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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 3438 Hands-On Graphics Communications – Designing Commercial Properties in an Introductory Course: Innovative Teaching Strategies for Success David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes the integration of design projects during the Fall Semester, 2004,into the curriculum of an introductory graphics communications course at Penn StateUniversity at Harrisburg. These projects served a double purpose of reinforcing topicstaught in the classroom as well as introducing students to the engineering design

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

capstone classes for the last three years in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. The paper presented difficultiesand problems encountered in completing these projects from the viewpoints of both instructorand students. Each project and the problems associated with it were discussed in details. Theexperiences and lessons learned from these projects are applicable to most capstone designprojects and thus, the paper will be beneficial to other instructors teaching capstone designclasses.Introduction Senior capstone design classes represent the penultimate experience for undergraduatestudents in completing their bachelor degree. These classes require higher learning skillsinvolving analysis and synthesis of knowledge and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

Structuring Senior Design for Entrepreneurs Ken Ports Florida Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Senior Design course taken near the end of an engineer’s undergraduate tenure isincreasingly recognized as a “capstone” activity, enabling these future professionals to applytheir collegiate education and experience in a team environment to solving real world problemsor to creating new capabilities. Ideally, Senior Design teams are also cross-functional, tobroaden the projects and better replicate the professional world. In addition, there is a growinginterest in linking Senior Design with entrepreneurial activities, even to the point ofcommercializing

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley

Teacher QuestionnairePrior to the beginning of the 2004 Fall semester, teachers, university fellows, administrators, andproject staff met for a project meeting during which the goals of the project were described,surveys were administered, and inquiry-based mathematics lessons were presented anddiscussed. One of the surveys that was administered was a mathematics teacher questionnairethat was modified from the 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Educationmathematics teacher instrument1 developed and administered by Horizons Research,Incorporated (http://2000survey.horizon-research.com/). The survey focused on teachers’preparation in mathematics content and pedagogy, their goals for mathematics instruction andthe activities they

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

-person design teams that design, build and test weekly projects involvingLEGO® parts, sensors, and the Robotic Command eXplorer (RCX). Control of the automatedsystems requires programming in both RoboLab (a LabViewTM derivative) and in the “Not Quite C”(NQC) environments. The course develops in the semester to finally encompass larger design teamsof fourteen students, with each team designing a complex, autonomous, robotic-styled system. Animportant part of this course development is the integration of assessment procedures that record thestudents’ perception of learning and enthusiasm. We present an overview of the courseenhancements and objectives. Assessment categories include the students’ self-efficacy in theirability to design/build/test

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Study

were not implementing these practices into their projects. To help reinforce basicconcepts and get students to realize that in the real world, more than one person may work on adesign file, it was decided to introduce a LEGO modeling project into the course. This projectrequired the students to model three or four parts of a LEGO® backhoe. The individual fileswere collected by the instructor and redistributed to the students so they could each assemble thecomplete model. If a part did not fit properly into the assembly and needed editing, each studentmade a decision to either fix the part or recreate it if editing was not feasible. The students wererequired to keep track of which parts worked, and which needed editing in order to complete

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor Verner

collaboration are presented. Students'reflections on their learning practices are discussed.1. IntroductionA robotics course at the introductory level of engineering education involves students inhands-on practice through which they can learn many engineering subjects and applications.The robotics course can be especially effective if it meets two goals:1. Practical-technical -- designing and producing a working robot prototype capable of performing the given assignment through a project-team effort.2. Instructional -- providing systematic learning of science and engineering subjects by all the students in the robotics course.An experiential learning approach which organizes learning-by-doing processes so that thelearner can acquire both

