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

physics or undergraduate physics texts • Require only high school mathematics and avoids calculusWe have found an inexpensive $20 electric toaster (Figure 1) to be a device that allows thestudent to “Discover” much about the engineering process. One toaster for every four studentsallows access to this artifact by all the students. A tool kit is also provided for each group of fourstudents that contains the instruments, hand tools, measuring devices, etc., that are necessary to“discover” the artifact. All of the hands-on activities with the toaster and the tool-kit arepreformed in class in a four person group setting. Figure 1: 2 Slice Electric ToasterThe electric toaster allows first term engineering

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Alesia Ferguson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Patrick Hager, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Aristide Sanou, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Daniel Shenoda, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

have been made to determine STRC’s of pesticides and other chemicals from varioussurfaces to the human skin by developing and employing techniques to perform the contact. Some ofthe techniques used in previous studies include PUF (polyurethane foam) and CDFA (CaliforniaDepartment of Food and Agriculture) rollers 1, 2, the Drag Sled 3, wipe sampling 4, 5 and the foliar washtechnique 6. Other residue transfer experiments have used adult human subjects to perform the dermalcontact with surfaces. For example, human subjects wear cotton dosimeter clothing and act out scriptedactivities (Jazzercise) contacting treated carpets and floors 2, 7. Other times human hand presses, withthe skin or with cotton gloves have been used to measure chemical

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Chase, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Leonard Perry, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

IE to an organization.1 IntroductionSince the mid-90’s, lean has been a hot topic among practitioners of industrial engineering. Theannual IIE Solutions Conference features many sessions promoting lean and helping attendeeslearn to apply lean concepts in their jobs. IIE has held focused Lean Conferences. In San Diego,the IIE Chapter meetings featuring lean are the best attended events. Other organizationsincluding AME, APICS, ASQ, INCOSE, and SME offer lean meeting programs. Professionalorganizations and for-profit groups have developed lean certificate programs. Universities alsooffer lean programs, but these are often offered by Schools of Business Administration, orthrough extension programs.And yet few industrial engineering programs

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Shawn Schumacher, DeVry University; Lynn Burks, DeVry University

programs state [1]: In engineering technology programs, technical currency is important and must be assured by such means as a competent and inquisitive faculty, an active industrial advisory committee, and an adequately funded budget which encourages continuing faculty development, and a modern library collection with an adequately funded program for continuous renewal. Positive procedures must be established and closely monitored to safeguard against technical obsolescence. (p. 5)Accreditation bodies have placed high emphasis on technical currency of faculty in thetechnology based programs, but the subject has received little attention in the literature.Further, no studies have been conducted to investigate

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

.) are completely determined by programming the reconfigurable parts, not byhardware such as filters, mixers, amplifiers, or other “traditional” components. An SDR may usemultiple sampling rates for signal processing: high-speed work is done in an FPGA while thelower frequency work can be performed via a DSP [Benson and Lall, 2003]. A high levelschematic of a general SDR system architecture is given in Figure 1 below. In this schematic, itbecomes clear that to implement SDRs, a broad skill set is needed. Page 11.724.2 Figure 1 Generalized SDR transceiver system [from Marsh, 2005] One of the reasons for the current significant

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

few years to incorporate several of these findings in multimedia teaching aids usingoverlaid transparencies, electronic slides, fill-in worksheets, streaming videos, tablet-pc,one minute clarification, etc. The next few paragraphs will describe several of thesemodes used in the classroom and discuss the observations and feedback of students.Chalkboard to Transparencies…To begin the transition from chalkboard teaching, about four years ago work on creatingthoughtful and content driven transparencies utilizing several overlays and colored penswere commenced. For example, to demonstrate the idea of reduction of a system offorces on a rigid body to a single force and moment of couple overlaid several slides(figure 1) were created. First the idea

Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Dane Johnston, St. Louis University; Wesley Karmazin, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

programs which introduce them to the basics of flight simulationequations of motion and numerical integration.2) the use of Parks’ Engineering Flight Simulator (EFS)3) the upgrading of the Parks’ Engineering Flight Simulator Visual Image Generator with FlightGear™.4) the construction and systems integration effort which will produce a new, mobile, X-Plane™-based flight simulator done entirely as a student project with department funds. This section maybe of interest to other schools interested in developing a low cost simulator as a project andeducational tool for their students.1 Student Written ProgramsIn the Flight Simulation course at Parks College, students are often required to write a program(C, C++ or Matlab M-file) which introduces them

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jun Luo, Ohio Northern University; Robert Hovis, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

issues arise during the teaching of the course.First, in class, students are reluctant to listen to concepts that they have already learned inprerequisite courses. This happens even though the concepts are now addressed from the angleof the design issues instead of the angle of pure program writing. Second, students are notwilling to learn special features that exist in the programming languages that they are notfamiliar with. To resolve these issues, active learning is introduced into the OPL course. In thispaper, we will discuss in detail the implementations of the course and will give an assessment ofthe implementation.1. IntroductionActive learning is a process by which students must actively be involved in reading, writing,discussion and

