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A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Steinberg; Ben Stuart

, results from the PI mathematics questions were evaluated by subtopicand by class standing for AY 00-01 and AY 01-02. For basic math skills such as algebra, lineand exponential equations, etc., student averages were near 70% in the sophomore level PIs,increasing to 80-90% for the junior and senior level PIs. However, while sophomore level PIsindicated that students could obtain an average of 63% correct in integration or 75% correct intrigonometry, those scores dropped to 42% for both subtopics in the junior and senior level PIs.The conclusion drawn from this data was that OUCE students were given fundamental mathskills in the freshman and sophomore calculus sequence, but they were quickly diminished assubsequent courses did not sufficiently

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sucharit Koontanakulvong; Direk Lavansiri

categories; management departments (there are 8 central(8 indexes), academic (14 indexes), administrative units, 12 departments,research and academic services (6 and 3 affiliated institutes in theindexes), cultural & ethical promotion Faculty.) The quality assessment was(2 indexes) and quality assurance (4 set to link and integrate with QAindexes). The scoring for each criteria system so that the audit and assessmentranges from 1 signifying a poor can be implemented simultaneously.standard up to 7 signifying an Table 2 summarizes the QAinternational recognition. development timeframe and activities These assessment criteria were set during the year 2001-2004.to link up to the

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Jones; Cynda Fickert; Alice Smith

research, the other primary goal of the RET was for the teachers to develop classroom modulesbased on their research experiences. These modules were to be used in their classes as both hands on learningexperiences for their students, and as stimulators for students to consider career opportunities in engineering.During the RET time, Fickert and Jones designed two inquiry-based units to use in each of their classrooms.Jones says of his RET experience, “I use a great deal of discussion in my classroom to promote inquiry in myclassroom culture. One aspect of that culture is the students’ perception of the teacher as an expert on certain topics.The experience with CAVE allows me to put myself in a professional setting if I find the opportunity to use

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

-person design teams that design, build and test weekly projects involvingLEGO® parts, sensors, and the Robotic Command eXplorer (RCX). Control of the automatedsystems requires programming in both RoboLab (a LabViewTM derivative) and in the “Not Quite C”(NQC) environments. The course develops in the semester to finally encompass larger design teamsof fourteen students, with each team designing a complex, autonomous, robotic-styled system. Animportant part of this course development is the integration of assessment procedures that record thestudents’ perception of learning and enthusiasm. We present an overview of the courseenhancements and objectives. Assessment categories include the students’ self-efficacy in theirability to design/build/test

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Aller; Edmund Tsang; Andrew Kline

K-16 STEM Teaching and Learning,” International Network for Engineering Education and Research(iNEER) (Special Volume, March 2005, in press).2. C. Crumbaugh, P. Vellom, A.A. Kline, and E. Tsang, “Integrating First-Year Engineering Design and Pre-Service Science Education: A Model for Engineering and Education Collaboration to Enhance K-16 STEMEducation,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Engineering Conference, Savannah, GA, October, 2004, pp. S2E-14– S2E-18.3. E.Tsang and A.A. Kline, “Design of an Inexpensive Optics Demonstration/Experimentation Kit for MiddleSchool,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,June 2004.4. A. Kline, E. Tsang, C. Crumbaugh, and B. Cobern, “Establishing an

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

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Refai; James Sluss

Session # 3432 A Laboratory Course for Telecommunications Systems Engineering Hazem H. Refai and James J. Sluss, Jr. School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Telecommunications Systems Program University of Oklahoma – Tulsa Abstract An integral part of the curriculum in the recently developed Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems program at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa is a laboratory course. The course is designed to enhance student understanding of fundamental computer networking

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Scoles; Harriet Millan

integrating writing with engineering content is the added time professorsmust allow for students to present drafts. We argue that this time is well spent and that itconstitutes the difference in helping students to become comfortable with the material. A modelof the writing intensive version ECE Laboratory will support our premise that the developmentaleffects of teaching writing facilitate learning.ECEL 301 ECE Laboratory IThe ECEL 301 course is the first in a series of four labs required of all EE and CE students. It is Page 10.277.2a third-year course in the typical 5-year curriculum with co-op. ECEL 301 is the sixth lab-related Proceedings

