Conference Session

Assessing Where We Stand

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Eisenbarth; Kenneth Van Treuren

committed to the principles of a liberal education Page 10.164.6component in their programs. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDesign at BaylorAt Baylor University the first course which introduces students to the design process is EGR1301, Introduction to Engineering. Here the students, in teams of four or five students, use abridge design project to explore the design process. The students go through the steps ofconceptual, preliminary and final design. The bridge is made of a prescribed

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Strauss; Patrick Terenzini

Criterion 3.a-k. In2002, ABET commissioned the Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at Penn StateUniversity to undertake this assessment. The study, entitled “Engineering Change: A Study ofthe Impact of EC2000,” is a national study of the impact of the new outcomes criteria andassociated curricular and programmatic changes on learning among undergraduate engineeringstudents. As part of that effort, the CSHE project group developed a measure of studentperformance in each of EC2000’s 11 student learning criteria. This paper describes thedevelopment process and the psychometric characteristics of that instrument. Additionally, thecurrent work is intended to provide the engineering education community with apsychometrically sound

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

potential and need to improve engineering training andeducation regarding team soft skills such as team dynamics and communication are widelyrecognized.4 Teamwork is an essential, but not widely emphasized concept in the engineeringdiscipline.4 Wu and Chang found that teamwork in the classroom resulted in increasedproblem-solving abilities and the development of teamwork strategies necessary forsuccess in the engineering profession.5 Students in this class will each be a member of oneof six teams. Each team consists of one chemical engineering student, one college studentfrom a different discipline and two high school students. The teams are each meant to takeone portion of the project and work together to solve a specific problem. Each

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

multi- cultural student body of multiracial, multi-ethnic, 4. Commitment to overall 5. Projects to students to

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

course activities provided hands-on, project-based,experiences to enhance and integrate understanding of physics, mathematics, andengineering fundamentals and in doing so, encouraged participating in-service teachers tore-examine their own teaching.Course participants were expected to: • Reinforce understanding of essential mathematics content; • Improve appreciation of Newton’s Laws of Motion and applications in engineering mechanics. • Develop skills and insights to use computer aided engineering tools and spreadsheet programs to analyze and design simple physical systems. • Enhance ability to develop hands-on, experiential learning projects that promote integrated learning of mathematics, science and engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman

industry as well.This paper will describe the scope and layout of this class, student projects, and the equipmentused, associated costs of running a laboratory and lessons learned as well as the impact on otherfaculty, departments and local industry.Course OverviewMETBD 410 (Rapid Prototyping, a technical elective) has the following Goals/Objectives:1. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of different additive processes currently on the market.2. Reverse engineer a product by digitizing geometry, importing the data into Pro/ENGINEER and creating a solid model from surfaces.3. Build the model (Objective 2) on the Z-402 3-D printer and re-digitize the prototype using a non-contact scanner to verify the geometry

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Reese

and electrical engineeringmajors for our senior project course, which usually includes a microcontroller as acomponent. Assembly language labs are specified as C programs, with the students actingas human compilers for PIC18 implementation. This removes the mystery of the C toassembly language link, and prepares the students for the hardware labs that areimplemented entirely in C. The hardware labs cover the onboard peripherals of thePIC18F242 such as the timer subsystem, I2C interface, and analog-to-digital converter, aswell as off-chip interfacing to devices such as a serial EEPROM, an I2C digital-to-analogconverter, and an infrared receiver. The challenges in this course design have includedfinding the correct mix of assembly language

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erin Cejka; Chris Rogers

impact the ways these teachers address the frameworks in their classrooms. Previousresearch in this area has shown that perceptions about engineering and technology can changepositively after preservice teachers took on their own design projects1. Little, however, is knownabout the design processes that teachers use in such projects. Additionally, there is a significantlack of research in this area regarding inservice teachers. Knowing more about these processes,as well as effective methods of supporting teachers during the learning process, will help toinform teacher education efforts.This paper outlines a research project aimed at developing an understanding of the designprocess of inservice teachers. This project focuses on twelve

