Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yifat Kolikant; Bugrahan Yalvac; Ann McKenna

you want students to know andwhat do you expect students to be able to do?’ These questions helped the faculty organizelearning goals in terms of key concepts and core practices. LS also explained what the features ofgood problems are. For example, one of the learning scientists explained that a good problemshould be realistic in the manner that (a) it is derived from the practices of the future CoP, (b) theknowledge required for the solution is accessible, (c) the solution is not straight forward andthere are multiple possibilities that needed to be examined, and (d) decisions should take intoaccount realistic considerations, such as money, ethics, and so forth.However, while it was clear that students would work on the challenge problem

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Tao Shen; Amy Zander

/582Environmental Systems Engineering, CE 486 Industrial Ecology, ES 432 Environmental RiskAnalysis, and CE 481 Hazardous Waste Management Engineering. These courses are currentlyoffered in sufficient frequency to allow for students to take advantage of Co-op or Study Abroadopportunities without compromising their ability to graduate in four years. Students will havesix professional elective courses to round out their engineering education. These can be anyupper division engineering, math, or science course, or chosen from a limited set of courses intechnical communications, ethics, business or military science.The program culminates with a capstone design course in environmental engineering design.This course has been a traditional strength at Clarkson

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

that students require training to become “information literate”. TheAssociation of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (2000) defines an information literateperson as someone who can: Determine the extent of information needed Access the needed information effectively and efficiently Evaluate information and its sources critically Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legallyInformation literacy is a broad skill that is applicable to any discipline, any career

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Carlos Oncina

) • Ethical (safety, morality, sustainability) • Exceptional (external sponsor, published)Some of the course criteria are addressed by all of the students (e.g. safety) and some areaddressed by a subset of the students (e.g. published). It was desired that all the students addressthe ‘depth’ of technical merit to a minimum standard.MethodThe initial portion of MET495 concentrates on problem definition and project creation. This is acritical part of the capstone sequence that sets the tone for the rest of the year. Due to thisimportance, it was appropriate to create a metric to assess the ability of our student’sperformance. Further, since the capstone sequence is time-sensitive it was desired to have ametric that could be used in a ‘formative

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Steinberg; Ben Stuart

) Exam as oneopportunity to make such comparisons. The appropriateness of using the FE Exam arises due tothe broad coverage of core engineering topics, as well as specific upper level topics addressed indiscipline specific afternoon sections. The current level of data reporting by the NationalCouncil of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) allows comparison ofdepartmental results on each section of the exam with statewide and national averages, or byCarnegie institutional classification.Core engineering topics covered in the morning session of the FE include chemistry, computers,dynamics, electrical circuits, engineering economics, ethics, fluid mechanics, materialscience/structure of matter, mathematics, mechanics of materials

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; John Weese

-track faculty hired for the fall 2004, 11 (23.4%)are women.COURSE Preparation of two written papers and two oral presentations on mechanicalDESCRIPTION: engineering topics; generation of a professional résumé; development of a life- long learning plan; presentations by different faculty and industry representatives on: effective communications, preparation for engineering practice, becoming a professional engineer, contemporary issues, engineering ethics, career-long technical competence, the impact of technology on society, and being well-read and well-informed. One Credit (1-1). Prerequisite: Upper level ME

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Henry Cardenas; Chad O'Neal

Page 10.1396.7University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School ofMines. He has an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary. His Ph.D. was in mechanics andmaterials engineering from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials oriented courses and his main“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”research area deals with the mechanical behavior of composite materials. He also writes and does researchin the areas of engineering ethics and engineering education. He is a registered metallurgical engineer inthe state of Louisiana.HENRY CARDENAS is Assistant

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Troy McBride

Page 10.1125.1optimization), and engineering ethics. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”We strive to find projects for first-year engineering students that are both challenging enough torequire real teamwork and project management, while not requiring skill-sets developed inupper-level science and engineering courses. Further, our Introduction to Engineering course isfor all engineering majors and thus ideally should address both mechanical and electricalsystems. Finally, members of our department feel that creativity and open ended design isbeneficial to the students and projects such as

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kemi Ladeji-Osias

functions – providing an opportunity for the students to reinforce or practice the concepts, and as an assessment of progress. Homework that is not graded, or does not contribute to the course grade will probably not be completed by the students. One of the things to establish with students is how much collaboration, if any, is permitted on the homework. Assessment can be designed to include important topics that may not directly be related to the course topic such as ethics. Page 10.1003.4 Your assessment should evaluate the student’s ability to demonstrate competence in the areas of the course objectives. It may be helpful to the

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hartin; Henry Kraebber; Nancy Denton

and ethical conduct Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Educational Objectives for MET: Graduates two to five years after graduation: 1. Effectively deliver services and support to both internal and external clients by applying technical knowledge, problem solving techniques and hands-on skills in traditional and emerging areas of the mechanical discipline 2. Are active participants in ongoing professional development, professional growth and increasing professional responsibility 3. Communicate ideas effectively to technical and non-technical people 4. Work

