.
Facilitator: Shi “Stan”
Lan (DeVry University, Chicago Campus)
0434
- Tablet PCs
in Engineering Education
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods
Tablet PCs are one of the newest
innovations in the computing and
communications world. These devices
consist of a standard notebook PC
configured with a screen that acts
as both a display device and an
input device. A stylus can be used
to input standard mouse-type commands
as well as gesture commands and
electronic ink drawings. In this
workshop, faculty will receive a
hands-on introduction to Classroom
Presenter and OneNote along with
other software related to teaching/learning.
Facilitators will provide sufficient
instruction for faculty to be competent
at using these tools to make tablet
PC-based classroom presentations
that include rich interaction with
students in the class. Facilitators
will present various pedagogical
practices that they have found effective
in using these technology tools
in the classroom, including active
learning exercises for various engineering
and science disciplines.
Facilitators: Joe Tront, Virginia
Tech, and Jane Prey, Microsoft
0440
- Ethics Integration
in the Engineering Curriculum
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
$50.00
Engineering Ethics Constituent Committee
A variety of approaches to the
integration of ethics throughout
the engineering curriculum will
be presented by a panel of engineering
educators. Each panelist will present
practical steps taken toward integration.
Following all the presentations,
there will be an open forum for
audience interaction with the panelists.
The event promises to be filled
with practical advice on best practices.
For $75, you can attend both workshops
sponsored by the Engineering Ethics
Constituent Committee (0440 &
0540). For more information, see
the workshop information on the
Web.
0461
- Clear and
Concise: Using Communications Rubrics
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
$35.00
Liberal Education
The purpose of this workshop is
to provide engineering faculty with
the opportunity to develop rubrics
for the assessment of students’
written communication. A rubric
is a standard by which something
like writing is measured. Rubrics
speed up the evaluation process
because they make explicit to students
the standards by which their writing
will be measured. Rubrics also permit
faculty members to clarify their
own ideas about what they are looking
for in students’ writing.
Participants in this workshop will
engage in a series of rubric-development
exercises defining what we mean
by clear and concise writing, making
our definitions explicit to students
and using rubrics we have developed
to assess writing. Samples of successful
rubrics will be provided, and participants
will also be assisted in developing
rubrics that are specific to their
assignments and courses. Workshop
presenters are Julia Williams, Anneliese
Watt and Richard House from Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology.
0525
- Teaching
Design for “New” Faculty
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
$35.00
Design in Engineering Education
This workshop will outline the
planning, execution and assessment
of typical engineering design courses
such as Introduction to Design,
Sophomore Design and Capstone Design.
Example syllabi, homework, project
assignments and grading will be
presented and discussed. New faculty
members, or faculty members new
to teaching design, are encouraged
to attend.
0530
- Guiding
Future Faculty to Develop an Effective
Teaching Philosophy
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods;
New Engineering Educators
A teaching philosophy is vital
for conveying one’s beliefs
about teaching and learning while
engaging educators in the reflective
process of critically analyzing
and articulating their beliefs.
In this highly interactive workshop,
current and future faculty members
will begin to generate their own
teaching philosophy and discuss
it with others. Facilitators will
share the challenges of coaching
the teaching philosophy development
process as well as successful strategies.
Participants will discuss potential
implementation of this professional
development workshop at other educational
institutions. This workshop is geared
toward organizational change agents,
instructors, faculty, future faculty
and future faculty developers; all
disciplines and institution types
are welcome.
Facilitators: Sandra Courter, Christine
Pfund and Jen Schoepke (University
of Wisconsin-Madison)
0531
- Making the
Transition to Problem-Based Learning
3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
$25.00
Educational Research & Methods
This is a hands-on workshop for
faculty who want to incorporate
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into
their classes, with an emphasis
on how to make the transition from
a traditional lecture-based format
to this active, student-centered
environment. The facilitators have
successfully incorporated PBL and
other active learning techniques
into their classes as part of a
multiyear, NSF-funded initiative.
They will briefly review the motivation
to move to PBL from the traditional
environment and share experiences
of what has worked and what has
not worked in the classroom. Participants
will have the opportunity to develop
materials for their own classes
during the workshop and will leave
with problem-based learning resources
to continue this work back at their
home institutions.
Facilitators: Michael Prince and
Margot Vigeant (Bucknell University)
0540
- Teaching
and Assessing Ethics in Engineering
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
$50.00
Engineering Ethics Constituent Committee
Many engineering faculty have difficulty
knowing how or when to insert ethics
and how to measure the effects when
they do. Yet this is an important
part of professional preparation.
This workshop will provide practical
experience in the identification
and creation of learning outcomes
related to ethics, teaching strategies
to be used and appropriate assessment
techniques. The presenters will
demonstrate that ethics can be approached
on several levels, somewhat related
to Bloom’s taxonomy of learning
objectives (Bloom, 1956). For example,
students can be taught to recall
information, apply ethical principles
in a given situation or evaluate
a situation, extract the required
information and provide appropriate
rationale for their decisions. All
of these approaches are acceptable
for accreditation purposes; when
you complete this workshop, you
will have tools and knowledge that
will help you focus your efforts
toward improving and assessing ethics
in your engineering program.
Presenters:
John C. Wise
Director, Engineering Instructional
Services
The Pennsylvania State University
Thomas A. Litzinger
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Leonhard Center for the
Enhancement of Engineering Education
The Pennsylvania State University
For $75, you can attend both workshops
sponsored by the Engineering Ethics
Constituent Committee (0440 &
0540). For more information, see
the workshop information on the
Web.
0545
- Writing
Successful Proposals to the NSF
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
$35.00
Engineering Research Council
NSF officials provide information
and helpful insight into the successful
solicitation of research funding
through competitive proposals.
0560
- Engineering
Cultures: First Step Toward Global
Competence
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
$50.00
International
Globalization challenges engineers
to prepare for work in culturally
diverse environments where they
encounter other engineers and coworkers
who define and solve problems differently
than they do. Engineering Cultures®
multimedia modules are designed
to help students take the critical
first step toward the achievement
of global competence. This workshop
presents the organizing concepts
in Engineering Cultures®, demonstrates
the multimedia modules and engages
participants in exercises to learn
about how different national traditions
position engineers and their knowledge.
Goals of the workshop are 1) to
facilitate greater cross-cultural
understanding by helping participants
(and their students) better understand,
analyze and appreciate the value
of perspectives other than their
own and 2) to help participants
assess how they might be able to
integrate Engineering Cultures®
modules into their education programs.
Instructors are the authors of the
modules, Gary Downey of Virginia
Tech and Juan Lucena of the Colorado
School of Mines.
For the most current program
please visit www.asee.org/annual2006
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