Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

, Engineering Education for a Changing World: Project Report, . 1994, ASEE: Washington, D.C6 Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 2001Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the ModalAnalysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered ProfessionalEngineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME, IES and SEM.Stephen Pennell is a Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.John R. White is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

multidisciplinary teams, life-long learning, communications, andcontemporary issues. The paper discusses the how attendance at the 2003 and 2004AIChE National Student Conferences was used to meet objectives for courses at all levelsof the chemical engineering curriculum at the University of Kentucky Extended CampusPrograms in Paducah, Kentucky. Students from multiple courses were assigned roles aspart of a start-up bio-tech or nano-tech company with indecisive management. Thestudent’s role was to determine ahead of the conference a product or process in which thecompany should engage, keeping in mind the opportunities available at the conference.Students attending the conference then collected information from technical talks andfrom exhibitors relevant to

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Baltimore, MD: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., 2002.[3] Moore, Paolo Davidian, S. M. Cupp, and N. L. Fortenberry. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase II.” Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO: ASEE/IEEE, 2003.[4] Chickering, Arthur W. and Z. F. Gamson (Eds.). “Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Vol. 47, 1991.[5] Bransford, John D., A. L. Brown, and R. R. Cocking, eds. 2000. “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.” National Academy Press, Washington, DC

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Davis

. Forexample, faculty members are told to set goals, but they should also be told how to goabout choosing correct goals. This paper describes a process for setting specific careergoals and building a hierarchy of objectives to complete them. This makes long termgoals easier to handle by dividing them into smaller manageable goals (month-to-month). Since faculty members are only human, state of mind effects productivity. Lowmorale often leads to low productivity which in turn leads to time inefficiency. Burn-outand low morale are factors that can be accounted for with good goal setting. Forexample, instead of setting a goal in number of dollars of grant/contract money, set a goalwhich the faculty member has control over like number of proposals

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanton Cort; Gary Wnek

particularly opportune time to highlight the topic of innovation is through a courseon product and process design. A specific example is the two-semester course entitledProduct and Process Design, Development and Delivery (P2D3), an integral part of theMaster of Engineering and Management (MEM) curriculum at Case Western ReserveUniversity.3 Briefly, the MEM degree involved a one-year, 42-credit curriculum forB.S.-degreed engineers and computer scientists. It was launched in 2001 in thoughtfulresponse to much input from industry about the need for ‘business-minded innovators.’We currently have students from a broad spectrum of technical disciplines, includingbiomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical and systems engineering, aswell

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

top of anyone’s priority list. Also, weunderstand that not every faculty member is involved with the day-to-day mechanisms ofassessment. We needed to expose them to smaller pieces of the entire process, in a logicalmanner (we are engineers, after all), over a long period of time (years), in order to bringeveryone “up to speed.”With these two principles in mind (caution about additional workloads, and frequent but smallchunks of information), we’ve used a number of different methods to involve faculty in a mannerthat we believe are not threatening. These are: (1) Investing outcomes assessment in thecurriculum committee; (2) involving individual faculty as part of the courses they teach; (2) theABE Learning Circle; (3) faculty workshops; and (4

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Casalena; Matt Weinstein; Borna Ghavam; Blake Robertson; Karen Thornton; David Barbe; James Green

with like-minded entrepreneurs—friends and apartment-mateswhom they have developed and grown a business with. Arkhon hopes to expand in 2005by adding its first full-time technical and sales staff, as the executive team prepares tograduate from the university.2.3. Low-Tech Service Model - Key Success Factors: Mentoring, Experience57th Avenue Advertising, LLC is a direct-mail-based advertising company operating inthe Greater Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. 57th Avenue serves theadvertising needs of restaurants in the city of College Park through MenuTeaser™, anexclusive advertising publication distributed to both College Park residents andUniversity of Maryland students. A Hinman CEOs electrical engineering student, BornaGhavam, working

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Willette; Larry White; Garry White

WORKING WORLD PROBLEMS AND COMMUNICATION FOR THE CLASS ROOM Larry L. White, Garry L. White, William W. Willette Dept. of Engineering Technology, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi/ Dept. of Computer Information Systems, Texas State University - San Marcos/ Dept. of Information Systems, University of Texas - ArlingtonAbstractEngineering problems in the working world can differ from what students encounter in theclassroom. The communication of the results also differs. For some engineering problems, e-mail has become the major method of communication.This paper discusses the differences between the classroom and the working world. The paperalso introduces a method

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John McMasters

“what could happen (if wanted and nounknowable events intervene)” rather than attempt to predict the future.One successful example of this approach was its use in the construction circa 1993-94 of theBoeing list4,5 of “Desired Attributes of an Engineer” (Fig. 1). The original purpose in creatingthis list was to establish a basis for an on-going dialogue with academe at a time when muchlegitimate criticism was leveled at various potential employers for a seeming propensity for“changing their minds all the time” and sending often contradictory messages to schools Page 10.265.2regarding “what industry needs”. Rather than provide schools with

