Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

for storage. 6% was chosen as areasonable value to reflect the value of money with time. Traditionally this might be the currenthome mortgage rate. In the Washington, DC area the home mortgage rate is quite varied, so 6%was accepted for this problem. Assuming 75 % of the basement area used for storage, $5,400(0.75 x 300 x 24) was used as the benefit due to recovery of storage space.Analogously, the value assigned as a benefit for recovery of confident use of the garage forparking is $3,600 (1.0 x 300 sq. ft x 0.06 x $200). The long term benefits from the new drainagesystem and provisions to accommodate potential back up of water (check valve and over-flowsystem) were established by estimating the increased value of property due to the new

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

, experience, and custom. Theiterative process of engineering design is characterized by a series of distinct functions: identifyingneeds, defining options, making decisions, gathering data, preparing a plan, and implementing aplan. Demonstrating these functions, along with introducing the students to open-ended problemsolving, produced both universal and culturally distinctive results. This paper will demonstrate various cultural distinctions affecting the progress and success ofadapting an engineering model to a Middle Eastern culture. In a sense, this paper reflects the Page 10.125.2colonization of a Western academic community in the Middle

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

type of testing (or other forms of assessment)used in the course and which reflect the amount and nature of the information that mustbe learned will go a long way to promoting academic success. Page 10.376.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Question #7 - Learning Strategies: What types of learning strategies do my studentsneed? Will they need to collaborate with others in small or large groups? Will studentsneed to listen, maintain their attention for long periods of time, or take extensive notes?Students

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Adams; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

, and then RF power reflected from themixer can be measured with the mixer connected to the directional coupler. More details aboutmeasurement procedures can be found in the Mini-Circuits application notes 7 . (5) RF System Performance Once the students gain a solid understanding of the functionality and performance parametersof an RF communication system through the experiential exploration obtained above, they areready to put the modules together to build a complete point-to-point RF communication systemand to further investigate system performance. In our case, we use a 900 MHz point-to-pointsystem for RF performance testing. The main purpose of this experiment is to let the students see the operation of a complete RFsystem, and gain a

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Schildgen; Jon Duff

: “The senior project shouldcontain elements of criticism and self-reflection.” Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Geography Arizona State University West University of Minnesota Computer Science P. Stevenson Jr. Library University of Colorado Bard College Social Sciences Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Hawaii North Carolina A&T University Physics Communications and Media Studies Case Western Reserve University Tufts University Robert E. Kennedy Library

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Loving; Joyce Yen

Cultural Change Program (CDCCP) which was developed with ADVANCE Visiting Scholar Chris Loving. The program’s structure reflects the need for skills development and frequent, ongoing opportunities to address cultural change. Emphasized is exploration of cultural change concepts and acquisition of related individual and leadership skills. Concurrently, these concepts and skills are used to create and implement specific initiatives to improve the climate for everyone in the department. This paper will describe the CDCCP theoretical framework, program structure, and resulting impact.Introduction and BackgroundMore than three decades ago, researchers began to study the differential experience of womenfaculty

Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Shapiro

functioning, including interpersonal communication, listening, learning to be positive and supportive, conflict resolution, and encouraging all members to participate. • Group processing. Specific attention was also paid to having groups assess their functioning and effectiveness. In part this was done through the progress reports, but it was addressed explicitly in class as well. Mid-term assessments included reflection on the groups and feedback was provided. Also, at times individual groups had issues that they brought up with the professor. Those were handled by first making sure that the group had used appropriate processes to try to resolve the conflict. When necessary, though, the

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Reid Bailey

– Time intensive for 800+ • Performance assessment.Video of design teams “in + Can be at individual and students per year!action” or reflecting on team levels – Only linked toprocess application level of Bloom’s taxonomy.It is clear that each approach in Table 2 has strengths and weaknesses. Not being at theindividual level is a big weakness of both design reports and final designs, with final designs alsobeing hampered because they are not process-focused. Using video would require a prohibitiveamount of time to watch and reliably score the tapes. The remaining option, having

