Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ji Yeon Hong; Charla Triplett; Jenefer Husman

(dressing, eating breakfast etc.), planning, communication or socialization, feelings ofbeing happy or excited, feelings of being stressed, tired or bored, family interactions, andrecreation.Both male and female education majors were much more likely to mention self care as a part oftheir narrative, though male engineering majors spoke of self care twice as much as their femalepeers. Communication or socialization was commonly discussed by both majors, though teachersspoke of “discussing students or problems with other teachers” while engineers spoke moreabout eating lunch with co-workers or meetings. Education majors were twice a likely tomention planning as a part of their day, while engineering majors were almost three time timesas likely to

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Wiedenman

XE475 is being developed and will be taught jointly by CME and EECS, leveraging theexisting talents and resources within both. The first task was to devise a course proposal forapproval at the Academy level. This course proposal had to include the course learningoutcomes, a learning model, an assessment plan, a course description, and a tentative syllabus.The authors were greatly assisted in this effort by input from Dr. Kevin Craig of RensselaerPolytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. In devising the learning outcomes for the new course, it was extremely important toemphasize a balance between theory/analysis and hardware implementation. Physical andtangible understanding of the principles under discussion is vitally important, without

Conference Session

The Citizen Engineer

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Isadore Davis; barbara waugh; Charles Pezeshki; Lueny Morell; Tom Roberts

strategy incorporated theoutcomes assessment plan and assessment tools developed by MEEP and PaSCoR. TheCollege of Engineering realized the significance of EC 2000 early on and undertookplanning and organizational steps fully four years prior to the actual site visit. All six ofthe College’s undergraduate programs were evaluated during November 2002. Success ofboth the curriculum and the assessment process are best described by this ABETaccreditation visit team comments: “The institution’s systematic and innovative effort tointroduce the culture of outcomes-based assessment to the College of Engineeringcommunity is especially noteworthy.” [4].But the Learning Factory has gone beyond Puerto Rico and has had an effect in US andLatin American Schools

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Obregon; Kevin Hall

-solving tool. For example, in the nursingfield, concept mapping has been found extremely useful in diagramming and visually depictingclinical problems and interrelationships with the proper care and treatment procedures to students(Schuster, 2000). In another study of special education and remedial seventh graders, conceptmapping was found as a useful to help the students plan, organize, and comprehend informationfrom readings (Guastello, Beasley, Sinatra, 2000). A 2001 study revealed that concept mappingwas an integral part of the positive results achieved by eleventh grade students’ and theirunderstanding of the human circulatory system (Sungur, Tekkaya, Geban, 2001). Alpert andGrueneberg (2000) explain that traditional concept mapping is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

© 2005 American Society for Engineering Education These comments indicate that design students could profit from more instruction-demonstrations at the outset by instructor and/or lab assistants, and that allowance forcheck-out or lab devices (or even outright purchase) for the design students would bebeneficial to connecting devices to the design challenges. The conclusions and recommendations of the three authors are summarized inTable 5 below. Table 5 Evaluator Recommendations and Instructor Plans ForwardEvaluator (Brent) recommendations Acquire some up-to-date devices that are closer to “cutting edge” (e.g., MP3 player, digital voice recorder) and some

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; H. David Snyder; Catherine Mavriplis; Charlene Sorensen

. Theworkshop includes presentations from experts as well as activities designed to helpparticipants develop their own approaches to their success. A personalized career plan isa desired outcome of attending this workshop. Participants also have the opportunity todiscuss issues with administrators in a non-threatening environment.2. DemographicsAs workshop organizers, we strive to make the application process as painless aspossible. Applicants are asked to fill out a short (half-page) personal information form,including name, address, and academic background. Registration is free.The term “application” was not used in the first two years in order to create a welcomingatmosphere for all: we did not want participation to be based on yet another

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

, and access toa car are requested. The students are also required to identify their skills in writing, graphics,leadership, teamwork, analysis, drafting, planning and research/library, as well as their strengthsand weaknesses. This information is then used to assign the teams15, which consist of 4-6 teammembers. Teams are balanced using the following criteria: major16, background, academicperformance, gender and ethnicity17, and access to transportation off campus to purchasematerials for the construction of the project. The team application also requires the students towrite about themselves: how they became interested in their major, what their long-term career

