Conference Session

Mathematics Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Osorno

2005-63 Innovative Way of Teaching Magnetic Circuits with Minimum Vector Algebra Bruno Osorno California Sate University Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St Northridge CA 91330 Email: bruno@ecs.csun.edu Phone: (818)677-3956Abstract- In schools of electrical consequently these courses becameengineering around the nation and prerequisites for electric energy conversion.abroad, some curriculums offer a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Johnston; Christopher Greene; Jeff Jalkio

non-engineering clients to define the technicalrequirements of their projects. In parallel, individuals from other disciplines can benefit fromexposure to engineering problem solving techniques. In this paper the authors present the resultsof an ongoing effort to integrate the benefits of both student-faculty collaborations and real-world design by incorporating undergraduate engineering students into physics research projects.Over the course of several years, engineering students at the University of St. Thomas have beenincorporated into physics department research laboratories, working side by side with physicsstudents and faculty. These students design, build and test instrumentation and other equipmentused in all aspects of the physics

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brij Agrawal

Reconnaissance office (NRO), Navy, and SpaceIndustry and military faculty including astronauts. In the SSE, the emphasis is on requirements, science and technology/research anddevelopment and acquisition in an operational context. The students get adequate knowledge inall space subsystems/systems integration and hands-on experience in spacecraft design andtesting in order to work as a space system engineer in DoD space program offices. The studentstake at least one course in each spacecraft sub-system and three spacecraft design and integrationcourses. The course matrix is shown in Figure 2 for the Space Systems Engineering. The coursematrix consists of two parts. One part is core courses to meet ESR requirements. The secondpart consists of

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Nation; Leah Jamieson; Jill Heinzen; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes; Joy Krueger

pollutants through the soil and into the groundwater wellheads along with the water cycle on the surface. Water and pollution movements are shown with LED’s. Mixer – density is demonstrated with an interactive exhibit that allows children to mix colored tanks of water and oil and observe their mixing and separation in a settling tank.The EPICS teams have continued to be integrated into the operation of IS which also serves as ascience resource for area schools. Many schools use facilities like IS to insure they meet statescience standards. These standards and the use of the exhibits to meet these standards becomepart of the design constraints. An example of this is the Wellhead Protection/Water Cycleproject. Initially, it was

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia White; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

-graduation.Integrating STARs into the CurriculumSTARs are integrated into the ABE undergraduate curriculum during the first semester in both ofour Agricultural Engineering (AE) and Agricultural Systems Technology (AST) programs. Bothprograms have a first semester orientation class (Engr 101 and AST 110) that meets for one houreach week for fifteen weeks. Both orientation classes have integrated two periods on BBI andSTARs.During the first period students are introduced to fourteen ISU Competencies that are used to inour learning outcomes assessment process. Students are asked to read and reflect on thedescriptions of the seven of these core workplace competencies: Engineering Knowledge,General Knowledge, Analysis and Judgment, Communication, Continuous Learning

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Olsson; Lars Håkansson; Johan Zackrisson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

emerge. Experiments can, for example, easily be integrated intolectures. It is widely recognized that experiments constitute an excellent teaching method andmore effective and exciting methods may contribute to increased numbers of students inelectrical engineering education. The laboratory is open to guest users when it is not in use inregular courses. The address of the laboratory web site is: http://distanslabserver.its.bth.se/.Bibliography1. Schmid, C., Eikaas, T.I.,Foss, B., Gillet, D., ”A REMOTE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATIONNETWORK”, Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Conference on Telematics Applications in Automation and Robotics,Weingarten, Germany, July 24 - 26, 2001.2. Berry, F.C., DiPiazza, P.S., Sauer, S.L., "The Future of Electrical and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bassem Ramadan; Karim Nasr

application of just-in-time-learning and design-integrated instruction in a second course on Applied Thermodynamics[17], theauthors found this approach to reinforce concepts and that their objectives were successfully met,despite a handful of students’ comments citing an overwhelming workload. In a capstone designcourse in environmental engineering focusing on simulation and a PBL design project, the authorsreported that students developed a much deeper understanding of course material, suggesting thatthe simulation activities outperformed their expectations.[18] At MIT, PBL has been implemented through a curriculum change based on the real-worldengineering context of a product's complete life cycle. Students reported on the program beingmore

