Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

A case study of eradicating weakness in accreditation owing to vital role played by industrial and government leaders in academia Kanti Prasad, Ph.D.; P.E. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA 01854 Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduIntroduction In the fall of 2000, we were visited by ABET for regular accreditation forour Electrical Engineering Program. We were cited ‘weakness’ in our course16.499 Capstone Project. Although the design content was of great quality, but itlacked in elucidating the design impact on society, its environmental implication,ethical content, and economic

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

, student teams are required to design, build and test (DBT) an experimentaldesign project of their own choice.This project requires experimental problem solving skills, builds upon the analytical andnumerical techniques they have acquired in their engineering science courses, and will then beexpanded upon in a multi-disciplinary capstone laboratory design course in the spring semesterof their senior year. The project is coordinated through the ME program Design of ExperimentsPlan and further supports the ME program's Professional Component Plan by requiring the use ofengineering design with open-ended problems, integration of professional tools, anddemonstration of professional communications. This experience takes place from a point ofview that

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs

challenges associated with nanotechnology.Similar courses developed for non-science and non-engineering majors are intended to broaden thetechnological understanding of these students. Senior capstone design projects (in engineering) and seniorthesis projects (in the sciences) are the basis for interdisciplinary, industry-sponsored projects innanomanufacturing. Implementation of these course activities is expected to begin in the spring semesterof 2005, and outcomes will be reported. The primary evaluation of this activities related to this educationplan will be conducted by the Research and Evaluation Group of the University of Massachusetts,Amherst, Donahue Institute.Introduction: The ProposalThe plan was simple. As shown in Table 1, the three

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

design projects will beneeded to replace the traditional continuous chemical manufacturing process that is most oftenthe subject of the capstone design class. This paper describes one such design project assignedto the West Virginia University class of 2005. A different multi-scale, biologically related,product design was completed by the class of 2004.2The ProblemThis class was assigned the task of investigating food products. Specifically, they were toidentify promising markets for low-carbohydrate and/or low-fat foods and suggest opportunitiesfor a profitable venture to manufacture such products. They were to learn the ingredients in and

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Aller; Edmund Tsang; Andrew Kline

construction of analog and digital electronic circuits onbreadboards. Similar materials have been used by EDCSL volunteers at the local Boys and GirlsClub, and a K-8 charter school, beginning in January 2004.Senior Capstone Design ProjectsSenior capstone design projects have included an optics demonstration and experimentation kit3,a children’s classroom playhouse4, and a roller coaster to demonstrate Newton’s Law of Motionand the Conservation of Energy. New projects include a preliminary design completed by a teamof two high-school students from Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC)in Fall 2004 for an interactive wind tunnel to support the study of two science topics atWoodward Elementary School: aviation technology and aerospace. The

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

Programmer), or analysis (NumberCruncher). By dividing the tasks required to accomplish a project by functional area, the teammay produce a strong product, but students’ understanding may be limited to their area ofcontribution. This is the specialization model of teaming that is pervasive in industrial settingswhere project completion is emphasized over learning. In some classroom project situations,technical specialization by engineering discipline is necessary for the success of the effort (e.g.,senior capstone courses or national competition project courses). However, wide spreadspecialization throughout the undergraduate experience, especially in courses serving first andsecond year students, interferes with the learning goals of engineering

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Hahn; Nancy Wynn; James Fuller; David Pines

., Senior Design Capstone Course), each student team works on adifferent project for the entire semester under the supervision of a practicing, professionalengineer. Therefore, it was easy to integrate a design project that supported the BloomfieldTown Center into the Senior Design Project course. From the data gathering and focus groupmeeting, it was determined that replacing the existing street lights that are cobra head lightfixtures with sodium lamps on 20 -25 foot concrete poles with 14-foot ornamental lights withfull-cutoff metal halide lamps is a priority for the town. Under the supervision of the TownEngineer and a Connecticut Light and Power engineer, the student team measured the lightintensity at different locations of a central business

