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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

agreement with theColorado School of Mines to provide leadership in programs and curriculum design, with the goalof achieving ABET accreditation for the Petroleum Institute.THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES EPICS PROGRAMThe model for this experiment in trans-cultural engineering education is the Design EPICS(Engineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence) Program at the Colorado School of Mines.Directed by Dr. Robert D. Knecht for the past twelve years, the program is conceived to guideteams of first and second-year engineering students through an authentic design process that callson decision-making methodology to address technical, open-ended, client-based projects. Mentors(experienced teachers) guide the students through the creative, interactive

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacki Stewart; Peter Jansson

meet thischallenging goal. One effort to help reduce emissions includes a multi-disciplinary group ofengineers in the College of Engineering’s innovative Junior/Senior Clinic program2,3 who havecombined to site, design, permit, and install photovoltaic (PV) systems around campus. PVsystems are a clean, renewable energy resource that use energy from the sun and convert solarenergy to usable electricity. They have developed plans for installing these systems on roofsaround campus, as well as one system on the ground for educational purposes. Lucrativefinancial incentives from the State of New Jersey have made these systems economically feasiblefor the first time. To further reduce overall system costs, students working on the project, as wellas

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christopher Turner; Lisa Marshall

external partners played in expanding the understanding of the field? We willpresent results of initiatives that have grown interest, increased enrolment and improvedretention. This session examines strategies employed to broaden the perception of nuclearscience from K-12 through graduate studies. NC State’s Nuclear Engineering program is part ofa Department of Energy Nuclear Engineering and Technology pilot project examining thecreation and maintenance of this momentum.Keywords Nuclear engineering; K12 outreach; undergraduate recruitment; graduate recruitment Strategic Enrolment Management (SEM) must be articulated at the departmental level foroptimum success. In this paper, we will elaborate on SEM and tactics employed by

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

by 20 instructors. Each section met for two 50-minute sessions weekly.Engineering Exploration, EngE 1024, provides an introduction to the engineering profession.The course focuses on an introduction to and application of the design process and teamwork,applying the scientific method to problem solving, graphing numeric data and deriving simpleempirical functions, developing and implementing algorithms, and professional ethics. In thefall 2004 offering, Object Oriented Programming was introduced through ALICE, a graphicsbased object oriented programming language, available free from Carnegie Mellon University(www.alice.org).28 During the semester, students completed three group (typically 4 students pergroup) design projects. For projects A

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Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Melton; Michael Micci; Deborah Levin; Charles Croskey; David Spencer; Sven Bilen

educationalprogramming available to students of diverse backgrounds and academic interests. Oureducational goal is to prepare students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for productivecareers in technical and nontechnical fields relating to space systems and science. The LionSatmission introduces relevant hands-on opportunities to students through design problems, sciencequestions, case studies, research investigations, leadership experiences, organizational issues,etc. LionSat introduces meaningful and realistic project examples into the classroom andlaboratory, which enhance student learning. The LionSat mission was selected as a participant in the University Nanosat-3 (NS-3)program, which is a joint program between the American Institute of

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen

teaching an introductorycourse on Mechatronics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Middle East TechnicalUniversity. This course attracts students from multiple disciplines. Being offered at the thirdsemester, rather than focusing on theoretical aspects of different disciplines, this course focuseson the system integration aspect of Mechatronics systems and emphasizes this with hands-onlaboratory exercises and a semester project. The semester project requires the design andconstruction of a simple closed loop system. To make the programming aspect of these projectseasier, it is intended to develop the necessary software on a PC rather than an embeddedplatform. To facilitate this, a software package is developed. With the help of this

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Peter

all. A separateultrasonic tracking system has also been designed that utilizes two microphone ‘ears’ withaccompanying electronics to provide the capability of determining the direction of an ultrasonicbeacon. Each robot can then utilize this information to influence how to act – whether to follow,or run away, or make position decisions based on the origin of the sound. An additionaltechnical improvement has been made by replacing the standard AA battery power source with aset of lithium-ion batteries, thus extending operating time to several hours.Introduction As a project for the Seattle Pacific University Electrical Engineering Department’s JuniorDesign course, the three-member Mindstorms Lobotomy team created a system for wireless