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

directorfacilitated inter-team communications, v) teams facilitated internal communications to determineexact processes required to meet their goals, and vi) the instructor interfaced with the projectdirector for overall feedback and with individual teams in the capacity of “consultant.” Studentswere required to produce a comprehensive report for their project and give an oral presentationto faculty, fellow students, and IAB members.A typical example of a network design solution developed by students is shown in Figure 1.Figure 2 shows the configuration used for the VoIP demonstration. A typical Gantt chart for theproject is shown in Figure 3, and Figure 4 shows a typical bill of materials (BOM

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

classificatory schemes of how people learn. We willprovide examples of how selected faculty in our College of Engineering are developing ways tointegrate ePortfolio into undergraduate curricula as a device that (1) guides students tounderstand and take ownership of their education, (2) helps faculty define and teach the ABETprogram outcomes (both technical and professional), and (3) enables departments to assessspecific programs and archive materials for outside assessment.Rationale: E-Portfolio Tools for Assessing Professional SkillsAs part of a larger NSF-funded Department-Level Reform (DLR) grant, we are developingmechanisms for using electronic portfolios to document and assess engineering outcomes. Thispaper reports the first phases of this project

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Bonventre, HST Division, Harvard and MIT; Heather Gunter, Harvard University; Sarah Henrickson, Harvard University

and HST) Biomedical EngineeringEducation Research Center (figure 1). We present the fundamental concepts and the clinical case for thestudents to consider using both graphics and text, and throughout the module they are prompted to answerquestions on which they receive immediate feedback. The lecturer uses data from student responsescollected during the first on-line exercise to inform the content of the lecture. The computer simulation isused during the lecture to demonstrate examples and probe student reasoning (figure 2). Manipulation ofthe input variables using the sliding bars causes real time changes in the output graphs of hydrostaticpressure, oncotic pressure and filtration rate. Students complete the second exercise following the

Conference Session

Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin; Jennifer Parks, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Nichols, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to the community at large, which resonates with the desireto connect engineering practice to engineering education, and especially the area ofentrepreneurship. It can also be connected to university trends incorporating technologycommercialization into their missions. There is an opportunity within academia to addressengineering entrepreneurship, university technology commercialization and the mission ofuniversities to engage the community at large simultaneously.While several business plans have stemmed from the work of several student teams, I2P® is not abusiness plan competition. As illustrated by Figure 1, the competition focuses more on theissues associated with the ‘Imagine’ and ‘Incubate’ stages of technology commercialization

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

looks to address a wider array ofuser needs and customer requirements associated with both the various engineering disciplinesand a more systems oriented approach to design. It is also anticipated that this revision willrealign the perception of students who may feel that this course mostly relates to mechanicalengineering and not necessarily to their major. Nascent design tools, such as rule-based modeling, advanced replication, virtual realityand scripting environments, tools that did not exist as recently as 10 years ago, are nowintroduced in the context of contemporary product design and engineering.Revised Course Syllabus:WEEK CONTENT TOOLWeek 1 Introduction

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Emma Rose, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

findings. Figures 1 through 3 also illustrate the relativefrequency of the coded decision points reported under each of these dimensions. These graphswill better enable us to understand the examples of teaching-related decisions and decision pointsthat were illuminated by our engineering educators.Magnitude of the teaching decisions. The Magnitude dimension addressed the participants’perceptions of the number of students that appeared to be affected by a particular decision. Therewere six coding categories connected with this first dimension: (1) individual student, (2) singleclass, (3) all current and future students of a single course, (4) all the students I teach, (5) allstudents in my department, and (6) all students. These categories were

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Goldberg, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

position. They typically lack themanagement skills and business knowledge needed for the job. This contributes to the high rateof managerial failure among engineers.1 Recognizing the value of additional education inreducing the incidence of managerial failure, many engineers are preparing for careeradvancement by enrolling in part-time graduate management programs. These programs allowstudents to supplement their technical education with formal coursework in business andmanagement while they continue to work full-time.Medical device companies need engineers with technical and business skills, and anunderstanding of the economic and regulatory aspects of healthcare delivery. They need toinvest in employee training and education to develop, promote

Conference Session

Technology in Classrooms - Construction Engineering Perspective

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

then require student to input and analyze the data using GIS system. Finally, the best subcontractor and other alternatives can be produced. • Construction Site Layout Utilization of GIS can make an automated site layout8. GIS applications improves the site planning efficiently by eliminating the need for extracting data from various resources such as drawings, specifications, schedules and estimates. GIS/GPS based data management system provides an effective foundation for planning construction activities. In order to teach GIS applications in these courses, the instructor needs to set up several functions before give students the lab work such as (1) temporary facility library; (2) GIS