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner; Edward Lumsdaine

as the capstone course taught to on-campus students.This constraint represented a major challenge, not only because the distance-learning studentshad different educational backgrounds and experience levels, but because the content had to bedelivered in one semester (e.g., Spring 2004), whereas the on-campus students had two semesters(e.g., Spring 2004 and Fall 2004) to complete their projects. Other challenging differencesincluded project selection, team formation, team project monitoring and final course assessment.The instructional team also faced the challenges of integrating their teaching approaches andstreamlining the topics and reading materials required of all students, while placing an increasedemphasis on creative thinking and the

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

an outsourcing model. Software RequirementsSpecification (SRS) documents created by CST415 students in the Fall may be used as theblueprints for outsourced development teams enrolled in CST316 in the following semester.2.2 Capstone project at Arizona State University TempeThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering on the Tempe Campus of Arizona StateUniversity offers five courses as part of a Software Engineering concentration track:Introduction to Software Engineering (CSE360), Distributed Computing with Java and CORBA(CSE 445), Software Analysis and Design (CSE460), Software Engineering Project I (CSE461),and Software Engineering Project II (CSE462). CSE 360 provides students with their first groupproject within this track in the

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

Education Objectives and Program Outcomes through systematic andprogressive learning 1,3 . The contribution of each course in the curriculum to theaccomplishment of the program outcomes is mapped in Table 4. The contribution of eachindividual course to different Program Outcomes is assessed through: (1) the StudentCourse Assessment Survey, and (2) the Faculty Course Outcomes Assessment (“Closingthe Loop”) Report. These two assessment tools together with assessment from the SeniorExit Survey, and the contribution of the Capstone Design Project II report constitute theInternal Assessment of the Program Outcomes. Four other tools, the Employer Survey,the Alumni Survey, Departmental Industrial Cluster Input and the Capstone Design OralPresentation

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Atanas Serbezov

Redesigning Senior Process Design David C. Miller* and Atanas Serbezov Department of Chemical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionSenior design is widely regarded as an important capstone experience for undergraduateengineering students. By integrating material from previous courses, it provides a conceptualframework for tackling a wide variety of open-ended, real-world engineering problems.Traditionally, senior design consists of the following common elements: process economics,capital costing, simulation and a grass-roots design project. As the nature of the chemicalengineering profession has evolved

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

Industry Meaningful In College or MIMIC. A few years later the technical side of theteams expanded when electronics students were added to the project. The business side alsoexpanded, and a MIMIC business course was developed as a capstone for students inAssociate in Applied Science degree programs in marketing, accounting, management,computer systems and information systems. Page 10.254.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe MIMIC project successfully addressed a problem the technical programs

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Drnevich

the community’s perspective; and Page 10.1323.1 8. The Civil Engineering Advisory Council members who periodically review the course. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Listing of Capstone Design Projects at Purdue1 Candy Factory 1 Tippecanoe Co 1 Research 1 Belt Line Railroad9 9 Airport 9 Park/Residential 9 Tricounty Airport6 6 Retention

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jane Parmentier; Rajeswari Sundararajan

illustrates the course distribution for thesis and appliedproject students related to research sequence and capstone experience.Table 1: Course Distribution for Thesis and Applied Project Students related to research sequence and capstone experience Course Thesis Applied Project GTD 505 Research Design 3 3 GTD 506 Quantitative Analysis 3 3 GTD 599 Thesis 6 0 GTD 593 Applied Project* 0 3 Approved Elective 0 3Students are encouraged, via their elective courses, to specialize in a

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Dunn

10.1357.2found in a standard book on icebreakers. I brought in the Chief Engineer of the MDOT to Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationdiscuss engineering ethics with the class. The second part covered basics on scheduling and costestimating. I emphasized that as project managers, engineers need to have a sense of scheduleand cost. Brief class exercises demonstrated how to use standard cost guides such as RS Meansand to develop small schedules using PERT diagrams. The third part consisted of developingproposals that would be used in the spring senior capstone project. The second course that I developed was

