Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianmei Zhang, Kansas State University; Z.J. Pei, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

instructors found the students’ attention drops quickly after listening to 30-minute presentation. So TTYP can call back students’ attention, give them opportunities toreview the most important concepts during class which will increase their learning retention ratelargely too. The instructors plan question for TTYP very carefully before class and the questionshould not be too difficult so the students can reach the right answer by thinking deeply anddiscussing with their peers. Students with a clear understanding of the material have anopportunity to strengthen their knowledge by explaining the concepts to students who might notunderstand the material. The latter students, then, also receive great benefit. And also, the teamswho would like to share

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Stilson Applin, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

testing.Discussion The primary objective of creating the new microelectronic fabrication course wasto develop and implement a laboratory-intensive course that would train undergraduatestudents in microfabrication technologies. The objective has been completed. The courseexposed students to a limited set of microfabrication tools and clean room safetyprotocol. It focused on the fabrication techniques used to create basic PMOS and NMOStransistors. A second course is planned that will expand on the fabrication skills and reinforce design issues pertinent to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), culminating in the fabrication of prototype

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gregory Hislop, Drexel University; Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

SWENETproduced modules that contain both data and examples. But there is still a pressing need formore extensive case studies that can be used to provide students with a better understanding ofthe full software life cycle. It is particularly important that materials that work with a realisticsize system be developed. Page 11.1125.5Permanent home - Maintaining SWENET as a volunteer effort is probably a weak model forthe long term. Planning underway to have the site taken over by one of the computingprofessional societies is essential to maintaining the project and making it more visible. Thisconnection will also help provide career value to participation

Conference Session

Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben Shaw, Youngstown State University; Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

programs for this testbed is currently under development. This versatile hardware/software platform can be used toenable students to learn how to “quickly” implement processors in hardware and interface themto various I/O, memory, and communication protocols, as we plan to do so for the spring of 2007offering of the computer architecture course at our institution.References1. M. Thompson, “FPGAs Accelerate Time to Market for Industrial Designs”, EE Times Online News, July 2, 20042. System Level Solutions, Inc., 14100 Murphy Ave., San Martin, CA 95046, www.slscorp.com3. Altera Corporation, 101 Innovation Drive, San Jose, CA 95134, www.altera.com4. Cyclone Device Handbook, Volume 1, www.altera.com/literature/lit-cyc.jsp5. J. Kriegbaum

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

professional skills and abilities. This could imply that group discussions of their portfoliosmay help students reflect. Page 11.1000.11Surveys and interviews in Christy’s studies revealed student reticence in self-directed learning.9This obstacle could greatly hinder students’ motivation to direct their own learning and maybeeven their motivation to create thoughtful portfolios. Students in this study suggested thatinstructors should explain how and why portfolios enhance learning, provide an appropriate levelof structure, and integrate portfolios into curriculum planning.9 In designing a portfolioassignment for mechanical engineering students, Guan

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York-Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

resources within their areas of specialty; 2) Unique facilities within the industryare visited and may perhaps provide future benefits valuable to the faculty; 3) Researchprojects, grants, publications, and scholarly activities, and other future collaborations canbe a natural extension; 4) Faculty can stay abreast of state-of-the-art practices of industry;for example, costs, software, literature, and design codes; and 5) Faculty occasionallyseek part-time faculty to teach specialty courses, and locate them through the industrialrepresentatives.The lessons learned by faculty and students in carrying out industry sponsored groupprojects here and elsewhere helped plan for the capstone project at the State University ofNew York (SUNY). Developing a

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

strengths of engineering technology students. Ingeneral, these types of students respond well to course content that is practically oriented andless abstract. The ECET engineering technology programs offer hands-on laboratoryexperiences that contribute significantly to students’ abilities and confidence. Since the EETprogram is accredited by ABET 3, it was essential to ensure that the new program option wouldsatisfy all the requirements for obtaining accreditation from ABET. Approval for thedevelopment of the option has been obtained and the department plans to begin offering the firstset of courses in the fall semester 2006.III. Program DevelopmentThe curriculum for the proposed EET option in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET)will add five