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

Mechanical and Prod-uct Design and Manufacturing are required to take EGR 345 - Dynamic System Modeling andControl. This course contains a significant laboratory component that involves data acquisitionand control. In the past this course used expensive equipment that posed the problems mentionedpreviously. To overcome these issues the course has moved to a model where the students pur-chase their own controller for $30. The boards contain an Atmel Mega32 microcontroller, USBconnector and interface circuit, LEDs, connector, and a fuse. The boards measure 1 by 4 inchesand can be used in any PC with a USB port. Students can use free software to write programs inC. In the lab the boards are connected to supplementary circuit boards with circuits for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Veera Gnaneswar Gude, New Mexico State University; Michele Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Chris Burnham, New Mexico State University; Adrian Hanson; Jeanne Garland, New Mexico State University

EnvironmentalEngineering” is created through designing a drinking water system for a local community. Thefoundation of this context includes: 1) General background – engineering design process, codeof ethics, and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 2) Client/audience awareness –characterization of the municipality’s future population and water demand, and 3) Technicalanalysis – water treatment unit operations theories and concepts, solving single solutionproblems, and identifying design parameters and criteria. The focal point which integrates thesethree components is a water treatment plant design project. The outcomes that are realizedthrough this approach are accomplished by developing a preliminary engineering report (PER

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

the ASME Professional Practice Curriculum into an MET CapstoneExperience will be presented. Survey results from the implementation of the approach will bepresented, validating the role of the PPC as a valuable tool for professional development andlifelong learning.Motivation:The capstone experience in an Engineering Technology curriculum is intended to “draw togetherthe diverse elements of the curriculum and develop student competence in focusing bothtechnical and non-technical skills in problem solving”1. The integrative nature of the experiencelends itself to instruction, demonstration, and assessment of student performance with respect tosome of the required non-technical “a-k” outcomes of an Engineering Technology program1,such as

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaRuth McAfee, State University of New York-Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook; LaRuth McAfee, State University of New York-Stony Brook

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, Engineering, and Mathematics DisciplinesAbstractThis study seeks to determine key factors influencing the career choices and experiences ofunderrepresented minority undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and facultymembers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Specialattention is given to exploring factors influencing decisions to move along paths leading to theprofessoriate. Questions being studied include 1) what are the key factors influencing minoritystudents' decisions to pursue graduate study in STEM, 2) what are the key factors influencinggraduate students' decisions to select the STEM professoriate as a career choice, and 3) what arepatterns in the experiences of minority graduate students

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renuka Thota, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the product life cycle, from conception through disposal, includingquality, cost, schedule, and user requirements. Based on successful utilization of theopportunities offered by the latest technologies the process aims for the implementation of globaldesign and manufacturing in a global environment 1.Product Realization Process (PRP) includes determining the customer’s needs, developingspecifications, generating conceptual designs, and designing the final product as well as itssupport processes 1, 6. This tool improves the design methodology, which is recognized as thesingle- most essential step in industrial excellence and national competitiveness. Thus integratingindustry-sponsored projects into the curriculum through product realization5

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

based on realdata, formulate the analytical problem to be solved, calculate the rate of return, apply presentworth analysis and after tax analysis. Thorough understanding of these methods will enable themto successfully complete the economic portion of the FE exam.Survey Methodology Page 11.750.3Students in one section of engineering economy classes were anonymously surveyed at the endof the semester to determine their perceptions of the course with respect to types of strategiesimplemented. Students were asked to respond by selecting from a set of given responses. Asample of the survey questions and responses appears in Table 1.Questions 1

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

are developed. The curriculumstresses analytical and communication skills, with particular emphasis placed on engineeringdesign throughout the curriculum. A capstone design experience in the senior year provides theopportunity to integrate design, analytical, and problem solving skills along with communicationskills in a team environment which emulates aerospace engineering practice.The mission1 of this Aerospace Engineering Department is accomplished by the following Page 11.1118.2learning objectives:1. Provide a strong foundation in the fundamentals of mathematics, basic physical sciences, andengineering sciences.2. Develop analytical and

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University; June Ritchie, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

issue has not been made. Certainly thesestudents still have direct faculty guidance, although it is not as intensive as received by thetypical TELETECHNET student.A manifestation of this problem is that with a two-week space between classes, it is relativelyeasy to put off viewing of the archived video until it is too late, The live sessions include areview of the material covered on the assigned lectures, with an emphasis on topics that haveproven more difficult with past classes. If the student has not viewed the lecture, this reviewbecomes meaningless.Assessment of Student PerformanceAn assessment of the course objectives was made and the results shown in Table 1 below. Theassessment was based on the final comprehensive examination. The

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veekit O'Charoen, Boeing Commerical Aircraft Group (Seattle); Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

offered on the authors’ campus for the first time duringthe spring quarter of 2004. The purpose of this course was to improve students’ surfacemodeling skills and proficiency within CATIA® Version 5. During the Advanced CAD course,students experienced the design process using an integrated suite of Computer Aided Design(CAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)applications for digital product definition and simulation.1 Teaching students about theintegrated suite of CATIA within the context of the design process offered a few challenges.Text books on CATIA® V5 focus on introductory level skills in the solid modeling domain.2Several tutorials provide surface modeling exercises for students. The texts reviewed