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Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Helen Grady

Session Number 2158 Teaching Well Online: Part, I, Instructional Design Helen M. Grady, Ed.D. Mercer UniversityTeaching online is not as simple as placing your lecture notes on the web—you must design thewhole educational experience differently. This two-part presentation focuses on the need forinstructional design, and also for interactive teaching and learning. Part I focuses on how toapply the principles of instructional design to online training materials or courses.Systematic instructional design enables a course developer to answer three basic questions:(1) Where

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve Schweitzer; Shad Reed

could be despite thebest intentions of those who developed them. Many individuals have developed criterion to help to determine the effectiveness of acourse website. One study addresses a large number of issues organized into the following areas,layout, pedagogy, navigation and organization, accessibility and others[7]. While the studyhighlights many key issues that website developers should be aware of, it does not provide datathat supports its conclusions. By and large, this seems to be the trend in most of the literatureregarding website development[8 9]. For the purposes of this investigation, the effectiveness of a course website will bedetermined by how well it accomplishes the tasks identified in Figure 1

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth R. Crockett; Matthew Ohland

Session 1430 Creating a Catalog and Meta-Analysis of Freshman Programs for Engineering Students: Part 1: Summer Bridge Programs Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth R. Crockett General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractSpecial programs and the curriculum itself are two primary ways to improve the freshman yearexperience for engineers. Following a SUCCEED-sponsored Freshman Engineering ProgramsBest Practices Conference held in Charlotte, NC, in May 2000, a catalog and meta-analysis offreshman programs for students in US engineering colleges is underway. This paper will

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronald Welch; Stephen Ressler

Page 7.897.1 solution. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThis paper describes this problem-solving methodology in detail. It provides an example of atypical student homework problem involving a manual solution of the Direct Stiffness Method,to include representative portions of the MathCAD worksheet and the Excel spreadsheet used toobtain the solution. The paper will also present student assessment data demonstrating theeffectiveness of the methodology in promoting better understanding of: (1) the Direct StiffnessMethod itself; (2) the relationship between the Direct Stiffness

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yusuf Mehta

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Carlos Sun

instructionaltechniques. A course management tool named Blackboard 5 (BB5) was utilized tomanage course logistics such as acting as the project data server, providing solutions,updating and personalizing grade reports, and posting announcements. A wirelessPersonal Address (PA) system worn by the instructor was utilized in laboratory sectionsto enhance the instruction in a team setting where discussions among group memberswere encouraged during class. Teaching techniques using computer laboratoriescompletely transformed the course. Four projects, each requiring significant computermodeling and engineering, were implemented to replace and augment homework sets.The four projects were (1) geometric design with AutoCAD, (2) traffic flow analysis withCORSIM, (3

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Douglas Schmucker; Charles Camp; Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Susan Magun-Jackson

. Page 7.5.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1615 “Powerful Play: Using Toys as Tools in Engineering Education” Anna P. Phillips, Paul J. Palazolo, Susan Magun-Jackson, Charles V. Camp, Doug Schmucker University of Memphis (4), Valparaiso University(1)Introduction: As engineering educators, how many times do we tell our students that as practicingengineers, they will have to continually adapt themselves and their skills

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Moujalli Hourani

topic of influence lines ofindeterminate beams at Manhattan College is covered in a senior level elective course,“Advanced Structural Analysis II”. The students enrolled in this course have already learned theanalysis of indeterminate structures.The New Approach The mathematical model of influence lines for indeterminate beams presented in thispaper is based on two fundamental principles that have been already covered in a previousstructural analysis course. These two principles are outlined in the next section. I- Flexibility MethodThe flexibility method procedure adopted in this paper can be summarized as follows:1- Determine the degree of static indeterminacy.2- Choose the unknowns/redundants, name them X 1, X2,....., Xn. [the