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

How can user-centered design help us think about the challenges of engineering education? Jennifer Turns, Matt Eliot, Steve Lappenbusch, Roxane Neal, Karina Allen, Jessica M. H. Yellin, Beza Getahun, Zhiwei Guan, Yi-min Huang-Cotrille Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE) University of WashingtonAbstractBecause engineering education is a complex endeavor, tools that help educators understandengineering education can be valuable. User-centered design is a conceptual tool that educatorscan use to understand current projects and imagine new opportunities. This paper focuses on theconcept of user-centered design and its application

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hani Tohme; Enno Koehn

Body of Knowledge: Ethical Responsibility in Engineering and Construction Education and National/Global Professional Bidding Practice Enno “Ed” Koehn, Hani Tohme Lamar University/City of Beaumont Water Utilities DivisionAbstractThe efficient management of the cost and duration of a project involves the utilization of aproductive labor force. This is true in both economically developed and developing countries. Itis important, therefore, that ethically responsible decisions are required of project personnel.Some areas throughout the world, however, are experiencing a problem with ethics andcorruption. Numerous firms, agencies, individuals, and

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

to assist in the development of multidisciplinary design teams for projects inthe four departments. Student grades were based upon attendance (a 5% loss per missedclass) and a single end of semester term paper on one of several presented topics.We reported last year1 on the initial results from that course structure. Students did notjoin multidisciplinary teams in significant numbers (BME’s 64 students gained only 4outside majors, in exchange for 2 working on other major teams, for example.) Studentsresented the use of a sign-in sheet, and often would sign in and leave prior to a lecture.An end of term special student survey was done to elicit advice regarding this year’soffering.Major changes were instituted this year. Attendance was taken

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Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

An Assessment of the Impact of Exploring Engineering Through An Experiential Learning Course on Student Attraction and Retention Julio Urbina and Hirak Patangia Donaghey College of Information Science & Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock jvurbina@ualr.edu; hcpatangia@ualr.eduAbstractWith funding from National Science Foundation, a project-based experiential course has been introducedat the freshman level to acquaint students with the engineering field, and to attract students intoengineering technology from the general pool of undeclared majors at the university. The course

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Refai; James Sluss

principles and to expose students to research tools that can be used in carrying out their capstone research projects. Through a series of sequential laboratory modules, students learn to setup and configure simple to complex computer networks and to effectively employ commercial software tools for network design and performance analysis. Near the end of the course, working independently, each student is required to complete a final project that assimilates much of the reinforced and/or newly acquired knowledge and skills. This paper provides a detailed description of the laboratory course and its key project modules.1. IntroductionThe University of Oklahoma - Tulsa offers a Master of Science in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationPrior to the implementation of our new laboratory in Fall 2004, Duke ECE undergraduatesreceived instruction in DSP principles within two courses. In the required sophomore-levelSignals and Systems course (ECE 64), students learn about introductory signal processingconcepts like frequency domain representation, sampling, and modulation. Complementing theprimary lecture instruction are several student projects, including a music synthesis exercise thatrequires students to use MATLAB (Mathworks, Inc.) to generate a musical selection of theirchoice. When creating their musical excerpts, all students learn the basic concepts of signalgeneration and manipulation, sampling, and frequency

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

seekingfunding for the project was to increase the number of underrepresented minority studentsin graduate school and to serve as a model for diversity within the University ofMichigan community and the nation as a whole.The ERC has been very successful in involving young and promising cadres ofunderrepresented minority undergraduate students in this summer research experience,introducing them to the rigors of graduate school, and later, watching their graduateschool applications arrive. The key elements to the success of the REU program in theERC/RMS are: a team research project in reconfigurable manufacturing, a series ofworkshops, and a graduate school/GRE preparation program.IntroductionThe National Science Foundation (NSF) funds a large number of

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Clair Nixon

financial information ofthe aerospace industry and included analysis of specific aerospace projects. It wasassumed that the students had little to no prior exposure to basic business principles.Class exercises were used to determine the level of competency in applying thesebusiness principles to engineering problems. The design of the interview instrument usedin the Welliver Program was determined after the completion of this course and wasbased in part on the perceptions of the value of the information for these universitystudents. Further, multiple discussions were held with engineering and business faculty aswell as Boeing personnel prior to the final development of the interview instrument andthe start of the interview period. Over a