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ana Kennedy; David Ollis

andinstitutionalization of this cross-college collaboration between engineering and foreignlanguages.Course Design Page 10.375.1Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Spanish: Culture, Language, Technology (FLS 212) was designed specifically toencourage engineers to study a foreign language. Components of the course wereincorporated with just this end in mind. First, the prerequisite for the course wasdeliberately set at two years of high school Spanish: a level that would not intimidateprospective students. At the

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

comprehensive review inherent in capstone design projects, the paper describes theproject portfolio approach that expands the traditional project report into a broader spectrum ofcommunication activities to more fully capture the design cycle. It provides strategies formeaningfully implementing such assignments and summarizes the results of portfolio use overtwo years of capstone design sequences in a materials science and engineering curriculum. Thisapproach leverages and expands the kinds of assignments common to many design courses(proposals, progress reports, final reports) to provide assessment information directedspecifically to ABET. By carefully designing and evaluating capstone assignments with the fullrange of Criterion 3 outcomes in mind

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

AC 2005-509: IMPACT OF A NSF ATE FUNDED HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROGRAM: EVALUATION OF H.S.T.I.MATERIALSAndrew Hoff, University of South FloridaEric Roe, Hillsborough Community CollegeMarilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community CollegeRichard Gilbert, Page 10.716.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Session 1526Impact of a NSF ATE funded High School Science and Technology Outreach Program: Evaluation of H.S.T.I. Materials Eric A. Roe1, Andrew Hoff2, Marilyn Barger1, Richard Gilbert3 1 FL-ATE (Center for

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Graunke; Jeffrey Will; Peter Johnson

Session 1160 Virtual Reality for 3D Visualization in a Statics Course Peter E. Johnson1, Jeffrey D. Will2, and Christopher R. Graunke2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Valparaiso University 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Valparaiso UniversityIntroduction Learning subjects in the sciences or engineering require the ability of students to think inthree dimensions. However, this is one of the greatest challenges to students [1]. Even in thebest students, these skills are typically underdeveloped [2]. There is a great need for students tobe

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Engineering Education”students in the class; this aspect has to be taken into account in the delivery of instruction forsuccess.Evaluation of student progress is made on a continuous basis and corrective action implementedimmediately. With this in mind we implemented a process we called “ten minute quiz” in threelower level courses in fall 2000. The ten minute quiz was given at the beginning of every classhour that covered concept oriented problem that was taught in the previous class hour. Abenchmark of 95% of the students scoring at least 80% in every quiz was established as the basefor the instructor to either review the concepts for the entire class or proceed with the next itemin the learning objective. Individual cases were handled through

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

developed with theneed to reform upper level engineering education in mind. The goal of the course is to enable thestudents to identify the appropriate joining technique to join two materials for a givenapplication. This involves not only analyzing the functional requirements of the joined apparatus,but considering cost associated with a current or potential joining process and the potentialbenefit of a change-over. The former involves synthesizing knowledge learned in fundamentalengineering courses (e.g., statics/strengths, thermal sciences, and engineering materials), thelatter requires the non-technical skills required of engineering graduates9 (e.g., communication,business).A brief comparison between two welding processes and a soldering

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Burleson; Noah Salzman; Christopher Emery; Kevin Kloesel; Sandra Cruz Pol; Omnia El-Hakim; Kathleen Rubin

tracking and prediction. Over the course ofthe week, the teachers learned about electronics, networking, radar, meteorology, and complexengineered systems. They also learned about diversity and grant writing, and gained familiaritywith the Massachusetts science frameworks, one of the first state frameworks in the country toinclude engineering as a core focus. The summer content institute was sponsored by CASA, theNational Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensingof the Atmosphere. CASA is developing a distributed network of small, low-cost radars andother sensors designed to observe weather phenomena in the lower part of the atmosphere. Thisnew sensing system will allow for better observation, tracking, and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Richter

-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Rates and Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study,” in Journal of Engineering Education, January 2004.[2] Starrett, S. and M. M. Morcos, “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp 93-99, January 2001.[3] Higley, K. A. and C. M. Marianno, “Making Engineering Education Fun,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No.1, pp 105-107, January 2001.[4] Seymour, E. & Hewitt. N. Talking About Leaving: Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates Among Science, Math and Engineering Undergraduate Engineering Majors. Final report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on an

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Podlasek

Tacit Knowledge in the Innovation Process Robert J. Podlasek, PH.D, PE Department of Mechanical Engineering Bradley UniversityAbstractTechnical innovation and entrepreneurship drive economic growth and prosperity. The successof the innovation process depends on utilizing new and existing technical knowledgeexpeditiously and in novel ways. Many new ideas are the result of the convergence of knowledgefrom seemingly unrelated domains and/or fields of interest. Moreover, innovative ideas tend toemerge from a combination of experience, published information, and dialogue. This process ofcollaboration and team science to

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

JoDell Steuver; Michele Summers; Donna Evanecky

,” comes to mind when thinking Page 10.1260.3about women working in more non-traditional or male-dominated fields like engineering“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” ETD 2142technology. A woman may face things like, inappropriate jokes, unwanted touching, and evenrequests for dates. An article by Nelson and Burke discusses the impact of these stressors. Each of these stressors links to increased

