EE 2010 Programme and papers

The provisional programme can be downloaded in PDF format here. Click on the links to view the papers.

Day 1: TUESDAY am
10.00 - 11.00 Conference Registration
11.00 - 11.15 Welcome address – Vice-Chancellor Prof. Julia King, Aston University
11.15 – 11.50 Keynote address: Euan Lindsay
Program Leader - Mechatronic Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
12.00 - 13.00 - Parallel 1 - First Year Students and Progression 1
P5 The wheel has already been invented: facilitating students’ use of existing mechanics resources Thomas Goldfinch and Anne Gardner
P47 Progression of Engineering Students who attended a Pre-sessional Residential Summer School Glynis Perkin, Sarah Bamforth and Carol Robinson
P105 A Validated Approach to Teaching Engineering Mathematics Charles McCartan, Paul Hermon and Geoff Cunningham
12.00 - 13.00 - Parallel 2 - Learning Technologies 1
P111 Improving Engagement and Learning Experience for Students using
Lab-in-a-Box Concept		 Diane Rossiter, Stephen Beck, Martine Delbauve, Marian Hogg and Geoffrey Priestman
P99 Use of e-learning to encourage engagement and depth of understanding across engineering science and design within the first year of an engineering degree Kay Bond, Carol Eastwick, John Prentice, Mike Johnson and Arthur Jones
P54 Online assessment is not always quick and easy Elizabeth Smith
12.00 - 13.00 - Parallel 3 - Supporting Diversity
P35 Engineering the curriculum Bland Tomkinson
P104 Analysis of a diagnostic and support programme for improved learning of Civil Engineering students Peter Mills and Panagiotis Georgakis
P77 Can a story deepen comprehension, engagement and analysis skills of undergraduate engineering strategy by students with diverse backgrounds? Christopher J. M. Smith, Owen Richards, Nerea Etura Luque and Elizabeth Miles
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Day 1: TUESDAY pm
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 1
W42 Bridge to Schools Norman Seward, Gareth Williams and Keith Jones
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 2
W20 The role of manual simulation/games in learning Laurence Legg
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 3
W82 Enquiry Based Learning, what’s that then? How to inspire your students, develop their professional Ivan Moore and Mike Bramhall
14.00 - 15.30Engineering Education Research SIG
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
16.00 - 17.30 - Parallel 4 - Enhancing the student learning experience
P18 Non-traditional subjects taught to engineers: a case study of teaching anatomy Tom Joyce
P62 Motivation of engineering students – considerations for programme design Sarah Green and Erik Meyer
P48 Perceptions and their Influences on Approaches to Learning Jenna Tudor and Roger Penlington
P43 Academic Success of First Year Engineering Students: Emotional Intelligence a Predictor? Frankie Stewart and Colin Chisholm
16.00 - 17.30 - Parallel 5 - Learning Technologies 2
P61 Improving the Learning Experience for the First Year Engineering Students using Technology Enabled Activity Led Learning Jayaraman Ramachandran and Olivier Haas
P94 Laboratory focussed learning of core electronic engineering concepts in the first year of an honours degree programme Kate Sugden, David Webb and Richard Reeves
P38 Flowchart driven Robot to promote Educational Development (FRED) Anthony Bateson, Nathan Brown and Antony Wilkinson
P22 Problem Solving and Creativity in Engineering: conclusions of a three year project involving Reusable Learning Objects and Robots Jonathan Adams, Stefan Kaczmarczyk, Phil Picton and Peter Demian
16.00 - 17.30 - Parallel 6 - Research Discussion Papers
P78 Engaging and retaining distance learning engineering students: the development of effective engineering communities Kath Clay
P124 Does pre-feedback self reflection improve student engagement, learning outcomes and tutor facilitation of group feedback sessions? Anne Gardner and Keith Willey
P75 The Impact of a Large Cohort of Chinese Students on the Delivery of an Engineering Degree in the UK Junxia Hou, Catherine Montgomery, Peter Harrington and Liz McDowell.
