Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationanonymous. Lecturers can encourage personal contact with students in many ways: arriving tolectures early and staying afterwards to chat and to give students a chance to ask questions;visiting or teaching laboratory, discussion or tutorial groups; interacting with students duringgroup-work or problem-solving sessions held in lectures; making eye contact with students;wandering around the lecture theatre while lecturing using a cordless microphone; setting regularoffice hours and/or encouraging office visits; encouraging and replying promptly to emails;calling for volunteers to be interviewed about certain stated aspects of the course; asking studentsto write a short autobiographical note

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter

Using Learning Objectives for Course Design and Curriculum Improvement Donald D. Carpenter Civil Engineering Department Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 48075AbstractLearning Objectives are statements of specific observable actions a student should be able toperform after an established period of time (a lecture, course, or curriculum). LearningObjectives, which are also commonly referred to as Instructional, Teaching, or EducationalObjectives, clarify the expectations of faculty in terms of measurable or observable studentperformance. In other words, these statements describe the ability of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rassa Rassai; Mensah Patrick; Jean-Pierre Bayard; Valerie Young; Joseph Tront; Edward Perry

notes or tutorials about prerequisite (butoften unmastered) material. If you give students tools to remind and reteach themselves, andencourage them to use them, then you help them develop as independent learners. Of course, theway that you direct students to these tools is important, particularly for the new engineeringeducator for who teaching ratings may be of particular concern. “Hmm, yes, to do this, you haveto remember how to calculate the pH of a basic solution. Here, let me show you a tutorial. Tryworking through this; I think it will help you. After you’ve been through it, come back if youhave some specific questions.” For chemical engineers encountering distillation in their seniorunit operations laboratory, point them to

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Drnevich

since the early 1960’s andthere have been many approaches to teaching it. Involvement of practitioners has varied fromnearly no involvement through nearly total responsibility for the course. The author hasobserved the teaching of this course for thirteen years and has the lead responsibility for thecourse in the spring semester for the past four years. The paper describes the course andapproaches to teaching it and will summarize observations of what worked well and what did notwork well regarding the involvement of practitioners. Recommendations are made for effectiveuse of practitioners in senior design.Introduction and Background on Senior Design The capstone design course in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, CE498 has

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Tonya Emerson

common factor influencingtheir decision to leave was a loss of interest in the subject matter. In addition, poor qualityteaching and advising were serious concerns for all students. This data clearly indicates thatsomething in our standard approach to teaching is not working.The question becomes, what can we do better? This paper reviews current programs nationwidethat are targeted at improving student involvement and retention. Changes made in bothteaching methodology and curriculum are identified and the resulting effects of these changes arediscussed. The intent of this paper is to provide a resource for other engineering educators oneffective educational approaches to improve retention.IntroductionThe Consortium for Student Retention Data

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

Integration of Security into the Development and Teaching of a New 2-Year Program in Wireless Communications Michael Qaissaunee, Mohammad Shanehsaz (mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.edu), (mshanehsaz@brookdalecc.edu) Brookdale Community College 765 Newman Springs Road Lincroft, NJ 07738 732-224-2879, 732-224-2827 This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DUE-0302909 ABSTRACTCritical factors limiting the growth of the wireless industry and the even

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cordelia Brown

teaching fellows (GTFs) with Nashvillemiddle school science teachers. This GK-12 Program is a partnership between threeeducational institutions of higher learning, all within a five-mile radius of each other inNashville, Tennessee.The 2004-2005 school year brought together 15 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schoolteachers and 11 graduate students in a collaborative effort to improve science instructionand provide opportunities for middle school students to work with scientists. In addition,one undergraduate student from Vanderbilt University assists teachers in two schools toincrease the frequency and quality of laboratory activities.GTFs focus on working with partner teachers to develop and implement hands-on,inquiry-based activities, providing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Javier Kypuros; Thomas Connolly

exposure toinstrumentation due to the need to share equipment, teaching assistants must be properly trainedto ensure effective instruction, and many universities simply cannot afford to maintain moderninstrumentation readily accessible to students.6 More readily utilized, economical laboratorysolutions that address the above issues are needed to improve conceptualization of thefundamentals of dynamic systems and their control. To address these issues, three inter-university laboratory formats utilizing virtual systemsand remotely-accessible experiments are being developed to complement the MechanicalEngineering curricula at UTPA and UTSA. The laboratory formats provide inexpensivealternatives that are more readily accessible and available

