Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw

Internships: Lessons learned beyond the classroom. David Laxman, Michael Bright, Stephen Renshaw Information Technology, Brigham Young University1. IntroductionThis paper describes ways in which our internship taught us to use project development models,learn new technology, and communicate our ideas effectively with management. We provide alist of ten guidelines to effectively communicate as interns and describe how businesses canbenefit from internships.Our internship, provided by Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD), has helped usapply our IT education, gain real-world IT experience, and learn to communicate withmanagement. CUWCD hired us to produce a web-based

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Making Student Conference Trips an Assessable Learning Opportunity David L. Silverstein University of KentuckyAbstractThere never seems to be enough class time in any course. Student participation inconferences, particularly when combined with faculty absences, causes strain on analready tight course schedule. Since students are already attending a conference forreasons that are ostensibly educational in nature, why not utilize the opportunity toprovide for an assessable contribution towards course and program learning objectives?In addition to course specific objectives, this project contributes towards ABET EC2000expected outcomes in

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Snehamay Khasnabis

On The Relationship Between Program Missions And Analytic Techniques In Evaluation of Mutually Exclusive Alternatives Snehamay Khasnabis, Joseph Bartus, Emadeddin Alsaidi Wayne State University/Michigan Department of Transportation/PARSONSAbstractThe purpose of economic evaluation of project alternatives is to ensure that the project selectedfor implementation from a mutually exclusive set is the one with the highest benefits. This typeof evaluation is often termed ex-ante analysis, conducted to identify the specific project whereresources should be allocated. A number of analytic techniques may be used to evaluate mutuallyexclusive alternatives. Similarly, alternatives may be evaluated under

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter; David Elizandro

developed an integrated junior-year curriculum supported by anIntegrated Systems Laboratory and related projects. The projects provide opportunities forstudents to apply their newly acquired tools in an integrated setting prior to enrolling in thecapstone course. Project requirements can include work measurement, work design andergonomics, engineering economics, simulation, statistical analysis and experimental design,project management, and technical communication. In addition to a description of the laboratoryand projects, the rationale and a description of the curriculum is presented. Also included is apreliminary analysis of the impact of this approach on student learning.IntroductionABET program criteria for industrial engineering require

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zdravko Markov; Todd Neller; Ingrid Russell

Unifying an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Course through Machine Learning Laboratory Experiences Ingrid Russell, Zdravko Markov, Todd Neller, Michael Georgiopoulos, Susan Coleman University of Hartford/Central Connecticut State University/Gettysburg College/University of Central Florida/University of HartfordAbstractThis paper presents work on a collaborative project funded by the National Science Foundationthat incorporates machine learning as a unifying theme to teach fundamental concepts typicallycovered in the introductory Artificial Intelligence courses. The project involves the developmentof an adaptable framework

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Brunell

sequence is described. The effective use of industry sponsors toformally assess the student’s performance will be presented as will the recruitment of sponsors.The dynamics of group size and structure will also be discussed. The information presented inthis paper is based on the five years that the program has existed at Stevens.Initially established to meet ABET 2000 criteria and introduce Civil Engineering students to realworld design problems, the industry-sponsored program began during the 2000-01 academic yearwith two industry consultants (both Stevens Alumni), and 18 students. This program has grownto involve eight industry sponsors and 40 students. The diversity of these projects parallels theCivil Engineering profession and provides the

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ka-yiu San

enrolling inBIOE400 (Undergraduate Research) where they can earn one to three credit hours, depending ontheir involvement and efforts spent on the project. This course can be counted as one of theelectives towards their degree requirements. Other students involved in research projects get paidfor their efforts. At the same time, some students take advantages of the various scholarshipprograms that are available during the summer time. These programs include the NSF CellularEngineering IGERT Undergraduate Research program, the matching fund program for theBrown Undergraduate Research Internships from the Dean of School of Engineering, and theNSF REU opportunities from individual faculty. In this presentation, an overview of variousundergraduate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wipplinger

Providing Safe Housing through Independent Study Dr. Lisa A. Wipplinger United States Military AcademyAbstractThe Civil and Mechanical Engineering department at the United States Military Academy hasteamed up with The Center for Earthquake Resistant Housing to work toward affordable, easilyconstructed earthquake resistant housing in developing countries. A series of independent studyprojects involving design, analysis and research are being developed as courses for small teamsof cadets. Each course will focus on a specific piece of the large project, helping to move italong more quickly. These projects will provide opportunities for life-long learning

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Edwards

Session 2266 Using Available Faculty Expertise to Add Relevance to a First Course in Heat Transfer Robert Edwards Pennsylvania State University at Erie Martin Dropik Pennsylvania State University at Erie Robert Simoneau Pennsylvania State University at ErieAbstract:Heat transfer courses for mechanical engineering students are typically lecture based, but ofteninclude an open ended project to provide a real

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

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

AC 2005-862: AUTHENTIC ENGINEERING DESIGN IN A FRESHMAN“TRANSITION TO COLLEGE” COURSEDoug Schmucker, Trine University Page 10.241.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Authentic Engineering Design in a Freshman “Transition to College” Course Douglas G. Schmucker Western Kentucky UniversitySummaryThrough a series of three hands-on, learn-by-doing projects, students prepare to enter a civilengineering program in this first-semester course. This paper documents these three projects anddescribes how the course is integrated with university criteria for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Carlson

