Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Koch, University of Michigan; Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Engineering Advising Center and the Engineering Learning Resource Center metwith the course director for Calculus I and formulated the following plan:1. The course director would release a list of all engineering students who earned a C- or lower on the first exam to the Engineering Advising Center within two days of the exam being taken.2. The directors of the Engineering Advising Center and Engineering Learning Resource Center would contact all students on the list and require them to attend a group advising session the following week. The group advising session would be used to present data to the students about the importance of doing well in calculus, give advice about the likelihood of success in calculus if students remain in the

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

found that only 61% of the students who took ourfirst semester engineering course (ENGR 101) continued as an engineering major in thesubsequent year. We believe that many of those who left engineering after the first year wouldhave continued in engineering if they had a more encouraging, helpful, personal, and stimulatingfirst year experience. Many other universities have recognized the importance of the first yearexperience as well and have revamped their first year introductory engineering course(s) [1-5].The goals of this introductory course are to provide students with basic skills for success, toenhance their interest in engineering and to cultivate their sense of belonging. Because of therecent decline in engineering enrollments [6], this

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

produce results and began to applytheory covered in class. This paper presents some of the modules or challenge problems that were used in the course.The authors did not create these problems: they were copied from a number of sources anddeveloped to the point that they have classroom materials associated with them. The paper alsopresents the design problem and gives a web link to download the modules and the design. Thesoftware simulations used in class are described and discussed; and assessment of studentattitudes before and after these “interventions” is presented.1 This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-0411320

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruno Osorno, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

quizzes every week. Otherapproaches were using journals, group problem solving, etc. In ECE 412 it was decided to use Page 11.1158.2quizzes. Figure 1 shows in a graphic form this process. Figure1. Learning flow1Time management is a problem that gets enhanced in our commuting campus. The majority ofour students work part-time and many full-time in order to survive. Therefore we compete fortime and involvement. One way to attract and get students involved is by giving weekly quizzes.These quizzes are straight forward and related to the material covered in class the week before.QuizzesEleven quizzes were given

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of passive spectators.(1)This method, however, continues to be the mostdominant teaching method in engineering institutions and widely used in most classes.To improve the relevancy of engineering education, we believe that teaching, or morefundamentally, student learning needs to be emphasized. Learning, as defined today, is morethan the acquisition of knowledge. Bloom(2) has defined six increasing levels of learning and/orcomprehension, beginning with fact-based knowledge, and followed by: comprehension (usingfactual information and explaining facts), application (applying facts to solve problems,analyzing concept structures), synthesis (creating something new by using different components),and evaluation (exercising judgments and comparing

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; James Heisler, Hope College; Thomas Ludwig, Hope College; Roger Nemeth, Hope College; James Piers, Hope College; Neal Sobania, Pacific Lutheran University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

degrees in any given field 2,5,6.For Japanese students, entrance to universities is determined by performance on entranceachievement examinations taken at the end of high school. The examinations are difficultand challenging even for the best students. Outside observers have noted that Japanesehigh school is “not a minimal competency curriculum”1 and “pre-university education inJapan is demanding, and gets results.” 6There is inordinate competition for admittance into those few universities considered tobe the most desirable and prestigious. This stems from the hiring practices of the largestcorporations and the government in Japan which hire only graduates of certain schools7.Undergraduate grades are not considered to be an important factor in

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

, see list below.The following technical problems were encountered: Page 11.43.61) T1 connecting hardware was lost from a power surge (1 time);2) Video control on the remote end of the video conference system malfunctioned preventing view of the remote audience (2 consecutive class sessions);3) Audio transmission could not be established (2 times);4) Video stream became choppy due to sudden, unpredictable decreases in the data rate (more than 10 occurrences at different times and of variable duration);5) Conference connection suddenly dropped (2 times); and6) Student PC had to be rebooted to reestablish

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Houdeshell, Sinclair Community College; Shep Anderson, Sinclair Community College; Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 11.1313.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The NCME Instructional Design Model: A Constructivist Approach to LearningAbstract In January 1995 the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education(NSF-ATE) Program funded the creation of the National Center for Manufacturing Education(NCME) to develop curricular materials for a novel manufacturing education associate degreeprogram. The primary deliverable included 62 instructional units (modules) that create a novelassociate degree program in manufacturing engineering technology. The program wasconsidered innovative in its pedagogy, organization, and content[1]. This paper focuses on theconstructivist framework

