Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

olu Fasesan, Texas Tech University; Segun Ogunsanya, Texas Tech University; Lloyd Heinze, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

200 100 6 3 RPM II. Thickening Time: Slurry thickening time must correlate to actual planned pumping time, and must fall within reasonable industry standards. It impacts both cost and cement quality. Thickening times less that 2 hours are generally too short, and can significantly increase the risk of premature cement setting prior to proper placement; while thickening times greater that 6 hours are generally to long, leading to extended compressive strength development and/or formation fluid migration problems.III. Free water: This is both common to both the TRRC and operational constraints. Under the TRRC requirements

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to be a low-cost, highly flexibleapproach to offering a digital communications laboratory. Students are enthusiastic about usingthis platform to learn about digital communications, and it has uses in several other courses aswell. The major drawback to its use is the steep learning curve, although this is somewhatmitigated with training, documentation and community support. Finally, several enhancementsand improvements are planned for the labs. Page 11.497.9 Figure 4. Constellation Experiment DisplayBibliography1. Internet URL http://www.ti.com/2. F.K. Tuffner, J.W. Pierre and R.F. Kubichek, “Innovative

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Ibrahim, ECPI College of Technology; Rasha Morsi, Norfolk State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Sciences - Physics, Chemistry, etc. 6-18 Management - Total Quality Management, Quality Control, Production Planning and Control, Industrial Supervision, Industrial Finance and Accounting, Industrial Safety Management, Facilities Layout and Materials Handling, Industrial Ergonomics and Time 12-24 Study, Industrial Communications, Business Law, Marketing, Leadership, Project Management, International Business, and Teaming, etc. Technical - Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computer Aided Design, Electronics, Materials Testing, Computer Technology, Packaging, Construction, Manufacturing 24-36 Processes, etc. Electives

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering and Public Policy

NNI Strategic Plan (2004).Recommendation #9 was that the National Science and Technology Council, Committee onTechnology Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) “shoulddevelop a new funding strategy to ensure that the societal implications of nanoscale science andtechnology become an integral part of the NNI.” Much has been done to meet this goal. Indeed,supported by the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (PL 108-153:2003), the NSF primarily, but other agencies as well (e.g., EPA, the National Institute forOccupational Health and Safety), have committed substantial funding toward understanding thesocial and environmental implications of the nanoscale revolution.The intention for the course

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Jan Jewett, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

product, learn about intergenerational designneeds, work with customers from with a different perspective (non-engineers), andexperience/witness the efficacy of their contributions on site.2. Collaborative Class Project Planning The two authors met to discuss the possibility of a joint project, including designparameters, timelines, structures, and resources available. Collaboration began at thisphase of the project. The MfgE program would benefit from this collaboration by givingstudents the opportunity to design and fabricate real world products that can be used indaily life. The CDP staff would benefit from this project by extending their“demonstration site” mission to another university department and through the promise ofobtaining

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail H Keraga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

, instructors converse almost on a daily basis, if only for a few minutes, todiscuss particular issues that arise that could impact the success of that particular week’scurriculum. Example for PD-3: During Fall 2004, a weekly analysis meeting allowed instructors to put in place a plan to ensure the maximum effectiveness of a new redesign effort from the previous summer. PD-3 courses are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To assess the effectiveness of any new content, sequencing of content and/or new instructional methods, the instructors that taught Tuesday sections would return and report on the success of student comprehension of material, the effectiveness of the sequence or flow of the content, and the overall evaluation of student

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Steven Schreiner, Western New England College; Diane Testa, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

weekends. In a similar vein, a mechanical model involvingcompliance and resistance of rubber tubing has also been used to demonstrate the physicalsignificance of first order systems.5 The mechanical model uses inexpensive tubing and pressuregauges that are supplied to each student for the assignment. These assignments serve to integrateconcepts from differential equations, basic circuit analysis, engineering mechanics, and systems.There are plans to introduce physical homework into other required biomedical engineeringclasses in the future.Studio-like EnvironmentsStudio learning is effective in improving student learning during class time, especially withconcepts that are normally difficult for students. Studio experiences are also important

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Gene Gloeckner, Colorado State University; George Morgan, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

senior (90% or more) perceive that the mostimportant factors that contributed to their learning and success are: coordinating lab withthe lecture, organization and reparation of class and lab activities, and professors’lectures. Page 11.1170.8In the domains of engineering technology, to narrow the gap between the state-of-curricula and state-of- technology in the industry, faculty are required to revise curriculafrequently and maintain their technical currency. To improve student learning/successthey are also required to learn the pedagogy. This endeavor is very challenging, andrequires institutional vision, planning, and allocation of appropriate