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

educationresearch and contribute considerable knowledge in the area of using simulation technologyfor learning and teaching enhancement in engineering higher education.Methodology The current research effort has two complementary tracks. The first of these is aquantitative study to examine the differences between the two groups on their scores on post-test as well as follow-up measure. In addition, the quantitative section examines thedifference in terms of lab completion time. The physical lab group performedcommunication systems laboratory exercises using traditional hardware laboratory and thesimulation group used simulation software for performing similar laboratory exercises on thesubject of modulation and demodulation. The second track is

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

from the Advanced TechnologicalEducation Program at the National Science Foundation, has addressed this need bydeveloping technician-level educational materials, prototyping a teaching laboratory forplasma-aided manufacturing, and training community college faculty.[1] This paperprovides a summary of PCC’s three-year development and implementation effort.IntroductionThe lack of instructional materials is a major deterrent in developing and implementing atechnician-level course in RF plasma processing at the community college level. Asearch of the literature produced only graduate-level textbooks.[2,3]Equipment needed to implement a teaching laboratory to support a technician-levelcourse was also lacking. Equipment to support simple plasma

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Pavel Ikonomov; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

., Prasad, M. and Chassapis, C., “Remotely Accessible Laboratory Approach for Undergraduate Education”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000, St. Louise, MO.4. Francisco, et. al., “A virtual laboratory for teaching robotics”, International Journal for Engineering Education, Vol. 19(6), 2003.5. Krehbiel, D., Zerger R. and Piper J., “A remote-Access LabVIEW-based Laboratory for Environmental and Ecological Science”, International Journal for Engineering Education, Vol. 19(3), 2003.6. Rohrig, C., “Virtual Lab for Controlling Real Experiments via Internet”, Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided-Control System Design, 1999.7. Wells, L. K. and Travis, J., LabVIEW for Everyone – Graphical

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Helbling; Patric McElwain; Angela Beck; Ron Madler; David Lanning

to an existingEngineering Materials Science with Laboratory course. Second, an HU/COM faculty memberwas invited to team teach one of the senior design courses, Aircraft Detail Design, and to thusprovide both written and oral communication instruction on a supplementary basis. Third, asimilar team-taught course was developed for the spacecraft track as an HU/COM facultymember joined the Spacecraft Preliminary Design faculty. The development of each of thesethree courses will be described in further detail in the following sections.Historical ProcessEngineering Materials LaboratoryEngineering Materials Science with Laboratory was the first course chosen for introducingcollaborative teaching practices as ERAU/Prescott. Engineering Materials

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc Garland; Abdel Bayoumi; Travis Knight

both education and research comes through aconsortium of universities aimed at promoting the enhancement of nuclear engineering educationand infrastructure. This funding is currently providing the establishment of a radiation detectionlaboratory to be used in teaching the radiation detection and instrumentation laboratory coursewhich will be offered remotely through advanced distance education technology (see more onthis below). This same lab will serve the needs of research efforts involving radiationmeasurements and characterization.USC has also pursued direct support of the program from DOE through “Plus-Up” requests tosupport growth and expansion of research and teaching in areas of interest to DOE such as theclean energy initiative

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ford

offered on a regular basis. Meanwhile the Physics/Geophysics Department at TAMUK has developed a laboratory-based course in nuclear physics. This is the first upper division laboratory course offered atTAMUK in over a decade. The faculty members in the Department of Nuclear Engineering atTAMU are assisting TAMUK to ensure that the lab equipment is tailored to enhance the successof the students in their preparation for graduate studies. The courses provided at TAMUK andvia the TTVN network allow the students entering the graduate program at TAMU to follow thesame plan of study as students from TAMU or comparable nuclear/health physics programs

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kari Clase

” • provide appropriate background material to explain the techniques employed and their impact on the current field of biotechnology • helped address biotechnology as a field with many components—both in a laboratory and within society • pre-lab and post-lab focus questions that helped teach students critical thinking skills as part of the inquiry and discovery process • minimal lab preparation time investment • validated by several other biotechnology programsDuring the first implementation of Biotechnology Lab I, the Biotechnology Explorer LabModules were used to provide the following biotechnology hands-on laboratoryexperiences: • Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and protein fingerprint analysis

