Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Gannod, Arizona State University; Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

experience covering the full range ofsoftware process activities. The Software Enterprise shares the multi-semester approach with anemphasis on soft-skill development with the Studio. The Enterprise, however, introduces thesoftware phases in reverse order, and emphasizes soft-skills development through multi-yearstructured student collaborations. The Enterprise also introduces the sequence in theundergraduate, not graduate, program. Reverse ordering of the process phases is also introducedby the Software Development Laboratory at MSOE. Sebern acknowledges the difficulty newerstudents have grasping process and soft-skills concepts, and therefore students are led from“grave to cradle” through process phases. Unfortunately a further description of the

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; GWEN EBERT, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

twenty years. The goal for ESP is to prepare high school students for collegestudy in the field of engineering and science, and to attract these students to the UW-Madison.The program targets students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds including AfricanAmerican, Latino, Native American, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong or Vietnamese. We alsoselect female students who would be first generation college students.The students are exposed to basic foundational courses that are fundamental to the engineeringdiscipline: pre-calculus or calculus depending on the background of the student, physics,chemistry, computer science, and technical writing. Students are exposed to various engineeringfields through short discipline specific laboratories and

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

statement of the focus of your research -- the particular problemwithin your topical area that you are attempting to solve. State the objective of yourresearch (what you are trying to accomplish); outline the methods you use (e.g.,theoretical derivation, laboratory experiment, data gathering survey, etc.); introduce theoutcome to be achieved (e.g., a new or improved manufacturing process, a new orimproved engineering procedure, etc.). The latter part should clearly indicate the metricsthat determine when the objectives have been achieved and the stated problem solved.This discussion should also provide a clear appreciation of what the work does notencompass. Chapter 3 should be short and to the point.Chapter 4; Analysis: This is a critical phase in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salim Haidar, Grand Valley State University; Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

system response to the rough terrain.To lower the intensity of the annoying pitch motion of the vehicle SIMULINK, as a design toolthis time, was used to find a proper damping for suspension system to achieve this goal.Students’ feedback with respect to the project was very positive. They all enjoyed working withSIMULINK especially due to the relative ease in building the system model in comparison withthe corresponding MATLAB model. In short, students indicated that SIMULINK helped them alot in achieving a deeper, holistic understanding of the course material and its objectives bypromoting a virtual laboratory for vibration concepts.Problem Statement Figure 1 l1

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

different companies and each player has a specific role within the virtual firms.A wrong decision could result in disaster. In one scenario, for example, a firm’s ethics officeravatar “killed” 350 employees after making the decision to continue production at a virtual plantin Indonesia, which had been repeatedly threatened with terrorist actions. Notes game developerAllen Varney, “The game is all about temptation.”26Quick TakesNot all ethics games are time-consuming. Abbott Laboratories has implemented “Rocked orShocked,” a touch-screen game played at kiosks set up during training sessions or corporatemeetings.27 Players have a minute to answer six questions, such as “When it is appropriate toaccept baseball tickets from clients” from a rotating

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron McKean, Ferris State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2001 was spent investigating means to develop and maintain a comprehensivefoundation in networks, providing both quality classroom lecture and laboratory implementation.The chosen solution was to implement the first four semesters in the Cisco NetworkingAcademy. Each Cisco course is encapsulated within a CNS course. This enables supplementalmaterials to be presented and greater program-level oversight for student evaluation.This move represented the single greatest step in the evolution of the curriculum. Resultingaccomplishments include: Quality curriculum with computer enhanced delivery Emphasis on a quality laboratory experience Technical currency provided through Cisco Large discounts on network equipment, and analysis

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in two-semester sequences with a corresponding laboratory (e.g., thermal-fluids, mechanics andmaterials, etc.). The teaching of design has been integrated to the curriculum by devoting acertain fraction of the coursework or labs to open-ended design problems. Likewise, formalintroduction to the engineering design method is made at the sophomore level in two courses:Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. These coursesintroduce the design cycle, and expose students to design concepts by using problems withinreach at the sophomore level (e.g., statics, simple material selections, etc.). The tools courseintroduces the students to the machine shop and to the software packages they need to master inorder to

