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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

lives, and strengthen working relationships within departments. The modelgoes beyond work/personal life to make the workplace more equitable and improve the quality ofworking people’s lives. This approach has been successful in business organizations such asXerox and is modeled to work for other organizations. ADVANCE is experimenting with themodel for the first time in a university setting.The method of the Dual Agenda model is designed to uncover gendered assumptions, such asthose about competence and commitment, which underlie work practices that are bothinequitable and ineffective. Once found and analyzed, action plans can be put into place. Theunderlying approach to the method is to focus on joint inquiry, collaboration, and commitment

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted M. Stilgenbauer; Thomas Nicholas; Anthony Brizendine

was established as the initial target rate for each MCO. With regard to thecontinuous improvement aspect of the course, each MCO class average would be assessedagainst the 65 percent. Those not meeting the 65 percent average would have an action plan forimprovement created by the faculty. The plan for improvement would address the MCO whichdid not meet the defined goal, identify issues arising from the student evaluations, failures in theskill sets identification, and recommend an alternative or innovative approach for presenting theMCO to the class. Measurable Course Outcomes Reevaluation of Course Delivery

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ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

presented. Plans for future work areoutlined.In summary, this paper describes a heat transfer experiment to illustrate the topic ofdimensional analysis. The experiment should greatly increase the students’ interest in thetopic and their comprehension of the use of dimensional analysis in the planning ofexperimental programs and the correlation of experimental data.I. ObjectivesThe main objective was to design and construct a heat transfer experiment to illustrate theconcept and usefulness of dimensional analysis. An accompanying benefit of the effortwas the addition of an experiment to the mechanical engineering laboratories.II. Experimental ApparatusThe apparatus has been designed to be low cost, relatively easy to construct by

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kari Clase

for competentindividuals to develop and manufacture biological (life science-based) products on an Page 10.385.2industrial scale. In addition, higher order learning with action-based research and“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”curriculum will increase analytical skills and better prepare students for real world jobsby enabling them to transfer curriculum-based research experiences into thebiotechnology industry.Connection between Purdue University’s College of Technology Strategic Plan andthe Biotechnology Program

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Laffitte; David Ollis

engineering lab assistants in both the device lab and the industrial designstudio facilitated achievement of desired, multidisciplinary design proposals. Thus, theaddition of a “device dissection” engineering lab experience to an existing IndustrialDesign studio course demonstrated an enhancement in student performance. Plans fornext year’s collaboration are presented.Introduction Ten years ago, the College of Engineering created a Product and ProcessEngineering Laboratory, within which engineering students could deepen theirunderstanding, and satisfy their curiosity, by taking apart and re-assembling devices intheir everyday lives. Early examples were light-driven devices included bar codescanners, CD players, FAX machines, and video cameras

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

An Elective Course on Computational Techniques in Structural Mechanics with a Balance in Theory and Application John R. Baker Department of Mechanical Engineering University of KentuckyWith ever increasing readily available computer power, and more sophisticatedcommercial structural analysis software, it seems that mechanical engineering graduateswho plan to do design work will be much better prepared for the workplace if they have agood background in both theory and application of modern computer-based structuralanalysis techniques. Various universities offer courses which focus on numericaltechniques, which may be applied to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi

the description of particleinteraction with laminar flow, Brownian motion process, and particle deposition bydiffusion, interception and impaction. The sections on interaction of particles with turbulence and turbulent depositionthat are normally taught in the second course. Computational modeling of turbulentflows was discussed, and classical models of turbulent deposition were described. Inaddition the process of aerosol charging and transport under the action of electrical forcesand turbulence were discussed. We have added a number of computational modules to make the coursepresentations of the materials more interactive. The plan is to have sufficient number ofcalculation modules for the student to experiment with. As a

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

to contribute to the cost of ABET fees and visitor training, ASEE may not support such a proposal. It was emphasized that the constituent committee has other agenda items as well, such as providing a focal point for communications between members and being a contact point for discussions on issues like ABET accreditation. ABET is discussing the issue of blurring the traditional programs, and input from this group may be helpful."A petition to become a Constituent Committee of ASEE, prepared by Dr. Gosink, was edited andthen signed by 17 attendees. The group decided to plan a program, with both a technical sessionand a business meeting, for the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference scheduled for Nashville, TN.Two areas of focus for technical

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Srikanth Pidugu

) Strategic Plan (2003-08) setsout five goals—Clean Air, Clean and Safe Water, Protect and Restore the Land, HealthCommunities and Ecosystems, and Compliance and Environmental Stewardship. The draftoutlines the work the EPA plans to do over the next five years towards achieving the goals [1].Community awareness of environmental issues is vital to the success of such a strategic plan, andthis project, as small as it is, can make a fundamental statement on the importance of maintainingclean air and a clean environment by employing appropriate technologies. Fuel cell technology isone such element where emissions are contained to zero-level and enhance the quality of air webreathe. This project began with high school students to increase their awareness

