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students during the summer of 2000.These models represented four important structures associated with the Canal: doublechambered lock, aqueduct, change bridge, lift bridge. These models had to be built to exactspecifications and appear to be museum quality for the exhibit to accept them.CHRONOLOGYThis project was started in the Fall of 1999 as an offshoot of the proposed Erie Canal exhibitplanned at Union College. At that point discussions were held to determine what should be inthe exhibit and the idea of using models was put forth. From the initial meeting, it was decidedthat Union College students would build the models with assistance from students in the Scienceand Technology Entry Program (STEP) at Schenectady High School. The STEP students

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Nanette Keiser; Gloria Tressler; Arlen Gullickson

ASession 1526@ Communication with Recipients of a Web-Based Evaluation Survey1 Gloria R. Tressler, Arlen R. Gullickson, Nanette M. Keiser The Advanced Technological Education Project, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan UniversityAbstractA current method of conducting evaluation surveys is by using the World Wide Web as a delivery vehicleand computer programming to collect and process submitted responses. Benefits of this method includesubstantial savings in postal mailing costs, rapid access to survey assistance, and efficient

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Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

, have launched an Engineering School-Industry Outreach Program inwhich students and faculty from the USA and Mexico reciprocate visits in order to teamup and "work together" in industrial projects in realistic professional settings. Studentsfrom both universities get credit from their home institution and are assessed based ontheir engineering performance on each project, despite the evident cultural, languageand environmental differences between people, universities and industries from bothcountries. While the main objective is to bring an international dimension toengineering education a proactive approach brings new perspectives to industry andacademia from which new lessons have been learned. For the participating students it was made

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Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld

spoken language is only one aspect of communication. For true understanding, inaddition to hearing what is said, the recipient of the spoken word, also, must be able toprocess the messages and set them into context. To complicate matters further, thecontext is dictated by cultural cues. Thus, in business, native English speakers shouldbear significant responsibility for their ability to conduct at least part their work in thelanguage of their hosts and cannot rely on translators to provide them with fully accuratetranslations.This paper discusses WPI’s ten-year history at its project centers in Puerto Rico andCosta Rica and the impact of knowing Spanish on the student experience inorganizational settings, on the outcome of their projects, and on

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Roger Ferguson; Lisa Anneberg

Session 2525 FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSE MODULE UTILIZING A 3 D MODELING TOOL Lisa Anneberg Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI Roger Ferguson Department of Computer Science and Information Technology Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MIABSTRACTInstructors of freshman level Introduction to Engineering and Design courses are facedwith numerous objectives, some of which are conflicting:1. interesting projects - from both the professor

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Gouranga Banik

applications without much difficulty.Key Words: Temporary construction structures, Construction, Architectural Engineering,Structures, Learning outcome.1. IntroductionTemporary structures are the essential components required to complete a construction project.Temporary structures are also a significant cost component on many projects, and in some cases,exceeds the actual cost of the in-place construction items such as formwork. Recent studies have Page 6.958.2been found that 40% to 60% of the cost of concrete work for the building construction is for the"Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Teodora Shuman; Greg Mason

following criteria: a) the mechanism needs to assess the student experiences inthe light of course specific educational objectives, b) it needs to be easy to implement, since itwould be used several times a term, and c) it needs to guarantee student anonymity.The mechanism used consisted of three in class surveys and one in class peer review. The peerreview was an oral class evaluation conducted by an outside professor without the teachingprofessor present. A flow chart of the assessment mechanism is shown in Figure 1 and discussedbelow.Step one in the assessment process is to formalize the educational objectives for the course.Educational objectives include: a) learning objectives for the course, b) learning objectives forthe class projects, and c

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Elizabeth Berry; Robert Lingard

Session 2330 Teaching Communication and Teamwork in Engineering and Computer Science Elizabeth Berry, Robert Lingard California State University, NorthridgeAbstractThis paper describes a project in which Communication Studies pedagogy was incorporated intoSoftware Engineering courses at California State University, Northridge. Responding to the needsof potential employers as well as the ABET 2000 criteria, faculty from the Departments ofCommunication Studies and Computer Science developed a variety of instructional strategies toenhance