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joon Kim; Daniel Biezad

endeavor, combined with the lack of faculty expertise in aircraftfabrication that may exist in the department. Traditional projects and grades are also aproblem, since failure or sub-standard work to meet any standard for flight is not acceptable.Adequate lab space, resources, specialty tools, and expertise in blueprint analysis are alsodifficult challenges to meet, especially for the large number of inexperienced students whocome into this course at every offering.The way that Cal Poly has been meeting the above challenges is both unique and risky. Therecruiting and inclusion of resources from the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), from industry,from the university, and from local hobbyists to help establish these special lab courses ispresented

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Dunn

two full lecture courses. The first was a course in project management taught tothe senior class of the Civil Engineering Department. Unfortunately, the textbook was a smallhandbook of lists. There were no real expectations given to me and I created a course based onmy dealings with project managers in both private and public sector arenas. I divided the courseinto three parts. The first part covered overall management concepts such as organizationalstructure, chain of command, project teams, and personality profiles. I included interactiveexercises such as team building using a spaghetti and marshmallow tower building exercise that I Page

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Scott Moor

Session xxxx Engineering Design in Five Weeks – Designing a Wind Chime S. Scott Moor Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractProviding first-year students with a realistic engineering design experience is both difficult anddesirable. The benefits of hands-on projects to student learning and to student interest are welldocumented. However, it is a challenge to pose simple design problems that include bothengineering analysis and engineering synthesis. The construction of a wind chime provides anexcellent and yet quick engineering design problem for first-year

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Johnston; Christopher Greene; Jeff Jalkio

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

Conference Session

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

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Designing and Implementing an Embedded Microcontroller System: Tetris Game Tyler W. Gilbert, Barry E. Mullins, and Daniel J. Pack Department of Electrical Engineering US Air Force AcademyAbstractIn this paper we present the software and hardware design experience of a junior cadetmajoring in electrical engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy as he completed anembedded system project in a second microcontroller course. The paper also includesthe corresponding observations made by his instructors. Some of the topics of thissemester-long course are programming microcontrollers using C, software and hardwaredesign techniques

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad R. Sarfaraz; Tarek Shraibati

be able to design parts, systems,processes and products which are cost effective. The course is also very important forengineering students, because the underlying fundamental principles of engineering economymay be used in both their personal and professional lives.Students taking the course come from a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines. The use of realworld projects is one approach that can address the teaching of fundamental principles ofengineering economy to students from this wide range of disciplines. Students take the course atan upper-division level which enables them to take advantage of life experiences and knowledgeacquired from their earlier studies. It primarily focuses on how to make decisions regardingcompeting

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhumi Mitra; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

application equipment for seed, fertilizers,and pesticides; irrigation; yield monitors; sensors for detecting soil fertility and weedpopulations; and remote sensing imagery.This paper will report efforts to initiate “precision farming” implementation and researchat University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).UMES is an 1890 land granthistorically black university and it’s mission is consistent with the goals of the endeavorwhich includes (i) integration of advanced technologies in agricultural practices at UMESwith a view to improve productivity with due emphasis on research, education andoutreach; (ii) environmental stewardship and (iii) remote observation and analysis. Whileall aspects of “Precision Agriculture” will be integrated with the project

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo Howze; Jefferey Froyd; Kristi Shryock; Arun Srinivasa

that design projects must followto help students build tighter connections among the three subjects. A comprehensiveassessment and evaluation plan has also been designed and implemented. This paper willdescribe the integration mechanisms, project specifications, and systems to address study skills,as well as data that has been collected and analyzed to date. Future assessment plans andstrategies for expanding the program for more students and extending it to two additional first-year engineering tracks will also be described.IntroductionFirst-year engineering curricula have been identified as significant opportunities to improve four-year engineering curricula, and many institutions have addressed the opportunity in differentways. At Texas A