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

uncertainty, and the ability to make decisions whendata is incomplete are key features in the make-up of successful engineers. Thus, laboratoryexperiences should hold the same attraction and delight for our students as research andapplications laboratories possess for our graduates. Applied researchers go to the laboratory toentice truth from an impassive natural world. Their aim is to sense, to assess, and, eventually, toadvance. A well planned instructional laboratory enables students to realize these same goals.Laboratories are a necessary interlude during which students discover the value of collectiveexperience and collaboration, and develop skills in sharing and exchanging information.Laboratories, then, create a microcosm of, and a brief segue

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bassem Ramadan; Karim Nasr

andthe instructor as a facilitator. Uncovering fundamental principles and concepts occurs just in timeas students plan, formulate, and solve the problem. Students are not left wondering if what they arestudying has any use, but rather challenged by the excitement and relevancy of solving real-lifeproblems. More than motivation exclusively, a problem-based approach helps developindependence in students, along with promoting creativity, critical thinking, and life-long learning. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 10.722.1 Copyright © 2005

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Amrine; Caroline Kayser; James Swanson

progresses, academia is faced with keeping pace.The benefits of utilizing technology in the classroom have been well-documented and supported.Alexander1 provides an excellent summary of previously documented e-learning experiences andreferences Bates’2 four reasons for including technology in higher education: (1) improving thequality of learning, (2) improving access to education and training, (3) reducing the costs ofeducation, and (4) improving the cost effectiveness of education. Alexander concluded that fore-learning to be successful in higher education, there must be an excellent university supportsystem for teachers, and teachers must plan and strategize to effectively use technology in theclassroom.At the other end of the spectrum are those

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Bilodeau

theknowledge and skills they derived from their MaFEL laboratory experience to solvepractical electromagnetic systems design , interference and shielding problems are discussedand future plans for the continued development of the MaFEL procedure are noted.I. Introduction The ability to visualize the low frequency AC magnetic field distributions thatoccur in the vicinity of 60 Hz AC electric power generation and transmission equipment ,such as transformers, rotational machines, switchgear and cable ; and to understand thephysical factors that determine these fields ; are very important skills for an electricalengineering technician ( EET ) to have. This understanding of AC magnetic field behaviorenables an EET to identify the most probable

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

course. This minor has now beenapproved, and many students are now enrolled through the Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering department. Currently, the topics covered in the course are:• History of Engineering and Industrial Engineering: Development and Scope• Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Planning• Facilities Location and Layout• Material Handling, Distribution and Routing• Work Design and Work Measurement• Quality Control• CAD/CAM. Robotics and Automation• Human Factors• Financial Management and Engineering Economy• Operations Research• Simulation and Queuing Systems• Project Management• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, other current topics…These topics can change, but follow the

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

course. This minor has now beenapproved, and many students are now enrolled through the Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering department. Currently, the topics covered in the course are:• History of Engineering and Industrial Engineering: Development and Scope• Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Planning• Facilities Location and Layout• Material Handling, Distribution and Routing• Work Design and Work Measurement• Quality Control• CAD/CAM. Robotics and Automation• Human Factors• Financial Management and Engineering Economy• Operations Research• Simulation and Queuing Systems• Project Management• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, other current topics…These topics can change, but follow the

Conference Session

Assessing Where We Stand

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Pangborn; Renata Engel

adecade ago by a Task Force on Undergraduate Education charged by the provost in 1991.1 ACommission for Undergraduate Education subsequently developed a plan for assessment in1993, 2 and other reports on curricular coherence and relevance and assessment of educationaloutcomes followed in 1995 and 1996, respectively. 3,4 These initiatives focused, however, onsurveying and encouraging the various motivations and methods for assessment within theindependent disciplines, and the first call for broader application across the entire curriculum wasissued as a key recommendation of the University’s most recent general education reform effortin 1997.5 The Special Committee on General Education emphasized the imperative to“institutionalize a process for

