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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

,develop, integrate, and deliver affordable technologies for improving warfighting capabilities.”6Due to this focus on cutting-edge technology, AFRL requires personnel with the rigor of anengineering background. As part of AFRL, the Space Vehicle Directorate is especiallyconcerned with space technologies, and the Astronautical Engineering program is particularlysuited for support of the Space Vehicles Directorate. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, theAstronautical Engineering curriculum includes the common core and also engineeringfundamentals of linear systems analysis, control and state space concepts, and intermediatedynamics. The program also includes the more advanced space engineering concepts ofintermediate space flight mechanics and two of the

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Whether these features actually have the desired impact on students, however, cannot simply beassumed. Rowan developed its curriculum and pedagogy as best practices in engineering education, notfor women only. The present paper poses the question of how the students react to the program andclimate at Rowan. We focus on gender differences in the evaluation of the programmatic elements andclimate issues.The Present StudyThis paper presents results from an NSF-funded study focusing on gender differences among students inRowan’s Engineering College. Survey questionnaires were

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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W. San Yip; Michael Hough; Eric Wood; Thomas Marlin

developing anddrawing these figures can double the development time for a question. Also, some students wanted to see a link between the Interactive LearningModules and simulation software. It is likely that some concepts would be reinforced bya simulation case. To maintain the ease of use, the simulation interface should be simple.Thus, we envisage an approach allowing limited user flexibility for a selected exercise;for example, the student could change only the controller gain and integral time for afixed process, noise, and input disturbance. However, intensive simulation exercises,involving student problem solving and in some cases limited programming, require amore complex interface to accommodate the open-ended nature of the

Conference Session

Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

, analyze, and solve technologicalproblems in a thoughtful, responsible way, within the context of society's structures and mores.IV. Curriculum Design and Learning Objectives for Liberal Education in Engineering EducationCurriculum DesignAs an area of study that encourages self-discovery, the exploration of different ways of thinking,and broad intellectual development, LE in engineering cannot be reduced to a single course ofstudy. No single pattern of learning is right for every student, teacher, program, or school. Infact, LE can be delivered in many ways, including: Traditional H&SS Courses. Courses entirely devoted to some aspect of a humanities or social science discipline and taught by experts in the discipline. These courses

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Roy; Karim Nasr; K. Joel Berry

. Page 7.413.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”One area that needs more attention is inciting project-based learning environment into theclassroom. Focusing on this issue, recently this instructional approach has been integrated intothe thermodynamics course at Kettering University. It is an integrated approach that challengesstudents to stretch the learning boundary and extends into knowledge and concepts normallydealt with in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Projects range from determining the blower sizeof a car HVAC system to selection of nozzle diameter for a jet engine at a

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

outcomes. A standard format forthese reviews is now prescribed. This, along with the fact that our teaching assignmentstend to remain constant over a three to five year period, provides an opportunity to bothcompare student performance with expectations as well as make meaningful year-to-yearcomparisons. It was obvious that a detailed discussion of all 12 courses was not possible eachyear. Thus only selected courses are reviewed each year, although all courses arereviewed on a set cycle. Because of their importance in the curriculum both semesters ofthe unit operations laboratory and both semesters of the design class are reviewed eachyear. In addition, one other required course is reviewed. To date four the eightremaining required ChE

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright Ó 2002 American Society for Engineering Education· A primary focus on engineers preparing for early management assignments· A rich mix of relevant management theory and practices· Flexibility and portability to meet the work and personal demands on students· A format that effectively engages remote students· An opportunity to include a technical area of emphasis associated with the manager’s functional area· A provision for an original research project on a management topicCurriculumThe original program curriculum is illustrated in Table 1. The core curriculum offered a set ofsix technical management courses that were highly integrated and provided