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Waugaman; Brian Self

focused primarily on physiology, the second on electrical engineering topics, and thethird on mechanics issues. At the end of the course, teams of students completed a final projectwhich focused on some type of control system within an aerospace cockpit. The teams had tocreate working hardware that collected some type of physiologic signal that would indicate pilotstressors, then determine some action based on these signals. Examples of projects includecollecting electro-oculography to determine if a pilot is spatially disoriented, usingelectromyography and heart rate to predict G- induced loss of consciousness, and using thermalsensors to help control pilot stress and over heating. The course content attempted to provide thestudents with

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lobaugh

groups, once formed, go to the Champion’s industrial location for a tour to discussopportunities for improvement through lean practices. The groups follow the guidelines ofValue Stream Mapping1 to “map” the processes with the plant. The team then chooses one leanpractice within the plant to concentrate on, and analyzes the best methods for initiating changes.At the end of the course, each group presents their findings and turns in a written report coveringthe entire project. The “Champion” then has the opportunity to present the project paper to theirmanagement for review and possible implementation.Penn State Erie - The Behrend College is currently in the second year of teaching this course.Lean Manufacturing is offered only in the fall

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

Akron, the Vertically Integrated Team Design Project(VITDP), provides the tools to enact this cultural shift. Our data suggest that women whoparticipated in VITDP experienced increased opportunities for participation and leadership, thushelping them to hone their engineering skills and boost their self confidence regarding theirengineering abilities. In addition, many of these young women articulated how the projecthelped them feel connected—to their own experiences, to others, and to the material —and howthey learned more as a result. We believe the increased opportunities and self-confidencewomen experienced are the result of cultural shifts in how chemical engineering education takesplace at The University of Akron, influencing not only how

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

Computer Science (SETCS), we continue to increase the number andimprove the quality of course offerings. A primary goal of the program is to provide anon-line curriculum that remains TAC-ABET accredited by conforming to TAC-ABETrequirements to ensure the quality of the on-line ARET courses. Development,applications, and testing of our course delivery method are addressed. The curriculumhas been designed to operate in our own interactive web-based environment forsubmission of coursework; concept diagrams, drawings, reports, assorted forms, andprogramming. Project submissions will be uploaded through our own CART CourseManagement System (CMS) for review, grading, and posted to the CMS for the studentto review. Students provide feedback evaluation

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

the results of their work. In an analogousfashion to the capstone design project providing a measure of the students’ ability to perform adesign project, the capstone experimental experience requires that student teams demonstrate theapplication of experimental abilities to set up and analyze less-defined experimental problems.To assist in the organization of course content and its assessment, the following six componentshave been used to define design of experiments 2, 3: 1. Experimental Planning 2. Methods of Measurement 3. Selection of Instrumentation 4. Analysis of Data and Results 5. Uncertainty Analysis

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Owen; Robert Knecht; Abel Feltes

schools along the front range of the Rocky Mountains.A short-term goal of this project was to have students develop and demonstrate innovativeconcepts for weather stations. A longer-term goal was to identify and to select the mostpromising stations for development both on Earth and for planetary exploration. These studentswill describe their processes for constructing a weather station based on a project-basedcurriculum in engineering design. They will discuss the design of their station to gather climatedata for land use decisions as well as the potential for a weather network for planetaryexploration. Engineering design, a complex, interactive, Designand creative decision-making process

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy

allof the lecture material, a syllabus, homework problems, examinations, and possibly laboratoryexperiments. This is a daunting task for anyone, but especially so for someone who hasabsolutely no experience. Consequently, incorporating some type of voluntary teachingeducation into the PhD curriculum could provide graduates who are better prepared for their firstfaculty position and more confident that they are making the right choice in pursing a career asan educator.In this work, a one-semester junior-level electrical engineering class is taught by a team of onefaculty member (mentor, Phillips) and myself, a PhD-seeking graduate student (mentee,Murphy). The purpose of the project is to provide me with ‘real-world’ teaching experience thatwill

