Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

typically a report, either oral or written. Grading andassessment of this work is complex, involving both the quality of the technical content and thequality of the presentation. This type of work also provides a high density of assessmentinformation because of its complexity. Rubrics provide a framework for structuring andquantifying this assessment information. Rubrics, if made available to the students, should alsogive students a rationale for the grades they receive and an opportunity to evaluate and improvetheir own work prior to submission. (See, for example, Walvoord & Anderson, 1998 1.)Grading in our senior Unit Operations Laboratory is now entirely rubric-based.2 We have beenpleased with the rubrics as a foundation for assessment in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Nowak; Adrezin Ronald; Donald Leone

established a design experience that stretchesthroughout the undergraduate years. This begins with projects during the freshman engineeringcourses, and continues with college-wide design experiences during the sophomore and junioryears. The culmination of this design experience is to be found within the two senior capstonecourses during which the student works in off-campus facilities, and a senior design project thatmay be carried out in the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory on-campus.Figure 1 shows the basic pyramid of the program. During the freshman year and the first term ofthe sophomore year all engineering students are taught the basic science and math skills requiredfor their engineering courses. They are also taught the programming and

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

Session 3130 A Model for the Evaluation of Innovative Engineering Courseware: Engineering an Assessment Program Richard H. Hall, Timothy A. Philpot, David B. Oglesby, Ralph E. Flori, Nancy Hubing, Steve E. Watkins, and Vikas Yellamraju University of Missouri – RollaAbstractThis paper describes a general model for assessment of instructional innovations used by theUniversity of Missouri – Rolla’s Media Design and Assessment Laboratory and an example ofthe model’s application. This model is based on three themes: a) iterative assessment with on-going

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wies; John Aspnes

Alaskan communities have no access to the electric utility system and rely on diesel-electric generators (DEGs) for electric power. These systems are typically uneconomical due tothe shipping costs of fuel and require routine maintenance due to operating conditions [2,3].Efforts are already underway to build hybrid systems in remote villages of Alaska such as thediesel/photovoltaic/battery electric power system in Lime Village, Alaska backed by the AlaskaEnergy Authority (AEA). The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Science,Engineering, and Mathematics is stepping up to the challenge with the newly developed ArcticEnergy Technology Development Laboratory (AEDTL) whose mission is to promote researchand development of energy

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

educational reform without thedevelopment of model curricula. Without proper planning and forethought, changes will be madein apiecemeal manner; lacking any examination of the motivation for change, the factors that haveresisted change, or the unintended consequences of the changes being considered 10.2. Virtual EnterpriseThe NC A&T State University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering VirtualEnterprise (VE) is a full scale manufacturing supply chain, integrated using informationtechnology, and producing actual product. Departmental laboratories are organized as businessdepartments within an information system-integrated enterprise. The VE departments, theirfunction, and conceptual structure can be seen in Figure 1 with the physical

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Demel

Program (IEP) and the Freshman EngineeringHonors (FEH) Program. These new programs retain part of the traditional material but add inhands-on laboratory experiences that lead to reverse engineering and design/build projects. Therelational practices – teamwork and project management, along with report writing and oralpresentations and ethics have assumed important roles in this program. The programs aredesigned to have faculty from all of the degree granting departments teach freshmen. Theseprograms were developed to improve the retention and early decision to stay or leave for newfreshmen and to lay a foundation to better address some of the ABET 2000 accreditation criteria.Retention has improved markedly. This paper provides a brief description

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Rasmussen; Matt Smith; David Gattie

courses that do not count toward their degree in order to pick up courses inwhat many might consider to be fundamental areas (for environmental engineers) such asgeology, soils, and “pure” hydrology. Geology, soils, forestry and other science majors thatmight benefit from engineering courses such as fluid mechanics are often prohibited fromregistering due to lack of prerequisites such as differential equations and statics. No matter howconscientiously laboratory exercises are planned, limitations on physical facilities, travel time,and conflicts with other classes prevent many natural resource-related majors from getting toobserve and quantify such things as water quantity and quality over a wide range of conditions“in the field.” Such

