Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Coleman; Hisham Alnajjar; Hesham Elsaghir; Alan Hadad; Donald Leone

, customizing a system using inexpensive or free software became theoverriding issue. Fortunately, the new PowerPoint in Office 2000 allows for both audio andvideo inputs synced to the PowerPoint slides automatically. However, if both audio and video areadded to the conventional PowerPoint slides, the files become quite large. Since the video forthis class is essentially that of a talking head, which adds the least stimulus to a technical lectureof this kind, the initial lectures were planned with audio only. While the audio is automaticallysynced to the slides, you cannot annotate or physically interact with the slides in a spontaneousmanner as in the Eluminate or vClass systems. However, with PowerPoint, you can broadcastlive or place the

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak; Xiaolin Chen; Dave Kim

- 17year olds, and a series of four engineering workshops on materials, CAD, rapidprototyping and manufacturing processes. Details of the camps and the workshops arepresented. In conclusion feedback from the students and their parents, lessons learnedand future plans to sustain the program are reported.1. IntroductionIn 2003, Governor Locke and the Washington State legislature allocated funding enablingWashington State University Vancouver to partner with Clark College and LowerColumbia College to develop the WSU Vancouver Engineering and Science Institute. TheInstitute is a public/private partnership and an inter-institutional partnership. Its goals areto provide: (1) Undergraduate programs giving access to high demand fields for thecitizens of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

other scholarly work.Exams, labs, homework, grading, TA’s, student questions and personal doubts all add to the timerequired to teach effectively. This area can eat into those 40 free hours very quickly.Students: They can be a time sink with questions and demands as they take the easy path tosuccess. Good teaching, well prepared exams, fair grading and office hours can help withstudent inquiries. A good reputation as an excellent teacher also helps. Make student contact tothe point and move on.Meetings: The timing of meetings is often random and can interrupt any plan. Meetings areoften without an agenda and drag on for hours with no meaningful results. Avoid uselessmeetings as much as possible and when conducting them – have an agenda and a

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannie Brown Leonard; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

. Page 10.1481.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: The ‘Running’ of the Introduction to Engineering Challenge Obstacle Course.The Engineering MethodOn October 6, Dr. Roland Anders, Chief Scientist, from Northrop Grumman delivered anexcellent presentation on the engineering method, innovative engineering feats, and theimportance of planning in the engineering process. The hot air balloon project was alsointroduced at this seminar (and will be described below). A tinker toy design challengeconcluded the evening:Tinker Toy Team Building Project The goal of this project was to

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry

then planned “just in time”3,4 to bringthese misconceptions to the forefront. Short “mini-lectures” are interspersed with frequent use ofthe Classroom Performance System,5 a feedback/voting technology or “student response system”that enables instructors to pose questions and problems to students and provide them withimmediate feedback on their understanding.This type of active/interactive classroom experience, along with the expectation to start thelearning process on their own via preparation assessments, is novel to most science andengineering students. The dominant model on our campus and many others is still the 50-minutelecture with an expectation of listening and note-taking. While in general students respond well

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Krupar; George Suckarieh

technologists and engineers withcommunicative interpersonal skills that encourage them to plan and lead complex technicalprojects. This paper discusses the course, "Leadership and Teamwork from Within" that uses amix of experiential learning approach, community service, and problem based learning to teachbasic concepts of leadership and teamwork. The course was created and coordinated by twofaculty members, an engineer and a historian, and served Honors Students in TechnologyPrograms at the College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati. The paper provides a briefhistorical overview of applied or technical education in the U.S. Next it discusses the objectivesof the course and the pedagogy that the faculty used to accomplish these objectives

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Myers; Jack Byrd; Robin Hensel

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationto help the student refocus his or her priorities on academic success and create a recovery plan toimprove his or her grades.During the 2003/04 academic year, the University and the College increased focus on retentionand several additional changes were made with the intent to improve freshmen retention. Thetwo most important changes were modifications to the engineering orientation course and thedevelopment of two engineering tracks for entering students.The orientation class was modified to include a study lab requirement and to request all studentsto sign privacy

