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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thanassis Rikakis; Jiping He; Hari Sundaram; Andreas Spanias

will focus on how the computer mediation of experiences can facilitatethe evolution of the information age into the age of digitally enabled knowledge. Ourvision and plans are predicated on two ideas: Civilizations are after deep, useful knowledge Most human knowledge results from experience.The need for this information to transcend into experience and then knowledge is rarelyaddressed. Historically, the arts have been crucial in allowing civilizations to experiencetruths about their state and thus acquire self-knowledge. However, at this point most artgenerated is not organically connected to the tools and structures established by theemerging digital culture. Most media content makes use of forms that have their originsin

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Jerry Gintz

need in their publicationManufacturing Education Plan: 1999 Critical Competency Gaps1. The application ofautomation principles is one of the eight categories identified as “well below” expectations in theskill set of graduates. Thirty one percent of the survey respondents indicate some level ofdissatisfaction with the ability of recently hired engineering graduates to interface withautomated manufacturing systems. Personnel needs in automation are not really new. Kellycommented in 1988 that individuals who “can integrate the elements, build the links andestablish the material and data highways that support the transport of product from designthrough marketing”2 were needed. The engineering workforce must draw from multiple

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Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Integrated Technology Assessment (ITA) ProcessEvery student enrolled in the BS-Electronics Engineering Technology program atExcelsior College is required to participate in the ITA development process by taking asenior-level course labeled ELEC 495.Every student who enrolls in ELEC 495 is assigned a faculty mentor. The entire courseprocess consists of a 15-week timeline. The first four weeks consist of a WebCT self-paced asynchronous portfolio development process resulting in a professional resume andan ITA plan/outline. Weekly assignments for students during the first four weeks are asfollows: • Week 1 – Review course policies and procedures – Develop professional resume • Week 2 – Develop ITA plan/outline • Week 3 – Develop draft

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Willis

. 94%6. Adult to student ratio. 100%*A response of Excellent, Good, or Average was counted as an above average response.100% would like to be invited next year, and of schools subscribing to Channel One, 100%planned to watch the TV show on Cable Channel One on Friday, February 27, 2004. Page 10.1456.4Team leaders, sponsors, and judges were provided with an evaluation form after the event.Response rates for all groups were greater than 50%. The majority of the evaluation questions Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leonid Preiser

Concept Mapping as a Form of Knowledge Assessment and Instruction in the Domain of Information Systems Leonid B. Preiser Department of Computer Science and Information Systems School of Engineering and Technology National University 11255 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037-1011 (858) 642-8483, fax (858) 642-8489IntroductionThis paper focuses on applications of the concept mapping (CM) approach, a cognitive learning andassessment tool invented at Cornell University, for curriculum planning and student assessment inthe domain of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

the systems of roadways, water supply, waste disposal, energydistribution (gas and electricity), communication networks (wired and wireless) and myriadsubsystems that are necessary to provide a quality environment. The engineer is an essentialmember of the team of professionals that are responsible for the planning, design, constructionand operation of efficient, effective, safe and secure facilities. The Civil Engineering discipline isthe appropriate professional arena to meet these needs and civil engineering education is theappropriate educational foundation to prepare students to serve as engineers for the UrbanInfrastructure. This paper presents some of the current problems associated with the urbaninfrastructure and suggests the role

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Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

team has an isolated female or minority studentmember; teams with mixed genders should have at least one female junior or senior. One of thefirst things that the teams must do is develop a team communication plan and resource list. Thisactivity helps the teams to get acquainted with each other and determine their initial strengthsand weaknesses.The problem statement must be written to encourage each student to learn important engineering Page 10.1039.2and other professional skills. The deliverables must therefore allow the teams to reach theirmilestones in the time allotted and include items that the less experienced members of the team