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

“distributed learning network” along withplans for the future.II. History and Distance Learning Model DevelopmentThe Southwest ENTC department promotes a positive learning environment through the use ofhands-on laboratory experience. Large investments in training equipment combined with collegelevel theory helped set Southwest apart from other Mid-south schools. Feed back from the 2002ABET accreditation review included praise for the laboratories and hands-on curriculum. Feedback from employer surveys indicated a high degree of satisfaction with the technicalproficiency of Southwest graduates. Finally, feed back from student surveys indicatedsatisfaction with the hands-on approach. Over 30 years of positive feed back made the facultyuneasy about

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines; Craig Van Kirk, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

11.432.4changes made to several courses during the past six years.Additionally, two exit interview questions were written to address this criterion as follow: Do you feel that you could design and conduct an experiment if required by your first job assignment after graduation? How would your laboratory experiences at CSM including CH 121 (intro to chemistry lab, freshman-level), PEGN 309 (reservoir rock properties, sophomore-level), MEL Labs (multidisciplinary lab, junior-level), and PEGN 413 (gas measurement, senior-level) help you complete this first job assignment? Do you feel prepared to work open-ended design problems such as the Lone Cedar project and the Brazos problem you worked in PEGN 439 (senior

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

packages, so very limited facilities are available to start a research program. As a result,the start-up costs of the research may be higher than at research institutions. For many newfaculty, there is no existing research group to join, so the faculty member starts from scratch. Inaddition to these external challenges, often the PUI is not set up to support the faculty inobtaining external research funds, as this may be a relatively new activity there.Locating facilities for research is difficult at a PUI. Faculty must find a way to useundergraduate teaching laboratories for their research, or need to locate funds to outfit a new lab. Page

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Michigan; Yili Liu, University of Michigan; Virginia Soto, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

’ skillsand knowledge will be directed. From the perspective of faculty, Fromm 3 defines a detailed listof characteristics which future engineering graduates should possess to become leaders of theprofession, including a strong foundation in basic sciences, math and engineering fundamentals,the capacity to apply these fundamentals to a variety of problems, among others.The Millennium Project 4 at the University of Michigan is a research laboratory designed for thestudy of the future of the American universities. The mission of this project is to “provide anenvironment in which creative students and faculty can join with colleagues from beyond thecampus to develop and test new paradigms of the university”. The Millennium Project proposessome key

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

International

available at both universities.Examples of courses with a one-to-one match, both in content and in credits, include fluidmechanics, vibrations, controls, heat and mass transfer, and senior capstone design. Forinstance, the unique, required course at Virginia Tech on applied fluid mechanics and heattransfer design, was replaced with a cluster of non-required but regularly offered portfolio oflecture and laboratory courses at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, that taken together,covers the material of the required Virginia Tech course, with the surplus credits being appliedtowards the Virginia Tech technical elective requirements; thus no credits earned abroad remainunused once transferred home.The students from the Technische Universität

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hansen Lukman, Bucknell University; Steven Shooter, Bucknell University; Fabrice Alizon, Bucknell University; Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Soundar Kumara, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

based on Commonality/Diversity, Modularity, and CostFew would argue that engineers are more likely to be active rather than reflective learners6, andthe benefits of “hands-on” educational activities such as product dissection are many. Forinstance, product dissection has been successfully used to help students identify relationshipsbetween engineering fundamentals (e.g., torque and power) and hardware design (e.g., a drill)7.It has also been used to help teach competitive assessment and benchmarking8, 9. Productdissection is part of the freshmen Product and Process Engineering Laboratory at North CarolinaState University where users take turns playing the role of user, assembler, and engineer10.Sheppard11 was among the first to develop a formal

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

meet size variations when locking down the wood pallets.The machine was tested numerous times before it was delivered to the users. Result showsthat the machine is very reliable and meets the original expectation.References:1. C.Y. Lin & G.R. Crossman, “Automation Laboratory Development with Design Implementation Schemeand Simulation Software”, Proceedings of 2004 ASEE Annual Conference.2. F.D. Petruzella, “Programmable Logic Controllers”, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003.3. Allen-Bradley Controllers, http://www.ab.com/plclogic/.4. Universal Material Testing Machines, http://www.instron.us/wa/products/universal_material/default.aspx5. C.E. Wilson, “Computer Integrated Machine Design”, Prentice Hall, 1997.6. R.L. Mott, “Machine Elements in