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sookram Sobhan; Noel Kriftcher; Nerik Yakubov; Alon Kadashev; Magued Iskander; Vikram Kapila

learn, develop,apply, and practice math skills to achieve successful mastery of science [4]. Before being deployed in the four schools, in the summer of 2004, the RAISE fellowsreceived intensive training in modern sensing technology and mechatronics [5, 6]. They quicklybecame familiar with topics such as sensors and signal conditioning, actuators and powerelectronics, hardware interfacing, and embedded computing. They also received a 4-dayprofessional development workshop designed and conducted by an education specialist whoserves with the United Federation of Teachers’ Center program in NYC. This educationalworkshop exposed the fellows to topics such as: pedagogical skills—lesson planning andeffective questioning techniques, student

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

Communication, and Ethical Leadership.Once these initial modules are evaluated and revised, the committee plans to developadditional modules. Table 1 Members of the PRiME CommitteeThe Objectives of the Modules The overall goal of the project is to compile and develop teaching materials thataddress the topics of leadership and professional responsibility. Although all of themodules have been developed by communication instructors and piloted in the College ofEngineering’s required Engineering Communication courses, the larger goal of theproject is not simply to create materials for communication courses. Effectivecommunication is one aspect of professional competence, and

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch; Karin Sandell; Chang Liu

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Mini-lectures by the instructor.To address the drawbacks of instructor lectures on non-technical topics, we tried to turnfifteen-to-twenty-minute lectures into three-to-five-minute mini-lectures that wereintended to set the stage for more engaging in-class activities such as group discussions,questions-and-answers, and in-class debates.This approach helped keep students engaged. These activities required preparation andwhen students were unprepared, these in-class activities were less efficient and oftencould not fully cover the planned topics. In addition, even with instructor guidance,unprepared students sometimes would drive discussion in wrong directions

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

Does the Change Process at RGI Diagnosis (33) Improvement Need to be Changed?*Manufacturing Introduction to World Class The Total Manufacturing Case (57)Processes and Manufacturing EnterpriseMaterials Principles of Manufacturing New Product Planning at RGI Decision (56) Processes Basic Material Removal Making Parts for the Robotic Rule (57) Gripper Metallic Materials Determining Alternative Decision (52) Materials and Potential Cost

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe; Stacy Klein-Gardner

changing their major and to what program they are interested in changing.The group of students interested in changing their major (15%) includes those students who arestaying within engineering but choosing a new major and those planning on leaving engineering.We anticipate the latter will be extremely small keeping with historical trends. University policysays that freshmen are prohibited from changing Schools within the University until thecompletion of one full academic year; therefore, it will not be until the end of the upcomingacademic semester before we see true retention numbers. Page 10.224.9 Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elsa Villa; Louis Everett

students trust their intuition more than lecture materials 5 itbecomes important to present the students with something they believe is true that contradictstheir intuition. Once our modules demonstrate the conflict, materials help students reconstructtheir understanding of the physical world. The objective is to help students rely on intuition yetshow them that intuition must be developed using their knowledge of fundamental principles.We plan to assess student growth in this area using the dynamic concept inventory as a pre-andpost-test and through locally defined attitude surveys.Our third and final hypothesis is that if students begin to value collaborative study, they willdevelop many of the extra skills required by engineers in the future

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie A. Forehand; Judith Norback

. Examples of the roles are reviewed orally, with examples includingjob titles such as “senior engineer” and roles such as “the main decision-maker with regard to ourproject” or “the person who directs us to other company people for help with questions”. Oftenmany more students respond with job titles than roles, and discussion focuses on the usefulnessto the team of the two types of answers: clearly the “role” information is more useful to thegroup in planning its presentation.The second guide focuses on Significant Client Expectations. Students are asked to fill out twoof these if they have more than one significant client. For each contact, the person’s name wasrecorded, and then 1) A description is given, for --“What does

