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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ayre; Julie Mills

other western countries. Curriculum reformis recommended to improve recruitment and retention of students from all of these groups too.What is an inclusive curriculum?Early approaches to teaching diverse students aimed to ensure that ‘different’ students wereincluded, as opposed to excluded, in lectures and laboratories, giving rise to the term ‘inclusive’teaching. Faculty were urged to examine their teaching practices and to ensure that in theassumptions they made about students’ backgrounds, in the examples and metaphors they used,and in the attention they gave to individual students, they were not excluding those students whocame from cultures which differed from the dominant culture represented in the class (usuallyyoung, white and male

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Barker

Session 1566 Better Preparing Students for Basic Measurements Courses Mark Barker Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper will examine the difference in performance between two groups of students enrolledin the junior- level Mechanical Engineering course Basic Measurements (MEEN 382). Thiscourse covers measurement theory and application in a lecture and laboratory format. Theprimary difference between these two student groups is their curriculum background, due to achange in the Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul LaPlume; Michael Ruane

. Preliminary assessment results will begiven at the presentation of this paper.The module begins with the presentation of basic digital imaging methods and issues, using PChardware and web cameras available in the department electronics lab. As student proficiencygrows, they advance in teams to the High Tech Tools and Toys Laboratory, which supports fivededicated imaging stations. At each station, the students face a particular imaging problem, whichthey solve using a variety of hardware and software tools. Solutions are structured to make surethe students can be reasonably successful with their novice level of understanding. The ‘Toolsand Toys’ include different cameras, frame grabbers and digital channels, and imaging softwareranging from MATLAB to

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer

courseofferings. Teaching independent study courses of six to eight students does not require thecourse material to be completely polished, and the students can be evaluated without spending alot of time grading written homework or exams. Furthermore, the students can be used todevelop projects and handouts that will later be used as hands-on laboratory exercises orclassroom demonstrations. At the same time, the students are getting the background necessaryfor them to be valuable to a research program.This paper presents the results of teaching an independent study course in mechatronics to agroup of six mechanical engineering students. The course included both undergraduate andgraduate students working in teams of two. The first ten weeks of the course

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

needs and necessities. Project management,teamwork training, motivation and decision-making are some of these subjects. The progressionof embedment over three-semesters is presented along with brief design project explanations.Unsolicited student comments that are collected during teaching evaluations are also presented asan indication of improved student satisfaction.Index Terms __ Engineering management, and product design education.I. IntroductionAn integrated project team (IPT) is a multidisciplinary, relatively autonomous, project orientedwork team [1]. IPTs are used in industry, not only to increase productivity in solving problemsbut also to form and sustain strategic capabilities through employee learning. New productdevelopment is one

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

encounter themselves. They develop skills to solve these problems, and thus become more competent. Page 7.404.6 · Teamwork is encouraged, which helps develop interpersonal skills, which are of benefit in an industrial environment. · Laboratory time is used efficiently, with all participants fully engaged in the learning process. · Enables to expose weak spots in participants’ knowledge and address them right away. · Teaches participants take responsibility for their learning. Even with the facilitator’s help, participants are required to understand and solve the problems

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Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

philosophy of integrating the life sciences with engineering topical material,undergraduate BME programs include courses in mathematics, the physical and life sciences,engineering sciences (e.g. electric circuits, heat transfer) and a group of specialty BME courses.The latter may include biomechanics, biomaterials, bioinstrumentation, biotransport processes,BME laboratory and a senior design experience among other areas.Not surprisingly, as students at major universities become knowledgeable of the existence of anundergraduate BME program (e.g. via catalog or web site review), they consider the utility of aninterdisciplinary degree in BME for the pursuit of careers other than the traditional set listedabove. In particular, it has been common for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