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Owe Petersen

competition concerns.Our “course within a course” style also includes guest specialists working with the students ontopics such as safety, ethics, standards, resume and interviewing techniques, and evenprofessional behavior. A “trade show” with a prototype and poster competition completes thecourse’s professional experiences. Employer response to the efforts has been very positive andencouraging.I. IntroductionThroughout the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (EE) program at MSOE, design isstrongly integrated into many courses. These projects are generally short-term, and involveindividual or two-student teams. The projects lead to the major capstone design experience,Senior Design, which is a three-quarter course sequence: EE-407/8/9

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green

interest has increased as a result of thecaliber of student research they can gain in the summer at no cost to them other than theirtime to teach and mentor the students. With minor modifications, this program could beadapted to most any college of engineering.Biographical InformationROBERT A. GREENRobert Green is the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State.He works with undergraduate students throughout their college careers and manages the college’sComputer Initiative which mandates all students have a computer. Mr. Green is a Lieutenant Commanderin the Naval Reserve and frequently presents seminars on ethics and leadership.ROBERT P. TAYLOR

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

; 3) TheEngineering Profession & Engineering Careers; 4) What is a Christian Engineer?; 5) TheEngineering Design Process; 6) Needs Assessment; 7) Structuring the Search for the Problem;8) KT Situation and Problem Analysis; 9) Acquiring and Applying Technical Knowledge;10) Abstraction and Modeling; 11) Design Analysis; 12) Intellectual Property and TechnicalInformation; 13) Basic Engineering Economics – Time Value of Money; 14) Ethics and ProductLiability; 15) Hazards Analysis, Failure Analysis; 16) Engineering and Society.III. Blackboard Learning SystemAlthough the Blackboard Learning System is most effective in distance-education classes, Iappreciate the organization and ease of communication the system brings to traditional classes

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Kicher; Frank Adamo; Dale Flowers

Patents Trade literature • Concept Generation o Brainstorming o Functional decomposition o Morphological chart • Concept Evaluation o Pugh method o Decision matrices • CAE Modeling & Simulation • Design for Manufacturing • Design for Assembly • DFMA Software review • Legal and Ethical Issues in DesignThe format used for the class meetings is a combination of interactive presentation anddiscussion, and team and individual exercises. An example of one of the exercises is an in-classanalysis of a pair of electric can openers from a DFMA perspective. Suppose we have sixinterdisciplinary teams of engineers in the course. We would

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Graf; Ann Christy

freshman year into four components including a Personal and ProfessionalEnrichment Program.4 This Personal and Professional Enrichment Program focuses on thedevelopment of the student as a whole person and on performing engineering in the widercontext of ethical decision making amid a dynamically changing society. This programintegrates humanities, especially communication and composition skills, with math, science, andengineering components. Creativity is enhanced by introducing literature, poetry, and journalwriting. 4,5 Concurrent assignments in engineering and humanities classrooms allow the studentsto explore creative self-expression through writing poetry5 about engineered products such as aCD-ROM, laser printer, radar, suspension bridge, or

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren

pathsto the candle, but the shortest route goes through the 5 cm x 5 cm “mouse hole.” Figure 4. Concept ArenaUndergraduate Robotics Activities at Trinity CollegeSince 2000, the first-year engineering design course (ENGR 120) has used fire-fightingrobot development as the medium for introducing students to the practice of engineeringdesign. Readings (e.g. [7] - [8]), guest lectures, and class discussions introduce students Page 10.961.6to major fields of engineering, design philosophy and terminology, aesthetics,engineering ethics, and professional practice, while the text [9] supports robot design.Using the fire-fighting

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Piechota; Shashi Nambisan

) new Engineering Criteria (EC) 2000 (www.abet.org). Through service-learning, students experience the greater sense of belonging and responsibility to a largercommunity. Other features of EC 2000 that service-learning addresses are: the ability to functionin multidisciplinary teams; an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; and anability to communicate effectively4. Service-learning projects should be selected so that acommunity need is met for groups with specific needs pertinent to the desired learningexperiences. Such groups include community organizations, public schools (K-12), or local andstate agencies. The feeling of being empowered to address issues of concern and relevance tosociety, and being responsible for the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Keller; Jeff Frolik

Guest Speaker: Engineering economics and mechanical design ethics 6 Guest Speaker: Electromechanical 14 EE and ME senior project presentations and Systems demonstrations 7 Test procedures and proposal 15 Freshman project presentations preparation In addition, the freshman are taught the importance of technical communications, dataanalysis and perform related exercises using computer-based tools. Presentations and Page 10.1474.3demonstrations of Capstone design projects by ECE and ME seniors provide