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Santhosh Thampuran

the course.4. SummaryIn conclusion, based on the evaluations of the students, the TAs, the instructor and variousexternal observers, we felt that the course was a success. The following ideas were successful: · Offering a technical course to non-majors and exposing them to a wide variety of topics in multimedia systems. · Providing an experience for exploration of a particular project in depth using a diverse group of students and tools. · Using guest lectures from the UMASS community, integrating research and information technology into the curriculum. · Capturing the course through the use of low-cost video, Web site and CD-ROM.Recommended improvements to the course include: · Covering less material (a

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Randell; Marty Bowe; John Feland; Daniel Jensen

prevalent as well. At the U. S. Air Force Academywe have been using RP to enhance our design curriculum for the last three years. In thispaper we give a brief overview of RP technology, and discuss how we use both classical(non-rapid) and rapid prototyping in our design classes. Assessment results from bothfaculty and students are presented which provide insight into the role of RP inundergraduate education. This assessment shows that students have an initial reluctanceto using the RP technology. However, after they have used RP, they report that theprocess is surprisingly easy. In addition, they report that prototyping significantlyenhances their design and more importantly, enhances their learning of the design toolsand methodologies taught

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

high level of competence is essential for professionalcareers in academia or research. Even though ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 hasencouraged engineering colleges to expand communications instruction in theundergraduate curriculum, it has long been possible to complete an undergraduate Page 7.851.1engineering program with no formal writing instruction beyond freshman composition Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education(1, p. 130). Thus, many engineering graduate students could profit from a review

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

Session #2002 Learning Assessment in Problem-based Learning for BME Students Wendy C. Newstetter, Paul J. Benkeser Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the fall of 2001, the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech inaugurated itsundergraduate degree program. The two anchor courses in the curriculum, BMED1300/2300have adopted an innovative educational approach called Problem-based Learning or PBL that hasbeen used in medical schools for more than a decade. In this approach, teams of eight studentstackle real

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Bernard White

preserving the integrity of existing degreeprograms in disciplines such as computer science and management informationsystems. This new IT curriculum serves a wider variety of student and industryneeds than do existing programs.The new BS IT major should meet the needs of students and employers whileimproving retention and increasing enrollment. Preliminary indications suggestthat the BS IT degree will become the program of choice among IT&E majors.VII. References1. Baldwin, D.; Gries, D., Henderson, P., Marion, B., Schwartz, D.; “How Mathematical ThinkingEnhances Computer Science Problem Solving;” SIGCSE 2001; pp. 390-391.2. Countermine, T. and Phil Pfeiffer; “Implementing an IT Concentration in a CS Department:Content, Rationale, and

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

Research in Project Laboratories," Proceedings of Engineering Education: Curriculum Innovation and Integration, Engineering Foundation Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, January 1992. Page 7.995.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 9. M. E. Parten, "Design in the Electrical Engineering Laboratory," 1988 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 17-18, 1988Micheal E. PartenMicheal E. Parten is a Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Probst

Logical Systems 3 hours Political Systems 3 hours Written Expression 3 hours Physical Systems 3 hours Social Systems 3 hoursIII. The 300-400 Level Interdisciplinary Curriculum: THEME: INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE: LIVING IN AN INTERDEPENDENT UNIVERSE Each student takes two 300-level courses that integrate two or more categories of the core curriculum. 300 Level Interdisciplinary Courses …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 hours Each student also takes a 400-level senior seminar that integrates two or more perspectives of the core curriculum and that requires students to demonstrate the ability to do appropriate

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

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Kaminski

of the College of Education and ProfessionalStudies and Graduate School, and the Provost.Assessment of the StudentsEach course in the MSET curriculum contains assessment procedures that evaluate learneroutcomes for those specified courses. As a culminating experience, a student may opt to write athesis, complete a project, or take a four hour written examination plus an oral examination basedon material from the written exam. If the student elects to write a thesis, then an oral presentationis given to the student’s graduate committee. A project is evaluated in a similar manner to that ofa thesis. If the student elects to take a written examination, the graduate committee reads andevaluates the exam report and follows up with an oral