Session 2793 The Art of Creating an Active Learning Environment Richard M. Goff Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractActive learning is truly the key to education. To paraphrase Piaget, …in order for a student tounderstand something she must construct it herself, she must re-invent it. As an award-winningteacher, I have been involved in engineering education for roughly 15 years. During my tenure, Ihave seen and employed many teaching methods and philosophies. One observation that seemsto be constant though it all is that students who are engaged in

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

ChemicalEngineering department. Industrial participation has been used in developing and implementingthe experiments in the Biochemical Engineering Laboratory course to ensure students are exposedto experiments with appropriate content and skills and team-teaching or guest lecturing in thebiochemical engineering courses required for the emphasis.The formal ABET assessment procedure ensures that the curriculum for these programs areconsistently and continually evaluated. Assessment provides an ongoing mechanism in whichweaknesses can be identified and corrected while strengths can be emphasized. Page 7.522.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Edward Wheeler; Cliff Grigg; Zachariah Chambers; Richard Layton

viewed not as an assortment of problems inmechanics, electronics, hydraulics, and so forth, but as a systems problem, requiring a systemsperspective. The automobile industry is only one example of an industry where this trend can bereadily identified.2 Thus, knowledge of electrical systems is an integral part of every mechanicalengineer's background, and it follows that electrical systems service courses are an integral partof mechanical engineering curricula.Those who teach these courses know that the problems are not primarily ones regarding contentbut rather of delivery. The very real problems that can appear in these service courses are oftendue to a lack of motivation or interest on the part of students, a classroom/laboratory design

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; Jeffrey Ray

analysis were reinforced. Students also learned how to select FEAelements and model a real situation.MethodsIn the laboratory portion of the Mechanics of Materials course, FEA and basic strain gage useand instrumentation are presented fairly in the semester. In addition, strain gage rosette analysisand use and experimental design are introduced as lecture topics in the lab.After teaching students, in the lecture portion of the course, how to approach combined loadinganalysis, they were assigned, in the laboratory portion of the course, a project to design, buildand test a combined loading apparatus. They were given a choice to either design a model of ahypothetical combined loading situation or to choose a real situation to model. They then

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

, the engineering education was delayed as compared to the Western Europeancountries. Many elements of education had to be changed with a view to preparing ourengineers for entering the European labor market: · curricula · laboratories · teaching and learning system · industrial training · foreign language teaching · attitude open to international orientationIt was a great advantage that education decision makers had become well aware of what wasgoing on in the world and could try to introduce the most desirable changes.Let me discuss the above mentioned elements of engineering education one by one.Curricula. In this respect the situation was not so bad. Polish universities of technology wereresistant enough during these

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

a hands-on collaborative learning experience as a more effective learning tool· Teaching of other ‘soft skills’ based on ABET 2000 criteria· Stimulating student interest· Improving the student retention rate in engineeringThe implementation of project-based learning in the Mechanics of Solids course was achieved byassigning a semester-long project designed to encompass all the fundamental topics covered in Page 7.755.3the course and to complement the projects conducted in the design laboratory. The project was Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Thompson

civil engineering sub-disciplines of structural, geotechnical, environmental, water resources and transportationengineering. A different faculty member began each unit with an overview of his or her area ofexpertise. A guest speaker from private consulting, government or industry followed this generaloverview by providing students with examples of typical projects and work environments. Thethird phase of each unit involved a hands-on laboratory, computer activity or site visit, whichalso had the purpose of instilling excitement for civil engineering. This paper will report on theassessment of these activities, which included using the West Point Bridge Design program aswell as a unique water system layout project. The paper highlights other

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Slade Gellin

to address this weakness by our mid -term letter of2001, it was decided by the faculty in the program to offer an elective in finite element analysis.As the faculty member with the most industrial and academic experience with finite elementanalysis, it fell upon the author to design the curriculum for the course and prepare a courseoutline for routing through the various curriculum committees at the college.At first, the prospect of performing this task was met with great excitement, as it would allow theauthor an opportunity to formulate and teach a course in his specialty area; however, thisexcitement soon gave way to skepticism. The author had taught the course on a graduate level;here, it must be taught on an undergraduate level. The