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leijun Li; John Pan; Ismail Fidan

or overhead projector.The instructor then hopes that students can regurgitate this collected information on theirhomework or examinations. Some classes have accompanied laboratory practices where students Page 10.1280.1can gain hands-on experience. However, the lecture-based teaching may not meet all students’ “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”needs. For example, some students (i.e. disabled, shy) sit quietly in a lecture room through thewhole semester/quarter. They may not

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Jackson; Mani Mina

, but the students also benefit from the self-guided exploration. Although theexperience is academically important, many students describe EE186 as a class they take “forfun.”One of the most important aspects of EE185 is the use of more advanced undergraduate studentsas mentors. The mentors play an especially important role in the laboratory, where they canwork one-on-one with students to help them through difficulties as they arise.Although the mentors are under the supervision of faculty and graduate teaching assistants, theyhave some advantages in working with the students. Because the mentors are alsoundergraduates (many only a year or two removed from EE185 themselves), they and thestudents are in a similar academic and social context

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Matthew Ohland

education experiments, describing the ongoing challenge of implementing anexperimental protocol in a classroom environment, the expansion of the experimental protocol toinclude other test sites, and how formative assessment shaped the educational experiment.IntroductionThe goals and methods of Clemson’s EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time project have beendescribed in detail in our earlier work.1,2,3 We seek to use real-time sensors in the classroom toprovide quicker feedback to students during hands-on laboratory modules. To establish theefficacy of using the real-time sensors to improve student learning, an educational experimentwas carefully designed to evaluate the laboratories in actual classroom situations, when used byvarious instructors

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelton Houston; Christopher Herrod; Steven Blesse

approved interdisciplinaryprogram to develop the new degree program. As a subcontract of NSF grant number DUE-9950085, the university received funds to develop a four-year articulated curriculum in computernetworking. This funding provided the justification to acquire laboratory space, faculty, andequipment that would not have been available otherwise.Program DevelopmentTo articulate the community college curriculum, a faculty committee compared published courseoutcomes to develop equivalent courses offered by the university. Table 1 shows the original listof courses identified as transferable into the four-year degree. Of the 15 courses identified, ninehad academic equivalents already in place leaving six courses to be created. The content

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Jerry Gintz

. Ann Arbor, Michigan.3. Nesbit, S.M. (1989). Teaching Automated Manufacturing in the Industrial and Manufacturing Laboratory. KeyStrategies for Teaching Automated Manufacturing, October 31 – November 2. Detroit, Michigan.Biographical InformationJERRY GINTZJerry Gintz is now a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department atArizona State University. Prior to the fall of 2004, he was a senior technical instructor for Rockwell Automationafter working as a manufacturing engineer responsible for industrial automation and manufacturing control systems.He has extensive expertise in programmable logic control systems and robotic systems integration.SCOTT DANIELSONScott Danielson is the Chair of the Mechanical

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wild; Kevin Firth; Brian Surgenor

Lessons Learned from a Mobile Robot Based Mechatronics Course Brian Surgenor*, Kevin Firth* and Peter Wild** * Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University ** Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of VictoriaAbstractExperience with an elective course in mechatronics is discussed. The course is structuredaround a series of laboratories involving a mobile robot. The course introduces students toselected sensor and actuator technologies and sensitizes them to mechatronic systems designissues. The course is organized to promote a high level of active learning. The course has beenvery well received by students to date

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

-line laboratories for speech and image processing and for communication Systems Using J-DSP”, in Proc. of 10th DSP workshop and 2nd Sig. Proc. Ed. workshop, pp. 174-179, Oct 13-16, 2002. [5] The J-DSPTM web-page, MIDL LAB, Arizona State University: http://jdsp.asu.edu [6] Spanias A., K. Ahmed, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, and M. Zaman, “Assessment of the Java- DSP (J-DSP) On-Line Laboratory Software,” in 33rd ASEE/IEEE FIE-03, Boulder, Nov. 2003 [7] V. Atti and A. Spanias, “On-line simulation modules for teaching speech and audio compression,” in 33rd ASEE/IEEE FIE-03, Boulder, Nov. 2003 [8] M. Zaman, A., and A. Spanias, “Advanced concepts in time-frequency signal processing made simple,” in 33rd ASEE/IEEE FIE-03