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College; Sunil Paleru, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

process, • Inadequate knowledge of the role of technology, and • Minimum knowledge of business, economics, and management. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is also concerned withthe particular knowledge and skills that the graduate of 2020 will need to enter professionalpractice. Meetings are being held to predict what must be included in the BOK required forfuture engineers.1 It is hoped that the application of ASCE Policy Statement 465 will assist insolving the perceived problems in engineering education.Engineering Education Recently, there have been recommendations from educators and technical/professionalsocieties such as ASCE and NRC, as indicated in the previous sections

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

literacyand interest in engineering.Year 1 – Computer engineering? -- More Like Multimedia Design Determined that engineering and technology would be valuable to an elementarycurriculum, in 2003 I set out to find a school that I could partner with. I was turned down by twoschools before I found a Principal that was interested. As the Principal of Canyon CrestElementary School and I began to discuss what it was I wanted, I naturally turned to definingtechnology and engineering. He listened politely, but suggested that their new iMac computerlab would be a great place to focus. Before accepting the role of teaching computers andinformation technologies, I made one more plug to teach other technical systems likemanufacturing, transportation

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Portland, OR and the Boeing campus inSeattle, WA. The numbers of students in these programs as of winter quarter 2006 are given inTable 1. TABLE 1. Number of Students in MMET Program Number of Students MfgET 128 MET 161 ME 30 MS MfgET 21 Total Students 340The reasons that the ME program was housed within the same department as ET programs inMfgET and MET are listed below: 1. Considering institutional and department budgets. It is more cost effective to have a single

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Mark Humphries, University of Texas-Tyler; Leonardo Estevez, Texas Instruments Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, testing an audio codec and implementing an embeddedweb server. TI expects to disseminate the instructional resources developed and tested in thiscourse to other universities and industry partners.IntroductionDual-core processors have recently entered mainstream computing in PC systems, and it iscritical for students of computer engineering to be exposed to them early in their career. Thispaper extends past work 1, which presented the development of some introductory labs using TI's P POMAP 5912 Starter Kit (OSK). The Real Time Systems senior elective course at theUniversity of Texas at Tyler combines lectures along with an integrated lab. The students arerequired to have at least one course in structured

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

similar to that used to specify any other type of software product. However, unlikemost software products, games have an entertainment dimension. People play computer gamesbecause games are fun.8The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) proposed a curriculum framework foruniversity level training in game development.5 The core topic areas from the IGDArecommendations appear in Table 1. Many of these topics involve the application of skills taughtin software engineering courses. Page 11.660.2 Table 1: IGDA Curriculum Framework Core Topic Key Elements Critical Game Studies game

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Kosky, Union College; William Keat, Union College; George Wise, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

verygood at articulating the excitement of engineering to freshmen). The following list contains asample of freshman texts currently available. They differ widely in intent and in subjectcoverage. a) Studying Engineering, R.B. Landis, Discovery Press, 2000 (ISBN: 0-9646969-5-9). b) Engineering your Future, (4 volumes), W.C. Oakes et al , Great Lakes Press, 2004, (ISBN:1-881018-78-4, 1-881018-51-2, 1-881018-74-1, 1-881018-26-1) c) Introduction to Engineering Design, A.R. Eide, F.D. Jenison, L.H. Mashaw, and L.L. Northup, McGraw Hill, 1998 (ISBN: 0-07-018922-6). d) Introduction to Engineering Design and Problem Solving, M.D. Burghhadt, McGraw Hill, 1999 (ISBN: 0-07-012188-5). e) Concepts in Engineering, M.T. Holtzapple

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana; Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

workshop encouraged the students to practice their problem solving skills, spatialcoordination skills, and critical thinking skills. Several problems without directions or solutionswere presented at the end of the workshop. Assessment of learning occurred using a testadministered before and after the workshop. Since the students were from the three grades,assessment results and conclusions are presented.IntroductionMuch has been written recently about the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States. TheIndiana Business Review 1, a quarterly publication of the Indiana Business Research Center,Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, discussed these issues in its 2005 outlook for allcounties in Indiana. In the outlook for Marion County 2