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

. Education has been a part of the partnering phenomenon from its earliestbeginnings, with some of the most dramatic examples involving the donation ofequipment, software, and the favorable pricing of systems by Apple Computer, Inc.Business and education have been partners for a very long time. Educators rely onbusinesses for contributions to classroom technology, executives on loan, aides andinternships, endowments, and a host of other important inputs that raise the capabilitylevels of local schools, colleges, and universities well beyond what could be achievedindependently by those institutions. At the same time, educational institutions teach the

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Omar Zia

Page 7.559.2education. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Conference &Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Education· Fachhochschulen (university of applied sciences) offering applicationoriented education.The curricula of the Fachhochschulen have a bias towards a practical approach,whereas the classical universities have a more theoretical (research oriented)approach.The degree from the Harz Fachhochschule is similar to an Engineeringtechnology Bachelors degree offered in the US.The Harz Fachhochchule serves students studying, automation, informationtechnology and business. It features extensive teaching laboratories providing thestudents with a “hands-on” learning

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Farhad Sharifi

accomplished through domestic andinternational collaborative relationships with other firms, government laboratories, anduniversities. Curriculum contents must be developed based on the workplace demands, therefore,an interdisciplinary team is required to correctly identify these demands and develop the requiredcurriculum14.2.1 Computers and Education In the current world of modern technology and telecommunications, it is essent ial toimplement computers and hi tech equipment and facilities for business and also educationalpurposes. Crynes, Lai & Chung 10 implemented laptop computers, wireless network connectionsand many other hi-tech facilities in order to improve the performance of teaching and learningand found these facilities very

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dru Germanoski; David Brandes

Geological Survey, p. 9-30.9. Germanoski, D., Braunwell, P., Coykendall, J.P., and Kelsey, J. 1993. Effects of agriculture, housing development, and industry on water quality in a small drainage basin, Bushkill Creek, Pennsylvania. Geological Society of America - Northeast Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 2, p. A18.AcknowledgementsSupport for this work was provided by Lafayette College, by the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program under grant DUE-0088770, and by PennsylvaniaDepartment of Environmental Protection Growing Greener Program under grant ME#351268.AuthorsDAVID BRANDES is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College,where he teaches courses

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

. HALLRichard H. Hall is an Associate Professor of Information Science and Technology at UMR. He received his BSdegree in Psychology from the University of North Texas, and PhD degree in Experimental Psychology from TexasChristian University. He is the director of UMR’s Media Design and Assessment Laboratory, and his researchfocuses on Web Design and Usability Evaluation.TIMOTHY A. PHILPOTTimothy A. Philpot is an Assistant Professor in the Basic Engineering Department at the University of Missouri -Rolla. He completed his PhD degree at Purdue University in 1992, the M.Engr.degree at Cornell University in1980, and the B.S. at the University of Kentucky in 1979, all in Civil Engineering. Dr. Philpot teaches Mechanics ofMaterials and is the PI of the US

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ofosu

Session 1675 Faculty Internship In The Telecommunications Industry Willie K. Ofosu Telecommunications Dept. Penn State Wilkes-BarreAbstractExcelling in the categories of research, teaching and service in one’s area ofspecialization ultimately results in a new faculty gaining tenure. There are manyapproaches one can take to satisfy the requirements in any one of these categories. Oneapproach is placement in industry. Industrial placement is a component of life-longlearning plan that helps to

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gardner; Harold Ackler; Anthony Paris; Amy Moll

least be allowed to decide howto do it.” In this case, the course takes on the priorities and biases of the individual giventhe (often unpopular) task of teaching the course.An alternative would be to work towards a consensus among the faculty about whatshould be done in first year engineering, and an agreement that all who teach the course Page 7.987.1will carry out those wishes, regardless of their personal biases. This approach is made Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationeven more difficult when one

