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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Charles McIntyre

, and civil engineering). During theSpring Semester of 1998, a single overall departmental capstone course was created. The intent wasto provide a true “capstone” experience, where students in each degree program could combine theirskills to achieve the successful completion of a project. The primary objective of the capstoneexperience is to combine all aspects of the planning, design, and construction phases of a project intomeaningful education experience which mimics “real-world” design and construction practices.Students are required to use all of the knowledge and skills that they have acquired throughout theireducational experience to develop the documentation required for actual project construction (designdrawings, cost estimates

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Traci Kelly

Projects in CommunityService) began on the Purdue campus, supported by a National Science Foundation grant.The working idea behind this program is to combine the service learning efforts ofstudents in engineering and other disciplines with local and national projects of non-profit or not-for-profit agencies. Part of Purdue’s mission was to extend this programbeyond its campus, and to date, there are at least eight campuses active in EPICS andmany more considering its implementation. In 1999, the University of Wisconsin-Madison began an EPICS chapter. With afaculty team of about eight members, planning for implementation began with a smallgift from the Purdue project. Now, in 2002, the EPICS program at Madison has servedover 400 students

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Marlee A. Walton; T. Al Austin

Improvement ß Business Management ß Professional Ethics 1 American Society for Engineering Education North Midwest Section Annual Conference; October 10-12, 2002Implementation of this new curriculum began in the spring of 2001. The planning, design, andimplementation of this integrated curriculum will be discussed in the paper.Introduction:Educators at Iowa State University (ISU), like many other academic institutions, have beensuccessful in teaching the technical aspects of civil engineering. However, industry is nowdemanding engineering graduates with more than superb technical capabilities – they wantstudents who have business acumen. Rapid changes in the business world

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Swaminathan Balachandran

Improvement, Ranjit K. Roy, John Wiley & Sons, January 2001.The Qualitek-4 (QT4) software for Taguchi Method from Nutek Inc., is made available free ofcost to students. Lessons 1 - 3 review basic statistical concepts and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Inaddition, practical aspects of planning engineering experiments, checking model validity, andestimating sample size are discussed. Students begin to use the software Design-Ease (Minitaband DesignExpert are alternative software) for most of the statistical and graphical analysis.Lessons 4 - 6 cover the randomized complete block design (RCBD), Latin squares, and factorialdesigns. At this stage, students begin a course project. The course project may be performedindividually or in teams of up

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Joseph C. Musto; Vincent C. Prantil

use of physical modeling techniques from machine dynamics, as well as implementation of the Newton-Raphson method for solving nonlinear simultaneous equations for the system shown in Figure 1: x = L1 cos(q1 ) + L 2 cos(q1 + q 2 ) y = L1 sin(q1 ) + L 2 sin(q1 + q 2 ) y x Figure 1: Schematic of the Robot • Assignment 2 -- Development of a Trajectory Plan: This phase of the project involves the planning of a robot arm movement from one desired point in space to another

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Ronald K. Williams

60 40 20 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Figure 2 – Graph of Participation by Yearbridges. As this trend became apparent, FMEC and MSUM officials began to search for reasonsfor the decrease. Interviews with teachers and students at the competition, and with otherscience teachers throughout the region offered several possible causes: • More events compete for student time each year. The February competition date, set to occur during E-Week, requires the students to be planning and building their bridges at the same time they are working toward MathCounts, Science Olympiad, JETS competitions, and sports tournaments, among others. If they view

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Michael Leasure

students and I wanted to measure specific parameters their plan of study.and show their values over time. This activity gave us awindow of insight into the effects of changes that were The diagnostic center consists of a rolling stand, PC,introduced into the engines. monitor, keyboard, DAQ (data acquisition) cards in a chassis, and the associated hoses and wiring to connectIntentional modifications, as in a troubleshooting the components to ports on the outside of the stand.exercise, or unintentional changes, such as a component National Instruments Corporation provided all of thefailure, both