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Beavis; Mahbub Sardar; Lewis Sircin; George Janack; Daniel Pack; Austin Griffith; Steven Barrett

states and also the multiplelinked lists used to track system status are constantly being updated during system operation.For a student to fully understand the concept of RTOS and all of its intricacies, we believe avisual picture of the system is required [16].”Multiple Interrupts: An interrupt is a planned, but unscheduled event that occurs during theexecution of a program. Usually interrupt related tasks are of higher importance than theprocessor program currently being executed. Therefore, the processor will temporarily suspendits normal processing and execute the pre-planned interrupt related tasks. These interrupt relatedtasks are usually written in the form of an interrupt service routine (ISR). Once the ISR relatedtasks are complete, the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

suggested ways to start developing viable and enduringconnections between local industries and the academic institutions of the Arab Gulf States.Strategies to help promote the collaboration effort are outlined. In particular, activities (plans,and scenarios) perceived as effective in closing the gap between academia and industries aredescribed. The paper sheds light on: the mission, the nature, and relevant benchmarks of thiscollaborative effort. Slanting curricula and programs towards industrial relevance and the“practice”, regarded by many as a step in the right direction, will help equip graduates with the“tools of the trade”, thus lessening the burden on the industry in the locale, in having to spendtime and effort preparing and training

Conference Session

Re-energizing the Mid-Life Professional

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Reid

game and practice to stay at a high level of competition. I Later in life, as a librarian, I usedan assessment process that helped structure my goals and kept me alert to changes in mydiscipline.The approach I use when critiquing my work consists of listing my targeted job assignments forthe year. I then try to evaluate them through management’s eyes. I proceed to make positive andnegative comments concerning each assignment. I place myself in their position and start gradingmyself by using my work plan for the year and my institutions strategic goals and objectives asguidelines for this process. After this comparison I become more aware and in-tune with theorganization’s planned outcomes. For example, the list may include library staff

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Eljamal; Matthew Mayhew; Eric Dey; Stella Pang

adaptation. The instrument measures both perceivedand actual scores of intercultural awareness. The test was originally developed from 40 directedinterviews with subjects representing cross-cultural and situational diversity. The IDI wasselected to measure intercultural sensitivity for its emphasis on assessing the cognitive structuresthat make meaning of intercultural-related phenomena, its ease of administration, and its abilityto generate a graphic profile and interpretation of the predominant stage of development of asubject or group.The evaluation team planned to administer the IDI in pre- and post-test fashion to all studentstaking part in international programs.16The IPE office utilized pre-departure orientation programming and return

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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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

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Peter

and tactfully to keep the team working together as a unit. Oncefrustrations start to build, it can be hard to get the technical details communicated. Non-technical problems must be solved quickly to allow the technical work to continue efficiently. Although we often planned more work than we could achieve, we kept rather close to ouroriginal goals. The planning that we worked out early on gave us a good meter to see how faralong we were at any given time. It is difficult to estimate the length of different tasks when youare not sure how they will be accomplished, but each attempt gives us a little more of theexperience we need to succeed in the future. Unexpected events always arise, either a problemson the project, or outside issues

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Ramsey-Idem; Sally Pardue; Kristine Craven

, teachers, guidance counselors, andschool administrators. This introduces the adults to the engineering career, the benefits of acareer in technology-related fields, and the requirements a K - 12 student must complete prior tobeing accepted into a typical university engineering program. This program has been a success and there are plans to expand it into a day camp formatand/or a residence camp in the future.IntroductionWhy is it that female students do not see engineering as a worthy profession? In many cases,girls are discouraged from pursuing science and/or engineering either outright or through thewords and actions of those who have the greatest impact on their choices early in school. Thosewho do choose engineering usually have a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

preparation for use in capstone design courses. Implementingvarious tools of project management insures that all team members are in agreement in terms ofexpectations of deadlines, milestones, and responsibility. These tools of project managementinclude the work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, and formal budget. Page 10.633.7After project teams are formed each team presents a formal design proposal which includesrequirements, technical approach, management plan, schedule, and budget. All team members Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinod Yedidi; Brian Johnson; Joseph Law; Herbert Hess