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William Black; Robert Weber; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira

Session 1526 CRCD: Wireless Multimedia Communications for Virtual Environments Julie A. Dickerson, William C. Black, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Robert Weber Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011AbstractThis project combines research from the areas of wireless communications, very-large-scaleintegrated (VLSI) circuit design, virtual environments, and human factors in a coordinatedinterdisciplinary program. This paper gives a brief description of the overall project. Educationin the hardware and software of virtual reality (VR) systems will serve as a testbed for trainingengineers in this co-design philosophy. Part of this project is the

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Kathryn Jablokow

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education7.0 addresses the semester-long individual course project. Student outcomes and feedback arediscussed in Sections 8.0 and 9.0, respectively, and a summary is presented in Section 10.0.2.0 Course BackgroundCreativity, Innovation and Change was originally developed as an elective for all students at thePenn State Great Valley School for Graduate Professional Studies. Penn State Great Valley is aspecial-mission campus in the Penn State University system, tasked with serving the adultlearning community in the Philadelphia region. Since its introduction in 1997, Creativity,Innovation and

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Scott von Laven; X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Session 1520This paper describes how the Mechanical Engineering program introduces engineering studentsto high performance computing, and parallel computing in particular, without adding courses tothe curriculum. The Mechanical Engineering Department at Alabama A&M University hasundertaken the High Performance Computing Initiative to Enhance Engineering Education.Under this initiative we not only introduce undergraduate students to high performancecomputing but also make it an integral part of the undergraduate curriculum.Our high performance computing initiative was launched with funding from the Department ofEnergy (DOE) Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration (ACSC) project. A high-performance computing laboratory to support the

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Sema Alptekin; Reza Pouraghabagher; Patricia McQuaid; Daniel Waldorf

companies, with student activities, team projects and senior projects as the primary vehicle.The existing manufacturing facilities, including the metal removal, casting, rapid prototyping andelectronics manufacturing laboratories of Cal Poly, provide the "real" factory hardwareenvironment. A Production Planning and Control Center is being developed to provide thedecision making and communication functions required in the modern factory. These two systemswill function as an integrated whole by utilizing state of the art communication networks. TheTeaching Factory will not eliminate traditional lessons, but rather will supplement them byproviding an integrative framework to link courses throughout the curriculum. Furthermore, andwhenever necessary

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Clare Cook

Session 1520 Connecting Embedded Systems to the Internet Clare F. Cook Ferris State UniversityAbstractThis paper deals with a proof-of-concept project that will demonstrate how sensor data can beretrieved over data networks. The project also tries to achieve this goal in a cost sensitivemanner by utilizing open source software and low cost hardware. The concept is to provideenvironmental temperature sensing at a remote site and regularly update a web page with thistemperature. The display of the data is controlled remotely through a web browser

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Jr., Richard Mines

author’s latest attempt to improvestudent learning by using PowerPoint presentations in a required undergraduateenvironmental engineering course at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Statisticalanalyses using the analysis of variance was performed on student’s final grades when thecourse was taught in a traditional lecture format versus using the PowerPointpresentations for comparison. Overall course grades, design project grades, and finalexam grades were compared.II. MethodologyStatistical analyses employing the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test at the 95%confidence level were performed on student’s grades on projects, final exams, and finalgrades to assess if the PowerPoint presentations enhanced student performance.ANOVAs were performed

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Graham Walker; Henry Chaya

Session 2525 A "Real-Life" Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Course. Henry Chaya, Graham Walker Manhattan College Riverdale, New YorkAbstractA new interdisciplinary design course has been developed. A unique feature of this course is theparticipation of alumni who have been involved with engineering practice for a number of years.These alumni assume the role of clients for the design project. Their involvement added uniqueinsights to the real practice of engineering design. It also greatly enhanced student interest in thecourse.I