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Education Conference, S2G-1, Reno, NV (2001)6 Newell, J.A., S.H. Farrell, R.P. Hesketh, and C.S. Slater, “Introducing Emerging Technologies in theCurriculum Through a Multidisciplinary Research Experience,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 35(4), 296 (2001)7 Glennon, Brian, “Development of Cross-Disciplinary Projects In a ChE Undergraduate Curriculum.”Chem. Eng. Ed., 38(4), 296 (2004)8 Schaeiwitz, Joseph A; Turton, Richard, “Life-Long Learning Experiences and Simulating Multi-disciplinary Teamwork Experiences through Unusual Capstone Design Projects”, Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, (2003)9 Bhavnani, Sushil H., and M. Dayne Aldridge, “Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A Bridge betweenCollege

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Brunell

project, gaining first hand experience with the regulationsand the appropriate software tools has proven to be invaluable to our graduates. With the varietyof projects presently being sponsored, the students are also gaining a familiarity with thedifferent regulatory agencies they will be accountable to upon graduation.Recruitment of Sponsors:Initially discussed and supported by the Civil Engineering Visiting Committee, the first twosponsors, members of the advisory committee, were familiar with the capstone designrequirements of ABET 2000. These two companies, Schiavone Construction and LGA, beganby providing the students with very exciting real world projects and exposing them to the manyoutside factors essential to any design.Upon successful

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Refai; James Sluss

principles and to expose students to research tools that can be used in carrying out their capstone research projects. Through a series of sequential laboratory modules, students learn to setup and configure simple to complex computer networks and to effectively employ commercial software tools for network design and performance analysis. Near the end of the course, working independently, each student is required to complete a final project that assimilates much of the reinforced and/or newly acquired knowledge and skills. This paper provides a detailed description of the laboratory course and its key project modules.1. IntroductionThe University of Oklahoma - Tulsa offers a Master of Science in

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

littleattention.In counterpoint, prior work on product development processes in the automotive industry foundthat this transition phase receives substantial attention and resource at Toyota Motor Corporation,but comparatively little among US competitors.5 Interestingly, Toyota has consistentlyoutperformed its US competitors over the last two decades by nearly all measures. Thismotivated a study of design processes that explicitly included system level design in the slate ofresearch parameters to answer the question: just how important is this transition phase?This paper summarizes a trio of analyses that correlates design process characteristics to designoutcomes in mechanical engineering capstone design projects. A theme from those studies isthat, even

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

management, • Demonstrate effective means of teaching/coaching/mentoring of various design projects, • Describe the characteristics of good advising and mentoring, • Describe the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) requirements for design courses (Capstone, etc.), • Participate in a team environment and effectively coach design teams, and • Describe and demonstrate various theories of learning and pedagogy.3. Highlights of ProjectsThis section provides brief highlights of several student projects from the first offering of theDesign in Engineering Education and Practice course in the Fall of 2004. The charge given thestudents was to create a design course in their own discipline complete with syllabus

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

been developed for the detection of fire signatures.Fire signatures include smoke, heat, and other changes in ambient conditions. Theseexercises also include the logic used to activate alarm signaling and fire suppression. Notethat digital logic and analog functions are used.Lab exercises range from the very basic concepts of fire protection systems and use of thefundamental LabVIEW features, to more advanced alarm system concepts and LabVIEWfeatures. The capstone design project for the course requires a proficiency in LabVIEW.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 10.456.1

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill

, N., Mikolaitis, D. W., Stanfill, R. K., Vu-Quoc, L., “Maintaining Industry Partnerships in Integrated Product and Process Design Education,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2002 Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, QC, June 16-19, 2002, 13 pp. (CD-ROM). 5. Stanfill, R. K., Crisalle, O. D., “Recruiting Industry-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Projects for Capstone Design,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section 2003 Annual Meeting, Macon, GA, April 6-8, 2003, 12 pp. (CD-ROM). 6. Stanfill, R. K., Sander, E. J., Rossi, W. J., Ingley, H. A., Whitney, E. D., Hoit, M. I., “The University of Florida Integrated Technology

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

 Contract Honors courses  Independent Study  Capstone Design projects  Advanced Placement Credit (up to 6 hrs in two different disciplines)  Co-op (up to 6 credits by completing special projects on co-op quarters)Special Topics Honors Courses: The U.C. Honors program offers at least thirty special topicshonors courses each academic year. These courses are open to any honors student in theuniversity. Faculty interested in developing and teaching a special topics honors course mustsubmit a proposal in November for the following academic year. A committee reviewsproposals and selects which courses will be offered. In the last couple of years, several of thefaculty at the College of Applied Science

