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Sandra Yost

Session 2253 Introducing Mechatronics in a First-Year Intro to Engineering Design Course Sandra A. Yost, CSJ University of Detroit MercyAbstractThis paper describes an effort to integrate principles of mechatronics into the first-yearengineering curriculum at the University of Detroit Mercy. A newly designed introductorycurriculum is aimed at improving the retention of first-year engineering students by providingthem with hands-on, team-oriented, project-based, multidisciplinary instruction in engineeringdesign. The course is taught in four

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Charles V. Camp; Anna P. Phillips; Paul Palazolo

. The first would be skills that could be integratedinto the student’s course work beyond the entry level. These skills included surveying, othermeasurement skills, data collection and analysis, and computer skills including spreadsheets andprogramming. The second area of focus was on communication with a focus on writing and oralpresentations.In response to the goal of increased communication skills, traditional lecture-style instructionwas extensively supplemented by a series of projects that the students completed in groups. Eachproject was designed to utilize all of the skill and learning components selected for emphasis inthe sequence. As the students proceeded from the first class through the third class, they wereexposed to similar

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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

Session 2330 Peer Evaluations in Teams of Predominantly Minority Students Richard A. Layton, Matthew W. Ohland North Carolina A&T State University / University of FloridaAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of student peer evaluations in project teams where the majority ofthe students are African-American. Peer evaluations were used to assign individual grades fromgroup grades for design projects in a junior-level mechanical engineering course taught byLayton for three semesters in 1997-99. This study is similar to and complements a 1999 study byKaufman, Felder, and Fuller. The results of the two

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

with a brief review of commonproblems in conducting such a course.The paper also examines the software tools and hardware that is used to teach the students. Abrief overview of the software tools for authoring and editing different media types is presented,along with hardware issues. In summary, student responses and examples of student projects aregiven. The overall responses were found to be positive with strong approval to the inclusion ofstudent projects.I. IntroductionDuring the past decade, the Internet has grown into a potent medium for disseminatinginformation. The proliferation of the World Wide Web (WWW) in particular, provides a fertilemedium for interaction between instructor and student. A case in point is the multimedia

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Kandace K. Martin; Justin Benna; Donald R. Flugrad; Anthony W. Hron; Barbara L. Licklider

new learner and/or learning-centered platform of delivery.1 Researchstates that the unilateral dispensing of knowledge is an ineffective method for enhancing student learning.Supporting this finding about learning requires educators to confront how they think and to redesign what they do asa result. The shift from the lecture-based, passive-learning model to a learning-centered system of learning does notjust happen. It requires a purposeful faculty development project that challenges instructors to commit to positivechange. Such change in the classroom creates active involvement, student interaction, and intellectual engagement.Additionally, implementing new pedagogy will empower students to become actively involved in the class. But

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Michael S. Pritchard; Edmund Tsang

societalcontext.” Most literature on engineering ethics and, to a lesser degree, on societalaspects of technology, focuses on the negative of wrongdoing, its prevention, andappropriate sanctions of misconduct. This paper proposes a more positive approach toteaching engineering ethics and social impact of technology via service-learning byoffering justifications for the pedagogy based on engineering codes of ethics. This paperexamines reflection issues in engineering, without which the full benefit of the service-learning pedagogy cannot be realized. The paper concludes by offering suggestions onreflection course materials for three types of service-learning projects found commonlyin engineering.Service-learning is “a form of experiential education in

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto

hands-on learning, and the success of the close tie between theory and applicationhas led us to consider introducing laboratory experiences in courses that have traditionally beenlecture-only courses. The just-in-time design principle led us to conceptualize the other threecourse design concepts.2.2 Attached Learning.Attached learning [6, 7, 9] is a course development principle which requires that instructorsopenly promise students that all course contents would not only be delivered just-in-time forapplication on their weekly laboratory projects, but will also help them be successful on anexciting, hands-on, industry-style design project. Thus, all course contents would be “attached”to something they will look forward to with high anticipation

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Melanie Basantis; Zenaida Otero Keil

