Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). These initiatives were funded by the National Science Foundation through their STEP(STEM Talent Expansion Program) (STEP-DUE-0230148) program. This was achieved throughthe following objectives: ‚ Developed a high school awareness activity that brought teams of UMBC engineering students to area high schools to introduce the high school students to STEM concepts using hands on engineering activities and demonstrations. During the presentation, the high school students were made aware of the various paths that UMBC students have taken in order to study engineering and what they plan to do upon graduation. ‚ Evaluated the relative effectiveness of a two-week summer bridge

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students can actually do after they are taught instead oftraditional inputs such as course credits earned. Learning outcomes need to be clear, observabledemonstrations of student learning that occur after a significant set of learning experiences.Learning outcomes are demonstrations that reflect what students know; what students canactually do with what they know; and the confidence and motivation of students indemonstrating what they know6,7. Hence, all curricular and teaching decisions in an OBE modelare made based on how to facilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that isdifferent from the traditional educational planning. The desired outcome is first identified and the

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electrical concepts) ofNY State’s standard 4th grade exams. Page 11.1062.10One Year AgoEven with the more engaging studio environments, student learning is still impeded byspace constraints, insufficient time for laboratory activities (particularly to do the in-depth probing that leads to an intuitive feel for system design), and poorly designedequipment that takes up a great deal of space – and can’t be brought home for individualstudy. Lab-equipped classrooms are both in high demand and in extremely short supply.TodayConfiguring a studio facility typically requires a large equipment allocation/expense anda specific space utilization plan. Renovation of

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

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Women in Engineering

: oneaction-plan is characterized by the creation of additional choices and courses, the development ofan incentive system, etc. A second plan would rather address female interests and strengths inorder to turn them into door openers to an education in the natural and engineering sciences.In October 2004, the TU Berlin launched a program based on the second approach: GENESIS5.With the development of model-courses, the project GENESIS intends to not only convince morewomen to study engineering and natural sciences (and supervise them optimally within theirstudies from the beginning to the end), but furthermore tries to support universities in their effortto meet both the demands and needs of industry and science (which do not necessarily match).The

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Gordon Brinton, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Harley Hartman, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Scott Neuhard, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Resmy Abraham, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Internet will provide the medium necessary to pushinformation visualization into the mainstream for use in the business plans of manycorporations. The electric power systems field has intensely focused on visual representationof information in a variety of domains as a means capturing the essence of typically largedata sets. The value in power engineering education is also well recognized 6-11 as a way ofteaching difficult non-intuitive concepts. The students read and evaluated a number of published articles relating to variousaspects of visualization. This served as a basis for the development of the individual studentprojects. The publications approached the use of visualization from many different aspects.The students gained insight and

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Heather Cooper, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the JiTTapproach to course delivery is that class instruction should be based on student need andinvolvement, with frequent student-instructor interaction. Through well-planned pre-classassignments, the instructor gauges student learning need and modifies each class appropriately toaddress student inputs and feedback.From its introduction in physics, the JiTT approach has spread throughout many disciplines suchas the sciences and liberal arts2. JiTT appears to be most commonly practiced in fields whereconceptual understanding and/or formulation of viewpoint based upon that understanding form Page 11.849.2the core course objectives. Adoption in

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

sensitivity analysis which was also introduced during the lab lectures, only thoseinput variables with the greatest impact on COP were selected for error propagationanalysis.Case Study DiscussionThe proposed experimental plan noticeably shows that a particular group of students wasable to use the different topics covered in the engineering technology thermodynamiccourse and satisfactorily implemented them in the development of an experimentaldesign. The students had the opportunity to combine abstract concepts and formulate anappropriate metric for quantifying the thermal performance of a real refrigerator. Thestudents also made judicious selection of experimental hardware to conduct a data-sensitive experiment of high reliability. To evaluate how

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Garcia-Saenz, Purdue University-North Central; Maria Consuelo Garcia Alvarez, Universidad La Gran Colombia

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

aspects. They were able to determine the feasibility and sustainabilityof a solution for an existing problem in the community. Students improved their understandingof the social and cultural context of science and technology transfers.Student Background infoStudents who took part in this experience where taking a class of installations for AlternativeEnergies at their senior year. In class, students learned about the process of heating water using asolar collector; how to size the solar collector and select their components, the proper sizes forthe pipes and the tank. They studied the specifications for solar water heaters from the “Unidadde Planeación Minero Energética”4 (UPME – Energy and Minerals’ Planning Unit) and therelated standard norms