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc Christensen, Southern Methodist University; David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

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First-Year Programs

where course content and requirements are unique for each specific major. • It does not impose a common interdisciplinary “introduction to engineering” course, in which all students participate in the same lectures and laboratories5-8, thus maintaining the diversity of each department’s teaching and scheduling resources. • It involves course content change only; thus, there is no impediment to implementation caused by administrative changes to degree plans, graduation requirements, and the like. • It provides a balance between the conflicting needs of (a) offering enough technical content to allow a student to evaluate her or his choice of major and (b) showing the student what the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

discuss the architecture of the Xen Worldsprototype and the assignments that were given to the students using this prototype. It will alsopresent the new architecture and interface that has been adopted, and the motivations behindthese changes. Once the architecture has been presented, we will examine how Xen Worldsaddresses the requirements and phases of the assignment life-cycle and analyze the performanceof the system. This paper will close with a discussion of the future development plans for theXen Worlds project.Xen Prototype: Architecture and AssignmentsThe potential of the Xen Worlds project was demonstrated with the implementation of aprototype server that hosted VMs for 30 students for an entire semester. The hardwarerequirement for

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

design specifications for their project, performed competitivebenchmarking and generated alternative system concepts. In order to evaluate the best systemconcept, the team used a decision analysis matrix. From these steps, each team emerged with aclear system design concept to pursue. At this point, each team performed a cost analysis,prepared a project plan. Each team prepared a 20-minute oral presentation of their project planand submitted a written report (Milestone 2). The next step was to develop a scale model or prototype to evaluate the system concept.Teams conducted design reviews to evaluate the safety, environmental impacts, reliability, lifecycle issues, maintainability, durability, manufacturability and cost of their design

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

towards the study and education of pre-college and collegeengineering. In a small population study taken during the second year of the program’simplementation, 65% of all students who completed the Infinity Project pre-collegecurriculum plan to pursue engineering in college. Only about 2% of all students whograduate from high school are interested in pursuing such degrees1. Teachers whocomplete a one-week-long training seminar designed to prepare them for teaching theyear-long course have also given positive comments towards the program – some of thesecomments include “Best training I have ever seen” and “My state needs this curriculumnow.” Additional details regarding the structure and outcomes of the Infinity Project canbe found in several

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experiments on various systems level concepts such as amplification,analog filtering and modulation. Detailed information about the course and the hardwarelaboratory can be found in the proceedings of this conference in another paper by the first authorof this paper.To assess our success in several key areas, carefully planned student surveys were conducted andspecific assessment questions were included in the exams. First and foremost, these studiesindicated that spending three hours in the laboratory every week is not sufficient for thebeginning students to master the modern bench-top measurement instruments. We saw thatstudents' struggles with the instruments (especially during the first half of the semester) couldresult in frustration in the

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; JEFFREY DONNERBERG, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to the state legislature that if they would fund thebuilding that the university would find funding to equip the building. The legislature ultimatelyagreed. Eastern was then faced with coming up with grants to equip the building. The Society ofManufacturing Engineer’s Manufacturing Education Plan (MEP) grant program met both ofEastern Washington University’s curricular revision needs and funding needs to help with thepurchase of some of the equipment needed for the new laboratories. After review of the MEPgrant guidelines, it was determined that in order to develop a grant proposal that would befavorably looked upon industrial partnerships would need to be formed. The SME, like manyother funding agencies, was looking for ways to leverage the

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University; Walter E. Thain Jr.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

effects of data traffic congestion on VoIP Quality of Service (QoS) and protocol efficiencyThe students were also expected to demonstrate their expertise in project management bydeveloping a project management plan with GANTT charts for the capstone project. Althoughstudents were allowed to develop their own sub teams to accomplish various tasks, they receivedinstruction about the overall team structure from the instructor with the following guidelines: i)students were to elect a project director, ii) sub teams were organized and assigned specifictask(s) by the director, iii) sub teams reported periodically to the director about the progress ofvarious sub goals set by the team towards the completion of assigned tasks, iv) the