Conference Session

Design in Manufacturing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Tomasi, Alfred State College; Margaret Weeks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 11.761.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Informed Design as a Practical Problem Solving ApproachAbstractThe informed design process was developed as an analytical road map for students to followwhen proceeding through an engineering design challenge. This practical problem solvingformat affords students the ability to refine the constraints and parameters of a design challenge,make the required design decisions and communicate their conclusions graphically via thecreation of working industrial drawings, construct working prototypes, perform computationalanalysis, prepare laboratory reports, and present their conclusions.In order for educators to provide the requisite skills and abilities that industry requires

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Batie, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

excavated foundation to the completed roof system. By turning onlayers, the details are electronically constructed. (See Fig. 2) The tools allowed students tomanipulate the SketchUp model view by zooming in, orbiting about the particular component,and gain a better understanding of how the components interrelated. Figure 2 - SketchUp Models LayersDuring the semester, students were encouraged to access all SketchUp images through the classBlackboard© site, and all college computer laboratories were provided with SketchUp Viewer Page 11.534.4software for student use. The SketchUp Viewer software is also available

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Construction

assignments must be persuasive or informative • All final submission must be reviewed by at least one peer • All final submissions must be accompanied by the draft (with corrections/comments made by the peer)Critical Thinking and WritingWilliam Zinsser states, “Writing is thinking on paper.”5 And we can not agree more. Oneof the primary objectives of the writing-intensive course in construction course was toenhance critical thinking among the students. It is the instructor’s obligation to make thestudent think. We found in our earlier experiment with writing across curriculum thatduring writing laboratory report most students had problem writing the conclusion. Manystudents amusingly wrote “I enjoyed the lab very much” or “This is a very

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University

apply ontheir own. This paper reports on a freshman engineering problem-solving moduledeveloped to broaden students’ perspectives on formulating and constructing their ownstudent-made problems as a way to improve problem solving skills and assess knowledgeof fundamental principles. The paper discusses students’ application of elementarymechanics concepts to solve problems typically found in FE review manuals. The paperalso reports on laboratory exercises that help students explore notions of competency bydeveloping their own FE assessment questions from elementary mechanics.1. Introduction More often than not, first and second year engineering students see problemsolving as merely finding answers to homework problems that lack strong

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

lead to code compliance, and certification and licensing by national examinations. A virtual fire alarm systems laboratory that is used in the course in conjunction with the hardware projects, allows a variety of fire alarm systems to be designed in accordance with the fire code with a minimum cost. In addition, the design software allows the students to learn a tool that can be used outside the classroom in actual commercial, industrial, and residence design. The students in the virtual fire alarm systems lab learn both to program functional block diagrams and to apply them in the operation of the respective panels that are created for each particular fire alarm system. The object is to allow the students to both gain

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodney Handy, Purdue University; Michael Whitt, Purdue University; Michael Lafreniere, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

subject matter content in these coursesshould be modified to include an appropriate coverage of these topics.Recently, a successful attempt was made to introduce environmental, health, and safetyissues and non-traditional manufacturing processes to mechanical engineering technologyundergraduate students in a beginning manufacturing processes course. The relativeenvironmental, health and safety aspects of each particular process was discussed duringthe traditional lecture(s) as well as during an individual lecture prepared specifically onenvironmental, health, and safety issues pertaining to manufacturing. In addition, aneffort was made to emphasize these important issues during the scheduled laboratory timeof the course. Future efforts include

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikki Larson, Edmonds Community College; Eric Davishahl, Everett Community College; Jill Davishahl, Edmonds Community College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-947: THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF STUDENT PROJECT COLLABORATIONBETWEEN COLLEGES: A HINDSIGHT VIEW FROM TWO COMMUNITYCOLLEGESNikki Larson, Edmonds Community College Ms. Larson is currently an assistant professor in the engineering technology department of Western Washington University. Before this appointment, she was an instructor in the materials science technology program for Edmonds Community College. There she is developed the coursework and laboratory experiments necessary to make the new program a success. She has 6 years of industry experience implementing lean manufacturing techniques, managing development projects, and leading cross-functional teams to assess technical capability of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; George Korfiatis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Nikhil Sanghavi, Stevens Institute of Technology

described inmore detail below. A diverse selection of events is offered. Each engineering department is expected toprovide orientations to their programs and organize a variety of events relevant to their field.These can include workshops, lectures; visits to research centers and laboratories; external trips;visiting speakers, including corporate events with a career focus. Where possible, departmentsare strongly encouraged to offer hands-on or active approaches. The events can range fromlectures suitable for a large attendance to small group activities. Some interesting examplesinclude: walking tours of new construction as well as a 150-year old ferry terminal by the CivilEngineering Department; a workshop on medical devices by the