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

-DLR) one-year planning grant, asub-group of participants met for several hours to help develop new Engineering for DevelopingCommunities tracks within the Civil Engineering and the Environmental Engineering B.S.programs and incorporate Earth Systems Engineering and sustainability ideas throughout thecurriculum within the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering(CEAE) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Once designed, the new curriculum will bethe basis for an NSF-DLR three-year implementation grant proposal.Speakers presented a variety of options to integrate appropriate/sustainable technology conceptsinto the engineering curriculum. Those options ranged from adding pre-developed modules

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre' Butler; William Moses

experiment for twoweeks. During the first week, students familiarize themselves with all relevant equipment anddetermine a procedure for conducting the experiment that they will execute the following week.Groups are required to submit a lab plan prior to the week 2 activities. Groups rotate among thethree labs until all have been completed.This lab draws heavily from two of its quarter predecessors, i.e., EGR 222L (OJL) and MAE Page 10.827.2403L. In EGR 222L (OJL), students conducted six to eight prescribed mechanics exercises, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

learningenvironment, and that the team work experiences reflect this foundation. The essential elementsof team development should be firmly established as early in the engineering education aspossible and continuously exercised and reinforced throughout the remaining years. Earlyanalysis of the graduates of this program seems to indicate that they are measurably betterprepared for engineering leadership and management positions. PLANNING THE PROJECT 1. Evaluate the feasibility of conducting the project with regard to its required finances, human resources, equipment, facilities, deadline for completion, etc. 2. Recruit members that their interpersonal and intellectual skills complement each other. 3. Set

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

which will permit you to navigate the shoals of product liability+ 2.89 3.04 ability to plan a product test+ 2.87 3.05 ability to plan my career+ 2.74 3.11 ability to integrate rapid prototyping into the design process* 2.72 n.a. n.a. indicates that the topic was not applicable * indicates new lecture, + indicates repeat lecturer and topicDiscussion: The level of understanding, based on student perceptions, did not fare aswell as in the 2003 class. All but one element was judged less valuable in terms of thelearning experience by this year’s

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

arisenin virtually all major infrastructure projects. The recently released report of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21stCentury: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future (1) states, “Today’s world isfundamentally challenging the way civil engineering is practiced. Complexity arises inevery aspect of projects, from pre-project planning with varied stakeholders to buildingwith minimum environmental and community disturbance.” Aware of these problems ofincreased complexity of modern-day civil engineering practice, and inadequate academicpreparation of BS-degreed civil engineering graduates due to reductions in credit hoursrequired for graduation at colleges and universities, it was

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

Page 10.1220.3Problem Definition step. The course focuses on using science to define the reason behind anddegree of importance of environmental problems environmental engineers are asked to solve. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Environment: Plan of Technological Action Economic Alternatives Political Generation Social Information

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Craig

writing that we learn to articulate ourthoughts clearly; our critical thinking is strengthened and clarified by our expression of itin writing. Page 10.1480.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Second, successful complex documents are iterative, building in successive stages.Successful writing begins with a planning, focus, and organization stage in which thewriter spends time defining the scope of the writing, organizing his/her thoughts, andobtaining the necessary information about which s/he wants to

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

funding, teacher rewards and promotion,paperwork requirements, regulations, work expectations, improvement plans, and evenreal estate values. However, modest and initial gains in the results of high-stakesaccountability assessments may accompany trends toward instruction that is more forprocedural rather than for conceptual knowledge and increasingly traditional rather thanreform-oriented [4].Pressure on local districts to recruit and retain qualified teachers comes at the same timeas critical and well-documented shortages of mathematics teachers. Traditionalmathematics teacher education programs that require mathematics content coursesgenerally taught in mathematics departments supplemented by professional educationcourses have failed to prepare

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Benegas; Rick Covington

early on to the teaching of problem solving and solutionapproaches, saving discussion of language syntax specifics until much later. In Section 4, weoffer some examples of how to apply this approach to the teaching of iterations and decisions.Finally, in Section 5, some directions for future work are outlined, including plans for evaluatingthe effectiveness of the approach with an assessment of student progress for CS1 students.2. BackgroundWe claim that the approach currently used to teach CS1 suffers from a lack of attention to well-known results from cognitive psychology on how students learn. In this section, we review someof the relevant models of learning in general and then focus on research that addresses learningcomputer programming in

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Helbling; Patric McElwain; Angela Beck; Ron Madler; David Lanning

paperconcludes with a discussion of plans for future collaborative efforts between HU/COM andengineering faculty at ERAU/Prescott.ContextERAU/Prescott is a 4-year university in Northern Arizona with an enrollment of approximately1,700 undergraduate students. The most popular engineering degree program is AerospaceEngineering (AE). Students majoring in AE take typical AE courses such as EngineeringMaterials Science with Laboratory, Solid Mechanics, Experimental Aerodynamics, SpaceMechanics, Aerodynamics and Structures. There is a strong emphasis on laboratory and designwork to prepare the students for the senior capstone design courses.Students majoring in AE must choose one of two design tracks: aircraft or spacecraft. Theaircraft track culminates in a

