Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonardo Estevez; Mark Humphries; Mukul Shirvaikar

demonstrationlab that incorporates the ARM side MP3 player of Lab 3 and a FIR filter implemented on theDSP side of the OMAP processor. The audio output of the MP3 player is streamed to the DSPand filtered before being sent to the audio output port. Lab 7 will incorporate video processingand display on a liquid crystal display (LCD). Further labs that will incorporate topics such asmedia processing primitives used extensively in graphics, audio and image libraries and videocodecs 7 are being planned for an advanced course in real time systems.Bibliography1. Texas Instruments OMAP website, http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/omap5912.html.2. Texas Instruments, “OMAP 5912 Applications Processor Data Manual”, pp. 97, Literature No: SPRS231B

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ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerri Burke; William Krantz; Joel Fried

very successful multi-disciplinary REU Site program at the University of Cincinnati (UC) whose focus is membranescience and technology. During its first two years, this program received 214 applications, made24 awards, and involved 19 faculty drawn from nine departments and programs spanning fourcolleges; 50% of the awards were to women and 25% to underrepresented minorities; none of theawardees were UC students. This paper describes the administration, financial provisions,planning, and components of this ten-week summer program. Emphasis is placed on theuncommon features of this REU program that include the following: linkage to the NSF I/UCRC for Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST) and NSF Integrative GraduateEducation and

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

. Content Analysis on Definition of an Effective Team Working together Clearly defined goals Committed Tasks and skills create synergy Cooperate Understand each person's role % ChE during 1st week % BME during 1st week Planning Decision making Conflict resolution Communication Use of a leader Trust and respect as approach 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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

ofwomen. The same rationale is used for the inclusion of freshmen students on the team, and allteams have at least two freshmen on them. The purposeful construction of teams for the projectis one example of how faculty members work to insure positive outcomes from the VITDPexperience. In addition, the course is team-taught by three different faculty members from theDepartment of Chemical Engineering, two males and one female. The three share teaching timein the whole group class setting and demonstrate the process of a team-based approach in theirteaching. The teaching team, along with members of the research team, met weekly to discussthe course and planning. This framework is far different than that described by Tonso where themale teacher took

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Quevedo-Camacho; Juan Manuel Ramírez-Cortés; Mario Gomez-Mejia

groups • Interpret social, political, economic, and cultural phenomena of Iberian-American countriesATTITUDES • Willingness to participate and integrate him/herself in work groups with citizens of other countries, despite any ideological differences that may existThe ASIBEI recognizes that strategies should be planned and carried out in order to reach thepopulation of students, professors, and professionals in the Iberian-American region. Profiles forengineers from different branches will be defined, although the main considerations remain thesame: program quality, solid foundations in basic and engineering sciences, language acquisition,communication abilities, and intercultural and teamworking skills.Conclusions and

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

as the compatibility of the structure’s form with the modelingtechniques the assignment was intended to utilize. Additionally, the models developed in ProjectTwo were also used in the activities in Project Three. Therefore, the pre-selection was alsobased on the compatibility of the structures spatial and volumetric characteristics. After completing the initial research, each student prepared a written report anddeveloped 2D CAD representations of the plan, sections, and elevations of the structure. The 2Drepresentations were used to document dimensional information related to their assignedstructure and for developing an understanding of the structure’s architectural form and character.While this knowledge was used as a starting

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer; Madara Ogot

performed in each of those steps. (Fall 2003) Define a new space mission with supporting rationale. Using today’s existing or planned space hardware designs, configure a new system that accomplishes Boeing Future of Space your mission’s goals. (Spring 2003) Design and prototype the next-generation human- powered system for set-up and tear-down of a folding trailer (pop-up camper

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

Scientist). The general topics covered in the course were: • Control Theory: forward & reverse kinematics, feedback control • Sensors: circuits and signal processing, simple computer vision • Artificial Intelligence Control: localization, planning • Multiple Robot CoordinationSee Weinberg, White, et al.18, for details of the course organization including team formation,grading, and a day-by-day schedule.The topics were ordered using a layered abstraction approach3, beginning at the lowest level ofinformation, where relative position is used to determine movement (kinematics), proceeding tothe attribute layer, where sensor input is processed to determine situations (behavior-based robot-ics), and finishing at