Engineering curriculumand had committed their companies to providing industrial experience for Rowanstudents. The internship program was a natural development of Rowan's commitment tocollaboration with industry. The benefits to students of exposure to engineering practiceas part of the curriculum are well documented [Chaplin, 1997]. There are manyexamples of engineering programs that include industrial projects in the curriculum Page 5.95.1[Bendrich and Pugsley, 1998]. The internship program at Rowan has many uniqueaspects that benefit students, the College, industrial partners, the University and thecommunity. The Internship Coordinator was hired to

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Devdas M. Pai; Shih-Liang Wang; Juri Filatovs; Richard Layton

manufacturing; invention, as a wag has remarked, becomes the necessityof mother. In this paper, the authors describe their experiences with the use ofdesign contests as a tool for manufacturing engineering education.BackgroundSince engineers are valued for their creative and problem-solving skills, it is butnatural that project work constitutes a large part of their professional training. Theundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum at NC A&T State University isno exception to this norm. The mechanical systems stem of this curriculum beginswith a manufacturing and instrumentation lab course, followed by courses inmachine design, manufacturing processes and industrial automation. Most of thesecourses entail design projects. Having to work on

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Emin Yilmaz

Session 3548 WHEEL BALANCING MACHINE DESIGN Emin Yilmaz Department of Technology University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853ABSTRACTThe goal of the Wheel Balancing Machine Design project was to introduce students to designingmechanical systems in the ETME475-Mechanical Systems Design course. Project was completedin stages as a laboratory requirement for the course. The machine consists of a frame, an electricmotor, a belt driven shaft on two spherical bearings, an anchoring system to

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Robert H. Mayer

remediation. The second, Ocean ResourcesEngineering, emphasizes methods for ocean resource assessment, recovery and utilization. Otherenvironmental engineering opportunities include the capstone design course required of allengineering majors, and elective courses in such disciplines as environmental economics,environmental oceanography, environmental security, and marine environmental engineering.The purpose of this paper is to address the evolution of this environmental engineering optionand to describe the content of its two fundamental courses. The paper also provides a briefdescription of recent environmental-related capstone design projects and reviews topicalcoverage of selected elective courses.IntroductionNearly 80% of the earth’s surface is

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Mihir K. Das

Evaluation Methods Objective 1: PC 1.1 The student will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the Total Quality Management (TQM) and Continuous Improvement topics. (Evaluation methods: Exams, project work, class work and written exercises) PC 1.2 The student will demonstrate an ability to articulate and apply the TQM and Continuous Improvement concepts. (Evaluation methods: Examinations, project work, class work and written exercises) Objective 2: PC 2.1 The student will demonstrate a basic knowledge of TQM tools and Continuous

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Jeremy Koczenasz; Bradley Bashford; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

Session 3226 Internet-Based Interactive Construction Management Learning System Anil Sawhney, Jeremy Koczenasz, Brad Bashford, and André Mund Arizona State UniversityAbstractThe Del E. Webb School of Construction is currently involved in a three-year project aimed atenhancing the construction management education. The primary undertaking of this project—in itssecond year—is to incorporate practical content in the construction curricula thus bridging the gapbetween the classroom and the construction

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Joanne M. Goode; James B. Stenger

Session 2793 An Intervention to Improve Information Research Skills James B. Stenger, Joanne M. Goode Miami University, Oxford, OHAbstractReviewing the literature cited by undergraduates in research and design projects revealedsignificant use of World Wide Web resources and a lack of journal citations. To determine whythe imbalance of information sources was occurring a survey of students was conducted. Thesurvey sought to determine their knowledge of and comfort level in using the variousinformation resources available to them. The results of the survey led to the creation of a

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Richard Turton; Roger A. Schmitz; Mark J. McCready; Mark A. Stadtherr; Joan F. Brennecke; Wallace B. Whiting; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

an increasingly important part of the average Chemical Engineer’s jobresponsibilities. Therefore, in the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the University ofNotre Dame, West Virginia University and the University of Nevada at Reno, we areimplementing through courseware, research, and design projects a program to 1. develop the students’ appreciation of the impact of pollutant release from chemical processes and of the environmental, ecological, and long-term economic benefits of pollutant minimization or elimination, 2. equip them with active knowledge of the technology that is being developed for minimizing the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing processes, 3. show students how this new technology can be

