Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josianne Basque; Sylvie Doré

writing material they had at their disposal. At the time, itmade sense to lecture, as a basic requirement for learning is having access to the knowledge andit was the only way to do so. Since those days, not only has printing technology evolved, but newmedia have emerged; understanding of cognitive processes has progressed, learning theorieshave been developed and tested, new methods and tools have been created. Yet, practices used inmost of our engineering faculties and schools do not reflect this wealth of knowledge.One of these practices concerns the way we go about creating a new course or even a newcurriculum. This paper presents the concept of instructional engineering (IE), in emergence forthe last 40 years in the field of education. The

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

Education and Human Resources, was that '….. all students learn[Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology] subjects by direct experience with themethods and processes of inquiry.'2 The inquiry-based method of learning by students in theCDW addresses these concerns. The approach, which incorporates both active and cooperativelearning models, arouses the students' natural curiosity, nurtures their sense of wonder andencourages wide-eyed exploration that can last a lifetime.A schematic of the CDW structure is illustrated in Figure 1. Modules I-IV refer to the four-course sequence which embodies the CDW's activities. Each semester, CDW students enroll inthe course that corresponds to their length of service. All students can only join the CDW in

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

aboutstudents.6 Knowing something about their background and interests outside of class, such asmusical taste, favorite movie, etc., shows interest in the student as a person. It provides materialsfor personal discussions outside of class. 6 Sharing the results with the class such as most popularmovies, favorite musical groups, etc., can provide connection within the class. 6Another method is to have students write a memo about themselves. The author requires juniorand senior level civil engineering technology (CET) students to submit all assignments with amemo. At the beginning of the semester, guidelines for memo preparation are distributed alongwith a sample memo. In the sample memo, the author presents information about himselfincluding where he’s

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

Session 2793 Involving Students in Engineering the Infrastructure of a Space-Based Economy Narayanan Komerath School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0150 Narayanan.Komerath@ae.gatech.eduAbstractMany students enter aerospace engineering with visions of participating in the humanexploration and development of Space. While we wait for national leadership towards granderobjectives, we are using a

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session 3460 A Non Orthodox Method for a Biomedical Engineering Program Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi University Center of LusiadaAbstractThe new world that is emerging brings to the education institutions the challenge of forming anew kind of professional: a professional with solid formation, who is capable to think global andacting locally. In a Country like Brazil it is very important to have engineers committed withscience and technology research principally in biomedical field, because despite of all problemsof policy nature it has, it is a Country that medical

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Lacey Prouty; Erik Rushton

impact should engage different demographic groups, particularly by gender.Within a project utilizing identical materials and developed goals, it is expected that femalestudents will be increasingly interested in projects given frameworks with a high degree ofpersonal application of knowledge. For instance, engineering and technology contexts assistingreal people are expected to engage and encoura ge female students, who are traditionally lessactive with respect to this type of activity, particularly at the middle school level. Expectedoutcomes include increased attainment for female students and expanded leadership within Page 7.358.2

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Safford; Andres Sousa-Poza; David Dryer; Charles Keating; William Peterson

Session 3242 Systemic Issues in Asynchronous Delivery of Graduate Engineering Management Programs Charles Keating, David Dryer, Andres Sousa-Poza, William Peterson, Robert Safford Old Dominion UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to exa mine systemic issues that impact the design, delivery,and maintenance of asynchronous engineering management educational products.Asynchronous education continues to rapidly evolve as an alternative to traditionalclassroom delivery. An asynchronous educational system requires the effectiveintegration of technology

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

;technology assessment (tradeoffs), including social and environmental life cycle assessment;prototype development and testing; designing for manufacturing and industrial design; andproduction economics. There is also an implicit assumption about skill development in suchareas as CAD and graphics, tolerances, and generating and analyzing data. There has been atendency to reduce design to (consumer) product design that will need corrective action at somepoint to include services, systems, and the public sector, among other topics of design. The context of engineering design and development is becoming global in nature and,now, engineering students can expect to work in multi-cultural teams for multinationalorganizations in overseas locations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Muniram Budhu

thesecharacteristics, especially strength and deformation. This paper describes one module – a steelmodule – of a suite of multimedia civil engineering materials courseware modules that usedmodern communication technologies to educate undergraduate students anytime/ any place. Avirtual laboratory is included in the courseware that allows the student to conduct virtuallaboratory tests on steel in tension, in torsion and impact. A universal testing machine capable ofapplying tension, compression and torque, and a Charpy V notch impact testing machine aresimulated. The courseware utilizes interactive animations, sound and graphics to enhancelearning and retention, and improving the connection between theory and experiment. Themodules are geared to active

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Taylor; Randal Goldberg; Oleg Gerovichev; Ian Donn; Anand Viswanathan

throughouta student’s school career. However, making technology accessible for learning is challenging dueto cost, safety and implementation concerns. This paper describes a method for drawing oncurrent, real life challenges faced by researchers in the field and translating such experiences intoa secondary school level program. The concept of the competition, application of LEGOMindstorms® robotics platform, methods of organization and expansion, past experiences andfuture plans are presented. Our goal is to show an example of how to integrate off-the-shelfrobotic technology with current real-world engineering challenges and to engage students in thefields of engineering, robotics, and medicine in a fun and exciting atmosphere.Introduction and

