Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

toemphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they will encounter asengineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning and improvement inthe design of this course.9 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuous steps: Plan, Do,Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students did not learn whatwas intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycle again underslightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because it leaves roomfor change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’um Laboratory” orComplex Systems (see the class web page at http://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). Thisallowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum with community college partners (Henry Ford Community College and MacombCommunity College) and an ideal articulation plan was devised where up to half the degreecredits (freshman and sophomore years) would transfer. An example of possible transferprogram with Henry Ford Community College is shown in Table 1. (iv) Created upper divisioncourses and related laboratories for the EGT curriculum. (v) Program launch of the modelBSET-EGT degree was delayed pending funding from external sources.ENERGY TECHNOLOGY BS DEGREE CURRICULUM It was important to design the BSET-EGT curriculum to satisfy the accreditationrequirements of the Technology Accreditation Commission of the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

practical and challenging projects instead of writingresearch papers.Identifying and Recruiting Good Candidates for the ProgramThe ECET faculty teaching the freshman courses in introductory circuit analysis and digitalelectronics identify students through their scores on exams and their performance in lab. Welook for students who are willing to take the initiative in the laboratory, are inquisitive both inlab and lecture, and are mature and responsible individuals. When potential students areidentified, a meeting is arranged between the student and the faculty advisor for the ECEThonors students. The requirements of the program are discussed, questions and concerns areaddressed, and a general plan for completing the requirements is outlined. The

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

‘A’ represents menu items and section ‘B’corresponds to a floating panel. Note that this section changes according to the selection of list-items ‘D’or ‘E’. All functions in J-DSP appear as graphical blocks. Each block is associated with a specific signalprocessing function. Panel ‘C’ shows some of the frequently used blocks; list-menus ‘D’ and ‘E’ includea group of existing and planned functions, respectively. Panel ‘G’ provides interactive visualdemonstrations. A variety of DSP algorithms can be simulated using a drag-and-drop process to establish Page 10.1302.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

templates.A project management plan was put in place to as the first order of business. Projectmanagement resources and software were used to coordinate and track the development activityand progress. Project planning tools such as Gantt charts, task assignments and deliverableswere commonplace during all phases of the development process. Each development teambegan a module by identifying the competency statements, prerequisite objectives and modulelearning objectives. The prerequisite learning objectives were selected from the MATECmodules. MATEC produced a comprehensive set of background and lecture orientedsemiconductor-manufacturing modules as a deliverable for their NSF Center grant. Selectedmodules, individual components and features were

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Cochran; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan

post-competition surveys were conducted to gather data on students’ knowledge ofengineering computational tools, how earth structures behave during earthquakes, and theirpreference for a career in science and engineering. These surveys revealed that although thecompetition did provide valuable knowledge for the students about engineering computationaltools and the effects of earthquakes on earth structures, it had no significant influence onchanging the students’ career choices. The planning and implementation of this pilot designcompetition is presented and the difficulties encountered during the implementation arediscussed and suggestions for improving a similar competition are provided. Selected surveyresults are also presented and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Troy McBride

. Course FlowThe Introduction to Engineering Spring semester course covers several topics starting withstudents first studying sketching and graphics concurrently with computer-based solid modeling(Solid Edge by EDS). Within the second week of classes, the major project is introduced anddesign teams of three to four students are formed. Teams are formed by the professor based onstudents self ranking of their abilities in the areas of: 1) Design / Sketching, 2) Creativity / Ideas,3) Organization / Planning Skills, and 4) Oral and Written Communication Skills. Further, theprofessor uses information on their intended majors and performance in previous coursework.Additionally, students are afforded a line on the questionnaire to anonymously request to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green

banquet at the end of the program. We had two options from which tochoose for subsistence: a pre-paid food plan in which purchases were subtracted and norefunds were given for remaining balances; or a charge card which required us to pay forwhat we used at the end of the summer. As a demonstration of trust to the students, and toprevent from over-paying for food, we opted to use the charge card. These cards werevalid in any on-campus dining facility, including the library, and were rated highly by theQuest students. With the exception of one or two students, everyone was very responsiblein using the cards and parents had the assurance that their children would not go hungry.Several cards were lost but detailed record keeping allowed the lost