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

mathematical models of systems and theprediction of response. Sessions in the laboratory allow for modeling using state-space and othermatrix methods. Students conduct several analysis and measurement projects, allowing for thecomparison of theoretical and actual results.The remainder of the semester is focused on control topics. The concept of the transfer functionis quickly followed by the solution and simulation of multiple problem sets. The results of these Page 10.20.2problems are used to introduce topics such as stability, steady-state error, and transient response.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

grantthrough their Advanced Technological Education Program. This paper describes theproducts and results of this three-year project. Page 10.774.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Educational Materials DevelopmentPlasma-aided manufacturing is a muti-disciplinary discipline. Prerequisite knowledgeincludes topics from general chemistry and general physics, mathematics, electronics,vacuum technology, and materials processing.Educational materials development efforts focused on three areas: basic plasma

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Pearse

-pressed to cover sufficient technicalmaterial in a single semester. Adding personnel skills (which often do not easily integrate withtechnical material) into an already tight schedule is an enormous challenge. Humanities coursesare designed to make our students well-rounded, but most miss the mark when the goal is toteach students about cooperation and consideration. They tend to focus on discipline-intensivematerial, but not on genuinely recognizing the human emotion behind the words and actions.Finally, most students with strong math and science backgrounds tend to view such “touchy-feely” topics as silly, unnecessary, and “a distraction from things (they) should be learning.”The 3 Co’s are brought together in a required Project Management

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Chapman; John Brocato; Jim Harden

Improving the Writing-Evaluation Abilities of Graduate Teaching Assistants in ECE Labs John Brocato, Jim Harden, Bill Chapman Mississippi State UniversityIntroductionIn 1999, faculty in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State Universitybegan a project to improve the writing-evaluation skills of graduate teaching assistants(TAs) in charge of undergraduate laboratories in electrical and computer engineering(ECE). Long considered valuable for discipline-specific undergraduate writingexperiences, undergraduate laboratories have also proven problematic due to the largegaps between sound writing-instruction pedagogy, the standards and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson

classes presented by the SWE members and their impact on WKU Girlsin Science Day. Also, the format of the GIS day will be discussed and assessment of the pasttwo years will be presented in this paper.Girls in Science Day Girls in Science (GIS) Day was developed as an outreach activity by the faculty in theOgden College of Science and Engineering at WKU as a way to increase awareness of youngwomen of scientific careers.1 The event has been held for the past three years on the WKUcampus. Many young girls are not aware of potential careers in science and engineering. Theprogram gives the girls opportunities to do fun hands-on projects with WKU science andengineering faculty in hopes of creating interest in the science field. The first year

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Om Agrawal; Fred Fontaine

, while ensuring that mathematics coursesaccommodate the needs of other engineering majors simultaneously.With the technological explosion characteristic of the Information Age, electrical engineeringis becoming increasingly dependent on advanced mathematical concepts. Mathematicsfaculties play a vital role in the education of undergraduate electrical engineering students. Therole can extend beyond course work by exploiting opportunities to collaborate with electricalengineering faculty on practical projects and applied research.This coordination impacts the sequencing of undergraduate mathematics courses taken byelectrical engineering students, the selection of examples and applications in these courses, thecoverage of particular topics, and the

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo McWilliams; Kevin Abbott; G. Christopher Clark

ARS was a positiveinfluence, two limitations were identified: (i) it did not provide for one-on-one interaction withstudents, and (ii) overuse led to student discontent. Experiments are underway to combine theARS with use of a Tablet PC, allowing the lecturer to wirelessly project the Tablet PC screenwhile moving around the lecture hall. The lecturer can run software from any point in the hall,annotate / save slides in real time, or project student annotations and problem solutions to theclass. This has allowed the lecturer to: (i) interact directly with individual students, (ii)encourage a participatory learning environment, and (iii) maintain higher levels of attendance atlectures. While a number of positive impacts on the learning

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Hirsch; Ann McKenna

teamwork and collaboration4.Since all of the EDC design projects are actual design problems with real clients and users, thecourse also addresses the “relevance” condition of the ARCS model. Students consult withclients to define the project goals, meet with users to get feedback on different design ideas, andultimately create solutions (often working prototypes) that are given to the client to beimplemented and used. Through these authentic design activities students see first-hand theimpact of their design solutions, and the relevance of their work in a broader context. In Keller’sdiscussion of relevance he poses the question, “How many times have we heard students ask,‘Why do I have to study this?’” (p. 3). We do not hear this question in