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University; Jamie Gilchrist, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-1007: HOME SCHOOLERS IN AN ENGINEERING/EDUCATION K12OUTREACH PROGRAMLawrence Genalo, Iowa State University LAWRENCE J. GENALO is Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. He received a Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics with Systems Engineering emphasis in 1977, served as Chair for Freshman Programs and DELOS Divisions, and runs the Toying With TechnologySM Program at Iowa State.Jamie Gilchrist, Iowa State University Jamie Gilchrist is a preservice teacher in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction's elementary education program. She is an undergraduate teaching and laboratory assistant for the Toying With

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Bowman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

content for the first offering of MDE 1. To evaluate the background of thestudents and understand the context for the coursework that must bridge the science perspectiveestablished in the physics mechanics background of the students the text, lecture and examcontent have been evaluated in detail. The current offerings of the Purdue course Physics 152consist of a lecture and laboratory course that uses the Tipler and Mosca text.11 The coursecorresponds well to the Tipler and Mosca course in that a large number of examples areemployed that have a strong engineering flavor in terms of the examples employed and the Page 11.993.5nature of the

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

offered. The curriculum continues to contain mathematics through calculus II, acourse in Laplace transforms, physics 1 and 2 with laboratories, a course in technical writing, acourse in business practices, and a liberal arts university core curriculum. A new addition is acourse in data bases at the request of electrical power technical and general managers inelectrical power companies in the Houston area.An internet search of electrical technology programs indicated that most do not offer such an in-depth education in electrical power, but tend to offer a balance of about two to three courses eachin electrical power and control systems, in addition to the normal basic electronics and computercourses. Only a very few baccalaureate degree granting

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

area to cover. The main complaint heard from EET facultyregards the lack of text books written for the technologist who will support equipment. There aretwo main reasons for this shortage. First, there is a very small market to sell potential texts.Only a handful of schools offer this specialty and most publishers would like to sell largenumbers of books. Secondly, medical technology is rapidly evolving; it is difficult to keep a textbook up-to-date. As a result, without a text book as a guide, many potential instructors shy awayfrom teaching a class in this area, even when they have the necessary expertise.A second issue relates to hands on experiences for students on medical equipment. TraditionalEET programs are built around laboratory

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky Whittington, Morgan State University; Douglas McLennan, Goddard Space Flight Center; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Page 11.752.4at Goddard, though some other partners or contractors also include Boeing, Northrop Grummanas well as Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). However, after a successful launch, the concept maybe extended to the manufacturing of more satellites and the industrial partners may be contractedfor multiple production runs of the spacecraft, instead of the in-house manufacturing. Forexample, the industrial engineering concepts in dealing with mass production of aerospaceproducts will be useful for the future space constellation mission of flying tens or hundreds ofsimilar spacecraft. In addition, small satellite exploration is important, due to the interest in moreeconomical space missions, and the increasing demands for timely access

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Cheryl Bluestone, Queensborough Community College; Amy Bieber, Queensborough Community College; James Valentino, Queensborough Community College; Patrick Wallach, Queensborough Community College; Joseph Goldenberg, Queensborough Community College; Clara Wajngurt, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in the Social Sciences Department at the College. She is also PI or co-PI on several other NSF-funded projects.Amy Bieber, Queensborough Community College Co-PI Dr. Amy Bieber holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. degree from the Institute for Optics of the University of Rochester. She also held a post-doctoral fellowship at Sandia National Laboratory, working in photonics research and nanostructure and semiconductor physics. She developed the laser and general optics segments for TechASCEND. Author of two books for students, Dr. Bieber has published articles on several laser-related topics. She is currently coordinator of the

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrance Lovell, Pennsylvania State University-Berks; Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

was used to capture images of various electrical meter displays for the purpose ofextracting the displayed readings. Both digital (LCD) and analog (dials) were used. The LCD ofa handheld digital voltmeter was used for the digital display tests. A typical residential Watt-hour meter was used for the analog display tests. The webcam was controlled by and the imageswere analyzed by LabVIEW VISION software.Hardware Overview Figure 1. RSR 926 Digital MultimeterFor this undergraduate research project, common, readily available meters were used. Figure 1shows the RSR 926 DMM that was used for the digital display work. This meter is regularlyused in the laboratories at Penn State Berks. The CL200 General Electric watt-hour