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Materials

schematic diagram of the partnership illustrates the groups who have input to “Engineering Exploration” program and play a vital part in its success. The program is developed to give the Junior Girl Scouts the opportunity to learn about engineering and role play as an engineer to solve the problem presented in the hands-on engineering design project. As shown in Table 2, the activities planned for the day are outlined. Page 11.565.4Table 2. Activities for “Engineering Exploration” program TIME ACTIVITY9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and schedule for the day9:15 – 9:45 a.m. “Engineering : What is it

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

would place thedepartment in temporary locations. The post had recently built a new education center, and thesecond phase of the center was under construction. When the phase two building wascompleted, the Engineering Technology department would move again from the temporarylocations into large new lab spaces in that building. While planning was underway for the firstmove to temporary locations, the department was also working with the architect for the phasetwo project to have the new labs tailored to our needs.The department moved from the main campus in June of 1998. With the initial move, thedepartment entered a transition period, with a gradual shift from offering sixteen week courses toattract students from the main campus to offering all

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

creditsfrom approved sources. Therefore, at present there does not appear to be a strong demand forsuch courses. B&T has; however, included development of the laboratory courses in its onlinecourse development plan to assist students interested in taking these courses from Excelsior tocomplete their degree requirements.Format of Online CoursesAll of the online courses in B&T use a standard course template to ensure consistent look andfeel of the courses. The online courses are delivered through WebCT, a password protectedcourse management software. Upon entering the course, the students will get access to the“Homepage” of the course, the controller for the course that students will use. To provide thestudents with more control of the learning

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Ncube, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

systematically collected and used to show the extent to which aprogram has achieved its goals. Outcomes based evaluation allows program administrator tobecome more accountable thereby increasing their likelihood of retaining or increase funding,develop and justify budgets. OBE allows administrators to focus attention on programmaticissues and garner support for innovative efforts. Positive outcomes allow the program to gainfavorable public recognition in so doing attract new participants. Through OBE administratorsare able to increase the program’s internal efficiency by tracking its inputs and output and targeteffective services for expansion and prepare long-range plans. OBE is an effective way ofdemonstrating the program for replication3.Evaluation

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering and Business

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Delphi Ford Motor Company General Motors DTE Energy Technologies Steelcase Herman Miller Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) Div. of Daimler ChryslerThe fourth key component was students. In an attempt to gauge student interest, aspeaker series was planned to bring in an environmental speaker every term. Eachspeaker came to campus twice to repeat their presentation to both A and B sections ofKettering students. Surveys were distributed with questions relating to student andemployer interest in the topic and the need for a course of this nature. Survey responsewas overwhelmingly positive

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Robert Chalou, Michigan State University; Clark Radcliffe, Michigan State University; Gaile Griffore, Michigan State University

experience, it is clear that twomodifications must be made prior to implementation. First, the order of the courses needs to bereversed. That is, the current second course which has a greater emphasis on an introduction tomechanical engineering, should logically be the first topic in an ME freshman program. Second,with the level of competency of NX® desired, very little else was covered in the ME 101 pilotcourse. The program may need to make some adjustments in the competency level in NX®required for the students.Current plans call for the pilot program to be repeated next academic year (2006-07) with thechanges suggested above being incorporated. It is also planned that the next group of pilotprogram students be expanded to incorporate not only a

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy

Tagged Divisions

International

planning, designing, and executingone’s project, students will be expected to bring disparate pieces of knowledge that a student Page 11.203.3have gained throughout ones studies. An option for these types of courses is to use robotic-development projects. “The nature of these robotic-development projects allows a number ofadditional objectives to be met, beyond those directly related to the application of computerscience/engineering fundamentals, including a number of learning objectives specificallyrequired for ABET certified programs” 11. A few examples are 11: • Ability to design system, components, or process to meet needs

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

1250 MW Page 11.395.11Figure 7E – Distribution of load as a factor of plant incremental factorFigure 7F – Plot of incremental fuel cost versus total plant output Page 11.395.12Figure 7G – Plot of plant output versus output of each unitVI. Load Flow Analysis VIThe Load Flow VI is currently being developed. The author plans to use the following steps todesign and develop this VI 6, 7, 8:1. Represent the system by its one line diagram.2. Convert all quantities to Per Unit.3. Draw the Impedance Diagram4. Obtain the Ybus matrix.5. Classify the

