Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Dullanty

Ports Authority utilized a national marine engineeringfirm and a local geotechnical firm to analyze the strength of the existing crane beams for the fulllength of the wharf. This analysis was based upon a visual examination of the crane rail beams,existing drawings, and existing geotechnical data. The results of this analysis provided asummary of the allowable and ultimate strength capacities of the various lengths of the crane railbeams.After completion of the crane purchasing and relocation plans, the only crane operational changeto the North Charleston Terminal was to operate two of the “middle aged” cranes from anotherlocation on a section of the 2400-ft wharf located from station 1500-ft to station 2000-ft. Thissection of the wharf was

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

generated by the oscilloscope and display histograms of the received signal and noise. Ihave obtained one unit of this add-on and plan to use it for a demonstration.The simulation software provides a kind of virtual hands-on experience. OptiSystem allowsstudents (and practitioners) to model and simulate optical systems that would be prohibitivelyexpensive to acquire in hardware. OptiSystem uses sophisticated mathematical models of fiberand opto-electronic components. In spite of its sophistication, however, OptiSystem is easy tolearn and use, especially by students who are already familiar with electrical system simulatorssuch as PSpice. It offers the same (or very similar) interface to create a system model, setcomponent parameters and run the

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark French

such as gear-shift selection points and power transmitted to meet demands of the straightway and cornering shall be examined.Although nothing on gears and shifting was done, future plans include an in-depth studyof the gearbox. Specifically, we will cover selection of gears to match track geometryand related parameters.8. Understand basic elements of race vehicle suspension system including tires, shocks, and springs, in both static and dynamic applications. Emphasis shall be placed on static distribution of forces on each wheel in order to satisfy the dynamics of a vehicle in motion.Significant course time was allotted to basic concepts in vehicle dynamics and suspensioncomponents. These were reinforced with a lab activity in which

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Thomson; Donald Orlich; Richard Zollars

12teachers during the summer. At the same time that the teachers were being recruited so too were the engineeringfaculty who would serve as the mentors for the teachers. Unlike our prior program for which nofocus was planned, this program seeks to use biologically related engineering topics as its focus.This topic is both current as well as being of interest to the K-12 students. A number of facultywho had worked with the teachers I our prior program have research interests in this area and sowere contacted to serve as mentors again. In addition, some of our newer faculty, withappropriate research interests, we also asked to join. In all six faculty were recruited with eachfaculty member being expected to mentor two teachers. The first

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

may not be tested on the same material.Emphasis is placed on Calculus I, II, III, Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics,Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Electrical Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Page 10.1082.2Engineering Economics, and Chemistry. In order to assure compliance with the testing “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”component of the plan there is a zero credit class added during Spring semester as a place-holders for the end-of-year test (EOY

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai; Akbar Eslami

projects for the industry.IndicatorsCo-op, internship, and work-based learning are very valuable in the curriculum and have somecommon quality indicator that can be used between educational institutions and industry forstudents’ learning. The seven elements of quality in work-based learning experiences are asfollows [5]:1-Technical competence-based on both industry and academic standards to provide the bestlearning environment for students.2-Breadth-the wide range of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and characteristic of the industry orbusiness such as planning, management, finance, technology, technical skills, labor issues,community issues, health and safety, personnel habits, etc.3-Personal and social competence such as: developing team building

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Denton; Sarah Leach

. (2002). Integrating teaching, research and service to develop scholarly publications. of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.10. Hundley, S.P., Reiman, M., Fox, P.L. and Yurtseven, O. (2004). Charting our course: Strategic planning approaches in Engineering and Technology. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.11. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition. (2001). American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.12. Manuscript requirements. (1999). Journal of Engineering Technology, 16(1), page 33.13. Buchanan, W. (1996). A survey of creative endeavor criteria for promotion and tenure of ET faculty. Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 13, #1, Spring 1996, pp. 30

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

familiarize youwith the format, style, and emphasis expected in a review. You can even select the object youwant to review! Then, while you prepare your review, you can also plan how you could use thislearning object to enhance a course you teach.Even if you are not ready to review, join MERLOT, use what you find there, and add materialthat you find or develop. MERLOT’s engineering catalog is at a critical point. With a littlemore “grass roots” participation, it is likely to grow and increase in value to engineeringeducators rapidly.Biographical InformationValerie Young is Associate Professor and Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering at OhioUniversity, and a member of the MERLOT editorial board. She has a strong interest in