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackson Denise; Charles Aikens

focus andprocedures. During implementation, the coach observes evidence of achievement, and the use ofstrategies and decision-making procedures. During analysis, the coach mediates by having thestudent reflect upon what has been accomplished. The student will summarize impressions andassessment of the event, recall information that supports impressions and assessment, compareplanned with performed strategies and decisions, compare planned with achieved results, andinfer relationships between goal achievement and strategies. During application, the coachmediates by having the student synthesize new learnings, prescribe new applications, reflect onthe coaching process, and recommend refinements.3.5 Developing a Student Assessment PlanIn addition

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton; Gregor Novak; Evelyn Patterson; Brian Self

just before it willbe used, for example in a laboratory exercise or an assigned project. JiTT, on the other hand, is atechnique used to enhance the interactivity of a lecture period by creating a feedback loopbetween the instructor and the student.The JiTT strategy reflects recent efforts in cognitive psychology, developmental psychology,social psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, as well as education research in general and inspecific disciplines, such to understand how people learn. A recent report by Bransford(4)discusses what principles of knowledge organization underlie people’s problem solvingcapabilities, how people transfer learning in one setting to another, and how these results can beused to design new and better learning

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell

Page 10.1478.2allows for the easy declaration of most of the preconditions, in terms of declaring the purpose ofeach parameter and, if necessary, any constraints upon that parameter. Correspondingly, the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationJavadoc @return tag provides a mechanism to describe the meaning of the returned value, thepotential range of values and how special circumstances that may occur are reflected in thereturned value. Given that the card game assignment described here is targeted toward first-yearstudents, attempting to have them incorporate comprehensive documentation could

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch; Karin Sandell; Chang Liu

and managed by student teams. Since this was an open-endedrequirement, we added creativity as one of the grading criteria to award innovative ideas.Students were highly motivated and came up with many surprising and effective ways tocover their topics. Providing this flexibility allows students with different learning stylepreferences, such as those represented by the VARK learning inventory (Visual-Auditory-Read/Write-Kinesthetic), to develop learning materials that reflect their optimallearning situations 13 . The different learning orientations that are reflected in thepresentations of the individual student teams provide a rich and diverse set of learningexperiences for students in the course.For example, one team was assigned to cover

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Jones; Karen Berger; Tamara Knott

event are provided in the sections that follow.Activity DescriptionsThe activities for the event were chosen from activities previously used for VT-SWE’s long-standing “Girl Scouts Exploring Engineering Day.” This provided us a set of establishedactivities that had already been tested with a similar audience and were known to be effective.We selected the activities to reflect our budget, a need for simplicity in set-up (because of Page 10.616.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationconcerns

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

) ability to critically interpret the results of the problem solving; and (f) ability tocommunicate the results of the problem solving. Underlying and pervasive through this processis the ability to work in a team towards the problem solving goal.Undergraduate engineering education as reflected in engineering curricula in the United Stateshas focused strongly on criterion (a) above to the detriment of the other items in the list. Indeed,many if not most engineering classes have focused on a thorough grounding in the “basics” of agiven discipline as delivered through lecture. This slow but steady evolution to greater relianceon lecture about more and more material is a reflection of exploding amounts of knowledge inthe engineering disciplines over

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hebrank; Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

contexts. It has beenrecognized in the development of the National Science Education Standards as an essential partof teaching K-12 science in this country.3 Thus inquiry is more than just a scientific approach toinvestigating questions and enhancing knowledge process and content. It has far broader socialimplications by teaching and modeling cooperation and communication skills while solvingproblems, sharing and reflecting on new discoveries, and disseminating those discoveriesbroadly for the good of society. Inherent in the inquiry model is a non-competitive, respectfulattitude towards the uniqueness of individuals and the wonder of the inquisitive minds ofchildren. Inquiry is particularly well suited to fostering team building and team