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Woo; Robert Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mark Clayton, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Building Explicit Internalization Combination Knowledge Learning by DoingFigure 1 Knowledge spiral6Current Knowledge Management in the AEC IndustryThe AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry has been successful at collectingand storing explicit information databases as represented in design manuals and handbooks, suchas Architectural Graphic Standards or Timesaver Standards. Various types of web-based projectmanagement tools are also offering explicit knowledge management solutions. However, theindustry may be poor at tacit knowledge retrieval and sharing. Fruchter and Demian3 said thatthis strategy often failed

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Devine, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

on the m. In a course during the Spring 2004 term, only one student suppliedany comment on the written comment portion of the evaluation. It seems that after fillingin 12 little circles with a number two pencil just to identify the course number andinstructor for the optical scan device, students often have little interest in considering thequestion and responding appropriately.Development of SPIE FORMThe SPIE FORM has three main purposes. These three purposes are 1) to gather feedbackfrom the students in order to improve both the course and the instructor’s teaching, 2) toprovide students with a better means of having their say at the end of the semester aboutboth the course and the instructor and 3) to provide an additional evaluation of

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Titus, Purdue University; Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to incorporate a real world problem into a beginning design classas a class project. There is a great need for bringing real world projects into the classroomsetting 1, 2. The course, MET 102, Production Design and Specification, is required as part of thecurriculum for either the A.S.M.E.T. degree or the B.S.M.E.T. degree. This class focuses onproduction specifications and design drawings for manufacturing applications. A complete listof the core learning objectives was given to students at the beginning of the semester. For thisdesign project, the following general concepts of the core learning objectives were emphasized:teamwork skills, written communication skills, student skills for following ANSI standards withengineering and assembly

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

[1], which allows students to focus on the system design rather than theindividual components.Mechatronics is primarily a systems design field [2], and like most complex systems,mechatronic designs can be improved through computer simulation. The simulation is used forseveral purposes: it ties the sensor electronics, control algorithm and actuator model together; itreinforces the mathematical concepts behind state-space models and state-space control, and itteaches the value of design by simulation, especially when the students must build the systemfrom their numerical model as part of a lab.The class design is novel in that the separate topics of sensors and signal conditioning,controllers and programming, and actuators are united in the

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenlung Li, National Taipei University of Technology; Jhy-Cherng Tsai, National Chung-Hsing University, TAIWAN; Wei-Chung Wang, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWAN; Cheng-Kuo Sung, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWAN; Jennie Wu, Ministry of Education, TAIWAN

Tagged Divisions

International

one or two domains of knowledge. He or shedoes not have to be omnipotent in all domains, which is quite impossible. Thus, the course canbe taught by a team of experts instead of a single professor. In the meantime, the each professorneeds to prepare his lab only focuses on the area he is in charge of. The students simply movefrom one lab to another if lab courses are required. Or, the professor may travel along with themas well. From which, the professors can understand each other much better than they use to be.The further collaborations are thus possible.THE ACTION PLANSAccording to the white cover book, several suggestions6 have been issued and briefly reported asfollows:(1) ERC: Originally, the program at the first stage focused on

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Reising, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

0.2 0.2 dbinom( k , n , p ) dbinom( k , n , p ) 0.1 0.1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 k

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana; JoDell Steuver, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

presentation on their career objectives or future goals, and presented their ideas to thegroup. At the end of each workshop, participants were asked to evaluate the workshop andprovide feedback to the authors.Introduction and BackgroundTable 1 shows educational and workforce statistics for Decatur County Indiana 1, 2, 3. DecaturCounty ranks eleventh in the state of Indiana in terms of manufacturing jobs in 2004. Those jobsaccount for 33.3 percent of the jobs in 2003. It is the home of two high-tech manufacturers.Table 1. Workforce Statistics for Decatur County Indiana. Population Characteristics Decatur Percent Indiana Rank of County