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Mayes; John Bennett

different measures are in use, most of which rely onself-reporting by the student. These include: a) Use of internet or library for self-directed learning; b) Additional degrees or certifications; c) Additional classes (e.g., continuing education) or in-house training; d) Subscriptions to newspapers, journals or magazines; e) Memberships in professional organizations; f) Participation in research/publication; g) Attending conferences; and h) Tutoring students.One institution requires that students develop a life-long learning plan as an assignment in theirundergraduate engineering seminar class. These plans are then evaluated by faculty.Ethics was specifically mentioned by a few respondents, two of whom mentioned that they

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

economy when technological innovation is central to wealth creation and long-term economicgrowth. Post ‘nine eleven’ era demands that more American citizens are attracted to STEM education toinsure safety and security of the nation. For high school students to be motivated to enter engineering, theteaching and content of high school mathematics must be refocused. One approach to mitigate thissituation is to involve high school mathematics and science teachers in engineering education with thegoal that they will be able to use engineering applications in their mathematics curriculum to motivatestudents into the field of engineering and technology.The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) received a NSF planning grant under Bridges

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Northwestern University who has been engaged in the ArtificialLimb outreach project since its inception. She has received a Ford Grant to work on this project and manages theassessment portion of the module. She has also actively recruited new students. She plans to attend medical schoolafter she graduates. Page 10.582.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alene Harris; Monica Cox, Purdue University

: National Academy Press, 1999. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education3. Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT Engineering Research Center (VaNTH) AnnualReport. Volume 1- Strategic Plan. Website URL [http://www.vanth.org], 2002.4. Jansen, ED, Brophy, SP, McKenna, A, Mahadevan-Jansen, A and Walsh, JT. Implementationand Assessment of Challenge-Based Instruction in a Biomedical Optics Course. Proceedings ofthe American Society for Engineering Education (CD-ROM DEStech Publications) Session1309: 8 pages, 2003.5. Roselli, RJ and Brophy, SP. Redesigning a Biomechanics Course Using Challenge

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer; Matthew Ohland

it was part of the advisor's larger research program. Thismeans that if one plans to focus only on the area of their thesis, they will be competing with theiradvisor, who already has established a research program for funding and recognition. Furthercollaboration with the advisor may be one way to do this, but the research community may notrecognize this as the individual effort of the recently graduated Ph.D.Palmer chose to pursue a different area of research and took a post-doctoral position in RPI'sCenter for Integrated Electronics and Electronics Manufacturing. His Ph.D. thesis focused ongrain growth of thin films and was not related to the focus of the post-doctoral position. As apost-doc, he was able to establish his own program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pat Leelani; Hector Estrada

materials, structural engineering, transportation, environmental engineering, andwater resources engineering. The primary objective of the material is to expose high schoolstudents to the great opportunities the profession of civil engineering has to offer. The program has been a success, with one of the participants enrolling in the CivilEngineering Program at TAMUK following the institute in the fall of 2002, three of theparticipants from 2002 enrolling in the fall of 2003 and one from the summer of 2003 enrollingin the fall of 2004. This is particularly important because these students had plans to enter adifferent discipline and were not aware of any engineering careers! Furthermore, all but one ofthe remaining participants from 2002 have

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

Outline for Designing a Hybrid First Year Language Course with WebCT. Alabama: Auburn University, 2003.4. Salzmann, C., et al. Requirements for Real-Time Laboratory Experimentation over the Internet. Accessed 12/2004. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/content_storage_01/0000000b/80/10/f6/e9.pdf.5. Spires, Michele S., Janet Jaeger. A Survey of the Literature on Ways to Use Web-based and Internet Instruction Most Effectively: Curriculum and Program Planning. Virginia: Old Dominion University, 2002.BiographyHEATHER L. COOPER, P.E.Heather L. Cooper is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where shehas taught for four years in thermal science and machinery diagnostics. Her areas