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

IMPROVE CONTROL• Brainstorming • Multi-voting • Cause & Effect • Cost/benefit • SPC• Nominal Group • Process flow • Cost/benefit analysis • One-piece flow Technique charts analysis • Improvement • Kanban and• Process charter • Benchmarking • Waste plans visual control• Work plan • Check sheets identification • Standardized • Continuous• Responsibilities • Surveys • Standardization procedures improvement matrix • Interviewing of • Training, pull, and Kaizen

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

curriculum. There is also an economical advantage to school systems planning to facilitate astudents ability to perform computing applications well. If the computing applicationsare not effective at a specified learning level it would preclude the notion to extendcomputing services until such time as they are both proficiently acquired andacademically involved with study skills.Delimitations Most data measures include a certain amount of statistical variance; even if allfactors that can be controlled are held constant. It was assumed that the variance withinassessment measures used for data collection will not affect the overall analysis.Subsequent reruns of computing applications employing just-in-time compilationmethods will also have

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

complexity. Students were usually confined to a single role in a project team, if projectroles were adhered to at all. It was also difficult to teach process-related material, such asrequirements gathering and management techniques, while facilitating a single semester project.To address these issues, DCST has redesigned the single semester factory course into a four-semester sequence dubbed the Software Enterprise. The curriculum plan calls for two one-yearprojects that a student participates in serially. This sequence is shown in Table 1.Semester Fall SpringYear Course Focus Course FocusYear 1 CST315 Tools & Process CST316

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Piechota; Shashi Nambisan

(Spring/Summer 2004)Project Green (Green Valley Ecology, Environment, and Nature) is a habitat restoration and Page 10.808.2protection project in the City of Henderson, Nevada with an overall goal of restoration of the Proceeding of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering EducationPittman Wash as a valuable resource to the entire community (See Figure 1). Planning for thisproject is coordinated between a citizens group (Project Green Steering Committee), the City ofHenderson Public Works Department, and Harris and

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Tackett; Cheng-Hsin Liu; Ken Patton

-traditional manufacturing sectors of industries and the Artstudents who will be employed in these companies, it is necessary to tailor a special set of RapidPrototyping curriculum to meet their requirements.A valid process manufacturing plan can greatly shorten time-to-market and therefore acquisitionof the funding necessary to go into production. Speeding this product development process evenmore is the ability to send such design code anywhere in the world via high speed Internetconnections. Once a product is proofed and deemed ready for manufacture, the machine code toproduce the final object can also be sent anywhere in the world for its actual production. Whilee-commerce is focused on the buying and selling of products and services, e-production

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationresults of this briefing were very encouraging. Dr. Bement had indicated that budget pressureshad caused him to cut a number of programs around NSF that were near the same level offunding as NNCS. However, because NSF believes so strongly in the goals of NNCS and thepartnership with ONR, the NNCS program would not be cut. In fact, both organizations agreedto fund the $3M Phase II effort as planned and to continue efforts to find additional funding. Thenew Dear Colleague Letter is in its final stages of NSF clearance and will be sent out in earlyMarch. Also, as a result of this

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

assemblies. • Create resource-only assemblies.2.2 Create a Windows control. • Create a Windows control by using visual inheritance. • Host a Windows control inside Microsoft Internet Explorer.3. Consuming and Manipulating Data3.1 Access and manipulate data from a Microsoft SQL Server™ database by creating and using ad hoc queries andstored procedures.3.2 Access and manipulate data from a data store. Data stores include relational databases, XML documents, andflat files. Methods include XML techniques and ADO .NET.3.3 Handle data errors.4. Testing and Debugging4.1 Create a unit test plan.4.2 Implement tracing. • Add trace listeners and trace switches to an application. • Display trace output.4.3 Debug, rework, and resolve defects in code