19.30 Drinks Reception
20.15 Conference Dinner – Aston University
Day 2: WEDNESDAY am
7.30 - 8.30 amConference Run
9.15 - 9.50Keynote Address – Richard Earp Education and Skills Manager, National Grid
10.00 - 11.00 - Parallel 1 - Design and Activity based learning
P11 An activity led learning experience for first year electronic engineers Nigel Poole, Robert Jinks, Stephen Bate, Mark Oliver and Christopher Bland
P96 Group Design-Build-Test Projects as the Core of an Integrated Curriculum in Product Design and Development Paul Hermon, Charles McCartan and Geoff Cunningham
P117 The proof of the pudding is in the eating John Swagten, Faas Moonen and Ivette Wennekes
10.00 - 11.00 - Parallel 2 - Project Based Learning
P118 Internationalization of Undergraduate Group Projects Martin Pitt
P109 Making projects work: a review of transferable best practice approaches to engineering project-based learning in the UK Ruth Graham and Edward Crawley
P40 Service-learning experiences: a way forward in teaching engineering students? Elena Rodriguez-Falcon and Alaster Yoxall
10.00 - 11.00 - Parallel 3 - Education for Sustainable Development
P39 Approaches to the embedding of sustainability into the engineering curriculum – where are we now, and how do engineers become global? Simon Steiner and Roger Penlington
P84 Developing awareness about sustainable development in Civil Engineering studies Barbara Karleusa, Aleksandra Deluka-Tibljas, Suzana Ilic and Nevena Dragicevic
P64 An engineering design course: developments over five years emphasising hands-on learning and topics of sustainability Tom Joyce, Iain Evans and Bill Pallan
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 - 13.00 - Parallel 4 - Meeting the needs of Industry
P55 Meeting the needs of industry: the drivers for change in engineering education Carol Arlett, Fiona Lamb, Richard Dales, Liz Willis and Emma Hurdle
P74 Major Hazards Management – a finishing module for undergraduate engineers on how to manage risk Graham Schleyer, Nicholas Underwood, Graham Dalzell and Nicola Stacey
P19 The career aspirations of a cohort of Associate Degree students: Implications for the engineering educators and the profession David Dowling
P13 Engineering your Workplace Advantage: Personal Development Planning resources for undergraduate engineers Andrea Duncan
11.30 - 13.00 - Parallel 5 - Research Discussion Papers
P101 A Quantitative Approach to Identifying Threshold Concepts in Engineering Education Martin Holloway, Esat Alpay and Anthony Bull
P45 Towards developing a coherant notation in dynamics that will aid learners Peter Vivian
P41 “How do we encourage the next generation of engineers?” Susan Forder, Kieran McDonald, Gary Drabble and Jeremy Twyman
11.30 - 13.00 - Parallel 6 - The Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Award Finalists 2010
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Day 2: WEDNESDAY pm
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 1
W71 Getting girls into engineering and women onto engineering degree courses Heather Hawthorne and Rachel Epson
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 2
W69 A Global Dimension for Engineering Education Petter Matthews and Caroline Baillie
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 3
W33 Inspirational teaching and learning: Developing and encouraging autonomous student learning Michael Bramhall, Keith Radley and Ivan Moore
14.00 - 15.30Network Meeting – NTFS and Teaching Awards Finalists
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
16.00 - 17.30 - Parallel 7 - Work-Based Learning
P36 Credit bearing work-based learning: learning from other’s practice Sarah Bamforth, Debra Lilley, Caroline Lowery and Adam Crawford
P70 Work-based MSc Professional Engineering: an evaluation so far Deborah Seddon and Deborah Lock
P122 An effective practice in preparing students for workplace Fakhteh Soltani-Tafreshi, David Twigg and John Dickens
P57 Development of a work-based learning MSc course which incorporates the development and demonstration of professional engineering competence standards Bill Glew and Ted Elsworth
16.00 - 17.30 - Parallel 8 - Recruiting and Retaining Engineering Students
P60 Discourses, identities and learning: implications for the training of student ambassadors in engineering Clare Gartland, Heather Hawthorne and Claire McLoughlin
P97 Inspiring young people to engage in engineering education: The Aston University Engineering Academy Birmingham Alison Halstead, Mike Jerome and Anne Wheeler
P15 Engaging Future Engineers: Pedagogy, Policy & Practice Robin Clark and Jane Andrews
P66 The effects of gender on the success of a cohort of engineering students Lorelle Burton and David Dowling
16.00 - 17.30 - Parallel 9 - Assessment and Feedback 1
P29 Designing an Ideal Assessment Scheme for Dual Mode Delivery Vasantha Aravinthan
P26 Motivating students to learn through good and helpful coursework feedback Shun Ha Sylvia Wong
P53 Developing a Departmental Strategy to Improve Student Feedback Jane Horner
P52 Addressing the Learners’ Needs for Specific and Constructive Feedback Jenna Tudor and Noel Perera