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Mork; Leonard Bohmann

twoapproaches. The first is to list all the electrical loads needed in the residence, their powerrequirements, and the amount of time that they are used. This is a very informative exercise forthe students. It makes them think about the energy they use to maintain their lifestyle. Theresults fall within two extremes, those who plan on a very austere lifestyle and those who plan onenjoying the stereotypical American way of life.The second approach for determining the load is to obtain the data for an existing dwelling. Thisdoes not give the students as much insight into the details of their energy use, but it does give amore accurate accounting. This is of particular help for those who are coming up with apreliminary design for an actual residence, for

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cordelia Brown

all target audiences- GTFs, UGTFs, partner teachers, and students. In high demand by Nashville teachers,the program has implemented on-going professional development for GTFs and teachers.Student achievement test scores have increased, and attitudes toward science haveimproved.The Vanderbilt-Meharry-TSU GK-12 program consists of four major components: (1)Summer Orientation Workshops for GTFs and Partner Teachers, (2) The Academic YearProgram, (3) Weekly GTF Seminar, and (4) Evaluation and Assessment. 1. Summer Orientation Workshops for GTFs and Partner Teachers: GTFs and partner teachers spend four weeks developing their partnering relationships and planning lessons and activities for the upcoming academic year

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

includes pursuing a college degree. Good gradesin core classes are important for college admission but in today’s competitiveenvironment, the relative level of course difficulty also plays a significant role.Consequently, though class rank and GPA continue to be critical for assessing collegepotential, students are probably better off with a B in a College freshman English classthan an A in physical education in high school. Taking college courses while in highschool demonstrates to a college admission board the student’s capability, motivation,and that going to college is more than just his or her “Plan B.” Further, a college coursetaken while in high school can earn credits toward a college degree and simultaneouslyprepare the senior for the

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Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

Lab IV Lab V ETW 10:00 Teaching & Practice Practice Practice Assessment Learning Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Learning Graduation Objectives 12:00 Lunch Lunch Teaching Lunch Lunch Assessment Demo Lab IV Planning 2:00

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Fraser

47 51% Engineering Design 16 17%Table 8 shows we have agreement about courses on IE tools (e.g., operations research,probability and statistics, and engineering economics), but we teach the integrated IE material(facilities planning and operations planning and control) under very different titles and indifferent combinations.While probability and statistics may seem to be mathematics and science courses, 77 of the 90programs that have such a course (or courses) teach the topics in engineering, mostly inindustrial engineering. Page 10.249.6 Proceedings of the 2005

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Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Fraser

47 51% Engineering Design 16 17%Table 8 shows we have agreement about courses on IE tools (e.g., operations research,probability and statistics, and engineering economics), but we teach the integrated IE material(facilities planning and operations planning and control) under very different titles and indifferent combinations.While probability and statistics may seem to be mathematics and science courses, 77 of the 90programs that have such a course (or courses) teach the topics in engineering, mostly inindustrial engineering. Page 10.250.6 Proceedings of the 2005

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Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

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Patricia White; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

behavioral-based interviewing (BBI) techniques. Thisprocess focuses on past behaviors (what did you do?) rather than opinions (what do you think?).When students interview for full-time employment and internships, they are expected to relateexperiences showing how they’ve developed and demonstrated competencies important to theemployer. The STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) is a technique for describing actionsrelated to specific competencies. Competency development and demonstration are also criticalcomponents of our departmental outcomes assessment plan. This paper discusses BBI, therelationship between BBI and STARs, how we are integrating STARs into our curriculum fromfreshman to senior years, how our students successfully use STARs, and how

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Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

complete the road map “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”process. The draft strategy map with basic building blocks is illustrated in Figure 6.Then the detailed information such as target programs and associated curricula will beachieved through creating a balanced scorecard followed by the action plan to accomplishthe targeted objectives. Integrating balanced scorecard information and action plans witha strategy map will complete the roadmap process. Critical Process Strategy Map Working draft

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert McHenry

technology innovation and industry competitiveness. Aset of differentiating factors, that may be found in these definitions that are not generallycommon to the research paradigm are: • Purposeful, deliberate and systematic practice • Innovation based entrepreneurship • Process development • Industrial leadership • Manufacturing planning and implementation • Operation on and repair of technological artifacts Page 10.348.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”This