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

Page 10.1168.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"Non-academic predictors dealing with the motivational and demographic characteristics ofstudents have also been studied in relation to the issues of retention, persistence, attrition, anddropout.7-10Post-secondary educators often try to devise methods that will reliably predict student success.These methods are important to both the educational institution and the student. For institutions,predictive information is helpful for future institutional planning and budgets. For students,reliable predictive methods would greatly aid in

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantin Chassapis; Hamid Hadim; Kishore Pochiraju; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard; David Vaccari

withthe results of Course Surveys and any other pertinent information to determine which CourseOutcomes need to be improved and to plan steps towards that improvement. This information iscollected on the Instructor Course Assessment Form, which reports the results of the CourseOutcomes Assessment. In this form, the instructor is asked to address the following questions: 1. List course changes made this term. Indicate which changes were made as a result of the assessment process. Comment on the success of the changes made this semester. 2. List Course Outcomes that were not achieved to your satisfaction and your reasoning for feeling these outcomes were not achieved. Base your response on the Course Survey, The Assessment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; James Richardson; Tan-Yu Lee; Robert Leland

).Metacognition, or an awareness of how you are thinking, plays an important role in mostproblem solving courses, and training in metacognition has lead to gains in problem solving andmath skills6,8. Sometimes this is expressed as a 4-6 step process for solving problems. This ismisleading, as following the steps mindlessly will not solve all problems. To keep things simple,we followed Polya’s model of Understand, Plan, Do, Reflect13. As indicated by Polya andothers, we found the key area students needed to grow in was understanding the problem.Students were constantly made aware they should invest time in understanding a problem first,and developing a plan of attack before jumping in and performing a lot of computations.2. Description of the CourseIn

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Engineering Education (BEE)planning grant. Seven focus group discussion meetings were conducted. Attendees included 39administrators and teachers from 14 school districts in and around Cincinnati, and 11professionals to formulate initiatives that will specifically prepare students to be successful incollege and increase IHE enrollments in STEM disciplines. The meetings focused on causes ofdeclining enrollment and underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines, particularly engineering,in IHE, and how to help alleviate these conditions. To gain a better grasp of the “reality on theground” a survey was conducted in the spring of 2003 of among 4,263 students from 14 schooldistricts. We also wanted to learn what influenced current UC’s College of

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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Amy Curry; Eugene Eckstein

Testers, Inc., will be adding new features to their knee simulator. The second company, Memphis Shoe Tech, plans to bring out a walking version of a computer-adjusted exercise shoe. Can you impress your interviewers and suggest product improvements or developments for the Knee Simulator and Computerized Walking Shoe based on available gait measurements?”The students “generate ideas” in brainstorming sessions in teams of 3-4 students. Next, thestudents are presented with traditional lectures and reading on basic gait terminology,biomechanics, and measurement devices for the “multiple perspectives” and “research andrevise” phases. For the “test your mettle” phase, the students are given gait data sets (strideintervals

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ka-yiu San

improve their communication skills. Inthe Fall semester, the students are required to a make an oral presentation of their projects totheir fellow classmates. Whereas in the Spring semester, the students are required to participatein the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) poster competition. The results fromthese presentations will be counted as a portion of their final course grade.Further Improvements. Two additional modules are planned for future implementation. Onemodule deals with scientific research ethics. Topics in this module may include experimentaltechniques and the treatment of data, conflict of interest, publication and openness, fair use ofsources. The second module is targeted to improve the students’ scientific writing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

groups on designing mod-ules of a complete system, requiring them to combine their knowledge on various ECE, BMEand A&P topics discussed throughout the four years of BME exposure. Students are given designspecifications that are relaxed enough to ensure that the project can be completed within a se-mester, yet realistic enough to demonstrate the intended concepts. For the final project they areasked to design an experiment that can be used to demonstrate some aspect of BME in futureECE classes. We hope that students will give us new ideas so that the experiments used in otherECE classes can be dynamically modified from year to year and students may be exposed tomore contemporary areas of BME. 3.3 Plans for Full Development Upon