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

Five Curriculum Tools to Enhance Interdisciplinary Teamwork Paul R. Leiffer, R. William Graff, and Roger V. Gonzalez LeTourneau UniversityAbstractAn ability to function well in a multidisciplinary team has become an expectation of modernindustry and a major goal for engineering students. Since LeTourneau University offers a generalengineering degree with five concentrations, multi-disciplinary design projects naturally arise atall levels of the curriculum. Current capstone projects involve student teams from up to threeengineering disciplines, plus computer science, design technology, and marketing. Obstacles tomulti-disciplinary teamwork, including disciplinary competition

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

and small team levels as a basisfor personal engineering practices. While this supports our desire to develop a professionalcultural mindset in our students, it is simply too burdensome to introduce this process into thisenvironment. The PSP/TSP also seems to lack the flexibility that RUP and the Spiral Model atthe process meta-level. Agile methods are also not a fit. There is too much of a reliance onexperience and constant integration to provide a suitable framework for student learning ofsoftware engineering in an outsourced project setting. Students do not spend enough time on asingle course to allow for the daily interactions needed for XP.One of the major challenges in incorporating process-centered project experiences is determininghow

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Mecum; Leslie Wilkins

for all student groups. By utilizing an equity-based approach, it is Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationhoped that these programs can help more directly address the inequities that have led to theunder-representation of women in STEM.The EAST Project program successfully met the required equities based on age, gender,race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and academic status, but at a cost of approximately$100,000 per school. EAST was implemented as part of the regular school curriculum, offering atechnology lab including hardware, software, technical assistance and appropriate

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

concepts applied in the Clinic projects have just been introduced in other courses, so that thematerial is still fresh in the students’ mind5. The sophomore clinic teams with the College ofCommunication to integrate the teaching of a common core of communication skills to allstudents. Faculty engage in reflexive pedagogy, continually assessing and revising the program.In addition to these curricular and pedagogical innovations, the College has a student-to-facultyratio of approximately 17:1 and class sizes not exceeding 35, facilitating personal student-facultyinteraction both within and outside of class The tightly structured curriculum results in strongcohort solidarity among students who take most of their courses together throughout the

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; John Chen; Bernard Pietrucha

even apiece of electric wire is considered a mystery in an unknown territory. Although all thestudents are required to take courses like Networks and Electronics, many managed to resetthemselves quickly. One strategy of Rowan Mechanical Engineering is to keep exposing thestudents with the subjects by integrating them into the curriculum and keep refreshing theirmemories with topics that are interested to them. We have developed or modified severalcourses under this strategy, such as the introduction of a new course Mechatronics andimplementation of many hands-on projects (called Junior/Senior Engineering Clinics) co-sponsored by the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Among thesepractices, one successful approach is to build

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

Marconi’s transatlantic wireless transmission in 2001. For highschool students, the Marconi Challenge provides an opportunity to demonstrate the principles oflens and mirrors in optics and basic electronics in a stimulating environment. The transmissionmedium is infrared light and the requisite components and test equipment are inexpensive, easilyobtained and no license is required. Complete teaching modules have been developed andaccepted by a school district for use in the junior high school science and senior high schoolphysics curriculum. Undergraduate ECE students can utilize more complex electronics, errorcorrecting codes and RF modulation methods with an Amateur Radio license to exploreapplications of wireless communication based on their

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo; Arif Sirinterlikci

, Actuators, and Controllers • Integration – Figure 7Students enrolled in HONR 218 converted their ideas into sketches during the concept designexperience as shown in Figure 1, created 3D models as visual aids as shown in Figure 2, utilizedsome of the models as patterns in mold making as shown in Figure 3, studied mechanisms andjoints through Reverse Engineering as shown in Figures 4 and 5. respectively, build mechanismcomponents using an NC laser cutter and other equipment and assembled them as shown in Page 10.31.3Figure.6, deformed welding wire or wire mesh to obtain body parts or shell of the animatrons in “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