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Perry Deess; Judy Valyo; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

several NSF grantsaddressing this issue.PERRY DEESS, Ph.D.Perry Deess is the Director of Institutional research and Planning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Hisresearch interests include higher education program assessment, evaluating university performance, and the role ofinstitutions in civic engagement. He is currently collaborating with researchers at the University of Washington andthe University of Colorado on an NSF funded, nationwide study of civic engagement.RAYMOND CALLUORI, Ph.D.Dr. Calluori is a Senior Systems Manager for the Office of Institutional Research at the New Jersey Institute ofTechnology, where he conducts survey research and manages the course evaluation program. He has published inthe social sciences as well as

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kang-Mieler

according to the student created plan. He/sheassigns individual tasks and decides what has to be done. He/she is also a liaison to the facultyand staff. The Record Keeper has the responsibility of recording results during the experiment,creates a timetable for the assignment and sets the various deadlines, group meetings and keepstrack of elapsed time during the experiment. The Experimentalist is responsible for executingthe experimental protocol. Although all members will participate in the experiment, theExperimentalist is primarily responsible for ensuring that all necessary equipment and suppliesare available and working. He/she is also required to make sure that all equipment and suppliesare cleaned and put away at the end of the experiment. A

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

. OurElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) program offers five areas ofspecialization and a general plan of study in both AS and BS degree. We decided to have theAssessment Test for the graduating AS degree students. The test incorporates one hundredquestions from the required ECET courses at associate level only. The students are tested in the areas of 1) electrical circuit theory, 2) digital fundamentals, 3)electronic circuit fundamentals, and 4) microprocessor fundamentals. The questions selectedwere based on the learning objectives that are used in each course area. The test is a multiplechoice format so that a Scantron type analysis could be made and gathers statistical informationon students’ performance. Critical thinking and

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

• Standards, quality assurance and accreditation • Development of curricula, learning and teaching materials and methods • Distance and interactive learning (including virtual universities and libraries) • Development of engineering codes of practice for the international community • Promotion and public understanding of engineering and technology • Development of indicators, information and communication systems for engineering • Addressing gender issues in engineering, science and technology • Inter-university and institutional cooperation • Development of policy and planning to support the aboveThe above items comprise the primary elements of the “Engineering for a Better World

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Griffin; Julie Swann; Robert Kirkman; Matthew Drake

our study (since if we ignored the control, wewould draw the same conclusion). It is also possible that content played a role. For example,engineering ethics taught in the context of the student’s discipline could have a larger impactthan a general engineering ethics course. Since Self and Ellison did not describe the contentof their course, this is speculation on our part.Based on experiences from performing this study, we feel that there are multiple importantcomponents in developing effective engineering ethics curriculum. First, the material shouldinclude discipline-specific content. For example, in Industrial Engineering, coverage ofproduction planning could include the ethical issues around layoffs and outsourcing.Although this may or

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Pearse

Class being taught in theElectrical Engineering Technology Program at the University of Maine. Students learn basicProject Management skills, from Gantt Charts and Critical Path Diagrams to Earned ValueAnalysis and the Plan-Monitor-Control cycle. Intermingled with these, though, are such things aseffective negotiating, team-building methodologies, personnel feedback and face-to-face peerevaluation. Textbook material and traditional classroom lectures are interspersed with off-beatdiscussions, role-playing exercises, team-building games, and analysis of human behavior invarious situations.One key element to teaching these concepts is to set the tone early. During one of the firstclasses, students are told that it is necessary for the professor

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Magun-Jackson

planning the physicalarrangement of the classroom, organizing effective groupings, modeling acceptance, fosteringlistening and communication, and encouraging student-to-student interaction. From the firstmeeting with the students, the faculty must create a setting in which it is safe and acceptable todiscuss sensitive issues and to disagree with one another. Positioning the standards andexpectations of respect in the beginning of the term fosters good discussion, both in theclassroom and online. Many courses include group projects or group activities; faculty shouldthink about the arrangement of the room as well as the individual group participants. Bymanipulating group membership to include students who are in several different Kohlbergstages

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy Henk

began, adding valuable insights to classroom instruction. In contrast,when homework was solely assigned from the textbook, a less diligent student could simply turnin the answer, hoping the grader might overlook his or her lack of proper solution technique. Our goal is to develop a full set of traditional as well as innovative, conceptual problemsfor engineering thermodynamics. In 2006, we plan to submit these thermodynamics problems toMSU for broad dissemination. The LON-CAPA system is open source and is available to publicand private universities for a minimal licensing fee. Another goal is to expand evaluation of CAPA for thermodynamics instruction. Criteriaused for comparison will include the number of students completing