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Steven M. Cramer; Nancy Ciezki; Hussain Bahia; Carole Kraak; Carole Schramm

effectively makethese course changes. Here are some of the other lessons learned in developing thesecourse enhancements. • Balance big plans with small measurable steps. Because of limitations of time and resource availability, it is difficult to transform a course all in a single semester or in one step. Your final goal may be quite grand, but divide the work into discrete and manageable steps to accomplish it. Develop a plan for accomplishing each and all of those steps over several semesters. • Tie goals and objectives to evaluations. When you're developing your goals and objectives, determine up front how you will be measuring and evaluating your progress. • Know your project. Try to determine as

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Gil Laware

process.Preparation for TechnologyUsing new technology within the classroom setting requires additional resources andplanning. Introducing computer technology in the arts, literature, and mathematics placeshigh demands upon the teacher to know exactly who will make use of the technology,what is to be achieved, when is it appropriate, why this technology is helpful, and how itwill be implemented in the classroom. Given the plethora of choices, planning is essentialto achieve an integrated and consistent delivery.Using computer technology requires that the institution provide a significant amount ofsupporting resources. Depending upon the scope of your technology plan, additionalresources are needed for computers, PDA’s, networks, software, and supplies. It

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Vojin Nikolic

author taught a freshmen design course entitled Engineering Graphics andDesign at Indiana Institute o Technology, Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the process, he alsofurther developed some of the categories within the course. This course was intended forall freshmen students planning to pursue an engineering major. It was offered twice ayear, and one half of the entering engineering class would take it in the fall and the otherin the spring semester. Some of the major characteristics of the course include itsemphasis on providing the incoming students with explanations of what engineers do,how engineers communicate among themselves and with other technical and non-technical personnel, as well as introducing them to the specific requirements of teamwork

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Hossein Salehfar; John Watson; Arnold F. Johnson

. Further trials are being planned and it is consideredthat this method of delivering distance courses has great potential. For an actual demonstration of the method discussed in this paper, the readers areinvited to visit the following Web site:http://power.ee.und.nodak.edu/courses/ee313/spring2002/Lectures/demo/ee313-lectures-demo.htmReferences[1]. Virtual Link Corporation, “Mimio,” [Online]. Available: http://www.mimio.com/index.shtml.[2]. TechSmith Corporation, “Camtasia,” [Online]. Available: http://www.techsmith.com.[3]. RealNetworks, “RealOne Player,” [Online]. Available: http://www.real.com.[4]. MicroSoft, “Windows Media Player,” [Online]. Available: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Christa James-Byrnes

hours a week the student should plan on spending on the course. Now, the students are informed on the very first day that they should plan on spending 15-18 hours a week on the course. This time is derived from 3 hours per week to “attend lecture”, 3 hours of out of class study per week for each credit (9), and 3 to 5 hours per week checking the site, reading discussions, and submitting homework. Connectivity & Participation As part of the training for on-line instruction it was stressed that the students should participate in discussions and problem solving as a group to ensure that they feel connected to the class and the university. During the initial offering students were

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Swaminathan Balachandran

instructions for each laboratory project. The external linksarea contains folders organizing useful websites. The following information about Blackboardmay be useful to instructors planning to Blackboard to deliver course materials online.1. The Resources button bar is almost a worthless feature in Blackboard. Instructors will be moreproductive in locating useful resources (journal papers, books, etc.) using campus libraries onlineand listing those resources under Course Documents.2. Instructors are advised to locate useful reference websites using efficient search engines andorganize these URLs under External links. In one course the author had several hundred usefulwebsites. The best organization of these URLs involved classifying them and placing

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Daryl L. Logan

minute time into the three compartments. Ascoring formula based on number of balls successfully tossed into the target holes was used toevaluate the device. By building a device that would rotate or move from one position to twoother positions to toss balls into the three separate targets, a higher score would be obtained. Thedetailed design contest rules are provided in [1].DESIGN SCHEDULEThe five teams built uniquely different machines to meet the contest rules. The teams wereassembled during the first week of winter semester, starting on January 22, 2002. The contestwas held at the University of Evansville on March 15-17, 2002. Therefore the teams had onlyeight weeks to plan, design, acquire materials, and build and test a machine to meet