) Page 10.1052.12. Modeling an existing part (testing comprehension)3. Creating a new part from scratch (application) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, I discuss how these steps are implemented in a large-size, required first-yearengineering graphics course in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The third step isemphasized and illustrated through a unique rapid prototyping project in which students design anew body for a radio-controlled model car that is subsequently fabricated through the generouscontribution of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Dick

process of building those tools is in bettersuited to the discipline of Computer Science.A primary goal of this course now is to prepare students for subsequent courses inembedded system development. These courses focus on the hardware, software, andapplication of microprocessor and microcontroller based systems. C has become thelanguage of embedded processors and C is gradually replacing assembly language inmany applicationsi,ii. In fact, 80% of new embedded systems are developed using the Clanguageiii. Integrated development environments, e.g. Embedded Workbench from IARSystems, include powerful C development tools and simplify the management of multiplesoftware modules. The user is presented with a familiar project environment thatresembles

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy McGrann

Capstone Design: Sculpture and Structure Roy McGrann, Gary Mackiewicz, Jacquelyn Walsh, Katherine Williams, Jill Griffin/Yvonne Hobbs/and Margaret Crocker Binghamton University / Sculptor /The Discovery CenterAbstract Obtaining funding for senior design projects can be a challenge. This paper presents anexample of a community and university project for which the funding was obtained from acharitable foundation. The project was successfully completed as one of the projects in theinterdisciplinary capstone design course at Binghamton University (SUNY). The Discovery Center, which is a hands-on children’s

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Wills; Mihaly Lenart; Peter Tarjan

“E-team” projects proposed by studentteams. “E” stands for Entrepreneurship or Excellence.Although we planned to involve engineering students from the entire College of Engineering andfrom the Business School, the overwhelming majority of the approximately 100 participants todate have come from Biomedical Engineering. Participation by others has been hindered bysome interdepartmental problems of controls and bureaucratic rules. Perhaps these difficultiesare generic and arise from the engineering tradition of professional isolation by specialization.Entrepreneurial product development needs teamwork involving technical specialists as well asthose skilled in business. The goal was to introduce the participants in many facets of entrepre

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

campus as well as in some engineering departments. The course revitalization iscentered on enabling more direct student participation in design projects. It begins with two-persondesign teams that design, build and test weekly projects involving LEGO® parts, sensors, and theRobotic Command eXplorer (RCX). The course progresses in the semester to finally encompasslarger design teams of fourteen students, with each team designing a complex, autonomous, robotic-styled system. This revision was to enable a more flexible mix of engineering student majors(Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Environmental), as some departments had different enrollmentsfor each semester. Furthermore, the philosophy shifted from a primarily project management to amore

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell; Juliet Hurtig

Truly Interdisciplinary: The ONU ECCS Senior Design Experience Juliet K. Hurtig John K. Estell Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department Ohio Northern UniversityI. AbstractAll seniors in the College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University are required to complete acapstone project. Following the merger of the former Computer Science and Electrical &Computer Engineering departments in 2001, the Electrical & Computer Engineering andComputer Science (ECCS) Department developed a year-long, three course senior designsequence common to all three majors offered: computer engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

projects. Similarly, we teach our students the virtues of use-cases andspiral development models, frequently ignoring the true keystones of student success in theproject world: teamwork, collaboration and the processes that tie everything together.There are really two objectives for this paper. One is to describe a method for teaching process,quality and measurement in a way that is engaging and enables students to really internalize thematerial. The second objective is to describe an approach that helps students understand (andexperience) the role and importance of sociological issues and how to address them in a way thatsubstantially increases the probability of project and personal success. It is based on the premisethat software engineering is

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

alarger institution which has entered the competition several times previously. The authors, asadvisors of two different ongoing projects share their years of experience with those colleagueswho are interested in sponsoring engineering students in such challenging competitions. Theybriefly discuss elements of group dynamics and discuss why the success rate of the projectsdepends heavily on successful team building. They discuss steps for successful creation of teamsthat the strength of their members complement each other and propose tested techniques thatmay significantly enhance the relative potential of such teams. The instrumental role of theadvisor is discussed. His/her project management activities must gradually be taken over by oneor

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

interface with hardware and software, and how to teach. After two years, theprogram has worked quite well, with all team members appreciating the chance to workon a real world problem, to work with students in other disciplines, and to learn how towork effectively on a team of people with many different backgrounds.Introduction Seniors in most undergraduate engineering programs undertake some kind ofsenior capstone design project. These are usually team projects that can range from paperdesigns to physical prototypes. In many cases, the teams are primarily composed ofengineers within the same discipline1; mechanical engineers working with othermechanical engineers and so forth. As a result, all team members have similar expertiseand