Conference Session

Advice for Dual-Career Couples

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Hyer; Catherine Eckel; Margaret Layne; Elizabeth Creamer

department or other departments.In this department, I think it’s very friendly” to “I have to be a little careful, frankly. I’m theextra one here; my wife was the one hired”. The language used in the department to describe adual hire situation reflects departmental attitudes: “Some view spouses as an opportunity; some people view them as a problem. The way it’s phrased here is it’s a two- body problem…. I wish they would view it more as a two- body opportunity.” (Male, first hire)Some of the faculty interviewed felt that spousal hires had to overcome a perception that theywere not as highly qualified as their colleagues: “I do think that there is a stigma associated with it. It’s probably with everybody; it’s probably

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Ben Lawrence; Cynthia Mann

seem to be a non-threatening forum for feedback.The last 12 weeks of the semester integrated the Pizza Project into the class activities. Theywere placed in teams of four and given a scenario in which they were all design teams workingfor a company that had been contracted by Fred’s Pizza. Unlike design problems that request acourse of action given a well-defined problem, the students were instead given a symptom toalleviate: Customers of Fred’s Pizza are calling in to complain that delivery pizzas are arriving cold, and that grease is leaking through the boxes and staining tablecloths.This open ended statement was developed to reflect the nature of industrial problems.Unlike textbook exercises, in industry, we are not given all of

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

competence with these outcomes. Theoutcomes of the course reflect intended exposure to the appropriate measurement methods,principles for further study, and extension beyond the course materials via open-ended problemresolution, documentation of experimental results and proper reporting based on audience, anduncertainty analysis associated with laboratory investigation.These assignments were matched with the course outcomes. A target score of 8.0 for alloutcomes is proper, based on the grading methodology and first time preparation. Studentperformance and student self-assessment indicate that students achieved the course outcomeswith a student assessment of Outcome 2 being slightly less than target, which is discussed below.Student assessment of

Conference Session

Topics of Interest-Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Deinert; K. Bingham Cady; Joshua Barratt; Erich Schneider

vector, while that at right reflects theactinide composition after 60 MWd/kg of burnup. V:BUDS normalizes the bar graphs such thatthe total neutron consumption rate in the unit cell equals unity. Additionally, there is a user-specifiable option, visible in Figure 2, to limit the display to those species contributing more thana given percentage to the total. In Figure 4, this percentage was set to 5%; hence, a number ofactinide and other species not crossing this threshold are lumped into the ‘Other’ category. Page 10.192.7Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

cycles,whereas nonferrous metals show no such point. For nonferrous metals, a value of 5x108 cycles isusually assigned as the fatigue limit. There are several theories available for prediction of failuredue to cyclic loading [6]. Depending on the situation at hand, the designer must apply thesuitable theory as no one theory will optimally address all design requirement. However, all ofthem reflect on the fact that this type of failure is not yet completely understood and extra caremust be taken when dealing with fatigue phenomenon. Shigley and Mischke present a rathercomprehensive view of the issues involved with the variations of behavior of different materialsin the fatigue analysis process [7]. The goal in the current experiment is to create

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

3 RPs with peers & reflect/ revise/ report research partners classroom teachers in electronically and face-to-face a Mentoring/ Action during a summer throughout the two-year Research graduate conference period course VI Teachers V follow their RPs to Teachers

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

. Before describing some specifics of our project, it is useful to reflect on past approaches to teaching core knowledge in the engineering curriculum. Literature suggests that it typically follows one of three models: 1) traditional; 2) integrated; 3) in-between [9,15,20,33]. In the traditional approach, core subjects are taught by faculty in their respective disciplines with little regard for the ultimate application. This approach, as cited earlier, is one of the reasons for low retention rates [6,15,17,19,31]. An integrated core approach is one where students learn multiple

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Yang; Andrew Bennett; Steve Warren

unguided. The JavaScript syntax checker has helped Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsomewhat in this regard, since it locates mismatched/missing parentheses and unrecognizablevariables. Multiple choice questions can address this issue, but they are not as effective from alearning standpoint. Since problem sets can be submitted until a student achieves their desiredscore, it would simply be too easy for a student to obtain scores that do not clearly reflect theirlevel of understanding. In fact, there is not currently a good way to make computer homeworkfeel like the same experience as handwritten