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Philip J. Parker; Christina Curras; Michael R. Penn

we plan onincorporating into these and other classes. The most intriguing of these are the assessment tools– quizzes and surveys.One of the most potentially useful and time-saving features is the online quizzes. In CE 373,reading assignments with specific reading objectives have been assigned. Periodic pop quizzeswere administered to check that students were doing the reading. However, losing 10 minutes ofseveral lectures to give the quizzes and taking 1-2 hours to grade each quiz are significantdrawbacks to this assessment method. The Blackboard online quizzes offer a solution to theseproblems.Blackboard quizzes can be written with many types of questions. Images can be added to thequestions or the answers. Standard-answer questions such as

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Mani Mina

weekend. In all of the cases, experience showed that once they socialized on a face-to-face basis they planned study sessions as well as fun sessions. Consequently, in the electrical engineering freshman classes the emphasis is on teamwork to get students of the same interests and classes to socialize and organize their activities together—and the more get-togethers they have, the more the team gets successful results.10. Students are getting used to half-done, telegraphic-communication-like e-mail and chats. Somehow, the students are getting used to incomplete work. They can do bullet point ideas and try to get the most important part of the information in their assignment as well as presentations. When asked to organize the

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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William H. Semke; Arnold F. Johnson; Richard. R. Schultz; Chang-Hee Won; Jason G. Gullicks; Nicholas E. Hulst; Douglas R. Olsen; George A. Seielstad

then operates in the restricted category with the associated regulations.Upon completion of the missions the system is removed from the aircraft and it returns to theStandard Airworthiness category with Inspection Authority approval. The FAA applicationpacket includes reports from a structural DER, a system DER, a test pilot DER, and anOperations Manual and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness. The first test flight of thesystem occurred on April 28th, 2002 and it performed flawlessly. An image of our first day offlying is shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 11. The AEROCam system on its inagural day of flight testing.III. Summary and Future Plans The project to date has been a success and has generated much interest from bothwithin

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Laura Grossenbacher

. The logistics of setting up and running the debate Those who have taught debate before can skip this section; those interested in theminute details of running a debate may find it valuable, however. To successfully accomplish all of the goals described in the previous section, thedebate must be planned carefully, and I'm afraid this is something I learned the hardway when Sarah and I first used this debate assignment. I used the assignment again inthe spring semester when I taught the course without Sarah, and I solved someproblems by more carefully managing the teams and the time. With the aid of otherwriting instructors who became interested in the debate assignment, we havedeveloped a fairly detailed assignment sheet that

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Paul Ross; Gisela Kutzbach

1. Relate – “Emphasizes team efforts that involve communication, planning, management and social skills.” 2. Create – “Students have to define the project (project domain) and focus their efforts on application of ideas to a specific context.” 3. Donate – “Stresses the value of making a useful contribution while learning. Ideally, each project has an outside ‘customer’….”Engaged students help “create” the class – through their efforts they are responsible forthe quality of the class experience. They also “create” a new identity and set of attitudesfor themselves – all of which contribute to new abilities in “technical leadership.”II. ENVIRONMENT AND TOOLSThe challenges of maintaining the best of the “real

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Greg Luttrell

Required the students to participate in a class activity while not physically in-class;Greg Luttrell, SIUE WEB BASED DISCUSSION ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE UPPER-DIVISION ENGINEERING STUDENT LEARNINGß Challenged students to a high degree of thought (content and format) to receive high marks; andß Allowed assessment of student thoughts and writing without using in-class time.The instructor must plan for, be, and remain committed to the discussion process throughout thesemester.ß Discussion topics must be integrated with the overall course objectives and augment in- class activities, student learning.ß To maintain student interest in the discussions through the semester, there is a need to continue to focus the discussion