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Alice Scales; Aaron Clark

categories, four of which were included on theoriginal instrument developed in 1998. The categories on the survey were course offerings,student populations, professional development, technical/engineering graphics education, andfuture research plans (Clark & Scales, 2000). The research category was added to the currentsurvey at the request of members in the profession. The course offerings category askedquestions about the type of courses offered at participant’s institutions. It also examinedwhether certain topics were taught as separate courses or were integrated with other types ofcourse materials. The instrument also inquired if institutions offer the topics of manualdrawing, three-dimensional modeling, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Ninteman; John Natzke

process, providing the students with opportunity to perform some limited analysis concerning the design’s functionality. • Electronics Measurement and Testing — This aspect of the freshmen experience will be implemented for the first time in Spring 2005. The current plan is to introduce the students to basic measurement techniques for voltage, current, and resistance using digital multimeters and digital oscilloscopes. The training for breadboarding will enable them to construct simple circuits and test for continuity and operation. An exciting project will be included for which the students will learn to solder components to a circuit board, such as a small microprocessor controlled

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Land

. Page 10.867.3 Excerpt from Analog Electronics Standard Course Outline Program Outcome #31: Students should be able to plan and conduct experimental measurements, use modern test and data acquisition equipment, and be able to analyze and interpret the results. (Outcome 31) Course Course Outcome Statement Outcomes Students will be able to assemble and demonstrate2 the correct operation4 of standard-design op-amp circuits and, using standard laboratory test 3a equipment3 (i.e., oscilloscope, DMM, etc.), measure their DC

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

basis for assignments and provided the needed reflection to complete thelearning experience started in the engineering class. The integration through service-learning has made the curricular ties easier to managebecause we were not coordinating each week of each course. It was very helpful with theservice-learning as it provided additional people to help with different aspects of the course. Apitfall of service-learning can be burnout. Whenever students do real projects with real people,problems arise and the linked classes allowed us to share the challenges that the projectspresented. With the large number of students involved in this program, it was a key componentof the institutionalization plan to have the peer leaders who taught

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hamilton

increase yourlearning and knowledge of a subject by having you review work of your classmates as well asrequiring you to have to explain your work to them. It is hoped that when disagreements inanswers are encountered you will take the time to discuss them and find the error, correctmethod, or solution. In order for this to happen you must prepare your work in a timely mannerin order to allow it to be adequately reviewed. Finishing the work 15 minutes prior to turn inwill not allow enough time! The second reason for peer review is to also emphasize that it isimportant in Civil Engineering to take the steps necessary to get the correct answer. RememberHammurabi’s Law? In practice plans, drawings and specifications are reviewed and aresponsible

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Joseph Herkert

programs. While most study-abroad experiences have been in Europe, FranklinScholars have also studied in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.IV. Co-curricular ActivitiesA. Franklin CouncilThe Franklin Program has an active student council that plans and sponsors a variety ofprofessional, service, and social activities. Officers of the council as well as representatives ofthe upper-class cohorts are elected at the end of each academic year for service in the followingyear. The first-year cohort elects their council representatives during the third or fourth week ofthe fall semester. Professional activities include guest speakers from industry and field trips;service includes volunteer activities with such organizations as Habitat

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

not appear to be the case: a numberof commentators and researchers have spoken in favor of smaller classes3-5.It is easy to understand why instructors might prefer smaller classes. Being confronted with twoor three hundred students simultaneously, particularly when one can hardly make out the faces ofthose seated at the rear, can be daunting. Classroom management skills become more important.For example, dealing with paper darts can become problematical if one cannot identify thestudents responsible for them. Course management skills also become critical. Everything mustbe planned very carefully and well in advance. Tests cannot be written and reproduced at the lastminute when hundreds of copies are required. Marking also becomes a major

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

categories (i.e. construction management, finance, technical sales, etc.). Participants are also categorized by their decision to enter graduate school and, if they entered, the field of graduate study they pursued (i.e. Business, Education, Engineering, Law, etc.). The survey requested the graduate’s assessment of the BA Engineering program to determine overall satisfaction and suggestions for program improvement. As an optional question, the participants were asked to disclose their current annual salary. In addition to these appraisals, the survey asked the alumni whether they feel having a BA degree as opposed to a BS degree is a drawback in their career plans and looking back, if they have any regrets about completing the