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Raul Ordonez; Marianne Cinaglia; Kathryn Hollar; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Mariano Savelski; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh

studies.INTRODUCTIONResearch experiences expose undergraduate students to the creativity of the researchprocess and enable them to apply their acquired knowledge from formal co ursework.Active research experience is considered one of the most effective ways to attracttalented undergraduates to and retain them in careers in science and engineering,including careers in teaching. Involving undergraduates in research also encourages themto pursue graduate education. The National Science Foundation (NSF) 1 has establishedthe Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in its efforts to recruitdiverse talented students to engineering and science. A REU site focusing on pollutionprevention was established for three years at the College of Engineering at

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Kauser Jahan; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head

Page 7.589.3Reading. Each biofuel subteam was provided with such a fuel cell at the start of the semester to Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationinvestigate the effect of experimental variables on the performance of the fuel cell. Themicrobial fuel cell used by the students is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. These illustrations areavailable on the internet at http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/MATERIALS/menu.html. Figure 1: Microbial Fuel Cell Schematic Figure 2: Assembled Fuel Cell (National Center for

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jesse Condon; Chasity Williams; Benjamin Fratto; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

Session 3451 Membrane Experiments for Pollution Prevention Kauser Jahan 1 , Jesse Condon 1, Chasity Williams1 and Benjamin Fratto 2 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering 2 Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Junior and Senior Engineering Clinics at Rowan University is tointroduce students to open-ended design projects. The purpose of the clinic classes is to provideengineering students with a hands-on, multidisciplinary experience throughout their collegeeducation

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Subrata Roy; Karim Nasr; K. Joel Berry

transfer fundamentals. Design projects range from determining the blower size of anautomotive HVAC system, to adept selection of nozzle diameter for a jet engine at a specifiedspeed. These design projects are used as the platform for students to solidify their knowledge ofthermal fluid systems. The authors provide their personal journey in developing a project-basedand design-driven thermodynamics course that show promise for the design integrationthroughout the Energy Systems Thread. Formal and informal assessment measures conducted onstudent achievement of educational outcomes are also presented.1. INTRODUCTIONCreating a project based learning environment for engineering students has been the subject ofinvestigation at a number of universities

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

and active in solving these problems.I. IntroductionThe central issue in this paper is how to get students involved in large interdisciplinary projectsat an early stage. In the past three years, enrollment in aerospace engineering at the author’sinstitution has risen sharply. This rise appears to be related to the expectation that there will be awealth of Space-related opportunities, resulting from the Mars Exploration plan 1 and the “GoldRush to Low Earth Orbit” 2 seen in the late 1990s. The rigorous courses on fundamentalmathematics and science in the first two years of college afford little occasion to remember whyone wanted to enter engineering in the first place. In the 1990s, we tried to address thisdemoralizing aspect by setting up a

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Beenfeldt; John Field; Eric Beenfeldt; Edward Williams

tasks. We use a custom software development tool to develop assemblylanguage programs that execute on a Motorola M68HC11 EVBU 4 evaluation board. This toolis designed to work with the EVBU’s monitor program, BUFFALO. We also developed acustom interface board that allows for interesting and challenging exercises. The remainder ofthe paper describes these areas as well as how the course is administered. The custom softwaretool is presented in detail, in part because of its usefulness with the EVBU board, and in partbecause it is useful with any 68HC11-based system that uses BUFFALO as a monitor program.II. Course AdministrationTwo faculty members (1-FTE) are assigned to the course, which normally has about 80-90students. Also, two to three

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhongming Liang

(1)in which T is the tool life (min), V is the surface cutting speed (ft/min), and n and C are constants.Do parameters n and C have notable physical meanings? This equation appears in many textbook [1-4]. In all the books, the authors alwaysexplain the physical relation presented by the equation because understanding the physicalrelation by students is as important as their ability to manipulate numbers with the equation.Students need to know that any equation, theoretically derived or empirically derived, is nothingbut a mathematical expression of physical relations. In fact, the physical meaning of constant C has been well discussed in some textbookssuch as [1]. It says that if we let T = 1 (min) in equation (1) then it

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Underwood

teaching institutions may lack the equipment,techniques and experienced personnel employed by a larger research entity. The SummerFellowship Program (SFP) provides the opportunity to form a type of temporary partnership.Under management of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) annually offers the SFP to full-time engineeringand science educators in the United States, as an opportunity to participate in NASA’s currentresearch efforts.1 Over the years, both NASA and participating faculty have benefitted from theSFP by realizing some of NASA’s primary objectives for the program, such as: ... to increase the quality and quantity of research collaborations between NASA and