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Simon Ang; Fred Barlow; Alan Mantooth; Sean Mulvenon

made at each successive stage ofdissemination. State of the art evaluation techniques are being developed to facilitate theseassessments. Experts in their respective fields, from industry and national laboratories, willactively participate in offering the courses. The courses being offered cover the design, analysis,and testing of mixed-signal/telecommunications (MST) circuits and systems. Each course offersparticular challenges to distance delivery. These challenges and their respective solutions will bedescribed. New course design when the target is ultimately distance delivery via Internet2 isaddressed as well. Lastly, the design of modular courses for rapid introduction of recent researchdevelopments is described.I. Introduction The

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

Motivating cadets’ learning in engineering education is always critical, however thisbecomes even more important when teaching engineering courses to non-engineering majors. Inorder to influence these students we develop an active learning environment. Class sizes areconstrained to no more than 18 students. This allows for more instructor-student interaction.Each class of students is organized into three or four person groups. This helps the cadets learnby helping each other, and also forces them to work as a member of a team, an ability required ofArmy officers. The active learning environment involves many hands-on applications ofengineering. Many physical models, training aids and laboratories are used to enhance the activelearning atmosphere. 4

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

education in avariety of ways. Many of the graduate students are teaching assistants assigned toundergraduate laboratories where they instruct students on conducting experiments,oversee the lab work, answer students’ questions, check engineering notebooks, andreview or grade lab reports. In some departments or courses, the TAs have lessresponsibility; in some cases, an experienced graduate student may teach a lab courseunder minimal supervision by engineering faculty. Regardless of their particularassignments, teaching assistants have a significant role in the educational mission of theinstitution.Because teaching assistants have an impact on the quality of undergraduate research andinstruction, engineering educators, like their counterparts in

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza S. Abhari; Friederike Mund; Anestis I. Kalfas

Session 1625 Integration of Software Tools into a Multi-disciplinary Undergraduate Student Design Project Friederike C. Mund, Anestis I. Kalfas, Reza S. Abhari Turbomachinery Laboratory Institute of Energy Technology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandAbstract This paper presents a pilot scheme for the integration of modern state-of-the-artturbomachinery design tools into project-based education of undergraduate students. This efforthas been part of a

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

utilize most of the techniques of classical linear control,such as block diagrams, Bode plots and root-locus diagrams. The course includes a major laboratory component. In the first half of the semester the labora-tories focus on modeling physical components. The models can then be used to predict theresponses of systems to given inputs. As the semester progresses the labs transition to usingindustrial motor controllers to reinforce the value of the course material. The paper describes the course in detail, including a custom written text book available on thecourse web page (http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/courses.html).Introduction At Grand Valley State University (GVSU) all junior Mechanical and Manufacturing engineer-ing students take

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Clay Barbee; Brian Lenahan; Michael Warren; Joseph Morgan

providean infrastructure that would be used by Engineering Technology students and faculty for educational andresearch purposes. The Wireless Infrastructure Project (WIP) became a real worldclassroom/laboratory environment for the team members to learn about wireless communications,networking, and authorization and authentication security and to gain practical experience in projectmanagement, technical communications and presentation skills.Additionally, the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Program is developinginnovative ways to leverage the new infrastructure that depart from traditional administrative uses.Professors and students are developing coursework that utilize the infrastructure for the monitoring andcontrol of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Selmer Bringsjord; Paul Bello

-howthat circumvents this difficulty. We have been in the business of interfacing some of the besttheorem provers that are available with proprietary applications since 1997 using WilliamMcCune's OTTER theorem prover 14.OTTEROTTER (Organized Techniques for Theorem-proving and Effective Research) was developed byWilliam McCune in 1994 at the Argonne National Laboratories for use as a high-powered toolfor proving first-order theorems with equality. We have employed OTTER in a number ofdifferent applications here at RPI, including The Rensselaer Intelligent Prover. OTTER has alsobeen successfully used in the teaching of Logic Programming Courses7 and various other AI-related courses. OTTER is a resolution-based theorem prover, and subsequently