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

behavior, and 3) the difficulty of engaging in the activity.We have implemented an outreach project that is directed at all of the factors described above tohelp recruit non-traditional students into engineering and engineering technology careers. We areshowing high school students that engineering can be fun, engaging, and possible for themthrough high school clubs and competitions, affecting their perceived behavioral control. We areinforming them about careers, job outlooks, and college programs, thus affecting their attitudes.Moreover, we are meeting with parents, teachers, and counselors to educate the community onthe opportunities available to these students, affecting the subjective norm for these students. Webelieve that all of these

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lennard Lema; Zbigniew Prusak; Peter Baumann

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are many commonalities in the missions for the three programs in EngineeringTechnology: Mechanical, Manufacturing and Civil. Each program prepares graduates forprofessional careers as engineering technologists. The students acquire a knowledge base inmathematics, physical sciences, mechanics, fluids, manufacturing or construction processes,materials, testing, engineering design, computer-aided engineering graphics, computerprogramming, engineering standards, project planning and cost analysis. The students developwriting, communication, engineering problem solving and teamwork skills applicable to design,testing and fabrication of components

Conference Session

Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

Implementing Self-Directed Problem Based Learning in a Multidisciplinary Environmental Engineering Capstone Class Kevin C. Bower and Kenneth P. Brannan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The CitadelAbstractThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel offers three differentcapstone classes during the second semester senior year. In an effort to meet ABET 2004-2005Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Criterion 3(d) requiring students to work in multi-disciplinary teams, the department has developed an artificial project that incorporates a “real-world” feel and integrates the three disciplines

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Cutbirth; Brett Hughes; Sundararajan Madihally

with the focus of providing hands-on experience onseparation concepts. At OSU, we extended the experiment to a more clinically relevant project by usingcreatinine to represent blood toxins; the function of the kidneys is measured clinically bydetermining the clearance rate of creatinine, a metabolic by-product of the muscles that remainsfairly constant. Thus we asked the students to evaluate the clearance rate of creatinine in acommercially available hemodialyzer, and model the system; pure water represented blood.They were told to monitor the pressure difference across the membrane in the removal of waterfrom blood and also to alter the flow rates. A picric acid based spectroscopy was used tomonitor the changes in creatinine

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Figure 7. Front panel showing correctly wired MOSFET and virtual curve-tracer actualI-V curves.IV. ResultsThe results of the project to date have been very encouraging, with the following majoraccomplishments:1. Five dedicated and identical laboratory workstations were designed, purchased, assembled and installed — one in Portland and four in Klamath Falls. All five are fully operational.2. Two laboratory experiments were designed and implemented in LabVIEW to test the feasibility of the project.3. These two experiments were run by students taking a sophomore-level class titled “Introduction to Amplifiers

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Nelson; Keith Williamson; Hassan Ndahi; Sharon Waters

school district and university project team set the followingperformance criteria: (1) graduate students should understand and be able to manage thesocial environment in 4th and 5th grade classrooms; (2) teachers should know how tointegrate graduate fellows as effective content resources “experts”; (3) university facultyshould understand teachers’ professional development needs and provide related supportfor teachers. To meet these criteria, five professional development seminars wereestablished throughout the school year to prepare graduate fellows for the classroomenvironment and engage disciplinary faculty in teacher professional development. The

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wasatonic; Aldo Morales; Sedig Agili

computer vision. They also have opportunity todemonstrate their knowledge through hands-on course projects and laboratory experiences, in theabove fields. In this paper, an example of an image processing application project is developed,in the context of an image-processing course. This paper presents an algorithm that uses stereoimages, obtained from two cameras mounted on the Mars Exploration Rovers, to determine therange of distant objects in the images by using correlation and triangulation. The initial valueobtained by the algorithm was not accurate because it did not take into account the fact that therange of an object beyond the camera’s focal point is non-linear in appearance, and to the non-linearity of the camera lens, thus the range