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

ASEE for contributions to engineering education and a Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award. Hisresearch interests include high performance polymers, outcomes assessment and integrating communicationskills through the curriculum.KEVIN DAHMKevin Dahm is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received hisPh.D. in 1998 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty of RowanUniversity, he served as an Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina A&T StateUniversity. He also served for one year as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California atBerkeley, where he assisted in the development of ModelLA, a process simulation softwarepackage for use in the

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wheeldon; Glenn Wrate

, hopefully, inthe future to students in the Mechanical Engineering program.IntroductionElectrical Engineering (EE) programs across the United States have seen a decline in electricalpower engineering courses for the last few years 1. This same trend has been witnessed in the EEprogram at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). At MSOE however, there is anincrease in interest in the power systems option among Architectural Engineering (AE) students.The driving force behind this interest is an increasing demand for graduates with a powersystems background for facilities engineering 2. A group of 25 local design firms and contractorsrecently approached MSOE and requested a sequence of courses that would prepare AE studentsfor a career in the

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Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rainer Jonas; Peter Winter; Peter Eichelmann; Paul King; Jeannie Scriven; Hunter Lauten; Hans-Jorg Jacobsen; Claudia Berger; Bernhard Huchzermeyer; Angelika Appenzeller; Jerry Collins; Todd Giorgio; Jean Alley

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”choices, and may include time spent in industry or other commercial venues, in government orprivate laboratories, or in clinical settings, as an intern or co-op student.The European undergraduate engineering experience is usually undertaken after thirteen years ofprevious training and is typically five years in duration. The first two years of a Germanbioengineering curriculum would include extensive instruction in chemistry, physics, biology,mathematics and basic engineering. There is little or no exposure to arts and humanities in thiscurriculum; such coursework

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Saigal; Vincent Manno

Electrichad apprentice programs in which the students worked full-time during the day and took classesin the evenings and on Saturdays at Tufts University. The students were typically from middle-class backgrounds with good hands-on skills. They had an acquired intuition about howproducts worked and how they were manufactured but lacked a strong analytical knowledgebase. The post-Sputnik engineering science "revolution" that fostered a focus on science overapplication led to a period of increased emphasis on government sponsorship of engineeringscience research. The apprentice programs were discontinued and many of the hands -onlaboratories of the “old” curriculum were replaced with applied science and mathematicscourses. Industry connections

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

integrated with the rest of the curriculum and are designed to address the ABETaccreditation criteria regarding both content and outcome oriented. The details of each coursecontent is shown in appendix A and appendix B respectively.IV. ResultsThe Mechanical engineering program at AAMU officially started in the Fall of 1997. Duringthe second year it was found that close to 50% of the first year freshman class did not remain inthe program. At that time the ME 101 class was offered only in the second semester of thefreshman year. A decision was made to offer the class both in the fall and spring semesters forthe following years. Figure 1 shows the cumulative enrollment to fall 2000

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

opportunity to solve problems using math and science in a “hands-on, minds-on” manner.The idea proposed to Alcoa involved grant funding to hire middle school teachers to work withCollege of Engineering faculty and develop ways to integrate engineering problem solvingmethods into the North Carolina Standard Course of Study curriculum strands in math andscience. Teachers would be paid an amount enticing enough to encourage them to forgo two oftheir short six-week summer. The first week, the teachers and COE faculty met at NCSU tolearn about engineering, technology, exemplary materials and the curriculum strands to becovered in each grade. Lessons and activities were the expected outcome. Then, the followingweek, 50 middle school students were brought

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Badger; Geraldine Peten; Anil Sawhney

exposed toresearch opportunities in the construction industry intended to motivate them to consider graduateeducation. The purpose of this paper, with its supporting research analysis is to present thestatistical data evaluating the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the program. During theevaluative phase of the program, all participating students completed an in-depth analysis thatfocused on the structure of the program, the curriculum, the content, program implementation,quality and research opportunities availed them. Presentation of this paper illustrates these findingsand projects revisions to be considered for subsequent programs at Arizona State University, forfunding years 2002 to 2003.OverviewSuccess of a nation is determined by