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Thompson; Matthew Roberts

design is on mechanical theory and calculation techniques. Many aspects ofthe field can be lost when the focus of the class plays so heavily on the analytical aspects of thetopic and students can lose their motivation under the onslaught of applied theory and math.Overcoming these difficulties is particularly important at UWP because reinforced concrete de-sign is required of all civil engineering students, not just those with an emphasis in structural en-gineering. Students who are not planning an emphasis in structures may not grasp the worth ofthe class to their future careers.To better engage the students at UWP, the reinforced concrete design course includes a designcompetition in conjunction with the construction of a sample beam that is

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suining Ding

. Need a display case for company’s products4. Need window view facing the street5. There are two existing columns ( Doric Order) at the entrance6. Need a screen for tele-conference7. Ceiling could be a dome, curved ceiling; coffer ceiling; floating ceiling or any other type of ceilings.8. Use 3D AutoCAD to create a 3D rendering for this space.9. You may choose appropriate finishes for this interior space. Please design lighting for this room also.10. Please refer to attached plan for dimensions. (an attached floor plan with dimensions were given to the students) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

curriculum and teaching decisions aremade based on how best to facilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that isdifferent from the traditional educational planning. The desired outcome is first identified and the Page 10.1415.2curriculum is created to support the intended outcome2. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationZayed University (ZU) is an academic institution located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Itis a laptop-based university where all classrooms are wired

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen; Iskandar Hack

. The current plan, anticipated for the summer of 2005, will have students fromIPFW going to UKL for a six week period of study and cultural exchange. While in Malaysia,the students will be staying in the UKL dormitories.The advantage of such a program is to provide students the diversity of working on a one-on-oneinternational project. This intense plan of study will provide students exposure of what to expectafter graduation when working in a global market. Completion of the technological project willbe the focus of the program. A second focus will be on the dynamics of working in a small groupinvolving diverse members. This paper provides the preliminary investigation of challenges andachievements involved in introducing such a technology

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Johnson

ultimately responsible for its“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”design and quality regardless of where or how it is manufactured. This shift does not eliminatethe need for manufacturing professionals, but it does change their role in the organization. Program Educational Action Measures Plans Objectives Alumni Survey

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

faculty advisor, the lab instructor and the teaching assistant and withinone week after receiving the project, the project team must develop a detailed project plan. Althoughall projects and project plans are dynamic, it is imperative that a detailed plan is developed initiallyand continually examined to properly execute the project within time and budget constraints. Most of the projects in the EE labs are team projects. Although each team member isassigned specific actions by the team, all team members are equally responsible for successfulcompletion of the project. Team members are measured for their contribution to the team by theiradvisor, lab instructor, lab director's staff and the team itself.2. Laboratory Project Requirements

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Cook; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

other, which may create a dysfunctional team.Attitude and climate of the team -1. Team uses rewards and positive reinforcement to encourage all team members to do their best job possible and to keep conflicts to a minimum.2. Members are encouraging and conflicts are quickly resolved.3. Members are open to ideas and conflicts resolved over time.4. Members show minimal interest in other team member's ideas, and conflicts are often ignored.5. Members are negative or disrespectful to one another, which might create a dysfunctional team.ProcessEffective use of time -1. Team meets timelines with minimal rushing by creating and following a specified plan.2. Team's use of time could be more effective, but still meets the deadlines.3. Team

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Nutter

an opportunity for integration of several technologies and manufacturing managementaspects into an application-based environment, including 3-D CAD modelling, robotics, andproduction system design. Students gain skills and experience in teamwork, project planning,problem solving, and formal multi-media presentations in company environments. Benefitsinclude exposure to in-plant manufacturing operations, and the opportunity to personally dealwith company representatives. Current students have obtained coop/internship positions, andgraduates are finding simulation jobs in the fields of manufacturing and applications engineering. Page

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

Science, BE 2377 – ElectricCircuits & Motors, and BE 2303 – Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering. Totalcredit hours for B.S. degrees in the four programs decreased an average of 13 credit hours(approximately one semester) as a result of this initiative. The Basic Engineering (BE) Coredegree plan is listed in Table 1. After completing the two-year core program, a student is eligibleto begin the Upper Division program in his or her chosen disciplineSuccessful on-time graduation from the common core, BE courses, is recognized as a keycomponent for student progress and success in the Upper Division undergraduate programs.Thus, the “sticking point” for minorities and women, who are the major constituents and the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald; Scott Starks

10.1137.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationA student may participate in TexPREP for a maximum of three summers. Students are organizedinto three groups (Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3) based upon years of program participation.Different activities and curricula are planned for each of the three groups.2.1 Program GoalsThe goals for El Paso TexPREP program are the following: • To acquaint student participants with professional opportunities in engineering; • To reinforce the mathematics preparation of these students at high school and college levels • To increase the number of competently

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

DevelopmentThe pace of U.S. technological innovations is reflected by U.S. competitiveness in global markets and ournational security posture. This in turn is directly dependent upon the continued professional developmentof the creative and innovative capability of our high-caliber domestic engineering leaders in industry.Development of technology-based systems is a deliberately planned process requiring expertise indefining the need, defining the specifications, planning the technical project/program/system, throughconceptual design and development for feasibility, through advanced development and programmanagement to get the job done.The resulting outcomes of development programs are new technologies in the form of new/improvedproducts, processes