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Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

representation of thesubject that allows the presenter to avoid the dreaded bulleted list. Sentence headlines and keyimages go a long way toward avoiding much of what Tufte and others have warned against.It is our plan to develop a PowerPoint style guide to help our students master the fine points oftechnical presentations. By specifying fonts, type faces, spacing, and suggesting color schemes,among other recommendations, we hope to simulate the specifications technical professionalsuse in industry. We also created a lecture on technical communication to be presented to theentire cohort of EG students. This presentation highlights the communication breakdown thatoccurred between NASA engineers and their managers during the last flight of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constance Kampf; Dave Kmiec

persuasive documents common inthe engineering workplace: a (problem-solution) memo and a proposal.Sections of the course are planned and taught by a team of project management faculty andwriting consultants. The writing consultants give a series of thirty-minute modular lectures fiveto six times over the course of the semester on process-focused rhetorical writing strategies andhold office hours where they are available to answer questions that students have about writingassignments. Student writing assignments are evaluated by writing consultants and are returned,often with extensive feedback. All of the writing assignments are pass/fail, and many studentsare required to revise assignments in order to receive a passing grade.In its current format

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Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Patton; Daniel Crunkleton

and various deliverables scattered throughout the years. In this section, the ways inwhich ChE students have contributed will be highlighted and future plans for thesestudents will be outlined.Year One (2004-2005)The purpose of Year One is to select the vehicle architecture and size the variouscomponents of the vehicle. Our team had a specific goal of incorporating fuel cells intoour design. The first task for the year was to model a Chevrolet Equinox using a newMATLAB-based software package and simulate its operation under a variety of drivingconditions. This was accomplished by a multi-disciplinary team. The HYSYSsimulation experience of ChE students provided a context for understanding this newsoftware.Most of the first half of Year One

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Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Devine

another town was accepted. Consequently, the assistant professor, tenure track job was accepted later in the summer. Teaching on a tenure eligible appointment opened resources for better teaching and instilled a desire to plan for a career in the field. Campus resources to improve teaching were used including CELT (Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching) and FACET, the Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching. An application was submitted for the ExCEEd program in the first year of this appointment. ExCEEd stands for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education. ExCEEd and the ETW are well documented in past ASEE Conference Proceedings, particularly by Estes and Ressler3 and by Welch et al6 . ETW is a

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

the minicurriculum face design challenges whilebeing instructed about the constraints of manufacturability. In each course, students developthree to four products. All products are developed using advanced solid modeling software,donated by EDS Unigraphics, capable of high levels of simulation and analysis. Instead ofsegregating the design, materials, and processing instruction, the minicurriculum uses designprojects as a medium to learn product design basics including CAD, manufacturing materials,design for assembly, planned innovation process, and functional aesthetics. This initiative, apartnership between the College of Engineering and the School of Art and Design, modelssuccessful industry examples of integrated design and manufacturing

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Jones; Karen Berger; Tamara Knott

major engineering concepts of problem solving and teamwork. Exploring Engineering Dayaimed to promote engineering as a stimulating, exciting, and rewarding field of study as well asto dispel the idea that engineers must wear hard hats or work on trains. It was also our goal tohave the children see that engineering is not just for men but to show the young women that theytoo can pursue a career in the fields in engineering, math, and science.Previous experience has indicated that educational outreach events such as ExploringEngineering day benefit not only the participants but also the volunteers involved in the project.This paper provides details of the organization, planning and implementation of the event, aswell as an analysis of the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Lester; Bruce Mutter

. Software Applications (COSC 201), Statics and Strength of Materials (CIET203), Hydraulics (CIET 212), Environmental Systems (CIET 301), and Construction Estimating(CIET 220). We plan to have all civil engineering technology courses facilitated by the web by Page 10.464.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationthe fall of 2006. The students will have global “24-7” access to course materials, as well as,meeting face-to-face in the classroom. B. Blended/Hybrid Course DevelopmentBlended/Hybrid

