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Jeffrey L. Newcomer; Eric Kent McKell; David S. Kelley

that faculty at WWU de- Page 5.617.2fine design visualization might be different from the typical engineering graphics defini-tion of visualization. Giesecke [1] defines visualization as the ability to study a “sketchand interpret the lines in a logical way in order to piece together a clear idea of thewhole” (p. 107). WWU’s definition is similar to Madsen, et al. [2]. Madsen definesvisualization as “the process of recreating a three-dimensional image of an object in aperson’s mind”(p. 936). Faculty that teach engineering design graphics at WWU defineit as the ability to take an idea from your mind, develop it, and recreate it on paper orwithin a CAD

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projects • Further develop written and oral communication skills • Develop leadership skills necessary for successful projects • Efficient time management practice • Introduction of project management techniquesThe above objectives were achieved by implementing the modular approach discussed Page 5.652.2previously. In addition to meeting the needs of today’s engineering graduates, this approachfulfills additional needs addressed by several professional societies, including ASME.Specifically, lifelong learning by engineers is established early in the graduates minds. Due tothe fast-changing environment that our graduates will

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Patrick C. Gee; Marvin Needler; Barbara L. Christe

Session 1648 An EET Project for MEAP Students Barbara Christe, Patrick Gee, Marvin Needler Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisAbstractThe Electrical Engineering Department at Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolishas designed and implemented a project for participants in the Minority EngineeringAdvancement Program (MEAP). 6th – 12th grade students interested in engineering andtechnology complete a project during a summer session designed to encourage minorities toconsider engineering and technology as potential careers. A volume monitor unit was chosen forthe

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Robert L. Shearer

might ultimately estrange any of us whomaintain only a linear mind-set.Accordingly, I should like to concentrate in this paper especially on the value ofhistorical understanding, arrived at through humanities education, for engineeringstudents. My main thesis is that because the Western world, not to mention much ofthe rest of the world, has become or is becoming postmodern in character, it poses areal challenge for engineering graduates. And because postmodernism is least of allamenable to the traditional Western consciousness, all linearity and problem-solving incharacter, with its reliance on systematic thought, our being able, as educators, toapproach the world in its non-linearity and resistance to rational systems is to provide awholistic

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Willard D. Bostwick

Session 2548 The Need to Establish An Affective Domain Assessment Strategy for Your Program Willard D. Bostwick Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisAbstract Several proposed ABET engineering technology criteria have roots in the affective aswell as cognitive domain. If these outcomes are assessed wholly as mental activities, measureswill be sought which determine the student’s ability to recall, comprehend, apply, synthesize,and evaluate appropriate skills. It is possible to do all of these things without demonstrating thata graduate will

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Mark W. Fitch; Joel G. Burken; Craig D. Adams

5 mind the problem-solving skills necessary to tackle the many challenges of the profession.”Currently Captain Funkhouser is stationed at Bamberg, Germany. He serves as logistics officerfor the 82nd Engineer Battalion and recently passed his Professional Engineer Exam.Summary Overall the program has been a great success, experiencing only minimal problems overthe first two years. One such problem was the limitation on the numbers of credit hours agraduate student can be enrolled in at one time. The total load for a graduate student is limited to15 hours. To accommodate this limitation, the CE/EnvE 380 Water Resources course wasmoved to a special session before the beginning of classes in August. The benefits to the

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Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

school, improvingrobot design and writing or correcting programs. The enthusiasm they show is obvious."Kundan Nepal (Trinity College, Connecticut, student from Nepal): "The contest I feel was animportant contributor for my increased interest in Robotics. When I came to Trinity, I was sure Iwanted to be an engineer, but was not sure as to which field of Engineering I should choose. Myinvolvement in the Trinity College robot team help me make up my mind – electricalengineering. Making a robot for the contest with a couple of others really exposed me to thechallenges I was to face as an engineer. I feel that the contest really gave me a feel for theexpectations of the real Engineering world and prepared me to face any challenge without givingup