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John Brown; Patricia Click

education, student groups work closely with a faculty member to tackle variouscourse-related projects within the classroom. In contrast, collaborative learning, which is morewidespread in higher education, entails a faculty member acting as a mentor or facilitator tostudent groups that do most of their work outside of the classroom (Matthews, Cooper,Davidson, and Hawkes). Collaborative learning promotes discussion, peer teaching, and criticalthinking (Russo).The primary difference between active learning and older models of learning is that the teacher isno longer the sole source of knowledge in the classroom. Much of the recent fascination withcollaborative learning has, in fact, grown out of our changing view of what knowledge is--ourassumptions

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Stephen M. Batill; Natalie Gedde

Center was designed toprovide a dynamic, flexible, collaborative learning environment to support a wide spectrum ofeducational activities. This 4000 square foot facility, developed at a cost of over $1M, beganoperation for the fall 2000 semester and it is currently supporting the project-intensive, first yearcourse with an enrollment of 300-400 students each semester. Besides its involvement with thefirst year program, the Center supports a variety of learning activities across the College in thespecific departments and degree programs. The Center includes flexible project-team work areaswith networked computer support, multiple screen audio/visual capabilities that support a varietyof multi-media sources and space for students to fabricate and

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Martin Pike

trend exists elsewhere as suggested by Boronkay andDave1.In an attempt to provide students with a useful FEA exposure, initial educational experience withFEA should occur as early as possible in a technical program to allow for other FEA assignmentsthroughout the degree program. Statics is the first technical course for both mechanicalengineering and mechanical engineering technology students and is therefore the logical place tointroduce FEA. In previous papers the author has discussed the truss design, build, and testproject that he incorporates into his Statics class2. This paper will detail how FEA was added tothe design project and the results of two classes’ experiences

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Shahnam Navaee

Engineers”. In thiscourse WebCT created a convenient and effective environment for instructor-student interaction.Using WebCT, the instructor was able to provide the students with a variety of course relatedmaterial to aid them in better understanding the topics covered. The course documents werecreated using a wide range of software tools and made available for the students through WebCTin the PDF format. Electronic submissions of student assignments provided an opportunity forthe instructor to take a closer look at the details of the student projects and grade them withgreater accuracy. The assignment grades were reported back to the students confidentially via theweb to help them keep track of their records and progress. An electronic bulletin

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Teri Rhoads; Barry Mauldin

statistics course atthe University of Oklahoma were evaluated. Cognitive performance was measured via gradesearned on homework, tests, and projects. Affective performance was measured via a survey oftheir attitudes toward this statistics course and the topic of statistics in general. The studycompares results from a semester that did not use computer modules and a semester that did usecomputer modules. There was found to be no statistical difference in cognitive performancebetween the two semesters. Similarly, no statistical difference in affective performance wasdiscovered.I. IntroductionThe advancement of educational technology has stimulated new ways to present course content.Multimedia usage varies over a broad spectrum. It can include e-mail

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Marvin McKimpson

,manufacture and market at least one new product each academic year. This provides a richenvironment for students to develop and practice necessary skills such as team and individualcommunication, integrated product/process design, environmental awareness, quality control,project management, problem solving, design, and marketing. Engineering students join theprogram as sophomores, and continue to participate during their junior and senior years, earningup to a maximum of 16 semester credits.This paper will describe the objectives, structure and operation of the PrISM class, as well aslessons learned about implementing a manufacturing-oriented course built around the “team ofteams” concept. It will also review experiences with incorporating business

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Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Leslie Fink; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Kurt Gramoll

Session 2525 Report on the Sooner City Workshop 2000 on Integrated Designa R. L. Kolar, L. D. Fink, K. Gramoll, R. C. Knox, G. A. Miller, M. A. Mooney, K. K. Muraleetharan, D. A. Sabatini, B. E. Vieux University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractSooner City, a curriculum reform project undertaken by the School of Civil Engineering and Envi-ronmental Science at the University of Oklahoma, seeks to thread a common design project (devel-oping a city’s infrastructure) throughout the undergraduate curriculum, starting in the freshmanyear. The project, begun in