GK-12 Track 2 MUSIC (Math Understanding through Science Integrated with Curriculum)program. Weekly or Bi-weekly meetings are also important to provide ongoing training andguidance to Fellows.Summative Impacts on Engineering Teaching FellowsSummative impacts on Engineering Teaching Fellows were assessed through end-of-year fellow-completed surveys. Quantitative data were available from 63 Engineering Teaching Fellowswho participated in the Techtronics program from 2001 through 2004, the MUSCLE programduring the 2001-2002 and the 2003-2004 school years, and the Duke-NCSU Fellows Programfrom 2000-2002. Qualitative, open-ended responses to questions on personal development wereavailable for 29 Fellows in the Techtronics and MUSCLE Programs. The

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

at Purdue University by having ashorter project duration (2 vs. 4 years) and a smaller, more intimate team (5-10 vs. 8-20)where there is limited vertical integration. The creation of the Robotics Academy was motivated by the desire to help juniorsand seniors develop personal and interpersonal skills, which are essential for successfulprofessional careers. To this end, we want to answer three main questions: First, doessolving a “real world problem” help motivate students learning? Second, does engagingin an interdisciplinary, student-led project allow students to develop personal andinterpersonal skills more effectively than traditional coursework? Third, what are theimpacts of participation in the Robotics Academy? These

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hofle; Ken Bosworth

Math, Engineering, and Science: Applications for Grades 4-8 Mary M. Hofle, Ken W. Bosworth College of Engineering, Idaho State UniversityAbstract:We present what we believe is a novel outreach program providing grade 4-8 math teachers a“grade-appropriate” exposure to real-world engineering and science situations, and how themathematics they teach has real, interesting, and fun applications. The project originated in thespring of 2004, and culminated in a week-long mid-summer workshop attended by some 25grade 4-8 math teachers from several local SE Idaho school districts. We present our motivationfor developing this program, an overview of the structure of the workshop and

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

integration to develop hybrid algorithms. Theparadigms covered are artificial neural networks (ANNs), evolutionary computing (EC), swarmintelligence (SI) and fuzzy systems (FS). While individual CI paradigms have been appliedsuccessfully to solve real-world problems, the current trend is to develop hybrids of paradigms,since no one paradigm is superior to the others in all situations. In doing so, we are ablecapitalize on the respective strengths of the components of the hybrid CI system and eliminateweakness of individual components. This course is an introductory level course and will leadstudents to courses focused in depth in a particular paradigm (ANNs, EC, FS, SI). The idea of anintegrated course like this is to expose students to different CI

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

.” Journal of Higher Education, v 71, no. 1, 2000, 60-83.[20] Olds, Barbara and R. Miller, “The Effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Rates and Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study.” Journal of Engineering Education, v93, no.1, 2004, 23- 35.[21] Carson, B. H. “Thirty Years of Stories: The Professor’s Place in Student Memories.” Change, 28, 6, 1996, 11-7.[22] Boudtedt, Aileen. 2003. “A Special Report on the Next Revolution in Higher Education,” Project 2020, Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University.[23] Vines, D. L., and Rowland, J. R. “An instructional feedback model for improved learning and mentoring.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of Frontiers in Education, 1995.[24] Prince, Michael

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationNow more than ever, the United States needs a skilled, technologically literate workforce whosemembers can address problems with time-tested solutions as well as creative problem solving.Increasing the pool of workers with strong problem-solving skills requires that students haveexperiences in quality science and mathematics problem-solving environments. Numerousstudies2-7 have shown the need for more hands-on, project-oriented, (engineering) exercises forK-12 students. Engineering offers an effective context for these problem situations. By“engineering context” we do not mean to replace existing math and science curriculum inschools, but to enhance the

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim McLernon; David Hughes

paper is based on the view that good assessment promotes good learning, and the two shouldrun smoothly in parallel as a ‘two-lane learning highway’. This view is based on and illustratedby an examination of theory relating to; why, what and how assessment is conducted in UKHigher Education.However the practice of assessment and students learning in the UK is subject to manyobstructions which act as roadworks on this learning highway. This paper concludes with adiagrammatic representation of these obstructions, illustrating practical factors which should beconsidered in order to make optimal use of the theory.2.0 Assessment and learningAssessment is an integral and essential element in the higher education process. There is an onuson academics