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Meredith Aronson; Reid Bailey

for Engineering Education”mechanical engineering). Dutson, et al., state that “the majority of capstone design coursesappear to fall in the ‘engineering program’ category.While most senior design courses are at the engineering program level, there are certainly manynotable programs at the engineering school level. Most of these are aimed at creatingmultidisciplinary courses to prepare students for the reality of multidisciplinary design teams inindustry and to address ABET requirements.Senior Engineering Design at ArizonaWhile the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona currently has a hybrid engineeringprogram/engineering school design program, this grew out of a set of departmental senior designofferings. In the 2000-1 academic

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Clair Nixon

References[1] R. Felder and R. Brent. (2003). Designing and Teaching Courses to Satisfy the ABET Engineering Criteria. The Journal of Engineering Education. 92(1):7- 25.[2] O’Connor, T, H. Sibray, and K. Forinash. (2001). Interdisciplinary Research Project Involving Physics and Electrical Engineering Students. The Journal of Engineering Education. 90(3):423-428.[3] Wang, E. and J. Kleppe. (2001). Capstone Course Includes MBA Students New Product Development, Sales and Marketing. The Journal of Engineering Education. 90(4):565-569. Page 10.284.9

Conference Session

Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Zoghi

been designed to follow a logical four-year progression.The CEE curriculum is heavily design-oriented during the first semester of the senior year whichleads to the capstone design course offered in the subsequent semester. The capstone designcourse (CEE 450) is the “showcase” of Civil Engineering program at the University of Dayton.This comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, design course differs from other design courses in thatthe design focuses on a total, integrated system rather than on a single discipline subsystem. Thedesign projects are “real-life” applications with team of students responsible for different aspectsof design. There is significant interaction among student groups and practitioners. Both writtentechnical report and oral

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

. Educational Control Products, ecpsystems.com Figure 1: ECP Lineal and Torsional Test SystemsAn additional mechanical vibration project involved the creation, simulation, and verification ofthe mathematical model for the transverse vibration of a cantilever beam, Figure 2. Studentsderived a model for the continuous system, and then compared these results with a 8-DOFlumped-parameter model in Matlab as well as to a finite element analysis (FEA) model. Thestudents then devised a method of determining the mass, stiffness, and damping properties of anactual beam, and then verified their models by driving the physical system to find its harmonicresponse. This project was actually conducted during a senior capstone lab course, but was

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Ostheimer

time for attention to “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent writing, even though, when questioned, these professors assert that such writing is crucialfor their graduates.Recognizing our graduates’ need for strong communication skills, the ECE Department beganteaching its senior-level capstone design courses as writing emphasis courses beginning in 1989.Writing projects integrated into these senior classes included a well-defined problem statement, adesign proposal, a status memorandum, an engineering notebook documenting the designprocess, and a final technical design report. The

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

(ATE) national centers, two of the premier engineering schools in thecountry, magnet high schools in Monmouth County that focus on technology andcommunications curricula, and a regional leader in the wireless telecommunications industry, ismodifying its existing Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program in ElectronicsEngineering Technology to integrate wireless communications and security, and creating modelAAS degree and certificate programs in wireless communications and security articulated fromhigh school through community college and to the university level. As an NCTT RegionalPartner, the project staff will implement similar programs throughout the region and generallycontribute to program development and improvement at

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre' Butler; William Moses

the capstone experience. Part of this increase in performance may be due to the additionaltime available to solve the experimental problem – 7 weeks per project in MAE 402L (NSL)versus 5 weeks per project in MAE 407L (OSL). However, some of this success is alsoattributable to the more focused introduction to open-ended experimental problems in the pre-requisite laboratory.ConclusionsThis paper examines student laboratory performance under two organizational models. In theold laboratory scheme, experiments were organized around a specific topic area (mechanics,thermal science, materials) and lab exercises were selected based only on their applicability tothe current lab topic and class level of the students. The new lab scheme uses essentially