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

measurement program but the course hassince diverged from this approach and now follows the measurement strategy outlined inPractical Software Measurement (McGarry, et.al. 2002). Practical Software Measurement(PSM) is an excellent framework for creating measurement and data collection plans andimplementations. In contrast to the one-size fits all approach of the TSPi, the PSM guidespractitioners to be selective about the data collected / measures tracked and to tailor themeasurement plan to the specific project risks and objectives.Interpersonal experiences and lessons are integral to the course and DeMarco & Lister’sPeopleware is a natural companion to the more technical texts. The authors cover topics such astrust, teams, quality, hiring and

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Waffle; Donald Martel; Peggie Weeks

Educationteacher/leaders and college experts from each of the five regions) participated in a two-dayplanning meeting. The secondary school teachers are NYSTEA association leaders, and thecollege faculty have content expertise in the areas of materials/manufacturing and informationtechnologies. In the summer of 2003, the project management team and additional consultantsconducted an intensive, seven-day workshop at Fulton-Montgomery Community College for thePDC leadership teams. NSF-developed instructional materials were used to ensure thatexemplary, pedagogically sound curriculum is at the core of instruction. Classroom-testedmaterials in materials/manufacturing and information technologies, developed as part of apreviously funded NSF project, New York

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Melnyk; Grant Crawford; David Stringer; Steven Braddom

Page 10.1329.1on practical application remains a hallmark of the Aeronautics curriculum at West Point to this “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”day. Since 1970, the department has used available military aircraft to supplement thecurriculum with Flight Laboratories. There are five main goals of the Flight LaboratoryProgram. 1. To provide students with quality, hands-on instruction one-on-one with their instructor in an actual aircraft. 2. To build technical understanding of the aerodynamics and performance of airplanes and helicopters for both students and instructors. 3

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

systems engineering concepts through experiential learning opportunities. • Provide multidisciplinary design opportunities in interesting and challenging areas. • Design, build, and test subsystems that are integrated into a larger project. • Ensure that the EAC/ABET EC2000 design, multidisciplinary teamwork, and communication outcomes are satisfied.This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the large-scale systems engineeringprojects either completed or still under development at the University of North Dakota, utilizinga student labor force comprised primarily of electrical and mechanical engineering students.Seven brief case studies are presented in Section 2, with an analysis of their sustainability andscalability

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

using the Microsoft Excel computing environment as its primary programming“language” for more than a decade. The familiar capabilities of the worksheetenvironment, coupled with the ability to perform complex calculations with Visual Basicfor Applications (VBA), provide an effective platform for analyzing, designing, andoptimizing engineering systems.Since 2000, the Department has been using SolidWorks and the associated COSMOSanalysis packages as the tool for designing and analyzing parts and assemblies. Thecontinuing development of the Visual Basic language, and its ability to communicatewith the SolidWorks “design suite” via the Applications Programmer Interface (API), hasopened up new possibilities for creating an integrated computing

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

, theexperience of preparing curriculum and teaching in the Bridge program with university faculty isan excellent professional development opportunity that provides instructors fresh pedagogicalmethods and approaches for teaching their regular classes, an experience that just might reducethe risk of burnout at the community college. Thus, enlisting support of the administration pavesthe way for more faculty involvement.Challenge of Industry CommitmentWe enlisted the support of five regional civil engineering firms. These firms agreed to help withprovision of book scholarships, consulting and advising with curriculum development, summerand part-time internships, company site visits and other experiences, and presentations, staffservice on the META program

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Cummings; John McMasters

, and grow them into ways toimprove engineering education.References 1 Encyclopædia Britannica, 2004, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 17 Nov. 2004, http://search.eb.com/eb/article?tocId=9038409. 2 Wenger, E., Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. 3 Cummings, R.M. and D.W. Hall, “Aircraft Design for Second-Year Undergraduate Students,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2005. 4 Cummings, R.M. and H.J.A. Freeman, “Integrating Multidisciplinary Design in an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum,” SAE Transactions , Vol. 106, No.1, 1997, pp. 1665-1670.BiographiesRUSSELL M. CUMMINGSDr. Cummings graduated from