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; Mary Johnson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; E. Delbert Horton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

supported, in part, by the legal system and by the risk of liability for disclosingpersonal information that might otherwise be considered private. The easy answer to such arequest from the company’s perspective is “No”, without weighing the merits or the legitimacyof such a request. The next obstacle to overcome is to obtain information from the proper level ofsupervision within the company. The immediate supervisor is probably the person who is bestsuited to respond to such requests from the program, but they may be difficult or impossible todefine without talking to the alumni-employee directly. By letting the alumni member know inadvance that you are planning to ask their boss about their SKAs to support ongoingaccreditation efforts, the

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

order ESRI ArcView Free demo CYMDIST Distribution System Analysis CYME cymdist Free demo Page 11.507.7Decision Support toolsThe decision support tools will be a set of software application tools that are available either thruCOTS (commercially off the shelf) and/or designed and hand-written by the students. Thedecision support tools are basically the brain of the system that makes intelligent and sometimescomplex decisions. Some of these are: 1) Diagnostic and Outage analysis 2) Switch coordination 3) Repair planning 4) Restoration time 5) Catastrophic

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

participation and contributions towards themission of this project, students receive degree credit. Juniors are awarded "Upper DivisionElective Credit" and seniors fulfill their degree capstone requirement, "Team Senior Project".Each year more than 70 students and 14 faculties have participated in this effort. The students aresub-divided into team specializing in stereovision, object recognition, hardware, mapping andpath-planning software, camera on a chip design, and GIS. Each sub-team has one or morefaculty advisors to supervise the team’s activities.Students enrolled in the project agree to commit a minimum of six hours per week to theproject. Sub-team meetings are held each week of the quarter. All teams meet together threetimes each quarter to

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

2006-2383: HIGH ENROLLMENT, EARLY ENGINEERING COURSES AND THEPERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEMMark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is Director of Instructional Technology Research and Development in the Division of Science and Mathematics Education at Michigan State University. He is responsible for providing vision, direction, planning and implementation for using technology mathematics and science education and developed several introductory computer science courses for non-computer science students serving 2000 students per semester.Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuko Hoshino, Nihon University; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

faculty, but also between Japaneseengineering faculty and non-engineering faculty. It has taken time, mutual tolerance, willingnessto understand, and open communication to resolve these difficulties. The authors hope that thisknowledge and experience can help those who plan to engage in similar collaboration efforts.IntroductionRose-Hulman Institute of Technology (henceforth RHIT) is a private engineering college locatedin Terre Haute, Indiana, in the United States. It has approximately 1700 undergraduate studentsand 100 graduate students. Kanazawa Institute of Technology (henceforth KIT) is also a privateengineering college, located in Kanazawa, Japan with 6500 undergraduate students and 500graduate students. The two institutions established a

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Brown, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Richard Pfile, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

thepresented information in a “useful” way. Average results of these test questions indicate thatover 90% of the students leave this class with a basic understanding of what will be required ofthem at the first place of employment with regards to safety, diversity and sexual harassment.MEETING ABET CRITERIAThe implementation of the ethics course will be of interest to engineering technology programsas part of their plan to address items within ABET “a-k” criteria including: ABET programoutcome (i) an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities and ABETprogram outcome (j) a respect for diversity and a knowledge of contemporary professional,societal and global issues.ABET outcome (i) is inherently addressed by the nature of

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Goldberg, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineers and healthcare technology managers.It requires less time to complete than a master of business administration (MBA) degree, and is Page 11.1012.4flexible to accommodate the career goals of the students.For engineers who plan on moving into and/or remaining in technical management, it isanticipated that the program will better address their needs than other educational programs. Itprovides training not covered in graduate business (MBA) or engineering (MS) programs inareas typically learned on the job. It also allows students to update their technical skills.The HTM program is expected to qualify engineers for increasing management