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zheng Min; Robert Weber; Feng Chen; Ben Graubard; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

total delay time between a user’s action andthe system response. Latency must be below human perceptual thresholds to create acomfortable virtual environment. Other considerations for wireless design in virtualenvironments are: complete coverage of the interaction space, no interference with other wirelessdevices, the data rates between the user and the system, and low-power requirements. Thecurrent project team includes four faculty members, three graduate students and twoundergraduate students.First Year AccomplishmentsIn the first year of this project, new laboratory experiments were added to existing courses incommunications to enforce the concepts of hardware/software co-design and human factorsissues. One example of these first

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

Solidsimplemented over the last two semesters and of a junior-level course on Mechanisms andMachine Dynamics first piloted in modified form in fall 2001. The paper concludes with apreliminary assessment of the outcomes of these course revisions.Revision of Mechanics of SolidsIn accordance with the new curriculum at Stevens, the project-based learning approach wasimplemented into the course on Mechanics of Solids with the following objectives:· Integration of design and other engineering practice skills· Providing a smooth coordination between each lecture course and the associated engineering design laboratory offered concurrently· Making learning of engineering principles more enjoyable yet more efficient through practical design projects· Providing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertrand Côté

. Very recently, and interestingly enough, text books 3,4 on FluidMechanics have started to include a CD-ROM containing video files (hyperlink8). Also,as imaging technology becomes more and more user-friendly and run-of-the-millcomputers gain more speed and memory, teaching will truly become a multimediaendeavour that will make use of homespun video presentations.As budgets for lab technicians become tighter in our institutions, movie files ofinteresting phenomena that take place in laboratory demonstrations, which are time andmoney consuming to set up, will be produced only once and then shown in class or Page 7.1056.3published on a CD-ROM

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

surrounding area have a high concentration ofmanufacturing employment, from manufactured housing and recreational vehicles to musicalinstruments and pharmaceuticals. I have taught the course in the evenings, every fall semester,for three years. The course includes a lecture period and laboratory exercises. Most of thestudents are enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Technology degree program, pursuing anAssociate of Science degree. Teaching in the evening at a regional location makes the course,and the entire degree program, available to students who would not otherwise have access to acomparable educational program. Many of the students work full-time and are older than thetraditional age for beginning undergraduate students.Course FormatAt the

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anders Nelsson

laboratory every day (and night) for theproject work. Two teams share a workplace, which is equipped with PC (MS Windows98),oscilloscope, power supply and DSP emulator. Each team receives a mobile robot, rechargeablebatteries, battery charger, tools, manuals and a locker for keeping the equipment. The cost ofcomponents per team is limited to $50. Each team makes purchases of their own to the electroniccomponent distributor. During the first two weeks, the students begin by writing a specificationrequirements, which describes what to do in the project. They also draw up a project plan whereall resources are allotted. This plan describes the project organization, distribution of work,estimation of costs, phase and time schedule and document

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Smerage

classroom an active l earningexperience. Classes for courses were conducted in a computer laboratory with studentsand the instructor sitting at networked computers. Students have observed the visualcontent of instructor presentations on their own computer monitors. Thosepresentations included overviews of the knowledgebase, demonstrations of majorconcepts, and examples of problem solving and simulation. The majority of class timewas devoted to active learning in which students individually worked problems inMathcad1 as exercises with guidance and eventual solution and discussion by the Page 7.217.2“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zribi; Mohammad Al-Ansary; Ibrahim Nashawi; Haitham Lababidi; Faridah Ali; Aziz Tayfun; Adel Aly; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

information, and periodic review of thecurriculum.Teaching Area Groups (TAG) are formed based on the current teaching interests of faculty.These groups advise the Undergraduate Program Committee on various matters related to thecourses assigned to a particular group. The tasks include choice of textbooks, updating ofcourse syllabi, and the review of assessment information.A number of other committees are involved in improving the quality of academic environmentsuch as student advising, faculty promotion, appointment and contract renewal, scholarship,laboratory, computing facilities, budget and planning. The advising committee is responsiblefor advising and counseling students to ensure a healthy progression towards graduation.Faculty promotion and