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

analyze the boiler to determine its efficiency.One group is asked to study alternative fuels to compare with natural gas and while theother group determines the effect of utilizing an economizer to pre-heat the water.These projects address several program outcomes including teamwork, written and oralcommunications and ethics as well as the thermodynamic technical content.IntroductionThermodynamics is admittedly a challenging science for both students and teachers.Concepts including entropy, enthalpy and internal energy are difficult to learn. Realworld applications are valuable in assisting students in identifying thermodynamics atwork in their world. For this reason, the authors, in a partnership described in moredetail in a previous work 1

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

course to meet the needs of the onlinelearners is a necessary beginning step. Excellent lecture notes and PowerPointpresentations in the traditional F2F format simply placed online may not generate similaroutcomes. Further, face-to-face course material in themselves cannot replace or impartthe motivation and stimulation that the instructor’s “presence” conveys to the traditionalclass.Since most course contact in the on-line delivery modality is written, proper knowledgeand practice of “netiquette” is important. Netiquette includes the ethics and the do’s anddon’ts of on-line communication. An assignment that online students should have thefirst week of the course is to have access to netiquette resource sites that provideinstructions on how to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

expectations: Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in anopen, honest and responsible manner. Students should act with personal integrity, respectother students’ dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environmentin which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts offalsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate thefundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth ofwork completed by others. Page 10.445.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

complete assignments. Demonstrate an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities, 11 including the impacts of culture, diversity, and interpersonal relations. 12 Demonstrate a commitment and ability to continue to engage in lifelong learning. 13 Demonstrate a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. Page 10.1393.4ITA Learning Statements Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

10.1479.1That is because conclusions are the most open-ended aspect of the report and require the summation of ideas. Thiscomplaint was one of the reasons for developing an earlier program at SUNY Farmingdale called Writing Across theCurriculum, a forerunner to the Writing in the Discipline program. Shapiro (2005) noted similar comments. "Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"their ideas in areas such as design, ethics, policy, philosophy and social awareness because it'stoo stylized and canned. Writing about these larger ideas is important because it comprises muchof the rational behind professional

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

become ethical leaders 15. showing students the final goal and building student expectations for the futureBibliography 1. Autry, J. A. (1991). Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership. New York: Avon Books. 2. Banutu-Gomez, M. B. (2004, March). Great leaders teach exemplary followership and serve as servant leaders. Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 4(1/2), p. 143. Retrieved December 29, 2004, from ProQuest database. 3. Bass, B. M., and Stogdill, R. (1990). Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research and Managerial Applications. New York: The Free Press. 4. Block, P. (1987). The Empowered Manager. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

Decision-Making (EV450), the finalcourse in the sequence, is aligned with the Decision Making step. In this course emphasis is notonly placed on providing cadets with a decision making tool but also on how to incorporateeconomic, social, and political considerations in their comparison of alternatives.EV300/301, Environmental Science (Problem Definition) This course is structured to introduce cadets to how human use of technology andmanipulation of the natural environment results in environmental problems. Cadets see thatfundamental physical, chemical, and biological principles in nature allow us to predict pollutionimpacts on an ecosystem. Ethics, risk analysis, and statutes are introduced to help cadetsprioritize the importance of

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Sebern

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe

date and relevant. Clear identified, clear, valid and objectives. Clear evidence of appropriate tools. Achievable completed to a high technical Excellent written work, identification of context achievable. Aims have high achievability. Link to social, and robust plan. Clear standard and fully justified presentation and style Work Background reflects the technical merit at the ethical and commercial context interpretation of key issues Issues are clearly identified. carried out independently, conception that a professional incorporated justified

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Masciadrelli; Nicholas Massa; Gary Mullett

Re-Engineering Technician Education For The New Millennium Nicholas M. Massa, Gary J. Masciadrelli, Gary J. Mullett Engineering Technologies Division Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MassachusettsAbstractThe U.S. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Engineering Criteria20001 (EC-2000) requires that graduates of two-and four-year engineering technology (ET)programs demonstrate proficiency in mathematics, science, and engineering, be able to work inmultidisciplinary teams, communicate effectively, be sensitive to the social and ethical issuesrelated to the engineering profession, and develop

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

/ ramifications, which may include political, social, ethical, legal, professional, or physical dimensions. Product Development Session VI Consolidation: Upload the Start: 5/18/04 Proposal 5-page project proposal Finish: 5/20/04 Assignment #6 representing the culmination of previous assignments.This paper describes the analytical methods made possible by the data collected in-situ by

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

report on the findings from the study using narrative vignettes.Introduction According to ABET’s EC 2000 accreditation guidelines set in 2000 1, 2 students must notonly meet with competence the basic “traditional” engineering knowledge of mathematics,science, and engineering and experience in engineering problem solving and system design, butnow are also mandated to be able to function on multidisciplinary teams, to communicateeffectively, and to understand a wide range of issues in engineering. These issues include:professional and ethical responsibility, the impact of engineering solutions in a global andsocietal context, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Service-learning has the potential tomeet these objectives and have been shown