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Youssef Shatilla; Adnan Zahed

in teams, quality consciousness, simple modeling and simulation tools, engineering problem- solving skills and time management, which are considered necessary for meeting the 21st century challenges of engineering profession. While this effort was covered in previous publication it will briefed in Appendix A for completeness. Engineering Consulting and Professional Development Office (ECPDO) was established in September, 2003, to fulfill one of the recommendations of ABET Evaluators’ Team, as well as to fulfill the requirements of strategic planning of the College. ECPDO will help build effective partnership between the industry and the Engineering College to the mutual benefits of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

weeks comprising the first year and a half of thestudents’ education. A group of BEEVT investigators held a meeting with various AssistantDepartment Heads in fall 2003 and explained the purpose and operation of this feedback tool,which is now available to entire COE faculty through BEEVT web site (www.beevt.ef.vt.edu).All faculty members have been requested to use this online tool to give their feedback.Analysis of retention and other data for engineering cohortsAt Virginia Tech, students’ GPA, retention, graduation, and intra-college migration data aremaintained online by the Institutional Research and Planning Analysis department. However,this information is not available in the form that can be readily used or interpreted. Twoundergraduate

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein

preliminary budget estimate formal design review with customer/advisors/mentors/instructorsMILESTONE: approved conceptual design based on oral presentationPHASE 3: System Integration 2 weeks (25-30 hrs/person)ACTIVITIES: resolution of design review issues system level DFMEA finalized budget and work plan written design proposalMILESTONE: approved design proposalPHASE 4: Detail Design 3 weeks (40-50 hours/person)ACTIVITIES: purchase orders prepared and issued, assembly drawings, detailed parts list, component drawings, fabrication review/shop plan/scheduleMILESTONE: approved drawing package and manufacturing planPHASE 5: Manufacturing 3 weeks (35-45 hours/person)ACTIVITIES

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman

for solving problems and provide suggestions for teaching problemsolving17. Their general strategy for problem solving is based on Woods’ research-based, six- Page 10.559.2stage strategy for problem solving: engage, define-the-stated problem, explore, plan, do-it and “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”look back. Between each of these stages, the problem solver makes a transition—which is mainlya monitoring step18. Wankat and Oreovicz’s strategy differs from Woods’ in two ways: Wankatand

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

allowother team members and advisors to review the conclusions reached. This presentation shouldinclude a summary of all the required specifications for the circuit block and a comparison of thearchitectures considered. An explanation is given of which architecture was chosen and why.The results of any simulations that confirm the choice of architecture should be included to Page 10.159.3support the conclusions reached. An overview of the circuit planned for design should be Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hofle; Ken Bosworth

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” which comes across as stilted and boring). Besides computational skills, students headed into the sciences or engineering need problem solving skills, pattern recognition abilities, estimation skills, validity checks, etc. These skills and habits are best introduced early, and integrated into their mathematics (and science) training. 3. the mathematics taught even in grades 4 through 8 has interesting applications. By presenting these applications, perhaps we can help ameliorate the onset of math phobia, and make mathematics a more relevant, and less dreaded subject; one that shouldn't be avoided in selecting high school plans of study.Workshop

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell; Juliet Hurtig

designsequence to be taken by students from all three degree programs was significantly modified suchthat projects and teams are selected prior to the senior year, design concepts and teammanagement skills are emphasized, and rigorous methods are employed to evaluate performance.The following four sections examine the changes implemented and discuss the pedagogyemployed within each one of the courses that composes the ECCS senior design sequence, aswell as the preparations performed prior to starting the sequence.III. PreparationsA successful senior design project requires planning, not only on the part of the students, but alsoon the part of the instructor supervising the project. Asking a faculty member or an industrycontact for a project at the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