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

never imagined that learningcould be so much fun and how much they accomplished in just a few short hours. The“hands-on” class visit was a huge success.A follow-up phone call a week later led to a successful cooperative venture between theUniversity and the high school. The high school purchased two PLCs and theprogramming software. Together, we found industrial donations of input and outputdevices such as switches, motors, valves, and pneumatic cylinders. The high school classreturned to campus, to develop ideas for their own automated cell to be built from theirnewly acquired components. Four more visits were strategically planned over the nexttwo months to provide the high school teacher and students with the skill sets needed toreplicate

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Bradley, Indiana University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

professor with their own experiences, some good and some bad. Students are often morewilling to learn from other students than from professors, and especially to learn from themistakes of their peers, making the video presentation quite effective. The video program ispresented in five segments, each about 20 minutes in length, with a 10-15 minute personalapplication activity that the students do in their workbooks. The 50-page workbook which eachstudent gets includes 25 pages of notes from the seminar and 25 pages of personal applicationsactivities. The topics covered in the seminar include: • Select your destination (where do you want to be in five years); • Determine your path (focusing on goal setting for the semester); • Planning to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

typically required to pay the fee and part-time students may or may not paythe full fee or in some cases pay a reduced fee. By purchasing directly, the university can retainownership of the laptop and acquire bulk coverage for support, damage, and theft. Students areusually responsible for a deductible in the case of neglect or theft. Finally, some programs anduniversities choose to lease laptops for two, three, or four years instead of purchasing them.Leased-based programs where the university or program retains ownership adds institutionalresponsibilities, but simplifies student burden in planning the acquisition. Policies must be inplace to distribute and then retrieve laptops as students move in and out of enrollment acrosssemesters and in the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Thediscussion questions strive to increase the depth of knowledge in each topic. Lastly, the studentinvolvement in discussions teaches critical thinking and aids in developing foresight to moreeffectively plan experiments. Outcomes of the Journal Club activity have been increased studentknowledge of the literature, decreased apprehension in younger students toward understandingtechnical publications, and a slight increase in productivity towards publication goals within thegroup. Including this weekly meeting as an independent study course for credit also encouragesall students to read the articles prior to the meeting and enhances participation in groupdiscussions.IntroductionNew faculty encounter many challenges as they strive to set up their

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard Fasse, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

temperature plasma. He currently studies the characteristics of injection molded medical plastics in various testing conditions.Richard Fasse, Rochester Institute of Technology Richard Fasse, Ed.D., is currently an Instructional Technology Specialist in the Teaching, Learning, Technology group at RIT. He earned a BS in Business and Computer Science at the University of Kansas and an MBA in Information Systems at Pennsylvania State University before beginning his career at Xerox Corporation in Rochester, New York. He was a systems designer and later manager of the Xerox Billing Systems group responsible for planning and implementing changes to large scale administrative systems. He returned

Conference Session

Integrative Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

MagnetometerGyroscopes will the measure the rotational rates of the spacecraft. Gyroscopes are inertialsensors that can provide attitude information without an absolute. The system we are planning onimplementing will call for three single axis gyroscope sensors allowing us to measure angularaccelerations on all three axes. This will determine the angular accelerations of the satellite in abody fixed reference frame. These rotational rates will be used by the ADCS microcontroller todetermine the necessary torque that the torque coils need to apply in order to stabilize the system.With a mass of approximately half of a gram and a power requirement of no more than 50mWeach, the Analog Devices ADXRS300 1-axis gyroscopes are ideal for the satellite. In order

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

UniversityIntroduction Lego motorcycle production Cookie Treat productionIE History Discussion of research on IE’s Students present IE’s from researchWork Design & Work Workstation design for Lego Time study lab – students performMeasurement motorcycle time study at 6 stationsCapacity Planning Small group productivity and capacity Not covered calculationsLayout & Production Layout of Lego airplane production Layout of small playground in groupsProduction Systems Push versus pull production Line balancing versus bucket brigade