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

, and endless playing fields mostly covered with grass, not athletes. Just take a tour of any Ivy League school and observe not just the facilities but how much use they get. This marketing madness is now occurring on the other side of the barbell with the mass suppliers getting into the act. So the University of Houston has a $53 million wellness center with a five-story climbing wall, Washington State University has the largest Ja- cuzzi on the West Coast (it holds fifty-three students), Ohio State is building a $140 mil- lion complex featuring batting cages, rope courses, and the now-necessary climbing wall, and Southern Mississippi is planning a full-fledged water park. These schools

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck; Rebecca Strzelec

the FDM to make the parts, which the students can handle anddiscuss.The paper describes • the history of the collaboration between art and engineering faculty; • experiences with EMET students and their use of the design tool; • observations of the impact of the FDM outreach effort; • operation, benefits and limitations of the FDM; • interesting senior project applications; • mechanical properties of FDM ABS copolymer; and • planned future directions for the design collaboration.IntroductionPenn State Altoona, one of 24 Penn State campus locations in the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania, is located in the south-center of the state, about an hour’s drive southwest of themain campus in State College. The campus is undergraduate and

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

-line asa test to both traditional and non-traditional students. Plans are formulated to extend the utilityof offering such laboratory exercises to other classes as well. Traditional classroom instructionis being supplemented with laboratory assignments tailored to the individual subject matter, andmade available through a standard web interface, WebCT. The primary purpose of this work isto document the continued progress made in updating the MSU aerospace engineering degreeprogram.BackgroundAs technology has developed and matured, particularly with regards to computers and relatedperipherals, engineering curricula have been expanded and revised to encompass new fields ofknowledge. In an effort to insure that our students possess the necessary

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

instructors for allcourses met bi-weekly to discuss student progress, instructional activities, and to plan, conduct,and monitor the five-week integrated design project, a balsa wood bridge design and constructionproject. For the design project, the majority of instruction was provided in EE 109. Studentsreceived instruction in fundamental engineering principles, tested a variety of balsa woodstructural members (T-beam, I-beam, and flat beams), and designed and built physical models.These models were then tested and evaluated on several criteria including strength, aesthetics,and conservation of materials. At the end of the semester, students used PowerPoint software topresent their designs and test/evaluation results to the ILC faculty in a joint

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

dimensions be includedin performance tasks development. For each of these two dimensions, performance tasks werecreated with particular reasoning processes in mind. Since the performance tasks are based ondeclarative knowledge (what students should know) and procedural knowledge (what studentsshould be able to do), DOL2 is naturally a part of the performance tasks.Faculty Development and Training It was planned that engineering students from the three departments of civil engineering(CE); electrical and computer engineering (ECE) ; and industrial, manufacturing; andinformation engineering (IMIE) would be enrolled in the innovative Pre-Calculus course. Inorder to ensure that the performance tasks were interesting to all student students from

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

(s) is completed and delivered, new projects are identified by the team andcommunity partner allowing the team to continue to work with the same community partner formany years. Each undergraduate student may earn academic credit for several semesters,registering for the course for 1 or 2 credits each semester. The credit structure is designed toencourage long-term participation, and grants multi-year projects of significant scope and impactto be undertaken by the teams.Each student in the EPICS Program attends a weekly two-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

of the abstract of each project.Analysis of the DataUsing the search word “multidisciplinary”, 528 funded projects were located. The spreadsheetdata provide a rich source of information. The following analysis only presents a portion of thatwhich can be gleaned from the Fast Lane data bank.In the next four sections, we investigate some of the facts provided through analysis of thespreadsheet. Although the projects can be categorized generally as four themes: emergingengineering concepts, engineering science, basic engineering, andhumanities/business/engineering combinations, they can also be sorted according to thedisciplinary participants in the multidisciplinary plan. Annual trends in funding levels formultidisciplinary projects were also

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

designed a mitigation plan for homeowners and distributed apamphlet on health concerns and well water. Many of the residents who had thought that theirgroundwater was contaminated and were purchasing bottled water were relieved to learn thattheir water was safe.An international example involved the design and construction of an onion storage facility inSenegal. The population of 1200 in the rural community of Rao, about 19 km south of St. Louisin Northern Senegal, is sustained by agricultural activities mostly in growing purple onions. Theselling price of this vegetable, which is widely used in Senegalese kitchens, is very low at thetime of harvest as the supply is greater than the demand. Thus the farmers must sell their onionsat below-cost rates