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Brown, Chippewa Valley Technical College; Kenneth Exworthy, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (retired); Jeffrey Fancher, Western Wisconsin Technical College; Walter Hedges, Fox Valley Technical College; Terry Fleischman, Fox Valley Technical College; Patrick Hoppe, Gateway Technical College; Richard Lokken, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Thomas Martin, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; Daniel Merkel, Milwaukee Area Technical College (retired); Michael O'Donnell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Terry O'Laughlin, Madison Area Technical College; Mark Porubsky, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Robert Steker, Waukesha County Technical College; Timothy Tewalt, Chippewa Valley Technical College

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Engineering Technology

. The presentation is somewhat generic, i.e., it covers issues that studentsshould address if they are considering to continue their education beyond the AAS degree.Major issues addressed in the presentation, adapted as necessary to the particular audience,include: • The presenter’s background – begins the student bond to the +2 BS-EET program • Transfer agreement concept, process, and admission requirements • The transfer process: application, transcripts, transfer evaluation, academic plan • Financial aid process (especially important for private colleges) and transfer scholarships • Overview of the +2 BS-EET curriculum, including a few samples of topics with which the AAS-EET student can relate • Scheduling

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulo Blikstein, Northwestern University; Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University

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Materials

. Approaches to Materials Science learning Materials science and engineering has grown considerably from its roots in experimentalmetallurgy and, recently, the main research breakthroughs have been driven by advances incomputational methods32. Thornton and Asta32 recently conducted a comprehensive survey about the state ofcomputational Materials Science in undergraduate and graduate courses at the 20 leadingprograms in the United States. While many universities are creating or planning to createComputational Materials Science courses, one striking conclusion from their work is that theprevailing mindset in most of those institutions is that one should learn modeling after learningthe science. In other words, computer modeling is regarded

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

11.1046.16 ‚ Introduction of braces at each story ‚ Introduction of base isolation systemSystem and Loading Definition:A typical elevation and floor plan are shown in Figures 1 and 2 respectively. You are onlyinterested in the performance of the structure in the North-South direction.Member Sizes Columns: North/South Story Section I (in4) 1st W14x159 1900 2nd W14x132 1530 3rd W14x132

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

professional growth and innovativepractices for Indiana teachers. We envision facilitating a “community of practice” (CoP) thatextends across the state, helping teachers from one end of Indiana to the other to share ideas,collaborate on projects, disseminate best practices, and network expertise.Our CoP features go beyond threaded discussion “forums” or asynchronous “chat rooms.” Forexample, groups of teachers working on a project can reserve their own PRISM “meeting room”– either short- or long-term. Within this private web-workspace, members can set meeting times,post agendas, update calendars, collect data, vote on issues, use a shared whiteboard, and storematerials. We welcome planning committees from within school districts or across

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

carefully plantheir courses. A male student (IE, upper division) commented, “Plan out your entire collegecareer… You need to take it and figure out if it is do-able…”Aspects of this advice include beingaware of intermittent course offerings, seeking professor and course recommendations fromupper division students in the major, taking courses at a local community college, and payingcareful attention to discipline-specific foundational courses. Get course advising very early and an idea of recurrence very early. One of the reasons it took me five years, one issue is because I was out of the rotation for the course schedule so I had to wait for these courses to come around so I just take other fillers at a time. (male, ECE

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Keiser, University of Tulsa; William Hamill, University of Tulsa; Bryan Tapp, University of Tulsa; William Potter, University of Tulsa; Jerry McCoy, University of Tulsa; Peter LoPresti, University of Tulsa; Donna Farrior, University of Tulsa; Shirley Pomeranz, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

semester freshmen.•Consider ILAP presentations or poster sessions as a change of pace and as a method ofdeveloping different modes of communication.•Strive for more visibility of current-semester student reports.•Consider extending the idea of ILAPs to high school students.Possible Pitfalls and Difficulties in Successfully Implementing ILAPsIn the process of generating ILAPs and implementing them in a classroom setting, weencountered a number of difficulties that hindered the success of the project. These difficultiesare described below in the hope that others who are interested in using ILAPs in their curriculamay avoid them through awareness of and planning for potential problems.Prepare Students for the Issue of Experimental ErrorThis problem