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

product design and manufacturing process planning. This up-frontdesign analyses by engineers in industry, such as using FEA, has also moved from engineerswith Ph.D.’s to engineers at the M.S. or B.S. degree level. However, most manufacturingengineering students are not exposed to FEA as part of their educational process. It is especiallytrue for manufacturing engineering technology curriculum at Wayne State University (WSU).FEA is now considered by many to be a standard tool for many categories of engineers. Thecommercial FEA code is now a very common numerical tool in stress analysis of mechanicalcomponents, and is widely used in other types of engineering analysis, such as vibrations andthermals. Furthermore, the FEA plays an important role in

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

students, and witnessing the result of the projectefforts, a number of specific recommendations and associated rationale have emerged tomaximize the learning, fun, and project success: • Project scale and complexity level must be appropriate for the number of students and project time allocated (typically 2-3 students over one month) -- too simple and the students don’t learn very much, too difficult and students become frustrated and the project is of low quality. • It is advisable for each team to have an overall strategy, or “game plan” before beginning the detailed modeling for how to model each component (part or assembly) and its features plus the organizational structure of the entire assembly

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

Develop content Deliver & evaluate Figure 2: Procedure to expand requirementsDerivation of a work-plan from a set of high level specifications is a familiarmethodology so the industrial contributors were able to join in and quickly driveprogress. However, the approach does make an important contribution to our widermission to “Reinvent Technology”. The top-down identification of requirements leads tothe complex interaction of skills implied by the framework component of figure 2. Wecan then “pull” the necessary components of science, math and engineering to do the job.This process can be considered as an application of the just-in-time production concept toeducation. The disadvantage

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite; David N. Pocock; David Dutton

% campus.V. Future WorkThe project is a success for distance education efforts at OIT. This is in spite of all thechallenges related to new hardware and software, networking problems, and the newconcept of taking measurements from home. The EET department’s future plans includethe following: 1. The development of complete laboratory courses available over the web.We will begin to develop the sophomore level analog electronics laboratories:“Introduction to Amplifiers and Semiconductors”, “Transistor Amplifiers”, and“Frequency Response of Amplifiers.” These web laboratories will be available tostudents in addition to the classroom labs conducted at OIT.In parallel with designing the laboratory projects, we will start an effort to develop

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gillian Saunders-Smits

: Additional competencies Specialist Manager A. Ability to change (x2) 4.5 5.0 B. Ability to work in teams (x6) 3.7 4.3 C. Social skills (x5) 3.3 4.6 D. Planning and Organizing/Systematic Planning (x2) 4.0 4.0 E. Continuous education (x2) 5.0 4.5 Table 3: Most suggested additional competencies by the expert panel and their importance to engineering managers and engineering specialists (1

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Waffle; Donald Martel; Peggie Weeks

for high schooltechnology teachers in materials/manufacturing and information technologies; (4) encouragestatewide dissemination and implementation of exemplary technology education instructionalpractices; and (5) create a transportable and sustainable model of professional development.In the spring of 2003, a planning group comprising the project management team and the Page 10.1023.3Professional Development Collaborative (PDC) leadership teams (secondary school Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Dunlap; M.L. Meier

Session xxxx Integrating the Financial Aspects of Laboratory Procedures into Electron Microscopy Courses at a Community College and Materials Science Courses at a University Mike Meier and Mike Dunlap Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of California, Davis Davis, CAAbstractBasic financial issues related to the cost of performing standard laboratory procedures andmaterials analyses have been incorporated into two courses in an attempt to teach students howto plan an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins; Ambrose Barry; Nan Byars

. Instruction: Lectures and handouts cannot compete with the allure of the interactive computer screen. Faculty are well-advised not to try to compete, but to work with this apparent enthusiasm for the computer in planning instructional activities.Observations for Specific ApplicationsIn addition to the general lessons learned above, issues arose with specific software that weresomewhat unexpected. What follows is a summary of those findings. Calculators: It was interesting to note that more students overestimated their proficiency with graphing calculators than in any other area. A disappointing observation is that many students