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Edington; Melissa Eljamal; Stella Pang

context of the region where engineering solutions willbe implemented. Because these courses are not offered every semester, the PGE also permitscourses that allow a student to independently focus on cross-cultural issues. Students can use anIndependent Study option to work with a faculty member whose research involves working withinternational colleagues, suppliers, etc. Strict guidelines for the independent study project havebeen developed (how much interface necessary with international counterparts, plans forpersonal goals on improving skills, and a reflection paper) to ensure that the student gains insightinto cross-cultural challenges. One other option is for students to take part in an EngineeringCross-Cultural Training Series. This option

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

(Mwhen in association with Btu means thousand). In Equation [1], S is the slope of the Y(X) line incents/kwh/$/MMBtu or 10,000 Btu/kwh. As discussed in “Co-utilization of Domestic FuelsBiomass Gas/Natural Gas” Green, A., Swansong, G., and Najafi, F., we can relate S to the netplant heat rate (NPHR) (19, 20) or to the efficiency viaS = NPHR/10,000 [2] orS = 34.12/Eff [3]The constant K (in cents/kwh) mainly reflects the capital investment, the normal rate of ownerreturn and operation and maintenance (O&M) expenses. Lowering K and S as much as possibleso to lower the cost of electricity is the goal of true

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

from the encoders contains position, velocity, and azimuth. • Diffuse Sensors – By emitting light that reflects from a surface back to thesensor, the frequency can be analyzed and compared to a programmedfrequency. The sensors can be programmed to detect a particular frequency (color)on the ground. • Proximity Sensors – By emitting light that reflects from a surface back to thesensor(s), the proximity sensors can find obstructions.Computers The computing system isdivided into two parallel systems.A central computer is responsiblefor planning paths, forcontrolling the vehicle, and forinterfacing to all sensors exceptfor the vision. The secondcomputer system dedicates itself

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

mental capabilities (such as vision, hearing, health, and judgment/reaction time) of the olderpopulation, traffic officials in certain areas of the United States have changed certain parametersin road design to accommodate (i.e. or to increase the comfort and convenience for) the needs ofthe elderly in all facets of transportation; whether it be as a pedestrian, a passenger, or a driver.The parameters that have been implemented have also been studied since implementation. Thosestudies reflect on how different cities and states have used or not used the parameters and theireffectiveness on traffic. Still there is a great diversity among states regarding how elderly driversare considered and accommodated. Greater emphasis on implementation of

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Hvid Nielsen

goon in an iterative process with scientific methods available and usable for the actual topic. It is likewalking in a staircase. Seen from above it can look like walking in circles, but seen from the side,the students’ position, one can recognise a constantly increasing level.The supervisors of project-organised education need to be aware of that and not press the projectgroup too hard in the first part of the project period. If that phenomenon is not taken inconsideration, the students will tend to fall back to the ‘Do as Learned Method’ and find onlyconservative solutions.Process-based model for contingency - a dynamic approachThe core of the model is a balance between attention to and reflection on the potential opportunitiesand resources

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Ramsey-Idem; Sally Pardue; Kristine Craven

. Girl Scouts exchange swaps, small crafts that canbe worn on a vest or hat, when they attend various activities. These swaps are meant to representthe person giving the swap, this could be something personal, local, or regional depending onwhen, where, and with whom the swaps are being exchanged. The activity leaders distributeswaps that are relevant to their specific activity. Thus each team of participants will have adifferent set of swaps at the end of the day, highlighting the activities that they completed. Theseswaps are displayed prominently on the bag they received, or somewhere on their person. Theseare meant to be a more personal reflection of the EAF experience.Adult WorkshopIn conjunction with EAF, a program is conducted for the

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Bryan Norman; Jayant Rajgopal; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

feedback on teamworkabilities, and perceived course integration. At the end of each problem, the student teamspresented their findings, results and recommendations in an oral presentation as well as a writtenreport. Both the oral presentations and written reports were graded by each instructor in thecourse using rubrics developed for each. In addition, for each project the students ratedthemselves and their team members on their teamwork capabilities through a two-pagequestionnaire. Because the course was primarily graded based on team collaboration, it wasimportant for the students to reflect through open-ended questions and along seven differentdimensions of team contribution (i.e. attendance, preparation, contribution, work load,timeliness