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Edward H. McMahon

Session 3425 Engineering Design and Common Household Devices Edward McMahon The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractMost design is redesign. Some might suggest this is an overstatement, while others may say alldesign is redesign. An engineering manager at a large appliance manufacturer told me, "Someengineers, fresh out of school, think they are going to be working on innovative, far out, projectsand are disappointed when asked to work on a redesign of one our standard products". Onecomponent of our junior level methodology course is and individual project is aimed at

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Robert Gray; Robert Weissbach

curriculum Satcomtechnology. This year, two industrial sponsored senior design projects involve electricalengineering technology (EET) students. These projects provide the students involved withhands-on Satcom experience in solving real-world industrial problems. In the first project,one EET student is working with two electrical engineering (EE) students as interdisciplinaryteammates to test the link margin effects of a Satcom receiver due to environmentalconditions such as rain, snow, ice, etc. In the second project, two EET students are alsoteamed with two EE students to test bit error rates for a newly-designed Satcom receiver. Inthe future, it is anticipated that the need for technologists who understand Satcom systemswill allow Penn State

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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

Session 3530 Comparing the Reliability of Two Peer Evaluation Instruments Matthew W. Ohland, Richard A. Layton University of Florida / North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of student peer evaluations in project teams to compare thereliability of two different evaluation procedures. The project teams consist of junior-levelstudents in a mechanical engineering design course taught by Layton for five semesters in 1997,1998, and 1999.The peer-evaluation instruments were used by students to evaluate their teammates’contributions to the team’s deliverables—oral and

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Kenneth M. Bryden; Donald R. Flugrad

design objectives and constraints.2. The student should be able to implement various phases of the design process and use different tools and solution methods in each phase in the context of engineering design problems.3. The student should be able to use a wide variety of creative thinking methods and tools to develop unique, meaningful, and viable design options.4. The student should be able to incorporate analysis tools into the design process, choosing the correct tools for each aspect of the design process and each type of design.5. The student should be able to determine the best engineering design that satisfies all implicit and explicit constraints.6. The student should be able to schedule and plan engineering projects

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J. Nazalewicz; H. Hadim; D. Donskoy; B. Gallois; Keith Sheppard

” demanded of engineeringgraduates, as embodied in ABET EC Criteria 2000, by evolving them over the four years of thedesign sequence. Examples include effective team skills, project management, communications,ethics, economics of engineering, etc. It is also a means to enhance learning, as each of thedesign courses is linked to engineering courses taught concurrently. Students see this stronglinkage for the first time in the second semester of the freshman year when they take Mechanicsof Solids concurrently with Engineering Design II. Mechanics of Solids is a four-creditlecture/recitation course that integrates the topics of statics and strength of materials courses thatwere taught separately in the previous curriculum. In the two-credit Engineering

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Thomas Litzinger

understanding of engine function, performance, emissions, and design constraints through their design projects reports and presentations. • Students will demonstrate their ability to use the thermal sciences in the analysis and preliminary design of engine systems by creating a thermodynamic model of a spark ignition engine and through their design reports. • Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interactions of technology and society through reflective essays and their reports on the ethical and societal impact of the regulation of small engine emissions. • Students will demonstrate effective team skills though successful completion of multiple team-based tasks and during in-class project sessions. • Students

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Kevin M. Nickels

Session 2532 Pros and Cons of replacing discrete logic with programmable logic in introductory digital logic courses. Kevin Nickels Trinity UniversityAbstractDigital circuit construction with small-scale integrated (SSI) and medium-scale integrated (MSI)logic has long been a cornerstone of introductory digital logic design laboratories. Recently, in-structors have begun replacing these projects with designs using complex programmable logic suchas programmable array logic (PLA) chips and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This paper

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John Razukas; Jean Le Mee; Gerardo Del Cerro

the concepts of oblique, isometric, and orthographic projection with photographs. The class is typically able to work much faster during their second attempt, illustrating an example of the learning curve in the hands-on approach.Week 4: The class continues to document free-hand sketches and notes in their log books, and a discussion is held on the various written articles distributed to the class regarding concepts of design, including the manufacturing process, recycling of materials, and environmental consciousness. In preparation for the audio-visual presentation of the following week, the class is coached for about one hour by an adjunct instructor (who is