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

consider. Page 11.1413.5Week 2At this stage, you should have a project topic/advisor, and have composed a written ProjectStatement (which is due on 9/13). Now that your project has been defined, it is useful to considervarious techniques to aid you in the completion of your Capstone Project.This week's "virtual lecture" topic is in the area of Project Management. The ability to plan,schedule, and control a project will serve you well both in the Capstone Design course (which hasfirm deliverables and a fixed deadline!), and also in your professional career and an engineer,manager, or technologist.The "virtual lecture" that we will use has been

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

strategy to engage studentsin this particular case. We believe this to be true because weekly quizzes force students to studyon a regular basis and to keep abreast of material in the course as it is being presented. Theauthors plan to study the effects of weekly journals and extra help sessions on student success inthe upcoming semesters while continuing with weekly quizzes to determine if success rate can befurther improved.References Page 11.750.61. Omar Zahir, Redesigning a Challenging Gateway Course, The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Letter, California State University, Northridge, Volume 3, Number 1, 20012. Report

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Bayraktar, Hampton University; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Ilhan Bayraktar, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Implementing some concepts such as global warming asindependent modules might help students to concentrate more on the formation andconsequences of global warming. Page 11.351.86. Plans for Expanding the Energy Program The first implementation of the energy program is quite encouraging. Especially hands-on activities in the demonstration session stimulated interest of children to the subject. The nextstep of the program will focus on energy efficiency. Lesson plans and modules on energyefficiency will augment the current energy program described in this paper. It is expected thatenergy efficiency modules will help children to start developing

Conference Session

Web-based learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Patcha, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

program rules andguidelines, they may be able to complete a customized degree using credits from severaluniversities. Such access to variety and particular topics of interest can be of particular benefit tostudents interested in updating skills and broadening their knowledge base. Page 11.958.2In this paper, we will highlight up some of the emerging technologies for delivering distancelearning mechanisms and also outline a plan to implement them in the Virginia Tech distancelearning program.II. Delivery Mechanisms for Distance LearningDistance teaching and learning commonly referred to as distance education has experiencedrapid change in the

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Honchell, Purdue University; Gregory Palmier, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ease of gathering basic data. The use of thescript command under the Linux platform is used consistently to allow users to recordand import data easily into an analysis program (e.g. Microsoft Excel). The ability togather data easily was a focus in this project considering the time allotted and studentknowledge required for the experiments to be completed.Experiments one through four were designed for students to become acquainted with thecomputer and operating systems before being able to analyze the operation. Experimentsfive through eight were designed to understand the importance and purpose of computerperformance analysis. Table1 shows the semester long laboratory experiment plan withduration

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

freshmen [10]. Many of them Page 11.949.7will continue their education at four-year universities and become future engineers and scientists.NASA has recognized the importance of community college students and included them inNASA’s education pipeline [11]. NASA’s mission is “to understand and protect our planet, toexplore the universe and search for life, to inspire the next generation of explorers …as onlyNASA can.” We should inspire students at all levels of education to be interested in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), so that they will carry on NASA’s missionin the future.The research project was well planned and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

- Level 3 Independently analyzes, selects, uses, and evaluates various approaches to tice. develop solutions. Level 2 Given a problem statement, students are able to identify the necessary tools Level 4 Applies methods and frameworks of problem solving adapting them to a wide (e.g., computer software, and workshop or studio hardware), and characterize variety of situations and transferring group processes into effective perfor- a plan, that together will produce a technical solution. mance in collaborative problem solving. Level 3 With direction

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Bower, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Page 11.1394.2read and modify, if needed, any exported global variables and data structures. The ability toread the kernel’s global data makes them ideal for student projects that examine global datastructures to more closely observe the behavior of the operating system. These projects typicallyonly read the data, so the stability of the system is maintained.With the introduction of the bachelor degree in Computer Systems Technology, Kansas StateUniversity at Salina offered an operating systems class for the first time in the fall 2004semester. From the initial planning of the class, the laboratory programming projects were aprimary concern. It was felt that programming projects using real operating systems would beperceived as more relevant