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Baratuci; Angela Linse

Page 7.607.1Spring-Summer assignments. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationCourse Goals and StudentsAn overall goal of the course was to provide comparable learning experiences for distance andon-campus students. The courses are not identical, but the students must be well prepared tomeet the challenges of subsequent coursework. Thus, for comparative purposes, we decided tooffer the course during the same quarter and use the same textbook 1 as the on-campus course. Inthe future, the course may be offered in other quarters as well.While the success of any educational endeavor depends on students

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

-- that is 50meters (165 feet) higher. Water production wells and artificial charging processes arealso implemented, while tree fences are planted as wind and sand storm breakers toprotect the project, and a network of roads and services is being constructed.The Egyptian Survey Authority has completed an on site survey of the canal alignmentand an aerial survey of the whole area of the project covering 540,000 feddans (onefeddan = 0.99 acres, approximately). These surveys are used to produce maps of variousscales, to be made available to investors in infrastructure and internal works. Thisincludes surveying branch alignments with a width of 4 km (2.5 miles) on both sides ofalignment and producing contour maps at a scale of 1:5000.The Toshka

Conference Session

CAD Applications in MET Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nirmal Das

only occur ifartificial restraints are provided at the joints. Now, if each artificially restrained joint is released,one at a time, it will rotate under the unbalanced moment to reach moment equilibrium. In theprocess, the following occur: (1) the unbalanced moment is shared by the members framing intothe joint in proportion to their stiffness (this is called “balancing” or “distribution” step) and (2)one-half of the distributed moment is carried over to the other end of the member (this is called“carry-over” step) . Once these two steps are completed for one joint, it is assumed to beclamped back and the same process is repeated for other joints. The “balancing” and “carry-over” steps are repeated until the unbalanced moment at each joint

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

feel that it holds a great educational potential, andit will grow in the coming years. We would like to encourage the engineering educationcommunity to experiment more with similar programs for both undergraduate and graduatestudents. Most important, it is vital to encourage your students to participate in futuresimulations. We welcome your participation.NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY:1. Nerken School of Engineering at Cooper Union, located in New York City, is a member of the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition, one of the coalitions sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Engineering colleges from the following institutions participate in the Phase II of the Gateway Coalition: Columbia U., Cooper Union, Drexel U., New Jersey

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

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A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

the Workshop on “Chemistry and Technology of Fertilizer Industry”, Dhaka University, (Dec. 20, 1986-Jan. 1, 1987).11. Quader, A.K.M.A., Transfer of technology in chemical process industry, Proceedings of the Workshop on “Chemistry and Technology of Fertilizer Industry”, Dhaka University, (Dec. 20, 1986-Jan 1, 1987).12. Quader, A.K.M.A., Exploration and development of oil-gas in Bangladesh (in Bengali), Unnayan Bitarkka, vol. 6, 43-53, March – Dec. (1987).13. Quader, A.K.M.A., Industry-University interaction: an experience of Bangladesh, Proceedings of National Seminar “Chemical Engineering Education and Research” Organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, India, Calcutta, 62-66

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Headley; Sanjiv Sarin

observations are also made regarding theextent to which students over or under report their abilities on self-reports.1. IntroductionInterest in valid methods for assessing student outcomes has grown in higher education. This isespecially true in engineering education as a consequence of the new Engineering Criteria 2000(EC 2000) requirements that became fully effective starting from the Fall 2001 visitation cycle.The new EC 2000 criteria represent a major shift in the philosophy behind accreditation ofengineering programs. Instead of focusing on resources and inputs provided to an engineeringprogram, the new accreditation criteria emphasize student learning, i.e., outcomes. The use ofoutcomes assessment data to guide the improvement of educational