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Douglas M. Mattox; David D. Mattox

the internal rate of return (IRR)of their business depends on the assumptions made in other tables. They then adjust theassumptions where it is feasible, or change the design approach to improve IRR. The resultsof the sensitivity analyses usually come as great surprises to the students. In particular, theeffects of receivables and inventory are usually seen to have great impact on profitability.Economics - Engineering Integration: It is after the sensitivity analyses are completed thatthe business economics and engineering design functions become integrated in the minds ofthe students. For the items of greatest sensitivity, the students are asked to indicate what theengineering implication of the particularly sensitivity is. For example, when

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Hisham Alnajjar

Session 3653 Getting Freshmen to make the Connection between Courses through Integrative Learning Blocks (ILBs) Hisham Alnajjar Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering University of Hartford alnajjar@mail.hartford.eduAbstractThe College of Engineering faculty worked specifically on revising the freshman coursesto include team-based problem solving and experience in design methodology. In 1997the University of Hartford launched a pilot program that created seven Freshman InterestGroups (FIGs)-a

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defined set of parameters from which a significantdigit analysis can be followed. For the above example, a more correct and realistic problemstatement might be: The force vector F has a magnitude of 6.50 (102) lb and acts through point A at a slope of 2.01 vertical to 5.47 horizontal. Determine the x and Page 5.309.3 y components of F.This statement leaves no doubt in the student’s mind as to the accuracy of measurements (reallife measurement capability) and allows the student to follow proper engineering practice.An incomplete problem statement also affects the third step of Eide’s engineering problem-solving presentation

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Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

new curriculum was to emphasize the inherent connectivity ofthe disciplines used in engineering practice in addition to teaching the fundamental principles ofmechanical engineering. With this in mind, representatives from four sub-groups, thermalsciences & fluids, mechanics & materials, dynamics & controls, and mechanical design metseparately to formulate the new integrated ME curricula. Based on a pilot models implementedearlier in other ME departments (for examples, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) weconsolidated the twelve traditional, discipline-specific 3 credit courses into a set of four, two-course sequences consisting of 4 credit hour courses. In particular, (1) Thermal Fluids I & II

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design and manufacturing professionals.• Cost of entry to the CAD environment is much lower, and the payoff much higher.• That the students will understand the enormous impact that a true 3D design process can have on a modern product design and manufacturing process.• That they will understand the potential of rapid prototyping, computer generated animationWith the above principle in mind, it has been decided to effect the following integration inthe design manaufacturing curriculum.• A common integrated computer-aided engineering software package that covers drafting, analysis, manufacturing and other application of design courses• The materials that are most relevant to concurrent teaching in a parallel fashion include

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Robin H. Lovgren; Michael J. Racer; Anna P. Phillips

Session 3230 From the Trenches: Killing Three Birds with One Rather Large Stone Dr. Robin H. Lovgren, Dr. Michael J. Racer, Anna Phillips Industrial and Systems Engineering/ Counseling, Educational Research, and Psychology University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152AbstractThe ABET2000 criteria call attention to the need for engineering faculty to take a broadenedapproach to engineering instruction. Lurking behind this are two other factors that we mustconsider as we review our own

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Angie Hill Price

by John H. Falk et al, ISBN:1556523483Usborne Book of Science Activities by K. Woodward and Helen Edom, ISBN:0746006985References1. National Science Board. (1998). Science and Engineering Indicator – 1998,Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.2. Speece, M.W. (1999). Using New Laboratory Equipment for Geoscience Technical Outreach. Journal of Geoscience Education, 47, (4), p.321-324.3. Childress, J.O. (1997). Teaching Moves to the TenureTrack. Geotimes, 42, p.6-7.4. Hunter, D.A., Bosh. A.S., et al. (1999). An Astronomy Outreach Program For Navajo and Hopi Schools. Mercury, 28, (3), p.18-23.5. Huntzel, W.J., Achor, D.P., et al. (1997). Sharpening Pencils and Young Minds. Proceedings 1997

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Karen Frair; Jeffrey Froyd

Session 3663 Theoretical Foundations for the Foundation Coalition Core Competencies Jeffrey Froyd, Karen Frair Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/University of AlabamaAbstractThe Foundation Coalition was funded in 1993 as the fifth coalition in the National ScienceFoundation's Engineering Education Coalitions Program, and is currently in the seventhyear of a ten-year project. The member institutions have changed since its formation andnow include Arizona State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas A&MUniversity, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, the University