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

Session 3238 Enhancing Engineering Graphics Courses Through Animated, Sophisticated, Multi-Media, Graphical Presentations Dr. Wafeek S. Wahby Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IllinoisAbstractExploring new instructional methods that use technology tools adds an important aspectto the cognitive abilities and visualization skills of on-campus undergraduate students.This paper presents visual examples from an ongoing experiment that was started in 1998at the School of Technology, Eastern Illinois University to study the effectiveness of the“show-and-tell-and-let-apply” (SATALA) approach

Conference Session

Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Page 7.971.2technical products will be used. By providing specific instruction on topics such ascommunication, ethics, and science studies (also called STS or "science, technology and society"studies), LE imparts information and skills that are essential for the responsible practice ofengineering. The technical components of an engineering education provide skills that are usedto formulate, analyze, and solve technological problems. LE helps students develop thecharacter, understandings, and skills needed to formulate

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Goldenberg; Carlos Morales

delivering dynamic hyperlinked streaming instructional content over awireless environment through the use of active server pages and xml technology. 2001 Annual ConferenceProceedings . American Society for Engineering Education, Albuquerque, NM.[9] Active-X specifications. (2002) Microsoft Corporation. [On-line] . Available:http://www.microsoft.com/com/tech/activex.asp[10] Media services developer Information. (2002) Microsoft Corporation. [On-line] . Available:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/developers/[11] Director user’s manual. Macromedia Press, (2001) San Francisco, CA, 2001.CARLOS R. MORALESCarlos R. Morales is an assistant professor of computer graphics at Purdue University at Kokomo. Heholds a BA in Telecommunications and an

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Saigal; Vincent Manno

technology. The need for practical relevancy led to the establishmentof our Industrial Advisory Council with members from several companies and the USgovernment. New programs emerged such as the Certificate Program in ManufacturingEngineering and a part-time Masters of Engineering degree program with a project focus. Othercollaborative activities include joint responsibility for the Annual Thermal ManufacturingWorkshop, industrial sponsorship of senior design projects and providing outside feedback aspart of our ABET EC2000 continuous improvement process. The current level of collaboration isgood but can be improved. For a university in which most of the students attend classes full-timeduring the day, meeting the needs of the students from industry

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

Session 2366 Introduction of Project-based Learning into Mechanical Engineering Courses Sven K. Esche, Hamid A. Hadim Department of Mechanical Engineering Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030AbstractCurrently, engineering education is undergoing significant changes worldwide. In this context,the educational community is showing increasing interest in project-based learning

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Jean-Lou Chameau; Dick K.P. Yue

2/22/02 SPINE – International Benchmarking of Successful Practices in Engineering Education John L. Anderson1 Jean-Lou Chameau2 Dick K. P. Yue3 Organized by the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, SPINE is apartnership among 10 technical colleges and universities to identify and share educationalpractices in engineering and computer science; three schools are in the United States(Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech and MIT) and seven are in Europe. Five disciplines arechosen for assessment – chemical engineering

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uriel Cukierman; Jorge Vélez-Arocho; Ciristián Vial; Miguel Torres-Febus; John Spencer; Lueny Morell

Session 2660 International Strategic Alliances to Strengthen Engineering Education: Beyond the Learning Factory Lueny Morell, Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho, Miguel A. Torres University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Cristián Vial/Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Uriel Cukierman/National Technological University of Argentina John Spencer/Microsoft Research & Development CenterAbstractIn 1994, NSF awarded three institutions (Penn State, University of Washington and University ofPuerto Rico at Mayagüez) and a national laboratory

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Yves Hascoet; Benoit Furet; Marek Balazinski

industrialization project has been a great technological, pedagogical and human experiencefor the students in an industrial environment as well as for the teachers testing new tools forcommunication and learning in a design and manufacturing application.Based on the results presented in this paper, we are now preparing a project for the nextuniversity session with a new partner: École Polytechnique de Montréal. Our intention is toconduct an experiment on a subject in the design group using new communication and ProductData Management tools. For this case the different technological cultures, teaching organizationsand time zone considerations will be taken into account.Key words: integrated mechanical design, concurrent engineering, international design

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

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brent Vaughn; Chiang Lin

Session 2526 Integrated Web-based Data Acquisition System in Civil Engineering Laboratories Brent M. Vaughn, P.E., Chiang Lin, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIntroductionA hands-on laboratory education has been considered a necessary part of teaching assignments inundergraduate engineering education. Since the 1980’s, many changes have been made to theclassroom teaching due to the advancement of personal computers. In recent years, the usage ofweb-based technology has brought even more potential to improve teaching, especially invarious