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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

solves that problem. Equally important, this four-semester program models theindustry process: engineers pass their original designs to designers who prototype and model;designers pass the designs to drafters who complete the working drawings.While this program was designed for a four-semester, community college setting, it isadaptable to other timelines and other college settings. It is a replicable, cost-effective model.The origin of the capstone projectTen years ago, the engineering design instructor and a business instructor at Illinois ValleyCommunity College developed an innovative plan to provide their students with workplaceexperiences. As a project in one of their courses, the instructors integrated their students intoteams to develop

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

Paper 2005-2156 A Pilot Study for a “Course-less” Curriculum R. L. Kolar, R. C. Knox, K. Gramoll, T. R. Rhoads University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractIn 2002, we received an NSF planning grant (NSF EEC 0230681) that builds upon our SoonerCity project, which was funded through the Action Agenda program (NSF EEC 9872505).Briefly, Sooner City is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threadedthroughout the OU civil engineering curriculum, beginning in the freshman year. For practicalpurposes, the original Sooner City project was implemented in the

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Valentina Cecchi; Karen Miu

reconfigurationcan also be performed to balance load across three phases using single-phase switching. For the above reasons, electric power utilities plan for the installation of network switchesand perform network reconfiguration to balance loads and reduce losses. Therefore, it is veryimportant to provide students with practical experience as well as theoretical analysis skills onnetwork reconfiguration, specifically planning and operation techniques. At Drexel University, a network reconfiguration experiment has been developed to providestudents with hands-on experience on how to balance loads and reduce real power losses usingnetwork reconfiguration. The objectives of this experiment include for the students to: 1) Understand the need for

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Bryan Norman; Jayant Rajgopal; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

programs, with the capability for adaptation by other fields of study.The authors also presented a conceptual model for integrating and synthesizing the industrialengineering curriculum. We began by identifying the core knowledge areas of IE and theexpected life-long engineering proficiencies. We then developed a plan that builds on andcontinually reinforces these areas throughout the curriculum in support of our first objective ofintegration. Following this we detailed a plan for combining the technical skills with life-longengineering proficiencies, in support of our second objective of synthesis. Finally, we discussedcurricular implications of the changing role of science and technology in society. Pedagogicalissues related to each of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Drummer; James Frendewey; Sheryl Sorby; Kris Mattila; John Sutherland; Leonard Bohmann

in the era of manufacturing, have a focus on thedesign and fabrication of “products” rather than the design and creation of service systems.While curricula such as engineering management and industrial engineering provide somesupport to service systems engineering, their legacies are tied to the manufacturing sector, and asa result, they are not optimized to support the service sector. With this in mind, a Delphi Studywas performed to identify the features, characteristics, and topics relevant to a service systemsengineering curriculum. This paper describes the planning, conduct, and results of the servicesystems engineering Delphi Study and how this information is being used to establish a newdegree program.IntroductionThe modern-day

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Innovations in Library Management

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Weiner; Honora Nerz

for that and tohave a plan for dealing with it. Thinking about it ahead of time, free from the stress and emotionof a change in progress, will lessen the blow and make the change easier to handle. Likewise, itis folly to spend years waiting for a negative to change if it is never going to happen.Learning and Development “The term development implies a positive step forward towards the future, with better personal well-being and professional growth as the outcomes. Career development no longer implies onwards and upwards for the broad mass of people, and perhaps it never did. Career development is coming to mean developing the workplace in a way which is personally satisfying. Development can occur when people

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Loren Sumner

material. An infrastructure of learningmodules complements the general analysis thread in engineering education while imposingcontrolled exposure to CAE software. Learning modules expose students to state-of-the-art CAEtools without requiring a specialized CAE course. Encouraging the development of CAE skills,the project aims to facilitate and enhance undergraduate scholarship such as capstone seniordesign projects. This paper discusses the project strategies, concerns, plans for assessment, andsome formative assessment results. The project reveals a practical means for faculty to begindeveloping and implementing active learning techniques.IntroductionThe Mercer University School of Engineering (MUSE) strives to prepare graduates to serve