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Lisa Milkowski

rubric to assessprogram outcomes for continuous improvement.[1] The faculty at MSOE plan to apply thisapproach and to use their assessment results for student performance assessment and forcontinuous program improvement. Although the rubric presented by Blanchard is applied to Page 10.1408.1a course that has outcomes defined for a single semester course, the MSOE faculty believethat this process could be applicable to MSOE’s four-year design process. It is expected that Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthis

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

resource constraints,” and “Choreograph asquare dance routine given a description of available calls and timing constraints.” Neither ofthese tasks is obviously Electrical and Computer, Chemical, Industrial, or Mechanical, but bothtasks require engineering skills to complete. Page 10.562.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationMany different “model train layout” projects can be defined. My initial plan is to restrict studentsto just straight track (any length), a specific curve radius and arc

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

. REFERENCESBransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.Clouse, R.W. & Goodin T.L. (2005). Entrepreneurs in action!: Developing the Entrepreneurship Spirit. Nashville, TN: Forum for Entrepreneurship Education, Vanderbilt University.Clouse, R.W. (2003). Entrepreneurs in Action! Entrepreneurship Education: A Five-Year Report and Planning Paper. Nashville, TN: Forum for Entrepreneurship Education, Vanderbilt University, Technical Report.Clouse, R. W. (2002). Humor, creativity and entrepreneurship learning environments. Book of Abstracts, 14th Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas; Chul Kim

authoring system based on wirelesstechnology. The database is a framework in which exam questions and student assessment dataare stored.Courses Selected for Adaptation and Implementation This project selected two of the construction courses in the Construction Technologyprogram at IUPUI to adapt the wireless technologies with plans to expand later into additionalcourses. The selected courses are: an introductory construction course titled Building Systemsand Materials (ART 165) and a sophomore level course titled Quantity Survey (CNT 280). Thecourses have a great potential for adapting wireless technology and serve as good representativesfor other department-wide courses because of their course contents and student populations. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

LOKESH JOSHI; James Sweeney; Edward Hall; Alyssa Panitch

cycled through two consecutive semester offerings in2004. This course has provided a structure and forum for interested faculty in ASU’s I.A. FultonSchool of Engineering to participate in a series of class meetings focused on a range of topics inmodern biology. In each of its first two offerings at ASU, the Bio-Basics short course hascapped out its enrollment at its desired maximum of forty participants per semester. This paperdescribes the objectives, design, implementation, as well as initial and ongoing assessment andevaluation of the Bio-Basics faculty short course.Short Course ObjectivesThe Fulton School at ASU has committed its strategic planning to a range of use-inspiredresearch themes (e.g. human health, communication systems

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tilo Winkler; Rudolph Mitchel; Jose Venegas

part of the VaNTH program we have incorporated the use of computational and realisticsimulations into the teaching of respiratory physiology at the Harvard-MIT Division of HealthSciences & Technology (HST). The project is part of the VaNTH-ERC strategic plan to developmodules for a systems physiology domain. In the program of a course on RespiratoryPhysiology, we hypothesized that a hands-on laboratory using simulation would challenge thestudent's knowledge, provide insight into complex interactions, and motivate the students toexpand the material taught during lectures. We also hypothesized that improved learning wouldbe achieved by using a realistic simulator based on a computer-controlled mannequin and acomputer simulator with a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

event showcased past vehicles and conceptsfor the 2005 competitions. Professors and students from every department stopped to talk withthe vehicle teams and watch a PowerPointpresentation about the 2005 concepts. A few bravestudents even took a ride in the human powered moonbuggy. The event generated considerable interest inthe vehicle projects, as well as a few recruits for boththe vehicle teams and the Engineering TechnologyDepartment.EVP has also hosted events featuring the vehicles andthe vehicle teams for local middle and high schools,which have encouraged many prospective collegestudents to pursue degrees in science and engineering.During the summer of 2005, EVP plans to host aseries of workshops for high school students andteachers who