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Michael Mackay; George DeLancey; Richard Cole; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard; Gerald Rothberg

Session 2425 COUPLING OF A DESIGN COURSE TO A THERMODYNAMICS/ENERGY-CONVERSION COURSE IN THE SOPHOMORE-YEAR CORE CURRICULUM Richard B. Cole, George DeLancey, Bernard Gallois, Michael Mackay, Gerald Rothberg, Keith Sheppard Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology1. IntroductionThe recent revision of the engineering curriculum at Stevens to create a Design Spine is intendedto significantly enhance the design experience and to develop key competencies in

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William E. Cole; Walter Buchanan

mechanical measurements. Purpose of the lab was to: • Provide students with a Hands-on Experience; • Develop self learning skills; • Develop Critical Thinking Skills; • Provide a basis to help them decide between the Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Computer Technology programs offered at Northeastern University.Described in this paper are the experiments, the delivery at Northeastern, and an assessment ofthe lab effectiveness.1. IntroductionIn January of 1999, six faculty members from the College of Engineering visited DrexelUniversity to review their pioneering freshman program, including the instrumentation lab.Their curriculum and

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

Session 2793 Life Long Learning: Implications for Curricular Change and Assessment Thomas A. Litzinger and Rose M. Marra Penn State, University Park, PA 16802AbstractEC 2000 brings lifelong learning to the forefront for engineering educators. In the past, our rolein lifelong learning was primarily offering courses and degree programs for practicing engineers;now EC2000 demands that we prepare engineering students to engage in lifelong learning.These demands immediately raise a number of questions, including− What are the critical skills and attributes needed for lifelong learning?− What changes can be

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Jeffrey B. Hargrove

machine and product design, the need to have knowledge inthe application of the electronics, sensors, control strategies, computing capabilities andactuating technologies inherent to mechatronics is absolutely critical. The expectations anddemands of today’s consumer clearly dictate that. However, in developing an educationalcomponent of mechatronics at Kettering, it was kept in mind that the rigors of electrical andmechanical engineering education represent only the beginning of the integration ofmechatronics.Undoubtedly, the explosion of mechatronic devices can at least be partially attributed to theplentiful, inexpensive and functional microcontroller. Indeed, in an earlier experiment inmechatronics education at Kettering, a 1994 Buick LeSabre

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personal skills of the student more thanpumping routine methodologies into student’s mind. In engineering education, as in many other programs, it is required to raise the mentalskills as well as repetitive capacities of the student. Perception is generally deemed as personaltalent but it may be enhanced through the different stages of education and practice. Open-endedproblems, multiple solutions offered for a single problem, brainstorming, seminars, anddiscussion are different types for the required improvement of a future decision-maker. Theinstructor has to find out the appropriate method with respect to the course, subject, type oflecture, duration and time available within the course, instructor characters, reflex of students,and the

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Craig W. Somerton

Session 3268 Incorporating a Team Building Experiment into a Senior Level Laboratory Course Craig W. Somerton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityI. IntroductionIn spring of 1995 Ford Motor Company established a continuous quality improvement (CQI)partnership with the colleges of business and engineering at Michigan State University. Toinitiate the program, Ford held workshops for the faculty and staff that focused on CQIprinciples and their implementation. During these workshops there was considerable interactionamong personnel from the two

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Bernard Hoop; Eric W. Hansberry; Gerard Voland

ahabit of reflective thought. ACE proposes that the hallmarks of every universitystudent’s education are to build on knowledge already acquired, to develop skills andunderstanding that can be transferred from one academic discipline to another and fromthe classroom to life experience. The second model offers team-based projects tostudents across the University which are integrated with traditional programs of study.The IPRO Program is distinctive in that it builds broad participation by students andfaculty in projects that integrate professional programs (engineering, science, business,design, law, psychology and architecture) with graduate and undergraduate teammembers from all educational levels, and faculty advisers who contribute