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

through technology transfer from Oak Ridge National Laboratory toengineering technology faculty, students, and industry are highlighted. Product development,prototyping, fabrication, instrumentation, controls, and testing procedures were integrated intorelevant engineering technology courses.BackgroundWestern Carolina University is committed to supporting economic development throughengagement and partnerships. The university established a campus-wide mandate for engagementwith regional business and industry and has provided support to departments active in thisendeavor. Engagement activities focus on sustaining economic development and boostingentrepreneurial startups through innovative and creative projects that develop intellectual capitaland

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasuhisa Komura; Tien-I Liu; Stefan Setiadharma; Akihiko Kumagai

Development of an Automated Liquid Handling System for Science Lab Automation Akihiko Kumagai, Tien-I Liu, Stefan Setiadharma, Yasuhisa Komura Department of Mechanical Engineering California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, CA 95819-6031AbstractIn recent years, various automation technologies developed in engineering fields have beengaining attention from scientists and researchers to improve productivity, accuracy and quality ofwork in their science labs. This paper presents a unique case study of a private companysponsored project to develop a prototype of an automated liquid handling system

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Sekmen

INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRY INTO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION Ali Sekmen Department of Computer Science Tennessee State University Nashville, TN AbstractThe Department of Computer Science (DoCS) at Tennessee State University (TSU) has activelybeen involved in integrating industry into computer science education. Our main goal is tostrengthen partnership among businesses and our department through participation in project-based learning and teaching experiences with real-life business problems. In this process,business

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

effective user-friendly electrical powersystems virtual laboratory. The LabVIEW class exercises are designed to concurrentlyfamiliarize the students with the use of LabVIEW and with electrical power systems.Innovative laboratory projects to design automatic motors control systems, automationpower factor correction, automatic load wire sizing, and related applications all have beencompleted by the students using LabVIEW.The electrical power systems laboratory at first uses the basics of LabVIEW and then as thecourse progresses the more advanced LabVIEW features. Students create practical designsof motor control panels and systems. Final course student project designs use LabVIEW

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

Introduction to Product Design and Innovation: A Cross-Disciplinary MiniCurriculum Patricia Ryaby Backer and Seth Bates San Jose State UniversityAbstractFor the past two years, faculty at San Jose State University (SJSU) have implemented a three-semester minicurriculum in Product Design and Manufacturing. The project follows the Project-Based Learning (PBL) model and is central to the Certificate Program in Product Design in theMechanical Engineering Department, the Manufacturing Systems concentration in theDepartment of Aviation and Technology, and the Industrial Design Program in the School of Artand Design. Students in the three courses in

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

use of detection, signalingand suppression systems. The course laboratory has both software and hardware. LabVIEWcomputer software is being used to develop new standalone software projects, and newproject designs that interact with hardware.Many of the fire alarm system class students are often fire and safety personnel that work invarious related professions. Additionally, the class students have varied technical experiencelevel and background in academics. The LabVIEW software is being used to develop alaboratory that is suitable for a class with students that have different backgrounds.Newly developed laboratory exercises are used to acquaint the safety and fire students withLabVIEW and fire alarm systems.Original LabVIEW exercises have

Conference Session

Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Zoghi

, isdescribed along with students’ assessment in the context of their reflections.IntroductionThe integration of community service projects in undergraduate engineering curricula, to provideexperiential learning, has created a great deal of interest among educators in recent years. Tsang(2000) stipulates that the notion of combining service with engineering design projects is notnew considering that many senior design projects have provided assistive technology to meet theneeds of people with disabilities. Tsang (2000) further discusses the many benefits of service-learning, coupled with design-across-the-curriculum, and the significance of integrating design atall stages of a student’s academic development in a meaningful context. Evidently

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”for senior cadets and provides the basis for maintaining the link between the workplace and theclassroom. The course offers cadets an opportunity to apply a three-year comprehensive set ofskills and concepts learned in the classroom to an industry related project. Academic liaisonswork with industry to develop problem topics of relevance to the Army and the Academy, whileensuring projects are scoped to capabilities of project teams.The purpose of this paper is to introduce and describe one department’s, at USMA, attempt atincorporating elements of engineering practice into its’ engineering curriculum. That departmentis the Department of

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

Successfully Building Bridges Between Education and Engineering Programs at a 4-year Comprehensive University Jason Thrun and Philip Parker University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleAbstractSix faculty members (three from engineering, one from mathematics, and two from education)teamed up to plan and implement an innovative project. During the fall semester of 2004, ninepre-service teachers in secondary- and middle-level mathematics education enrolled in anexperimental section of GE 1030 – Introduction to Engineering Projects, an existing 1-credithour class that is required for all engineering majors, and is typically taken in the freshman year.The project

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University; Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

Kentucky. The program graduated the first cohort of students in the SpringSemester of the 2003-04 academic year. The paper briefly discusses how the program wasdeveloped in the context of ABET’s EC2000, how it compares to ASCE’s BOK, and theperformance of students. In particular, the authors explore to what degree the joint program atWKU accomplishes the major objectives of ASCE’s BOK in a project-based, 4-year program.Program Background1,2The joint engineering programs at Western Kentucky University (WKU) utilize project-orientedcourse delivery with emphasis placed on student engagement. Courses are facilitated by facultywho practice engineering via the scholarship of application. Student involvement follows theeducational paradigm of learner