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

curriculum modules for science outreach programsChildren’s MuseumImagination Station Created displays for highlighting the technology used in theChildren’s Museum building’s operationHabitat for Surveyed community and developed standards for assessing sub-Humanity standard housingScience Bound Developed and implemented a project design for Science Bound students and performed a feasibility student on future collaborations with Science BoundMethodologyQualitative inquiry is an excellent approach to gain valuable information about people'sexperiences, perceptions, opinions, feelings, and knowledge 25. The focus of this study is to gaina better understanding of

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pezeshki

likely be put to use.2. HistoryIn 1994, I inherited this class as part of the regular teaching rotation in the School ofMME. The capstone class was given over the course of one semester, and structured asmany of these classes are, with the following educational goals: 1. The class was to be a capstone class, integrating a majority of the students’ educational experiences in the curriculum. 2. The class was to be structured around a team experience, with students working in teams of 4-6 students on a given project, to be completed over the course of the semester. 3. The class was a WSU “Writing in the Major” class, which meant that the class had to have a large writing component, including a couple of large reports, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Millard

Session 1526 Impacting the Future by Leveraging the Past Don Lewis Millard, Ph.D. RensselaerAbstractThe paper presents an overview of a pilot project that utilizes the rich historical archives ofGeneral Electric’s (GE) science & technology to augment the production of new educationalmaterials; including a wonderful series of 23 scientific comic books that GE produced between1946 and 1959. The paper discusses how images of physical artifacts and historical documentshave been integrated with the comics and other archival pieces to produce interactive

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Rosalind Hale; Renee Akbar; Ramona Travis; John Fulwiler

work of employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and employees of Xavier University of Louisiana and Louisiana TechUniversity under Contract/Grant No. NNS04AB58A 6. Connect with the Problem 7. Visit the Problem 8. Make AssignmentsParticipants were provided a sample problem to practice using the PBL steps. This sessionallowed them to work together while learning the process. It also allowed them develop theirown PBL techniques. Resources used to provide an understanding of PBL and sample PBLlessons were: How to use Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom by Robert Delisle4 andProblem-Based Learning for Math and Science: Integrating Inquiry and the Internet by DianeRonis5.Since the PSTI problem included

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Madara Ogot

preliminary data.1.0 IntroductionThe current criteria for ABET accreditation1 state that “engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have: …an ability to design a system, component, or processto meet desired needs,” and “an ability to function in multi-disciplinary teams….” Becauseengineering design in industry is a team activity, the integration of design into engineeringcurricula is generally done through the use of design teams. In many cases, this integrationalso uses industry-sponsored design projects.Most of the industry-sponsored design project applications are at the capstone design level,and many examples of these are documented in the literature 2-9. Capstone design courses areused to ease the transition from the education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

. It will ultimately help students to communicate abouttheir professional work in a larger global and technological context. (NSCU Coursejustification statement, FLS 212, http://courses.ncsu.edu/hon.html) The students will learn vocabulary commonly used in technology context and willdevelop the ability to comprehend and use Spanish in professional settings. They willalso develop an awareness and appreciation of Hispanic culture, including the culturaland historical importance of artifacts in the Hispanic world. As a result, in addition tomastery of the intermediate language curriculum with emphasis on speaking, reading, andwriting in Spanish, students will learn to appreciate cultural awareness as a practical toolin the application of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

introducing new math content, so we can more easily introduce problems withoutobvious clues to the mathematical tools needed.Problem solving courses for engineers exist at many universities. Specific instruction about theproblem solving process has had positive effects, but often did not transfer to future courseworkwithout significant integration into the entire four-year curriculum, as in the McMaster ProblemSolving Program23. This is difficult to accomplish at most institutions. Many introductoryproblem solving courses provide the students with a 4-6 step method, but do not emphasizeexplanation and hard problems to develop the cognitive skills required, and facilitate transfer.We believe an emphasis on hard problems and explanation is critical for

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

, even though the enrollment in other disciplines was increasing. This wasnot because there was a lack of demand for our graduates from the manufacturing sector, butbecause students were selecting other areas of study. In many cases this decision was based uponpoor impressions of manufacturing (the dirty factory), a lack of knowledge about ManufacturingEngineering, or impressions that manufacturing jobs were disappearing [8]. We are reversing thistrend with a redesign of the program.This paper describes a program change that should increase enrollment by reforming themanufacturing curriculum to include an emphasis on products. This change helps to define thediscipline and makes it easier to clarify our public image. The expected outcomes are