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Crowe; Kris Wood; Richard Crawford; Daniel Jensen

classrooms.2. Assessment PlanAssessment was accomplished using surveys given at the end of each day. This daily survey had Page 10.165.1two parts. The first part asked the K-12 teachers to identify, in writing, the best and worst things 1from that day’s activities. The second part asked for quantitative responses to six questions. Thefirst three questions covered instructional content and the last three covered laboratory content.Figure 1 below shows the 6 quantitative questions along with the numerical scale used in therating. Circle the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Braun

A Senior Level Polymer Electronics Course: Unique Instruction or Just Low Cost? David Braun, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstractAfter progressing from research laboratories to factories to the market, semiconducting polymersnow appear in commercial products and offer educational opportunities. Semiconductingpolymers are excellent materials with which to teach semiconductor device fabricationprinciples, device testing, optical and electronic properties, polymer synthesis, polymer filmpreparation, and structure-property relationships. Previous publications have emphasizedmultidisciplinary course modules based on semiconducting polymers.1 This work

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

How can user-centered design help us think about the challenges of engineering education? Jennifer Turns, Matt Eliot, Steve Lappenbusch, Roxane Neal, Karina Allen, Jessica M. H. Yellin, Beza Getahun, Zhiwei Guan, Yi-min Huang-Cotrille Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE) University of WashingtonAbstractBecause engineering education is a complex endeavor, tools that help educators understandengineering education can be valuable. User-centered design is a conceptual tool that educatorscan use to understand current projects and imagine new opportunities. This paper focuses on theconcept of user-centered design and its application

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session [2]. The student will demonstrate competencies in experimental testing, error analysis, laboratory safety, data acquisition, instrumentation and laboratory report writing. [3]. The student will demonstrate computer competency and an intelligent use of computers as a tool for developing solutions to engineering problems.The objective of each course has to be designed to meet the overall program objective and bemeasurable by criteria (a-s

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Nathan VanderHorn; Rashmi Bahuguna; Arun K. Somani; Mani Mina

microwave, to optical domain. In this class has a laboratory component to allow students start utilizing the requested equipment. The purpose is to teach students the type of equipment that is available and even look at the compare and contrast of some electronics vs. photonics measurements. A strong component of this class is education students with time based and frequency analysis of signals, systems and the related issues with measurement. 2. High speed system characterization: In this class we cover the ideas that are used in high speed system integration, and measurement. It is known that the design and characterization criteria for high speed systems are different than those of DC and low frequencies

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

connected learning experiences. Thissequence of activities was designed to enhance participants’ understanding of the role of IT indoing, teaching, and learning science. These activities build on intense experiences in authenticscientific research environments that participants have with scientists in their laboratories, whichoccur in two three-week periods during two summers. In scientists’ laboratories, participantsengage in day-to-day scientific research experiences using the IT that scientists use to seek Page 10.1173.3answers to scientific questions (Ia). Participants then adapt their authentic research experiences Proceedings of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Crimaldi; Daniel Knight

. The laboratory treatment was used in addition to atraditional lecture-based treatment of the topic. Assessment methods including a contentknowledge test and attitude surveys were used to examine the impact of the module on studentlearning and interest in engineering. Results revealed that the instructional module had addedvalue over the lecture for increasing students’ content knowledge (+50%). In addition, thevisualization module received a significantly higher rating on the attitude survey than the lecturemethod for level of enjoyment, learning of content, and the development of interest inengineering.Introduction One of the principal challenges of teaching fluid mechanics is the level of abstraction thatcomes with the subject

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Maldonado; Christenson John; Eugene Rutz

in these two programs, to provide a statusreport on their ongoing progress, and to highlight a few of the mechanisms that have led to the successof these graduate school “feeder” programs. Also, this article highlights some details within theseprograms that directly address one or more of the specific areas of interest to this special session andits audience, such as: • Use of distance learning in nuclear engineering, • Utilizing laboratory experiences to facilitate student learning, and • University nuclear engineering program interactions with industry and national laboratories. Page 10.37.1 “Proceedings of