methods.This paper is a follow up to a previous one, by the author, on viable strategies to improve theclassroom environment of engineering colleges in general, and those of the Region inparticular.(4) It compliments the previous paper by focusing on common forms of active learningbelieved to be effective and, with proper planning, could be implemented in the Region.Reforming engineering education presents a formidable challenge to the various“stakeholders“(administrators, faculty members, students, graduates, industry, and governmentleaders) in the future of engineering education. Despite conflicting views and interests ofstakeholders, plus academe’s bias toward preservation of the status quo; the author believes thatdebating the issues and allowing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zdravko Markov; Todd Neller; Ingrid Russell

project incorporates machine learning as a unifying theme for the AI course through a set ofhands-on lab projects. Machine learning is inherently connected with the AI core topics andprovides methodology and technology to enhance real-world applications within many of thesetopics. Machine learning also provides a bridge between AI technology and modern softwareengineering. As Mitchell12 points out, machine learning is now considered as a technology forboth software development (especially suitable for difficult-to-program applications or forcustomizing software) and building intelligent software (i.e., a tool for AI programming).Planning algorithms and machine learning techniques are important in several areas of AI andhence their in-depth

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Feick; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

broadening their cross-cultural experiences. For the summer of 2004, the Kentucky students participated in theUniversity of Pittsburgh’s Manufacturing and the Global Supply Chain in the Pacific Rim as partof the Semester at Sea Program [18]. This latter program is the major focus of this paper.Amadei at Colorado has become a leader among the engineering educators now looking atsustainability issues in the less developed world [19]. He is helping to create a program inEngineering for Developing Communities that will eventually address a wide range of issues –water provision and purification, sanitation, health, power production, shelter, site planning,infrastructure, food production and distribution, communication, and jobs and capital for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

H&S DAQ Mission Planning Power H&S Control Data Postprocessing Voltages provided to all Payload Electronics Comm C&DH

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Mosborg; Robin Adams; Rebecca Kim; Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

Page 10.337.3students’ perspective and found little evidence students were heeding the iconic block-flow “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”model. Their study found that, contrary to the design approach of effective designers, novicestended to dive into a design problem without a clear plan or direction for how to solve it. Whengiven an open-ended design problem, students neglected to recognize as priorities either thegeneration of alternative solutions or such “real world” steps as identification of need andimplementation. Overall, students appeared unaware of several established steps in

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Meyer; Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

curricula,establishing accreditation criteria, and coordinating with licensing jurisdictions. The work ofthese committees will proceed simultaneously and the implementation is expected to take twodecades with intermediate milestones planned along the wayThe charge of the Curriculum Committee is to coordinate the development of new undergraduateand graduate curricula that are compatible with the BOK (ASCE 2004c). This includes findingexisting curricula that already contain elements supportive of the BOK and share what is learned.The approach is to find a diverse range of universities that are willing to serve as design partnersand develop model curricula that both incorporate the BOK and meet the needs of all universitieswhether they be public or

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

T. M. Wildman, J. A. Muffo, and O. H. Griffin, Jr. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractElectronic portfolios (ePortfolios) were incorporated into the freshman engineering program atVirginia Tech, one of the largest engineering programs in the US, in fall 2004. The addition ofthe ePortfolio resulted from a successful pilot study conducted as a component of a NSF Bridgesfor Engineering Education planning grant awarded to Virginia Tech’s Engineering EducationDepartment and the School of Education in 2003. This paper will present a review of ePortfolioapplications in engineering instruction. Sample assignments and grading rubrics for the VirginiaTech assignments will be discussed. Based on evaluation

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanorious Chalkiadakis; Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen

7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar Day Figure 5. Sample wind speed data recorded from March 6 through March 10, 2004.Figure 6 illustrates wind speed data recorded for a period of six months. November andDecember are mostly the windiest months. June and July are the weakest in terms of wind speed, Page 10.399.6however in the future we plan to add Photovoltaic (PV) modules to compensate for this problem. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society