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Bruno Ramond; Abir Z. Qamhiyah

collaborativedesign project titled "TAXIA"3 with twelve engineering schools in France during the period from1995 to 1998.2. Application StrategyInternational institutional collaboration issues between the ME department at ISU and the MSdepartment at UTC were explored through experimenting with alternative content and deliverymethods for the CAD course offered by the two departments.CAD at ISU is an undergraduate senior-level course covering the theory and applications ofcomputer-aided design. Dr. Abir Qamhiyah developed and introduced the course to cover avariety of topics including solid modeling, assembly modeling, finite element analysis in CAD,rapid prototyping, curves and surfaces in CAD, and data. A computer laboratory runs in parallelto lectures

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Craig Gunn

performing in is teamwork. We throw projects atstudents and then become frustrated when the process disintegrates into bedlum. Parker Palmerstates, “Everyone must be educated into a capacity for connectedness!” The process of moving Page 5.181.1from individual focused activities or following blind the orders of others must be developed intoa intelligent team mentality.There are many reasons upon which we can focus that lead us to believe incorrectly that everyentering freshman will work well on a team. The number of students who have participated inteam sports makes us believe that everyone will be oriented to being let loose as a team and

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Ronald W. Garrett; Paul L. Stephenson III

Session 1463How a Course in Statistical Process Control Can Utilize Real-time Data from an Industrial Production Facility Paul L. Stephenson III and Ronald W. Garrett Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractEngaging students as active learners in applied statistics courses and getting them to thinkcritically about the workings of a full-scale production facility is a difficult task. Yet it isan important challenge that educators face when teaching a statistical process controlcourse.This challenge has been addressed at GVSU by giving students an opportunity toparticipate in projects and to interact

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Pedro Febles Cortez; John Dahlstrom; Chris Mattus; Aleksander Malinowski; Gary Dempsey

using simple microcontroller circuits. A Web server is used to provide the clientapplication to the operator. Since the decision was made, that Java2 would be the only targetimplementation language both client and server are platform independent.The engineering objective is to perform robust real time manual control over the Internetconnection characterized by varying bandwidth and latency. Although the presented system iscompletely different from full size professional robots, the problems encountered by seniorstudents designing it are similar to ones faced by design engineers at NASA who prepare fullsized vehicles for their trip to Mars. The current version of the project can be visited at the Website at http://sant.bradley.edu/~olekmali

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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

usual, faculty would be certain to be teaching higher-ordercognitive skills. Instead of being on the receiving end of teaching, often passively, studentswould be more actively involved in learning and assessment.Skills Development over Time. The Chemical Engineering Department at West VirginiaUniversity was one of the first to implement vertical integration of design through thecurriculum. We first implemented use of a single design project for all courses taken in thesophomore and junior years in 1988.10,11 Since students move through our curriculum togetherand we only offer courses once per year, it is easy for students to work on one progressivelymore complex project over four semesters. The project counts as part of the grade for all

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Nizar Al-Holou; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

technicians. In order toprepare students for these challenges, students must be taught using the latest technologyembedded into advanced hardware and software tools. The purpose of our project is toenhance student learning in digital logic design, using state-of-the-art software andhardware development tools. This purpose will be realized through a partnership amongthree universities in Southeastern Michigan and through collaboration with the AlteraCorporation [which will provide the necessary software and hardware.The project has four teaching objectives. These are:1) to enhance engineering education in the digital design area, particularly at the three partner universities [Wayne State University (WSU), University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), and

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John Duffy; Edmund Tsang; Susan M. Lord

medical clinics in Peru. The challenge in implementation ismaintaining subject matter content in courses while meeting real community needs. A surveywas distributed to engineering colleges throughout the US to discover how widespread service-learning and community-based projects are in engineering.IntroductionIn our collective experience, the mention of the term “service-learning” to engineering educatorsgenerally evokes one of three typical responses. The most common response is: "What isservice-learning anyway?" The next most typical is exemplified by the remark: "We do thatalready." The third is typified by: "We have no room in our curriculum to add anything moregiven all that ABET requires." The aim of this paper is to address these