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nickles

-Machine Systems, J. Flach, P. Hancock, J. Caird, and K. J. Vicente, Eds. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995, pp. 68-120.3. G. M. Nickles, "Identifying measures of student behavior from interaction with a course management system," Journal of Educational Technology Systems, submitted.4. A. Pritchett, A. Quinn, G. Nickles, M. Ashok, M. Iken, and J. C. Lu, "Internet Based Curriculum Innovation in Information Engineering and E-Business: The Integrated Curriculum Delivery System.," in the Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2002.5. S. St. Clair and N. C. Baker, "Faculty use and impressions of courseware management tools: A national survey," Journal

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

manufacturing-related programs by providinginstitutions, companies, and students a way to work together both onsite and online in a cost-effective, practical way. The distributed-hybrid instructional delivery method uses face-to-facemodular activity-based instructional materials, developed under previous NSF-ATE grantsincluding most recently the Completing the Curriculum: Modular Manufacturing EducationModel for Advanced Manufacturing Education DUE 0071079. The Completing theCurriculum grant focused on the development and testing of the curriculum for an AAS degreein Manufacturing Engineering Technology in nine subject matter clusters[1]. What is the urgentneed for this new approach to delivery? The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gregg

10.677.1 and available. Even if they are not experts in everything, they can appreciate the work of Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005. American Society for Engineering Education others, and they can collaborate with others to achieve integrated solutions. Such an approach would enable graduates to apply their learning to the needs of real world problems and real people. Cross disciplinary education enlarges students’ awareness of issues and methods beyond their own disciplinary inquiry, enabling them to explore the relationships among these issues and encouraging students to view their studies from a

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

logically addressed in the basic level criteria, because of their direct association with ABET Criteria 3(a) through 3(k). BOK Outcome 12 is logically addressed in the advanced level criteria, because it requires advanced, specialized knowledge. BOK Outcomes 13 through 15, however, might reasonably be addressed at either the basic or advanced level. These professional practice topics— project management, construction management, asset management, business, public policy and administration, and leadership—could logically be integrated into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum or offered as part of a professional practice- oriented master’s program. From an accreditation perspective, however, it is

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert McHenry

Plenary Address1. As the panel leadoff paper of this session itintroduces Constructivism as the learning theory and process that is most efficient in thedevelopment of professional competence. And that effectively guides the philosophicalframeworks or curriculum approaches that prepares engineering and engineering technologystudents at all levels for the execution of integrative functions that are particular to therequirements of industrial practice and systems operations and management. Constructivistlearning approach can be crucial in the enablement of sitting professionals making the jump tothe leading edge of the practice-focused engineering that requires massive constructedintellectual fusion. This paper raises fundamental questions that

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thaddeus Fowler; Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Anant Kukreti

activities.Fellows completed an Instructional Planning course prior to teaching in the schools. This gavethem instruction and practice in lesson planning. They were then paired with teachers todevelop ideas for the classes they would be working with. Depending on the needs of theparticular class, they would develop lessons that would enrich or sometimes replace instructionthe teacher was using. Fellows would teach the lesson in entirety or work with the teacher inpresenting the material. Fellows and teachers have implemented over 20 different activities inclasses covering physics, math, biology, chemistry and environmental science. These activitiesinvolve authentic, inquiry based learning and are posted at the project website,http://www.eng.uc.edu/STEP

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erin Cejka; Chris Rogers

Inservice Teachers and the Engineering Design Process Erin Cejka, Chris Rogers Tufts University’s Center for Engineering Educational OutreachDriven by its prestigious academic institutions, high-tech companies, and commitment tosuperior education, Massachusetts became the first state in the country to adopttechnology/engineering standards as part of the state curriculum frameworks in 2001. Thissignificant policy change has produced an increased need for professional development andteacher education efforts in engineering and technology. The overall lack of content knowledgeand experience in engineering and technology among teachers, especially at the elementary level,will

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Devon

brainstorming session, for example, where someonehas a new idea and says “I will send you the CAD drawing next week to show you what I mean.”So, rapid graphical communication, which conveys only essential information, is the key tographics for conceptual design. There are many techniques that are used for this, but we thinkonly one, traditional sketching, is being taught, and the reason why it is being taught is usuallythe idea of working in the absence of a computer rather than the nature and needs of conceptualdesign. we are very conscious of the main problem of parsing: excluding essential information.Informal Design GraphicsWe are not yet sure what the informal graphics curriculum for conceptual design should look likeand this paper is only an