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Amy Gross; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

combinationand how each affects the other.At the end of the first year, the faculty responded to the question by the independent evaluator aboutthe strengths of the program as summarized in the following manner. Overwhelmingly, the faculty noted the strengths of an interdisciplinary program because it integrates advances in both science and engineering, making the curriculum very comprehensive. Having students from different disciplines in the same course also add the quality of the experience. Additionally, students can learn the necessary material for embedded systems in a few semesters. The relevance of the content area to industry was also noted as a strength. 2After the second year the faculty responded: AA

Conference Session

New Computer ET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle Hebsch; Jefferey Stevens; Andrew Gilchrist IV; Joel Weinstein

recognition/solutionskills.Simulating an industrial environment in the classroom is difficult. This paper describes amodel for providing this kind of culture wherein students are randomly assembled intoteams and given a poorly-defined task to complete within a ten-week period. The studentsare given little technical guidance and are required to deliver a working prototype of asoftware-based project.In the course, students deal with “customers” through weekly meetings with theinstructor who poses as an employee from a fictitious company. At those meetings, thestudents learn how to develop solutions to problems and also discover an importantlesson in corporate culture: They quickly find out that corporations may understand theirown missions, but do not

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

. Page 7.351.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society from Engineering EducationRICHARD F. DEVON has a background in structural engineering and is an Associate Professor of EngineeringDesign at Penn State. He has done research in spatial visualization, but he currently focuses on the nature andteaching of design, the ethics of technology, and the nature and practice of design and design education in the globaleconomy. Devon is the Director of the Design Curriculum in his department.GÜL E. OKUDAN is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design at Penn State. She has a doctorate inEngineering Management from the University of

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

Educationdemand of these companies, and with the help of these industry partners and the Arizona St ateLegislators the MTF became a reality.Semiconductor manufacturing survives by rapid change to develop, produce and market newproducts better, faster and cheaper than the competition. The most flexible fab employees runproduction, make process-engineering decisions, manage workflow, maintain the equipment, andtrain as a team. These flexible skill requirements presuppose a broad knowledge in science,math and communications. However, few employees are that versatile. This paper describesimplementing an integrated learning model at all degree levels in MTF at ASUE to bridge thisgap.Integrated Learning ModelThe pedagogical model of the MTF is integrated

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Harwell; Donna Shirley; Hillel Kumin

study: a concept that will provide synergism for knowledgecreation and integration. The projects should generate products of value to the client andalso provide a natural feedback mechanism for new knowledge to be disseminatedthroughout the curriculum. Page 7.1020.4 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Activities are underway to implement this approach. A committee was formed in 2000 toaddress cross-college integration of MDE.A key element of the MDE approach has been to develop an integrated vision

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bonnie McCormick; Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

shift that must accompany an implementation of the ABET 2000 Criteria is that theemphasis becomes program management rather than course management. Figure 1 presents theSchool’s organization chart as of the fall 2001 academic semester that facilitates the change inemphasis. Division Directors have primary responsibility for daily operations and immediatesupervision of faculty in that Division. Staff Directors have traditional staff responsibilities tosupport the academic divisions. All Directors and Committee Chairs share a coordination rolewith the Dean for strategic planning and program implementation and evaluation. TheCoordinator of Strategic Planning serves as Chair of Curriculum Committee. This ensures thatcurriculum development

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

behavior. Franken (1994) provides an additional component in his definition: · the arousal, direction, and persistence of behavior. While still not widespread in terms of introductory psychology textbooks, many researchers are now beginning to acknowledge that the factors that energize behavior are likely different from the factors that provide for its persistence. (Huitt, 2001) Assessing student motivational preference is an important, yet largely unused technique,in advising and enrolling students in distance education curriculum. It is assumed that thestudent will successfully complete the course requirements regardless of their individualmotivational style. Motivational assessment tools need to