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

. In response, three senior-level engineeringcourses were formally benchmarked by an experienced English As a Second Language (ESL)researcher, and admissions criteria for the IEEQ program were modified to include specifiedlanguage benchmarks. IEEQ staff also enhanced collaboration with the community agencies thatprovide ESL training and act as information and preparatory streams for IEEQ and otheruniversity studies. Future plans include the inclusion of an ESL tutor into the program andestablishing ESL benchmarks as exit criteria for the program participants. Both of theseinitiative are currently limited by funding to the program.IEEQ participants have used the program to accommodate varied goals, including foreigncredentials recognition

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Jeff Burmeister, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of motivating student learning.Homework could be assigned but not graded, with classroom discussion and web solutionposting providing feedback to student work. The authors are planning to test thishypothesis in a future Statics course. Another research direction is investigating theactual proportion of individual work in homework assignments. Although students areencouraged to seek help as necessary to understand assignments, all homeworksubmittals are expected to reflect individual work. The results of this study seeminglycontradict this guideline. Are students, to the ultimate detriment of their testperformance, not following this honor code guideline? The authors are currentlyconducting a controlled experiment to further understand the

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Zapanta, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe Manning, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

different from currently available designs • Quantitative engineering analysis • Failure mode analysis (with special emphasis placed on how the proposed design addressed these potential failure modes) • Testing plan (in vitro and in vivo) • Complete bibliography4. ResultsThe class was offered with the format presented in the previous section in the Fall of 2002 andthe Spring of 2005. The results of these two offerings are described below. Examples of thefinal project and class evaluations are also presented.4.1 Fall 2002 Offering Page 11.464.5The class offered in the Fall of 2002 was composed of 4

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

skills.Acknowledgements Page 11.72.10I would like acknowledge and thank Dr. Jayanti Venkataraman with the Rochester Institute ofTechnology and Dr. J. Michael Heneghan with St. Cloud State University for opening up theirE&M laboratories to me and permitting me the opportunity to work through and experience theirlabs. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. James Leger for several useful discussions and forpointing out several beneficial outcomes of the modular approach for student that plan tocontinue their E&M work in graduate school. Finally, I would like to acknowledge Dr. MartinJohnson, the Physics Department Chair, and Dr. Jeff Jalkio, the Chair of the

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlyn Munson; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Wanda Dann, Ithaca College; Stephen Cooper, Saint Joseph's University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

are taking an introductoryprogramming course. Although the achievement of women in the treatment group was greater thanwomen in the control group, this was also true of the men. Women in the treatment group as compared tomen were still at a disadvantage by the end of the course. Since the spring of 2005, the designers of theAlice curriculum have been working to improve the Alice curriculum, based on the results of this study.Future plans include a more in-depth qualitative analysis of the impact of Alice on male and femaleperformances.The results regarding student attitudes after exposure to the Alice curriculum are contradictory totraditional findings in programming courses. Research suggests that many students, women in particular,exhibit

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven O'Hara, Oklahoma State University; Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

case of testing models outdoor, wind, rain, continuously-moving sun, and continuously-moving clouds are detrimental factors that prevent any testing. Figure 6 b: Geodesic Dome (elevation)Figure 6 a: Geodesic Dome (plan) Figure 6 c: Laboratory setup, showing outer and inner concentric domes; and the heliodon.Figure 7: The tilting table heliodon. Figure 8: The star effect as seen in the daylighting lab in Cardiff University, UK

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students tohelp each other earn higher grades by offering extra credit on exams. After scoring thefirst exam, the students were allowed to form 3-person “exam study teams.” The detailsof this method are outlined under Team Facilitation earlier in this paper. The results aresummarized next.Comparisons between Exams 1 and 2 • 77% scored higher on exam 2 the average increase was 21 points. • Of the 23% scoring lower their average loss was 10 points. • 57% scored the extra credit. • 60% of the students attributed their group study as the most positive influence on their grade. • 80% of the students said they planned to work more homework problems and would study early for exams, avoiding last minute preparations

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Simmons, University of Queensland; Elise Barrella, Bucknell University; Keith Buffinton, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

• Students linkage theory, design equations, and physically observed behavior • Students demonstrate improved of writing and reporting skills.These goals are further clarified and linked to specific outcomes later in this paper.Design and Construction:The course instructor performed the beam designs and fabricated and cast the four beams withthe assistance of a technician during the summer. The beams were demolded and placed instorage until needed. Initially, plans included having students design and/or construct the beamsas part of the course. While the design and construction of a beam would clearly be beneficial tothe students, consideration of time available in the course, the lack of a separately scheduledlaboratory component, and the