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Daniel; Joshua Becker; Carlos Ortiz

environmental study independent from academic laboratory experiments, this projectexposed the demands of research vs. teaching in an institution dedicated almost exclusively toteaching and without graduate programs in engineering technology. It is extremely demanding forfaculty to teach three different courses and conduct scholarly activities requiring laboratory work.Finally, despite the limitation of resources, it is possible to conduct studies that can motivatestudents to search for solutions to engineering problems.From the student perspective, an appreciation was gained concerning the importance of valuableresearch in an academic environment. Perhaps for the first time, students were faced with realworld applications and situations employing

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Mehta

. Begin with assuming all materials as elastic material, but clearlyexplain why it is unrealistic focusing on the interaction between layers. The concept ofinteraction does not change if the mechanical behaviors of the individual layers are modified.Then change the properties of individual layers to realistic values, briefly explaining the testmethods and illustrating with actual laboratory data. Then solve a single problem in class stepby step with realistic values and then use pavement analysis programs to solve complexproblems, making sure they understand the output of the program. The authors recommendusing backcalculation analysis and a field visit to observe the falling weight deflectometer teststo explain the behavior of the pavement

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronaldo Luna

the liquefactionphenomena and the impact experienced on select recent earthquakes. Additionally, the design ofan experiment demonstration will be completed during the academic year. The device will be afeature laboratory demonstration to inspire students interested in earthquake engineering. Astudent was guided to research the literature on soil liquefaction and performed simple exerciseson how liquefaction occurs. Once the student developed a working knowledge of theliquefaction phenomena the design of a liquefaction demonstration device was initiated. Thestudent developed design drawings (AutoCAD and to scale) to be used in building the device inconjunction with the departmental machinist.IntroductionIn the past two years our society has

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kris Dick; Don Petkau; Danny Mann; Myron (Ron) Britton

solve. As much as possible, assignment of the design teams by the courseinstructors is based on student topic preference as indicated in a one-page written proposal.Coordination between coursesTo make the Design Trilogy work to its full potential, all three courses have been schedule d inthe same time slot. Lectures are presented in class specific rooms, but the laboratories are heldin a common “design lab” (Note: our design lab is simply a classroom with round tables forefficient group interaction). This scheduling allows coordination between the three courses. Wehave formalized this coordination through four activities; three of which allow the seniorstudents to mentor the junior students. First, the students from all three classes

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman; Gordon Kingsley

modified to address specific school situations.· Student Instruction--STEP Fellows can assist participating teachers with instruction in the classroom. STEP Fellows receive training during the summer as to the importance o f inquiry learning techniques and hands-on experiences for effective learning, and participating teachers are briefed as to the most appropriate instructional situations in which to involve the STEP Fellows. These include hands-on laboratory experiments, group research project work, active group discussions of science topics, and short lectures on content. Teachers are discouraged from having STEP Fellows perform tasks such as grading exams or copying papers.· Student Enrichment and Mentoring--STEP

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

1986, a large number of engineeringeducators in universities eagerly embraced and used the controller in digital systems courses.The chief reason behind the enthusiastic acceptance and the continuing use of the controller isdue to a variety of built-in functional units such as I/O ports, timer units, and an analog-to-digitalconverter that allow the educators to easily teach students the fundamental knowledge on how acomputer works while readily incorporating those units in homework and laboratory exercises toenhance student learning 2. Thus, the use of built-in units (as opposed to building and assemblingindividual components) made it possible for educators to concentrate on central issues ratherthan solving problems associated with assembling

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Omid Ansary; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

unsolved problems from the library. They arealso often encouraged to work together as groups on homework solutions, as typically would beexpected in industry. In the electrical circuits laboratory, each experiment is structured to requirethe students to design the experiment to achieve the goals that complement the correspondingcourse or lectures. Clearly, the ability to design a set of experimental measurements to achievethe specific results is fundamental to engineering practice.During this year of study, the students are also introduced to design concepts and methodology insignals and systems, electronic devices and circuits, and electronic materials. Here, the problems