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Barbara Bogue

management and planning to succeed.The development of the AWE Project coalition, an NSF funded (HRD 01 20642) projectdesigned to develop effective assessment tools and models for WIE and similar programs (11,12). AWE comprises seven very different institutions, programs in varying states ofdevelopment, and a range of staffing and funding resources. AWE Partner Institutions are theUniversity of Missouri (Marra), Penn State (Bogue), Georgia Tech (Mimi Philobos), theUniversity of Arizona (Marie Reyes), the University of Louisville (Brenda Hart), the Universityof Texas – Austin (Tricia Berry) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Barbara Ruel). The threeyear project required that each institution and WIE director or research associate participate

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Fouad; Tarek Rizk; Fouad Fouad

undergraduate and graduate levels. The objective is to graduate engineers who are familiarwith the construction industry and have a better understanding of the role of the civil engineer inthe construction process. Courses offered include project management, project planning,contracts, bidding, estimation, and other topics that are of importance to construction.As a means to provide an incentive to the student, a certificate in Construction EngineeringManagement is awarded upon the completion of a required number of credit hours. Thecertificate prepares the undergraduate civil engineering student for a career in the constructionindustry. For those students who are not interested in a career in construction, the certificateprovides them with sufficient

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Owe Petersen

individual to a professionalone, accomplished in working with business and industry methods. The changes have beenmade in response to changes in the students and their needs as graduates.In the nine-month experience, the first portion focuses on team building, leadershipdevelopment, problem identification and certification, and design feasibility determination,through differing communications requirements. In the latter parts of the course sequence, inparallel with the technical aspects of the design project, the setting of milestones, managing theproject, and performing and documenting engineering work are augmented by keyprofessionalism topics. These span the range from “selling oneself” and selling the projectconcept, to considering global

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

Creating a Differentiated, Relevant, and Accessible Engineering Management Program Shekar Viswanathan and Howard E. Evans School of Engineering and Technology National University, 11255 North Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California 92037. U.S.A.AbstractThis paper summarizes the step-by-step approach adopted in developing a unique, relevantand accessible master’s program in engineering management based on a modular conceptwith specializations in project and program management, security and safety management,industrial engineering management, and supply chain and e-Logistics. The interactions amongpractitioners and academicians leading to the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Nutter

Virtual Simulation Curriculum Integration Paul Nutter Ohio Northern University Department of Technological StudiesAbstractManufacturing simulation is being used extensively to model, analyze, and optimize complexmanufacturing operations by many major corporations, including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin,Daimler-Chrysler and Toyota. Companies are utilizing these advanced 3D digital manufacturingtools as a component of their product life-cycle management. In many cases a simulation ismandatory prior to any significant new operation, project or process implementation.Manufacturing technologists and engineers will

Conference Session

Systems Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Widmann

, the students work in teams to solve open ended designprojects. Two projects are given during the quarter. For the first project, the studentswork in teams of three to develop and build a mechanical system to accomplish a simpletask. During the second, a “paper” design of a more complex system is completed. Thesecond project is accomplished by dividing the task into subsystems which are designedby teams of four. Each team of four is then required to select a representative to insuresuccessful integration of the final system with other teams. Team formation is based onthe student’s problem solving preferences in a manner devised by Prof. Douglas Wilde ofStanford University. This paper will examine the success of this team forming strategynot

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs

challenges associated with nanotechnology.Similar courses developed for non-science and non-engineering majors are intended to broaden thetechnological understanding of these students. Senior capstone design projects (in engineering) and seniorthesis projects (in the sciences) are the basis for interdisciplinary, industry-sponsored projects innanomanufacturing. Implementation of these course activities is expected to begin in the spring semesterof 2005, and outcomes will be reported. The primary evaluation of this activities related to this educationplan will be conducted by the Research and Evaluation Group of the University of Massachusetts,Amherst, Donahue Institute.Introduction: The ProposalThe plan was simple. As shown in Table 1, the three

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer; Robert Houghtalen; James Hanson

grants (NSF, 2004) states: “The REU program,through both Supplements and Sites, aims to provide appropriate and valuable educationalexperiences for undergraduate students through research participation. REU projects involvestudents in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects speciallydesigned for the purpose. REU projects feature high-quality interaction of students with facultyand/or other research mentors and access to appropriate facilities and professional developmentopportunities. Active research experience is considered one of the most effective ways to attracttalented undergraduates to and retain them in careers in science and engineering, includingcareers in teaching and educational research.”NSF thus expects