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Dees; Megan Perkey; Karen Davis; Nicholas Harth

engineering, we have to also make sure that they fit within the standards that have been issued for that grade level. Recent emphasis on standardized testing also relates to these standards as a political constraint. It is important that as we are developing our own lessons and activities, we keep those test concepts in mind. They should be incorporated wherever possible. These factors also contribute to a time constraint. Our project is designed to supplement current curriculum. Therefore, we need to be mindful about the amount of time that we are using in each classroom, so as not to compromise the goals of the primary instructor. (M. Perkey

Conference Session

Mathematics Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Osorno

equation forAmpere’s law. III. TRANSFORMATIONS d For practical engineering use, we carry on∫c H • dl = ∫s J • dS + dt ∫s D • dS (3) some simplifications in order to reduce the complexity of the equations and be able to apply them to our engineering problems. WeWhich can be explained as follows; the must keep in mind that if our graduatingflow of current in a wire will induced a students get involved in a sophisticatedmagnetic flux electromagnetic problem, they should at

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

outlines these positive and negative elements in addition tosuggestions to improve the new approach. Over a four-year period, the students chose a widevariety of topics. The students became creative in this regard. The appendices of this paper listthese topics. The paper offers an evaluation of this alternative approach through instructor’sobservations and students’ comments. Embedded in the paper is a comparison between thisalternative approach and the traditional way of assigning course projects.IntroductionSeveral educators have reported that the implementation of new and alternative teachingmethods improves learning by students1-5. In engineering and engineering technologyeducation, the ASEE supports this by making new teaching techniques as

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Ben Miller; Judith Norback

Session 1009 Integrating Discipline-Specific Communication Instruction based on Workforce Data into Technical Communication Courses* Lisa DuPree McNair, Judith Shaul Norback, Ben Miller School of Literature, Communication and Culture/ School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractBecause of Georgia Tech’s collaboration between the School of Literature, Communication, andCulture (LCC), College of Computing (CoC), and Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)departments, our

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

Development of Teaching Strategies and Assessment Methods for Course “Mechanisms” based on Students’ Outcomes Shyi-Jeng Tsai1, Pei-fen Chang2, Jiunn-Chi Wu1 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering/2Graduate Institute of Learning and Instruction, National Central University, Jong-Li, TAIWANAbstractThe introduction of accrediting programs in colleges is now the main topic of the engineeringeducation reform in Taiwan. This paper presents therefore our current research results oncurriculum planning and evaluation of the mechanical engineering course based on the learningoutcomes proposed in ABET EC-2000, with example of the course “Mechanisms”. With aid

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

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Westbrook

of years, I have had discussions with talented Engineering Management andIndustrial Engineering administrators who had enviable records of accomplishment. All toofrequently, the successes stopped in a relatively short time and varieties of problems ensued.Only when considered as connected data does the possibility that such events are not isolated butrelated. This paper considers the problems of success in these areas in an organized format. Allconcepts and tables are based on the experiences that have been gathered and analyzed in anattempt to learn from them.Talented, energetic people, particularly engineers are characteristically promoted intomanagement. Skills, hard work, communication skills, talented peers and subordinates and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elsa Villa; Louis Everett

analysis enables anengineer to perform “mind experiments,” one requirement in creativity. A person with goodconceptual understanding would be able to explain phenomena in simplified terms which willenable finding the critical parameters governing a behavior. Once an engineer knows whatgoverns, analysis can be used to compute how much is required for the exact response needed.To measure conceptual understanding we intend to use the Dynamics Concept Inventorydeveloped by the Foundation Coalition 2 as a pre- and post-test. 3. Student Attitudes About Study GroupsStudents taking responsibility for their education and the education of other students is animportant lesson. Students often can be available to each other at times convenient to

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

. For instance, active learning exercises can be used topromote specific engineering skills, such as brainstorming solutions, teamwork, andapproximation. Exercises can also be developed which teach a specific topic, sometimes moreefficiently than a traditional lecture. One objection raised to active learning is that it takes timeaway from other aspects of the course. As this shows active learning exercises can be structuredso that they take the place of certain lecture components thereby preserving the content to classtime ratio.When formulating specific exercises several things must be kept in mind. Open ended problemdoes not imply open ended instructions. Specific outcomes for the exercise should be identified.In addition, students should be

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

Student-Directed, Project-Based Learning in an Integrated Course Block Jonathan Stolk, Robert Martello, and Steven Krumholz Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA 02492AbstractImagine a course block in which students discuss the cultural implications of 17th century ironworking in North America in one hour, and design experiments to examine connections betweencomposition and strength in modern steel padlocks immediately afterward. In the Paul Revere:Tough as Nails course block, students don’t just study materials science and history oftechnology topics … they experience them. Through a series of

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

, business expert, benevolent despot, child, “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”protector, laissez-faire type, common-minded person, cynic, optimist and democrat. Do youimmediately see a type that fits your teaching style or the style of a teacher you know?One could use this list in a parallel manner to describe behaviors and styles of business managersin the workplace. On the job, there are managers who exhibit behaviors and manage in a waywhich would categorize them into a similar taxonomy of 21 types. Based upon the premise thatmuch can be learned through the understanding of these types, it is a