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Westbrook

counterintuitive but it isreal to those who experienced it.Each of the success limiting attributes is discussed below. • The extent to which unit goals are an integral part of the goals of the larger organization. Highly successful units that are not important to the larger organization are an example of this attribute. If an Engineering Management unit in a college of engineering is very Page 10.1318.1 successful due to strong leadership and talented faculty, it may considered important to the college and not be recognized or rewarded. The unit may be treated as a “cash cow” “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

Elements” course intheir third year of study. For the last several years, students at the University of Texas at Austintake a redesigned course that combines hands-on projects within a traditional classroom formatof homeworks, tests, and lectures. Integrating projects into the curriculum is part of a larger,multi-faceted departmental effort called PROCEED (PROject CEntered EDucation)1, whichactively promotes projects across the mechanical engineering undergraduate curriculum.PROCEED encourages instruction that integrates course projects in order to advance active,socially constructed learning that draws upon a student’s knowledge of theory and principles.That is, students in PROCEED-based courses are going beyond note taking, homework andtesting

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Simulation and Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 1995 SCS Western Simulation Multiconference on Simulation in Engineering Education, Vol. 27, Number 1, pp. 57-61.2. Patrick J. Starr, “An Integrated Introduction to Simulation Using Deterministic Models, Queuing Results and Jackson Networks,” Proceedings of the 1992 SCS Western Simulation Multiconference on Simulation in Engineering Education, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 235-239.3. Kelton, W. D., “Teaching the Classics of Simulation to Beginners – Panel Contribution,” Presentation for Simulation Education Track, 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, New Orleans.4. Nance, R. E. and R. G. Sargent, “Perspectives on the Evolution of Simulation,” Operations Research, Jan.-Feb. 2002

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

andstrengthened their technical knowledge of current products and processes in subjects that mayhave otherwise remained uncultivated. In turn, this newly gained knowledge and experience willprove to be valuable in the development of engineering technology curriculum and in futureengagement projects. The project has helped to build stronger ties with industry, bettercommunity relations, and stronger relationships with government agencies. Both educationalinstitutions look forward to future engagement projects so that they may continue to serve thelocal community, students, and industry. Partnerships among government agencies, regionalindustry, and regional educational institutions offer an excellent opportunity for advancingprofessional development

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust; David Myszka

of motivation and reward that stem from designcompetitions. Further, the recent popularity of reality-television provides the evidence ofthe entertainment value from a task-oriented competition.Like other institutions, the Engineering Technology programs at the University of Daytonhave also introduced design competitions throughout the curriculum. Because thebusiness environment is dynamic, we as educators are continuously seeking opportunitiesto improve our processes. Therefore, in an effort to increase student exposure to realisticbusiness situations, we have extended these competitions and integrated a portion of theminto our industry-sponsored senior project course. When using competitive teams, theclient presents an open-ended project

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan; Madara Ogot

Session XXXX A Student Centered Approach to Improving Course Quality Using Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Madara M. Ogot and Gül E. Okudan School of Engineering Design and Professional Programs The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThe aim of this study was to develop an approach based on the QFD method to use appropriatepedagogies found in the literature, that will lead to an increase in student satisfaction with theireducation experience in a redesigned course. The key elements of the approach are to obtain andcategorize in the students’ own words

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

the quality of the projects being completed by students. This paperdescribes the changes and briefly presents the progress that has been made since 2004Spring Semester.IntroductionAn engineering capstone design experience has been defined as “the crowningachievement in a student’s academic curriculum, and integrates the principles, concepts,and techniques explored in earlier engineering courses” [1]. Today, most engineeringand engineering technology curricula include a senior capstone course [2-8]. Two majorsources that led to this status are the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) and industry [9]. While the process for conducting capstone projectsvaries between programs and disciplines, such projects normally take two

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

future courseworkwithout significant integration into the entire four-year curriculum, as in the McMaster ProblemSolving Program15. 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 transfer of skills.For successful transfer to occur, the students must understand well how to solve problems, andnot back off when confronted with a difficult problem2. To achieve transfer, several factors areimportant: i) Self-Efficacy, or students’ confidence in their ability to solve