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Que Nguyen; Jennifer Tafoya; Catherine Skokan; Barbara Moskal

outreach projects and the impact that these projectsare having on the educational community.IntroductionBased on the results of standards tests1,2, a number of well respected groups (e.g., NationalCouncil of Teachers of Mathematics, National Education Knowledge Industry Association,National Science Teachers Association, and the U.S. Department of Education) have raisedconcerns regarding the low-level of performance in mathematics and science that has beenwitnessed in the U.S. Students from low-income families are at an even greater risk of displayingweak mathematical and scientific knowledge when compared with their middle class peers.These findings and concerns that they have raised have resulted in a broad range of reformactivities, including

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Piechota; Shashi Nambisan

engineering education, is the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) programat Purdue University (http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu) that partners undergraduate students and localcommunity not-for-profit organizations to solve engineering-based problems in the communityService-learning is a type of experiential education where the students learn through "real-world"experiences that meet a community’s needs4. In the engineering curriculum, other forms ofexperiential learning include projects, clinics, internships, laboratory classes, field trips.Moreover, service-learning promotes student understanding of the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global/societal context, a requirement in the Accreditation Board of Engineeringand Technology (ABET

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Somchan Vuthipadadon; Jie Li; Piyamart Kumsaikaew; Shantha Daniel; Patrick Patterson; John Jackman; K. Jo Min

Global Enterprise Perspective Initiative in a Production Systems CourseK. Jo Min, John Jackman, Patrick Patterson, Shantha Daniel, PiyamartKumsaikaew, Jie Li, and Somchan VuthipadadonIndustrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department, Iowa State UniversityAbstractIn this paper, we describe a course and curriculum improvement initiative centered on aproduction systems course project. This initiative addresses strategic production planningof a global supply chain of a food product subject to local cultural, health regulatory, andtrade constraints. The problems are to be formulated and solved by student teamsconsisting of students from Iowa and Scotland via Internet. For formative delivery ofinput and output of the project, Internet

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

José O Valderrama; Carolina Ponce; Zenaida Otero Gephardt

general agreement includes student and faculty exchanges, research opportunitiesand collaborations in the development and exchange of teaching methods. It is a great benefit tostudents and faculty in both universities. The agreement can serve as a template for internationalcollaborations between institutions in the United States and Latin America.A research project involving supercritical fluid extraction of a salmon food additive from microalgae is currently underway. The additive, astaxanthin, is a natural pigment and antioxidant.Chile is the second largest exporter of salmon in the world, second only to Norway. Ajunior/senior level engineering clinic has been jointly developed for the Control and Dynamicscourse in the Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

scientific advances are being made atthe interfaces of traditional disciplines and approaches to science are becoming more integrative.(2003, p. 2) As such, an interdisciplinary engineering education is a realistic model for trainingfuture leaders in the engineering sciences for the purpose of advancing the research abilities ofengineering graduates. The National Science Foundation funded Project Kaleidoscope in 1990, a study toidentify best practices in the teaching of undergraduate math and science. In “The Women’sCollege Difference,” Sebrechts (1999, p. 47) discusses the report generated at the conclusion ofthis project. This report recommended that “mathematics and science education be driven bycollaboration among students and faculty

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour

of this projectwas to investigate the use of the Freescale Semiconductor Microcontroller Student Learning Kit(MCUSLK) in combination with National Instruments Educational Laboratory VirtualInstrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS). We used Code Warrior development studio.IntroductionThis paper investigates the Freescale MCUSLK in a distance laboratory setting. The purpose ofthe project was to understand how to use the Freescale kit and the NI ELVIS system over theInternet. This would lead to a virtual lab environment where students could create, upload andtest microcontroller programs remotely.First, we wrote and simulated computer programs using the Code Warrior development studio.Next, we uploaded the program to the microcontroller and ran it. We

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

overall number of minorities entering the United States labor force. 2 This means that mostminority students are not pursuing degrees in engineering. Since the VaNTH ERC’s SLC iscomprised of a diverse group of students, however, K-12 minority students will be involved inoutreach projects led by some minority engineering students. Third, engineering outreach allowsVaNTH SLC engineering undergraduate and graduate students to teach K-12 students to applyengineering principles that they themselves are being taught in undergraduate engineeringclasses. 3 This not only reinforces their own education, it also allows SLC students to gainexperience teaching engineering at an undergraduate level with a possibility of pursuing careersin academia