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

demonstration of a novel idea for envelopedetection of AM signals. Section II will provide a summary of amplitude modulation andenvelope detection of AM signals as well as recent developments in envelope detection andrelated fields. Section III will present the method of sampling the AM signal for envelopedetection, present a mathematical analysis of the proposed process and demonstrate thefeasibility of this method with the toolkit. Section IV will conclude with a discussion of thetoolkit as well as comments on hardware implementation.II. Envelope Detection of AM SignalsAn AM signal, s(t), is given by s(t) = Ac [1+ m(t)]cos ω c t (1)where m(t) is the modulating (or message) signal, Ac and ωc are amplitude and

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Rutkowski, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

2006-816: ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS FOR ENGINEERSGregory Rutkowski, University of Minnesota-Duluth Dr. Gregory Rutkowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Page 11.527.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Electronic Portfolios for Engineers What is a portfolio? The Oxford English Dictionary 1 defines a portfolio as “a) Areceptacle or case for keeping loose sheets of paper, prints, drawings, maps, music, or the like;usually in the form of a large book-cover, and sometimes having sheets of paper fixed in it

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech.

aterminal one but integrated to the rest of the engineering curriculum. A minor objective ofthis subject was an epistemic one; to make students aware of scientific limitations anddistinguish between the scientific and engineering methods. This two-pronged course designis shown in table 1. The principles and theory provide tools through which technologicalapplications and engineering practice are illustrated. These principles are further carried intothe materials science subjects offered in the latter semesters Table1. Syllabus constructSubject principles Action and Applicationand theoryConservation of Calculation of mass and energy balances around process unitsmass and energy involving recycle and by

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

each topic. The syllabus also includes all course assessments, which include passing thecertification exam in order to complete the course. It is anticipated that this study will helpstudents, faculty, and college administrators determine the proper networking certificate for theirundergraduate program and help instructors integrate the chosen certificate into their courses.1. IntroductionCertification establishes a standard of competency in specific area and job roles.1,2,3 This helpsindustry to determine that employees meet the required credentials for different jobs roles thus Page 11.787.2requiring less training during the initial

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ing-Chang Jong, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. A virtual work is the work done by force ormoment during a virtual displacement of the body. Fig. 1 Compatible virtual displacement of body AB to position A¦B¦In virtual work method, compatible virtual displacements (besides rigid-body virtual displace-ments) are to be used, where second-order (not first-order) straining of members in a system ispermitted in drawing virtual displacement diagrams. This may initially come across as beingagainst the grain of the usual mentality of rigid bodies held for Statics. Notwithstanding, a work-ing definition is in order. As shown in Fig. 1, a compatible virtual displacement of a body ABis an imaginary displacement resulting from a first-order differential angular displacement fs ofthe body

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

impact on student motivation and success.2. IntroductionEngineering education seems to have come under increased criticism lately, with manycompanies and students arguing that engineering curricula are too abstract and disconnected [1,2]. It is interesting to reflect upon similar concerns of Henderson [3] and Grinter [4] dating backto 1983 and even 1955. These studies consistently indicate that engineering education shouldhave the following properties: 1. Relevance to the lives and careers of students, preparing them for a broad range of careers, as well as for lifelong learning involving both formal programs and hands-on experience; 2. Attractiveness so that the excitement and intellectual content of engineering will

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Belu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

degree in Software Engineering from The University of Wastern Ontario, London, Canada. His research interests include software enegineering, web design, and computer algebra systems. Page 11.462.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Development of a Web-Based Learning and Instruction Support System for Renewable Energy Sources/Hybrid Power Systems Courses.1. Introduction:This paper details the ongoing effort focused on the development and implementation of aWeb-based learning and instructional support system and materials for a sequence of twocourses in the newly

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Wayne Kibbe, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

should “GO TO THE BEACH.” Input variables used were: A) if you have a ride, Page 11.529.4B) if you have money; and, C) if it is raining. The output for the circuit should be logic“1” (GO TO THE BEACH), if it is not raining and if you have money or a ride. Theteachers seemed to have fun with this project and viewed it as a positive experience.Once the design project was completed, data representation in digital systems was taught.This entailed binary and hexadecimal number systems and the conversion between thetwo number systems. Both individual and group problem solving was performed duringthis module.The Digital Logic and Number Systems modules were a