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Garrick Louis, University of Virginia; William Scherer, University of Virginia; Michael C. Smith, University of Virginia; K. Preston White, Jr., Jr., University of Virginia; Peter Beling, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

April), the SIEDS abstract (due inFebruary), the paper for the SIEDS proceedings (due in April), an optional SIEDS poster (due inApril), and the final versions of client deliverables. After spring break, the focus is on the finalversions of the thesis, SIEDS, and client deliverables. Faculty involved in the administration ofSIEDS have a similar task pattern: preparatory tasks before spring break and implementationtasks after. Venue plans for the next SIEDS are also initialized in April, given the demandsplaced on facilities by local events such as Foxfields, a hugely popular steeplechasing event, andvarious parties and events celebrating the upcoming graduation exercises. At the end of thespring semester, the Director will conduct a “lessons

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

planning instructional methods in their discipline.However, undergraduate students in engineering and technology rarely have an opportunity tosolve real world problems that require integration across several disciplinary branches ofengineering and those outside of engineering. This makes it difficult for students to make thetransition from academia to industry especially in an era where the principles of concurrentengineering are employed in new product design and development. Therefore, there is a strongneed to bring challenging, industry involved problems into our classrooms today.The case study approach has long been used in business education but only recently made itsentry into engineering education but with significant momentum. Nationwide

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Osborn, IUPUI; Patricia Fox, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

International

before they departfrom the United States. Other pre-departure concerns are obtaining passports, planning foremergency contacts, planning for medications to take with them, etc. The home faculty canassist students with some of these issues. For the GO GREEN students in Germany, there is afaculty member at the Berufsakademie Mannheim who serves as a backup emergency contact forIUPUI students in Germany when IUPUI faculty have departed. The IUPUI students have anetwork of contacts in Germany for emergencies.The ExperienceStudents that have never traveled overseas usually have more questions and concerns abouttravel and living arrangements. They may need more information about the differences betweenEurope and the United States. This clearly needs

Conference Session

Women & New Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

College BASE was justifiable when used as a general indicator ofachievement for two-year and four-year colleges and universities, but he cautioned againstextrapolating the validity to other instruments and/or across other types of institutions.12An example of institutional useIn order to assess its programs for curriculum improvement, the College of Technology at theUniversity of Houston compiles and analyzes student self-reports of concept and skillachievement just prior to graduation. This has been accomplished largely by the Assessment andContinuous Improvement Committee (ACI), which was formed to plan and implement programassessment for diverse program areas within the College. The ACI developed the GraduatingSenior Survey (GSS) instrument in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Sneck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donald Bunk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Baxter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

submissions, receive littlecredit. Homework submissions are required to be neatly written, properly referenced, andgenerally of professional quality.Engineering Graphics with Engineering DiscoveryEarly in the planning stages of the Engineering Discovery course, it was recognized thatengineering graphics could be an essential element in the course. As students examined parts andsub-assemblies of the toaster, they could also be creating solid models of the toaster parts andassemblies.Presently, students are required to take a one credit course in engineering graphics during theirfreshman year. Students who took Engineering Discovery took a special section of engineeringgraphics where the emphasis was two-fold. First, students modeled the toaster and

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

theaddition of streaming videos for asynchronous instructions. Qualitative feedbackindicates a positive response from students. Rigorous assessment is planned forevaluating the efficacy of these technologies.IntroductionBoyer1 in his report talks about reinventing undergraduate education by taking severalsteps which include the use of information technology creatively for enhancingundergraduate education. Hake2 has shown that interactive engagement increases theconceptual understanding and problem solving ability of students in a mechanics course.Cooperative learning3, 4, and peer instruction5 have shown to be beneficial in classroomsand in the enhancement of student learning. According to Patricia Cross (a leadingeducator), “We have more information

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

voltageregulation, motor drivers, and protection circuitry.The paper describes the boards and how they support the course. Anecdotes and details areincluded for those planning similar implementations.The Course ContentEGR 345 - Dynamic System Modeling and Control is required for all Mechanical and ProductDesign and Manufacturing students in their junior year. Prior to this course, students have takencourses such as Differential Equations, Statics, Circuits, C Programming, Writing, CAD/CAM,and Introduction to Digital Systems. The goal for the course is to prepare students to use modernmethods to model and design electrical and mechanical control systems. Mechanical and electri-cal systems are modeled with differential equations and analyzed using techniques