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Robert Marine; Carol Colbeck; Alberto Cabrera

such as team-based designprojects or use of traditional lecture and textbook problem sets. The Engineering FacultySurvey, developed for the NSF-funded ECSEL coalition, gathers information about individualdemographic characteristics, industry and academic experience, sources and applications(education or basic research) of funding, publication productivity, teaching goals, self-assessment of skills, perceptions of rewards and resources available for teaching, and teachingmethods. Analyses reveal contrasting sets of variables associated with the use of team-baseddesign projects and traditional teaching methods.Introduction“The faculty is the heart of any educational program” according to Criterion 5 of ABET’sEngineering Criteria 2000 1. This

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relationships with subsidiaries offoreign firms in the Rhode Island area and with American firms heavily involved abroad forcreating the international corporate training program. An advisory board is also established.• Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Global Perspective Program 2Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Global Perspective Program emphasizes international teamprojects involving both faculty and students. Undergraduates majoring in engineering, science,management and liberal arts complete sponsored projects at foreign sites. In 1998-99 half oftheir junior class participated in projects abroad accompanied by more than 20 different facultymembers. Team projects take place in sites such as China, Ireland, Thailand, Switzerland, Italy,Denmark

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Larry Cartwright

Paper 2081 HUMOROUS ENGINEERING 101 Larry Cartwright Carnegie Mellon UniversityAbstractThe Senior Design course is taught to Carnegie Mellon students each fall. This capstonecourse is required for all Civil and Environmental Engineering majors. The courseconcentrates on teaching the three levels of the design process by using projects that relateto the core areas of the discipline. This paper will provide an overview of the course withemphasis on the final design/build project. This project is humorous in nature and iseagerly anticipated by the students. Five examples of past projects will be

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John Olson; Georgia Ehlers; David Lovelock; Ali Mehrabian

to study SMET. The result of their efforts is Program ACCESS (Accessing CareerChoices in Engineering and ScienceS).Program ACCESS is a three-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and TheUniversity of Arizona, and is housed in the Department of Mathematics. It is a multi-disciplinary program involving faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students withphysical disabilities from the College of Science, the College of Engineering and Mines, theGraduate College, the University Teaching Center, the Disability Resource Center, and theDepartment of Career Services.The program’s goal is to promote a high level of academic and professional success in SMETfields among students with physical disabilities by encouraging the

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Beatrice Isaacs; Donald Leone; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; David Pines

Page 6.629.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationtest their knowledge of GIS principles, the students, in a final project, were asked to find asuitable site for a commuter station along a proposed light rail right-of-way. Since there is no“canned” data, as is present in their lab exercises, students learned to download data fromdifferent sources, and perform GIS exercises that lead to potential solutions based on sitingcriteria. Formal maps and a written report were the final product. At the end of the course,students were expected to be able to perform standard GIS analyses using the ArcView

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Hal Nystrom

students. Four captured the streaming videosignal through the web and participated in a telephone conference call during each of theclasses. The other three received videotapes of the classes with a delay of approximatelyone week. In this class each team was responsible to prepare one current eventpresentation, and a final project that required financial analysis based on real-worldinformation that was obtained and analyzed by the team. The projects were relativelyunstructured since the team had a significant freedom to choose the topic, the scope, themethods, the form of analysis and the presentation form. This added difficulty to theproject since they needed to reach consensus about these decisions, without face-to-facemeetings.Because of the

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integrating sensors with microcontrollers used to controlmicrogravity experiments. A biomedical company in Las Vegas also indicated the need forgraduates trained in the use of this same microcontroller. The microcontroller employed by bothcompanies was also used on a research project at the university in assessing radionuclideconcentrations in pipes. This system is shown in figure 1.Although mechanical engineering students have coursework in measurements, controls, andFortran or C programming, they have little familiarity with microcontrollers. In response to theneeds of our research program and local industry in Las Vegas, the mechanical engineeringdepartment developed a microcontrollercourse based on the BASIC Stamp IImanufactured by Parallax, Inc

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George Homsy

Session 2793 Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics G. M. Homsy Stanford University (Current affiliation: University of California at Santa Barbara)AbstractThis paper summarizes the results of a two-year project sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF Project “Hypermedia Fluid Mechanics: Teaching Modules for the NextCentury”, NSF/DUE 9752199). This project was a multi-investigator effort to develop a CD-ROM, compatible with a wide range of platforms, processors, and operating systems, containingmultimedia materials for