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyndee Gruden, University of Toledo; Defne Apul, University of Toledo; Maria Diaz, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

undergraduate students were resistant to active learning techniques,particularly in-class collaborative learning which required full participation of students. Sincethese students commonly experience lecture-style formats, apprehension developed whichdiminished the efficacy of the activities. In this research, this type of active learning was onlyincorporated for the lessons related to precipitative softening (e.g., for one class period). It isanticipated that student response and learning outcomes would improve markedly if thesetechniques were employed over a longer period of time. Felder and Brent suggest that studentresistance may be encountered initially, but that perseverance will eliminate these problems5.Caution and careful planning should be

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

affairs, removing outdated legacy courses that have been componentsof the Program for decades, and replacing these with rigorous technically-focused investigationsof the inherently intertwined nature of modern engineering practice and public policy.This paper documents the process of curricular reform at a mid-way point in our activities:through a series of faculty workshops and committee meetings CSM faculty and staff havecreated a new curricular framework which will be reviewed by a panel of leading experts frompublic affairs programs nationally. Pending the outcome of this review we plan to initiate thedevelopment of individual course offerings, and organize faculty development workshopsfocused on Socratic pedagogies and mentoring techniques

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Semke, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; James Albrecht, Imation Corp.; Jason Moses, Imation Corp.; Peter Ridl, Imation Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Software: Custom programming versus software package usage, embedded systems programming, graphical user interface development, etc. Point of Contact: System Integration & Test: Integration of subsystems and Name multilevel verification plan. Title University/Company Address Telephone, Fax, E-Mail

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Brian Dansberry, University of Cincinnati; Louis Trent, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

International

them tobetter deal with problems and to better understand the culture in which they’re working.Over the next few years, the University of Cincinnati plans to expand their international co-opprogram by implementing new initiatives, to create more opportunities for students to co-opabroad and to attract international students to the University of Cincinnati to meet the needs of Page 11.1015.2employers for a culturally diverse workforce with the ability to work across borders.IntroductionThe Division of Professional Practice at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is the centralized unitfor the administration of all programs of co-operative education

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1046: PUBLIC POLICY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN: A CREATIVEPARTNERSHIP IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAlison Tramba, University of Virginia Alison Tramba is an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She plans to graduate in May, 2007, with a double major in Systems Engineering and American Studies. An internship in Washington, DC, research at UVA, and participation in interdisciplinary projects with the School of Architecture have motivated her to pursue a career in policy regarding housing and infrastructure provisions. Alison is also a two-term representative to the university's Honor Committee.Edmund Russell, University of Virginia

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Mark C Johnson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

beat this strategy. The contest committeedecided that it was too late to change the rules and forbid this strategy. This team wonthe final competition. In the future, we intend to improve the game strategies in two ways.First, we plan to change the rules so that, when there is no legal move by one player,the other player has to move within five minutes. Second, in spring 2005, the referenceplayer for qualification selected a legal move randomly. All teams successfully defeated thereference player and entered the final competition. We plan to improve the intelligence inthe qualification process. If this player is more intelligent, the students will have to improvetheir strategy in order to qualify for the competition. In Lawrence’s study,13 a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

other sponsors to developaward winning case studies that could help faculty members make the necessary paradigm shiftin engineering and technology education. The case studies are based on real-world engineeringproblems that have engineering issues intertwined with business aspects, ethical questions,communication, etc. Their case studies are not only rich in content but are also veryprofessionally compiled with full use of currently available multi-media technology.7,8,9 Thesecase studies are available on CD–ROM along with all necessary background information,linkages to scientific topics, all the video and audio files, proposed student assignments, andlesson plans for teachers.Drs. Raju and Sankar used these case studies in many of their

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

process engineering. - 90% said they think they now have a better idea of their future job might be like. - And 90% stated that their study motivation has increased. - One of the goals was “to help undecided students to make the decision whether to stay on or whether to drop out of the program as early as possible”. For 17 of the participants this goal was achieved: they planned to drop out of the program after participating. This result is very important for the students and the faculty because an early decision is advantageous to both sides: the students do not lose any valuable time and the faculty saves resources.Generally spoken the majority of the course objectives listed above were