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

team of first-yearstudents through seniors completing a 7 week design project in chemical engineering where theteams are constructed to enable situated learning (SL). The multi-level experience is an attemptto create a community of practice in which students can interact academically and socially1. Theimpact on the first-year students in the SL teams was compared to collaborative learning (CL)teams where students in a freshmen-only biomedical engineering course are assigned to 3-4person groups and complete a level-appropriate design problem. The purpose of the comparisonwas to determine if the structure of the team yields differences in learned teaming skills as wellas how they learned. Analysis of a Team Characteristics Survey and student

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suining Ding

An Integrated Approach to Teach 3-D AutoCAD Crossing the Boundary of Architectural History Suining Ding, Assistant Professor Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractIt seems there is a boundary line between the disciplines of modern technology and history. Canthese two be interrelated and interact on each other? The answer is yes. Generally speaking, 3-DAutoCAD is taught in a traditional way which means students follow the tutorial text book andlearn the software without any cultural or historical content. The projects and exercises forstudents are focused on learning the commands and technology only. This study is to explore anew integrated

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein; William Janna

FRESHMAN-SENIOR COLLABORATION IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE John I. Hochstein, William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Memphis Memphis TN 38152ABSTRACTAn innovative capstone design course titled “Design of Fluid Thermal Systems,” involves groupsof seniors working on various semester-long design projects. Groups are composed of 3, 4 or 5members that bid competitively on various projects. Once projects are awarded, freshmen enrolledin the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to work with the senior designteams

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

project management,parametric modeling and engineering design, and rapid prototyping and component design. Inthis paper faculty experiences are shared, feedback from industry is provided, lessons learned aredescribed, and techniques that we believe are effective in this area of education are identified andpresented.IntroductionIn the present global economy with stiff competition from abroad, the survival of most U.S.companies relies on the stimulation of innovation and creativity to generate new high margin,high value added products and processes for the marketplace. Short times to market and efficientproduct development processes are key ingredients to success. Concurrent interdisciplinaryprocessing is commonplace. Teams and teamwork skills have

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudepta Shabhag; Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

Institute (TEMI), or they can participate in the Satelliteprograms developed and run by the Mentor teachers the following year. After the introductoryworkshops, these cohorts of teachers return to their classrooms and implement engineeringdesign projects with their students. One of four participating universities provides faculty andgraduate student support to the Mentor teachers throughout the school year. These teachers thenprovide similar assistance to the participants of the satellite workshop. Thus far, the program hasbeen completed at the high school level, and is in progress at the middle school level. This paperprovides a review of the effectiveness of this workshop model at these first two levels.IntroductionIn Massachusetts, many middle

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Jennifer Gale

Session 1615 BUILDING AN ENGINEERING TEAM: PEER ASSESSMENT PROVES A USEFUL INSTRUMENT TO GAUGE PROGRESS Robert Knecht & Jennifer Gale Colorado School of Mines Abstract – Successful team operations rely on several functions that team members assumethroughout the life of a project. The National Training Laboratory in Group Developmentdeveloped a method describing team success based on task and team functions. At the 2004ASEE Conference, we presented findings indicating that undergraduate teams spent the entiresemester developing both a

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

mixed results. Projects were assigned but with only part of theone credit available, it was difficult to find enough time to meet the needs of the community andto accomplish something significant from the students’ viewpoint. These factors createdfrustration on both the students and the community partners. These trials did, however, providevaluable experience to gauge the capabilities of the first year students and allow the instructionalteam to develop materials to support the service-learning projects. These experiences reinforcedthe fact that reflection was imperative to help students process their experiences in thecommunity. These experiences also showed that the seminar format was an excellentenvironment for these reflection discussions