, balanced power systems are taught:foundations of three-phase systems, three phase transformers, transmission systems, power flow,and generation [1]. This second course serves those students who have energy as a primary orsecondary interest. There is a half-credit laboratory requirement as part of this course. However,this course is also the first course taken by distance education students who are planning topursue graduate degrees but were not able to take a course on three phase energy systems asundergraduates. Since this half credit laboratory is a required component of the course, thedistance students also need to complete laboratory exercises. One option is to assign an on

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

indirect effect of excluding students who might want to compete even though their schools have chosen not to participate. The WPBDC is designed, such that any student may participate, whether or not school sponsorship exists. • Although existing competitions use information technology for administrative tasks like registration, only Future City requires competitors to employ the computer as a problem- solving tool. In the WPBDC, we sought to expand the use of information technology to all aspects of the contest—problem-solving, registration, design submission, judging, and feedback—thus reinforcing the importance of the computer in modern engineering.About Model Bridge-BuildingIn 1995, the planning committee

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Feemster

2.6 gather information Design no regard for the design points about the design strategies 1 type of system appropriately problem and integrate and 2 generated ideas into design plan. Employ models, representations, such Did not obtain a as functional block Simulate the valid simulation Obtained a valid diagrams, and system prior 2d prior to simulation prior to 2.8

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

Europe andabroad, but also in the United States in reaching the goals outlined in a work-based educationprogram. Another effective option is to integrate practice into the educational curriculum ofcolleges and universities. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 has satisfied bothalternatives, particularly for high schools but the concept may be extended to colleges anduniversities. This act calls for a comprehensive reform work-based plan that includes school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities. The third component,connecting activities, includes matching students with appropriate work-based learningopportunities and providing a school site mentor to act as liaison between the employer (orsponsor organization

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McDonald

experience of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the selectionand development of an electronic portfolio designed to document, assess and evaluate studentoutcomes. Rogers and Williams (1999) state that the use of electronic portfolios at theirinstitution was a significant departure from the use of hard copy portfolios at other engineeringinstitutions and they found that in a pilot of their process both students and faculty membersfound the system to be reliable and easy to use. Faculty members did make severalrecommendations for changes in the performance criteria and reported that the wide range ofstudent abilities was enlightening. Moore and Voltmer (2000) outlined one planned use of Rose-Hulman’s electronic portfolio process to obtain both a

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthe range between 2.5 and 45 hours. The majority of hours during the spring were spentfinalizing the projects, working on theses, and running the after school program. While the entire team works together to develop and plan their projects, memberstake on an individual role, often aligned with his or her major. The mechanical engineersfocus on building the robots, the electrical engineers concentrate on programming therobots, the human factors majors design “user-friendly” interfaces, and the childdevelopment majors work on creating a curriculum for an elementary or high schoolprogram. Although

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherra Kerns; Edwin Jones; John Weese

tothe ABET Board from other participating societies. Sound rebuttals are being prepared toanswer objections that were voiced at the October 30th Board meeting.Documentation was submitted to ABET for discussion at the February 18th ABET ExecutiveCommittee meeting. It is anticipated that this will have been favorably received so that full andcomplete documentation will be incorporated into the ABET Board members’ notebooks for theMarch 19, 2005 meeting. If the ASEE proposal is approved at that meeting, it will be possible toadhere to the original plan to have the procedures in place for the 2006-2007 accreditation cycle.Progress UpdateThe deadline for uploading this paper for publication in the Proceedings of the 2005 ASEEAnnual Conference and

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ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Panhans; Joseph Musto; William Howard

, the authors summarize the trends and recommendations of several importantproposals for engineering education reform, and attempt to place them in context for amechanical engineering program in a small, predominately undergraduate university.In addition to the proposals mentioned above, the authors introduce constraints that must beconsidered when planning curricular changes. Foremost among these constraints areaccreditation requirements, professional licensure issues, and the wants and needs of programconstituents (including students, parents, and local industry). At small universities, the makeupof the faculty must also undergo significant reorganization in order to implement some of therecommendations.The authors offer an interpretation of