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

and Applied Scienceand local industry about the need to provide engineers with a practical set of management skillsprior to undertaking early management assignments. High technology companies, such as thethen Martin Marietta, were concerned that many engineers were entering management positionsresponsible for project or development teams or promoted to managers of small departments orwork groups with little preparation. Ironically, these opportunities sometimes came as a rewardfor a job well done for engineering contributions but placed the individual in an awkwardposition. As Matson1 and Lancaster 2 have reported, and this author observed while working inindustry, engineers usually find themselves very poorly equipped to take on their

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Robinson; Jody Finnegan; Gene Stuffle; D. Subbaram Naidu; Al Wilson; Jay Kunze

throughout the senior year and that these two Page 7.16.3courses are not separate for each discipline (CE, EE, ME) but are common to all students in theProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationspecialized programs. This gives a unique opportunity for the students from different disciplinesto work on truly interdisciplinary projects and to team up together with students from otherdisciplines. All 4 programs have been fully accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET). The BS program in Computer Science

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

Session 1566 Improving the Relevance of Manufacturing in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Michele H. Miller, Klaus J. Weinmann Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIAbstractIn the 2000-01 academic year, Michigan Tech University implemented a new mechanicalengineering curriculum (coincident with a change from quarters to semesters). To improve therelevance of manufacturing in that curriculum, faculty and staff developed a new sophomorelevel course Integrated Design and Manufacturing. The course is part of a

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

(ABE) department from themoment they arrive on campus. Not only has the learning community helped us toincrease our retention from 41.9% in 1998 to 95% in 2001, it has helped us to addressmany of our program objectives including students’ abilities to function on multi-disciplinary teams, communicate effectively, and have knowledge of importantcontemporary issues. Results of our assessment efforts, which encompass bothquantitative and qualitative strategies, suggest that students are overwhelmingly satisfiedwith the program, are involved in our department, and are successful in their academicprogress toward their engineering or technology degree.A brief look at the literatureWith a history that can be traced to an experimental educational

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

abroad course in Egypt from May 30 - June 11, 2001 toinvestigate that impressive project. This paper is a report that summarizes informationand observations gathered first-hand in word, picture, and video, during that course.The infrastructure of the Toshka project include the Intake Canal, the Main PumpingStation (or Mubarak Pumping Station -- largest in the world), the Toshka Canal (orSheikh Za-yed Canal), Water Production Wells and Artificial Charging, and Wind &Sandstorm Breakers.The Toshka Project of Egypt represents a useful multidisciplinary engineering educationcase study. This includes the technologies used in its construction and the project's

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

Page 7.480.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationeffective means of coping with our modern world and the dilemmas of modern man are to utilizethe categories and analytical techniques of the past. This proposition seems debatable at best.Many from the science and engineering disciplines would take an exclusive approach, whichwould define liberal arts as what is of value when science, mathematics, and technology areremoved from a curriculum. This narrow viewpoint appears to ignore a great body of knowledgethat is key to understanding our present social and cultural dilemmas.However one might

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

curriculum is organized into six key areas including advanced biomaterials, cell-tissueconstruct interaction, protein factor technology, scaffold design and manufacturing, biosurfaces,and computer-aided tissue engineering. This structure was built on the original curriculumdeveloped in 1999, which encompassed seven courses to be taken over three years (see Table 1).Drexel University’s academic calendar is divided into quarters, which allows for the completionof more than two courses per academic year. At this juncture, the courses do not lead to a formaldegree in Tissue Engineering, but provide the opportunity for a concentration in this novel areaof study. For instance, the Advanced Biomaterials and the Tissue Engineering courses are partof a

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Snyder; Mike Toole; Mike Hanyak; Mathew Higgins; Daniel Hyde; Edward Mastascusa; Brian Hoyt; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

learning environment, and incorporating the use of information technology in theteaching/learning process. In the first two years of Project Catalyst, a core group of faculty fromall five engineering departments at Bucknell University has begun implementing this focusedshift by systematically incorporating collaborative and problem-based learning into their courses.This emphasis has required a coordinated effort to introduce significant elements of teambuilding and problem solving into the undergraduate curriculum.This paper discusses a conceptual framework for progressively developing students' problemsolving and team skills across the curriculum. The framework is modeled after the university'swriting program and identifies introductory

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

Session 2215 A Team Oriented, Case-based Approach for a Transportation Engineering Course Shashi S. Nambisan, Ph.D, P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas NV 89154-4015 Tel: (702) 895-1325, fax (702) 895-4401, E-mail: shashi@ce.unlv.eduAbstract Teamwork and the ability to work with contemporary and emerging technologies thatfacilitate collaboration are critical to the engineering profession today. Team oriented, case

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

most technological advances, though, there are several negatives associated with on-line learning tools. From an instructor's point of view, Web-based educational materials take along time to develop and implement. Secondly, very few engineering professors are proficient atusing computer software to generate robust educational materials. To avoid having to becomecapable users of the new computer technologies, many of us often resort to using technologiesthat are easier to use, but may be less useful for students. An example of this is the use of"talking head" boxes on Websites where students can watch lecture materials that werepreviously presented in class. While it may be useful for students to be able to review lecturematerials in this