19.00 - 23.30 Gala Dinner, National Motorcycle Museum
18.45 Coaches depart
19.15 Drinks Reception and museum tour
20.15 The Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Award Presentations, supported by the Engineering Council.
20.30 Dinner
22.30 Coaches depart for Aston
Day 3: THURSDAY am
09.15 - 09.50 Keynote address by Jack Lohman Vice Provost and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
10.00 - 11.00 - Parallel 1 - Engineering Education – Perspectives from Students
P103 Reflections on an integrated team approach to the creation of new e-learning resources for first year engineering students Holly Fox, David Whitley, Julian Tenney and Carol Eastwick
P125 A Student’s Perspective on the Effectiveness of Personality and Learning Tools in Engineering Education David Whitman and Dorothy Missingham
P127 Engineering Humour: A student’s perspective on the effective use of humour in engineering education Amelia Greig, Dorothy Missingham and Colin Kestell
10.00 - 11.00 - Parallel 2 - Learning Technologies 3
P25 Promoting collaborative learning in engineering management education through the use of wikis Fiona Saunders, Mark Jasper and Peter Whitton
P28 Impact of using Moodle as an educational management tool to enhance learning for on campus and external mode electrical students at USQ Ronald Sharma
P81 How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators? Nicola Wilkinson, Adam Crawford and Fiona Lamb
10.00 - 11.00 - Parallel 3 - Developing and motivating students
P128 Leadership in a technological environment Gary Codner
P8 Supporting development of independent learning skills John Anthony Rossiter and Linda Gray
P23 Understanding Motivation in Large Groups of Engineering and Computing Students Roberto Ramirez Iniguez and Ursula Canton
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 - 13.00 - Parallel 4 - Assessment and Feedback 2
P9 Using audio to support student learning John Rossiter, Anne Nortcliffe and Andrew Middleton
P90 Challenges of developing engineering students' writing through peer assessment Teresa McConlogue, Jens-Dominik Mueller and Julia Shelton
P31 Effectiveness of self-assessment quizzes as a learning tool Vasantha Aravinthan and Thiru Aravinthan
11.30 - 13.00 - Parallel 5 - First Year Students and Progression 2
P12 The impact of task value upon stress and workload levels of first year engineering students Euan Lindsay
P121 Six-week introductory programme of activity led learning to improve student engagement and retention Paul Green
P46 Who leaves and who stays? Retention and attrition in Engineering Education Elizabeth Godfrey, Tim Aubrey and Robin King
P14 Evaluation of initiatives related to engagement and retention of first year mechanical engineering students at two Russell Group Universities Tom Joyce and Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
11.30 - 13.00 - Parallel 6 - Research Discussion Papers
P34 Who chooses the "E" in STEM? Darryl N. Williams and Michael A. Gottfriend
P7 Engineering – young people want to be informed E. Ekevall, E. L. Hayward, G. Hayward, J. Magill, E. Spencer, G. MacBride, C. Bryce and B. Stimpson
P16 ‘Catching Them Young’: Inspiring Future Engineers, An Exploratory Study Robin Clark and Jane Andrews
11.30 - 13.00WebPA SIG
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Day 3: THURSDAY pm
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 1
W129 OERP Workshop; Methods & Processes Alex Fenlon and Rob Pearce
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 2
W17 Building Bridges for Future Sustainability? Breaching the research-teaching nexus in Engineering Education Robin Clark and Jane Andrews
14.00 - 15.30 - Workshop 3
W93 Climbing up the Slippery Slope - helping first year engineers to master the peaks and troughs of differentiation Glynis Perkin and Jan Robertson
14.00 - 15.30WebPA SIG
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea and Closing address