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K Sase; Julie Wei

available storage for flood control.According to the sieve analysis, nearly 89% was less than #200 mesh (0.075 mm) and theremaining was distributed between #4 and #200 mesh. D 50 was estimated at 0.041 mm (0.0016in.). Therefore, the design velocity for slurry transport was based on these grain sizes. Durand–Condolios’ limiting deposit velocity equation was used to determine a transition velocity thatseparates the suspended heterogeneous sediments from the moving bed regime. To avoidblockage, the pipeline velocity must be greater than the limiting deposit velocity. The equationis ær ö VLD = FL 2 gD çç S - 1÷÷ Where è rW ø VLD – limiting deposit velocity

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronald Nelson; David Flegel; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

a project engineer, performed most of thework. A team of three undergraduate students tested the TNA and documented its operation.The same team characterized the impedances of the major elements of the TNA, such as itstransmission line segments. When they finished, the TNA was ready for its first projects,accomplished through undergraduate design work, to create the capabilities that the Navy needs.Figure 1. Transient Network AnalyzerSystem DescriptionThe TNA is a small configurable electric power system. It has four tap selectable line segmentsand two source segments. A photograph is shown in Figure 1. Page 7.1222.2 Proceedings of

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Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

development of Baylor University’s engineering program from 1979 to present. Themotivations for this engineering program and the growth of the program over the past twodecades are examined. Baylor University’s Baptist heritage has also significantly impacted thepresent program. The present program is analyzed with the constraints imposed by accreditationand the institution itself. The conclusion reached is that there are few academic courses availablefor development of a liberal arts concentration. Baylor University is in the midst of definingitself in terms of a 10-year vision. This has resulted in an Academic Summit which is imposingadditional liberal arts requirements. In the end, three questions are posed: 1) Are SpecializedLiberal Arts Courses

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Rabiee

Session 1532 Parallel-to-Serial and Serial-to-Parallel Converters Max Rabiee, Ph.D., P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstract:Microprocessors (MPUs) on a computer motherboard communicate in a parallel format with thememory system and support chips. The memory system consists of Read Only Memory (ROM), andRandom Access Memory (RAM). The 8255 Programmable Peripheral Interface (PPI) is an exampleof such a support chip [1]. Microprocessors (MPUs) communicate in a serial format with outsideperipheral devices. Serial-to-parallel and parallel-to-serial conversion

Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Kaminski

needs of working professionals and graduating students by developing the MSET program.This paper describes the development of a multi-disciplinary, Master of Science degree inengineering technology with the purpose of broadening the technological background of engineersand engineering technologists. Although the MSET degree is offered at two locations, in PugetSound and at the main campus in Ellensburg, Washington, this paper focuses on the largepopulation center of Puget Sound. The MSET program is conducted in a traditional manner atthe main campus. At the Puget Sound location, the degree is taught in the eveningto cohorts of working professionals.An examination of the literature 1 indicates that institutions offering masters degrees in

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerson de Oliveira

. Page 7.320.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Frame 1 Synthetic description of the prototype system (instrument applied to the experimental group of research) Part (theoretical Purpose concept) Introduces the working and use features of the system, giving the opportunity to the participant to insert personal data and to register a password that will be used to verify the rights to use

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

Session 3630 ABET 2000 Criteria 3g and the Meaning of Communication Alisha A. Waller and Sheryl Greenwood Gowen Georgia State UniversityAbstractThis paper reports part of the findings from a larger research study on the ways in which the fieldof engineering education “talks” about communication. The goals of the research study are 1) toanalyze the uses and meanings of “communication” exhibited by peer reviewed papers inengineering education publications from the year 2000; 2) to analyze how the authors interpretABET 2000 Criteria 3g: “to be effective communicators;” and 3) to

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato

information that I usedas reference throughout my first semester. Furthermore, I chose to complete some additionalreadings given in the course so I could better understand how to teach. ISW helped me initiallydevelop my personal teaching style by showing me what teaching methods and practices werealready available and where to go to get more information on them. ISW also required me initially practice my newly developed teaching style. During ISWI taught five classes to senior instructors and my peers. There is no substitute for this type ofpractice and feedback. At the end of ISW, I had 28 formal assessments that I keep as a part ofmy record of teaching those particular classes (See Enclosure 1 for an example). Theassessments covered both