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

Houston (UH) was formed, representing faculty in diverse programareas, to do college-wide assessment planning and implementation. A component of assessmentplanning was to consider issues related to SSTE, both from the perspective of what is containedin the literature about such instruments and with respect to results within the college. In order toaccomplish this goal, the ACI committee reviewed reported research results regarding teachingevaluations and analyzed our own instrument, process and results. This paper examines thisinformation, particularly what the literature tells us, the results of our own teaching evaluationimplementation, and how SSTE results can be used.What do Student Surveys of Teaching Effectiveness Measure?Because of ease of

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Boehm; Brackley Frayer; Joe Aldridge

courses like Introduction to Engineering Design. The concern in the selection of thesecourses is that they not have a list of prerequisites that will significantly increase the student’srequirements and thus prolong the time needed to complete the degree.Plans for the futureAs was noted earlier, the plan is to develop this program into a full major at UNLV. Weanticipate this will take two years after the minor is operating smoothly. Development of a newmajor requires that many more details be worked out than are needed for the development of aminor. Instituting a new major at our school requires Regents approval. Included in thisapproval process are data showing the need for the major, support by practitioners, and estimatesof the major’s impact

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberley R. Breaux; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

from ethnic minorities. We invited these students to informational sessions,which included pizza, soda, candy, and APS basics. Interested and eligible students signedinformed consent documents and completed questionnaires, which we used in placing them intoeither the Study group, Ethnographic group, or Control/Comparison group (Appendix 1).Participants in the Study and Ethnographic groups receive $175 per academic year; those in theControl/Comparison group received $25.After these sessions, we still lacked enough females to complete our sampling plan and had hadno African-American attendees. Of the six incoming first-year African-American students, fivewere in majors eligible to participate in APS. We scheduled two more recruiting sessions

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris; Judy Birchman; Mary Sadowski

. Sometimes they begin in the middle. They have a tendency to be more impulsive andless planned.More male faculty in the study preferred a sequential ordering style. This is a logical andtraditional approach to organizing information. A plan is the blueprint of the process. Becausethey tend to organize information in a linear fashion –– step-by-step, the ordering style of thefemale faculty and the students who are random learners, appears haphazard to them.As concrete sequential learners, the male professors preferred not to change their plan andordered objective. Because they are not people-oriented, they focus on the outcome rather thanthe process, and therefore are product-oriented.Because the majority of the female professors and the majority of

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ana Kennedy; David Ollis

theirreading, speaking, and writing skills in Spanish. In particular, we survey how the lab component contributes to achievement offour of the six student learning objectives, namely that students will: 1. Learn vocabulary commonly used in engineering and technology context, 2. Develop the ability to comprehend and use Spanish in settings invariably encountered in our technological society 3. Interact in a more formal setting such as the presentation of a technological/culture project to class and guests, and 4. Explain in the target language the workings of a technological device. We conclude with lessons learned and plans for a final version

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

at least one of theconcentration areas must be completed in order for a student to graduate from the program. Thecurrent curriculum for students electing to concentrate on Transportation includes three requiredcourses: Elementary Surveying, Civil Computations (computer applications of surveying), andTransportation. In addition, students focusing on transportation are expected to take two morecourses offered to students as technical electives: Highway Surveying and Design and PavementDesign and Management. A CET graduate with concentration in the area of transportation islikely to be involved in one or more of the five major areas: planning, design (geometric andpavement), construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation facilities

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

. M. Gerla, P. Kuehn, and A. Lazar., New York: Springer-Verlag. (1990). 5. D. A. Menasce, & A.F. Alemeida, Capacity planning for web services: Metrics, models, and methods Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (2002). 6. D.J. Lilja, Measuring Computer Performance: A practitioner's guide Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (2000). 7. V.Paxton,.& S. Floyd, Wide area traffic: The failure of Poisson modeling. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 3(3): 226-244. (1995). 8. Cobern, W.W. Contextual constructivism: The impact of culture on the learning and teaching of science. In Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Lake Geneva, WI: NARCT. (19910. 9. J