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ana Kennedy; David Ollis

, Technology”, not onlytaught the structure inherent in an intermediate language class by integrating vocabulary,issues, and projects that are of special interest to technical students, but also integratedcultural and technical issues of our global society. The object was to enlist students’technical enthusiasm for the process of learning a foreign language and studyinginternational cultural and technological issues. Our lab activity sequence of read, use, assemble, and discuss (in Spanish) is usedto promote the use of the Spanish language in a real-world technological context. The labmodules are adapted to teach technology students vocabulary and modes of thought intheir professions. We report how this modification allows students to enhance

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yin Chen; John Sharon; Constantin Chassapis; Sven Esche

Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationconditions, design and decision making under uncertainty must be included in the coreengineering curriculum.3,4In the past, curricula have been changed by the addition of requirements for classes onprobability theory and project planning. However, these types of classes often do not actuallyapply these concepts in a practice-relevant fashion. So far, the focus of these classes has mostlybeen in probability theory, without emphasizing engineering applications or decision making ondesign options.1 Instead, we will focus on engineering design projects with inclusion of methodsthat deal with decision making, probability and uncertainty.Although working with

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ferruzza

used in lower level courses, and thetime allowed for completion has been reduced to two weeks. This time frame allows for teamdeliberations and the formulation of well-structured team presentations. In addition, among anumber of “extra-credit” options, students are invited to solve the problem by alternate methodsand/or by using additional software packages.Instructor’s supportThe Sledder can be integrated as a mini-project in a basic Physics course or even as a simulation-lab in a Physics Laboratory session. In addition to problem-solving skills, computer proficiency,and teamwork, the students are challenged by the fact that they have to carefully plan for thevarious parts of the exercise and to allot a reasonable amount of time to different

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

, or interest in the development and/ormanufacturing background of these technologies is small. This lack of knowledge and interesthas contributed to U.S. firms in the U.S. high-technology sector looking outside the country inorder to find workers with the right skills. With these factors in mind, the High SchoolTechnology Initiative (HSTI) project was launched and funded by NSF-ATE.HSTI offers materials that provide science and math content designed to connect students andteachers to today’s technologies. HSTI materials are Modules and Module Usage Guides(MUG) developed for science, mathematics and technology teachers. The Modules are topicbased, supplementary teaching tools, designed to connect science and technology. ModuleUsage Guide (MUG

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eduardo Montanez; Andrew Mastronardi

necessary to begin development onan HC08 family MCU using Freescale’s Microcontroller Student Learning Kit (MCUSLK). TheMCUSLK is an all inclusive kit designed to provide students with all the components necessaryto learn MCUs. The kit is intended to be used in introductory level courses, MCU interfacing andapplications courses, and in senior level design courses. In addition to an MCU designenvironment, the project board included in the kit can be used stand-alone for prototyping andtesting non-microcontroller electronic circuits. Figure 1 shows the MCUSLK and thecomponents that it includes: Figure 1: MCUSLKThe MCU project board is similar to a typical student prototyping board with the addition ofseveral

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Matthews; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

expertise of partners will be used in their Proceeding s of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationindividual modules. Furthermore, members of CPIC community will be used as experts toprovide advice and assistance to clients using the center.When the client enters the center they will start with the assessment module. After assessment,staff members will recommend appropriate modules according to their needs. Each module isdirected by a panel of experts. The panel include faculty from partner institutions who will useappropriate resources including course they teach to complete that section of the project. Forexample

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu

the undergraduate curriculum of the Electrical and ComputerDepartment, the Engineering Technology Department and the Computer Science Department.Our proposal, “Deep Space Exploration using Smart Robotic Rovers”, was selected for fundingand we established our first interdisciplinary team of students and faculty to develop a smartrobotic rover.During the last two years, students and faculty participating in this program have developed arobotic rover that has successfully accomplished the initial goals of the project. The rover iscapable of climbing 30o inclines, rotating about its center axis, strafing, and maneuveringdiagonally while maintaining stability. It was also designed to protect the vital internalcomponents from outside contaminants