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Massoud S. Tavakoli

effectively teach and practice engineering design, students must develop a “synergistic”design mind-set toward integrating downstream manufacturing constraints with the upstreamdesign specifications. This is difficult to achieve within the present teaching environment wheredesign teaching resources are fragmented. Therefore, a complete design environment called“Total Design Studio” has been created. In this studio, one finds all essential tools needed forcarrying out the teaching, the learning and the practice of engineering design. A schematic layoutfor the Design Studio is presented in Figure 1. PROJECTION SCREEN LITERATURE SEARCH

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Ronald C. Matusiak; D. Steven Barker

Session 3649 A Technology Approach to Magnetic Levitation Steven Barker, Ron Matusiak Buffalo State CollegeAbstractA magnetic levitation (maglev) project is described with two major goals in mind: (1) to describethe maglev design process using an engineering-technology approach, and (2) to compare theengineering-technology and engineering-design approaches. These descriptions are intended toyield working maglev systems which can be built by engineering technology students whilesimultaneously encouraging interest in the more abstract approaches to classical feedback

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Monique Osborn; Dilip Nag

exercise enlightening,particularly as teaching practices had been rarely addressed since their commencement at theUniversity over ten years ago. “Discussions with the group helped in decision making about the course structure. Discussions with secondary teachers revealed that the students have little or no experience in teamwork…One of the main things I learned is that my idea of what interests the students is significantly different to reality… One comment made by [the secondary teacher] has been in my mind throughout the semester and was proven to be true on a number of occasions “They are still kids!” and we can’t turn them into budding engineers in one semester.”5. Areas of concern involving this work

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Marty Bowe; John Feland; Brian Self; Daniel Jensen

Session 2268 When Multimedia Doesn’t Work: An Assessment of Visualization Modules for Learning Enhancement in Mechanics Martin Bowe , Dan Jensen, John Feland, Brian Self Department of Engineering Mechanics USAF Academy, CO 80840AbstractEngineering mechanics education is currently undergoing a transformation from strictly lecture-based education to a format where a variety of innovative learning techniques are used.Techniques for enhancing student learning as well as concrete data establishing the effectivenessof

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Jason Puzniak; Flora McMartin; Alice Agogino

Page 5.128.6prior work in cataloging and disseminating courseware. This evolution emphasizes interactivityand learning with the goal to connect like-minded users in engineering and the sciences, in orderto encourage user-to-user communication and community building. In this new approach, userswill have a wealth of services available to them in addition to a collection of educationalsoftware and learning resources. Ultimately, services will allow all users to search and retrieve aset of resources based on particular pedagogical methods and content-based concepts withinengineering and the sciences, e.g., teaching “teamwork” or “freshman design”, in contrast to onlyretrieving specialized pieces of software for a particular application, such as a

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Tapas K. Das; Marco E. Sanjuan

connection between theory and practice in any field should be well developed in Page 5.346.1the students’ mind. Any course on Design of Experiments, if well developed, should provide thefuture practitioner a thinking structure and a base of knowledge to understand, analyze, andimprove his/her surrounding. From this perspective, the focus of Design of Experimenteducation, both in the undergraduate and the graduate level, should move from the understandingof statistical theory to the development of implementation abilities of the theory that is presentedduring the lectures.Undergraduate education in engineering must develop a problem solver, an

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encourages informative and continual feedback. These ideas areimplemented through a developed module within the teaching context of Structural Behavior.This paper also presents the important design issues to consider for efficient production of thisinteractive a learning experience.1. IntroductionStructural Engineering is a discipline concerned with the design of buildings, bridges, and othertypes of structures whose primary function is to carry loadings. Like all engineering disciplines,it requires a balance of skills; mixing art and science. Strong analytical capabilities are essential,but so is a good intuitive sense of how structures behave. These skills are becoming particularlymore crucial with the increasing use of computers that is now

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of the measurement systemsthey are using in junior and senior level ME lab experiments than they used to.V. Challenges The course is intended to be taken immediately after the circuit theory course, so that thebasic concepts of DC circuit analysis in general and op amp circuits in particular are reasonablyfresh in the students’ minds. Because CPE 240 is not a pre-requisite for any mechanical orindustrial engineering courses besides ME lab, students who are behind will often chose CPE240 as the course to postpone. It has been observed that students who have not studied circuitsin the past year find the course very difficult. (The basics of circuit theory are reviewed in classon an as-needed basis, but very quickly.) The School of