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Hubing

an on-going assessment component. This project includes a comprehensiveassessment program, which is being carried out under the auspices of University of Missouri –Rolla’s Media Development and Design Laboratory. This assessment is based on a model thathas been employed effectively in other related projects [11, 12]. Some of the fundamental Page 7.720.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationthemes of this model are: a) the assessment process is iterative, with assessment ongoing

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gregg

engineering graphicsexperience or computer experience upon entering the program, we do not intend to produceindustry-ready drafters or computer-aided-drafters. We do, however, want these students to usetheir cognitive skills to explore engineering design. It is this design challenge that often sparks aninterest in different aspects of engineering for the student. Page 7.733.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAn elective freshman laboratory experience has been in place for several years. This lab

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pradip Srimani; Joseph Hughes

opportunities for computer engineering professionals to apply theirknowledge across the entire range of applications in engineering.The development of a successful computer engineering curriculum requires an understanding ofthe unique nature of this discipline. Computer engineering focuses on the design of computingelements and computer based systems; it integrates hardware and software and provides humansystems interfaces to produce efficient cost-effective total systems to solve technical problems indiverse application domains. Computer engineering programs require a strong foundationalcomponent in science and mathematics, emphasize design and creativity, and incorporate stronglaboratory experiences throughout the program using modern laboratory

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jalaluddin Ahmad; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

supporting laboratory equipment), the program will have a more focused curriculum that will allow the students to build depth in key areas such as controls and electronics. This change will maximize the usage of lab resources and allow for a more efficient use of funding for new equipment. Page 7.41.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education o Engineering Technology is a profession in which knowledge of mathematics and science and laboratory experiences, are

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

microcontroller and Tasking C/C++ compilers were purchased.These setups were used in each of the modules. The first two modules were taught in the CISdepartment and the microcontrollers were used in an existing CIS laboratory. The third module wastaught in an existing microprocessor laboratory in the EECE department. The microcontrollers andsoftware were then moved to this lab. Additional hardware needed for the small design project waspurchased with funds from the contract with some supplement from both departments about equally.The third course is the theory course. This course is intended to teach techniques for design andanalysis of an embedded system. The course directly imports ideas developed as part of our researchin embedded system. The aim of

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American society for Engineering Educationsubstantial and the program has a great deal of potential to serve an important need for themilitary and for the country._________________________________Bibliography1. Crossman, G. The Logistics of Teaching an Interactive Television Course to Remote Sites, Proceeings of the1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1649, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.2. Verma, A. & Crossman, G. A Mobile Instructional Laboratory to Supplement the Televised Program inEngineering Technology, Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 1995.3. Crossman, G. Teaching Laboratories in Distance

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

ofteaching concepts in mixed signal test. [1] This initiative began with the donation of a Teradyne A567automated production (ATE) tester by Texas Instruments, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc., which is currentlybeing used in the advanced mixed signal test course. This is one of two mixed signal test courses that arecurrently offered within the EET program. The introductory and advanced mixed signal courses givestudents a hands-on experience in the field of mixed signal test. By using both the ATE tester and aPC-based lab station, a variety of topics in mixed signal test taught in the classroom can be reinforcedthrough a laboratory experience. One topic that is of particular interest is that of data correlationbetween test platforms.Data correlation refers

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

students in mechanical engineeringtechnology enrolled at MuSU and mechanical and chemical engineering students at UK.This collaborative effort involves utilizing the design skills of the UK students to developtransfer functions required to model and design a control system for an ElectrohydraulicActuation (EHA) position control apparatus located in the Motion Control Laboratory onthe MuSU campus. MuSU students use their hands-on skills to develop the hardwaresystem and implement the control scheme. Students at UK and MuSU then jointly (viathe Internet) operate the equipment, conduct experiments, report observations,troubleshoot problems, and evaluate both success and failure. In addition to the practicalexperience in controls education, students

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

- A hazardous operations (haz-op) report - One final examination from a junior level chemical engineering class (Reaction Engineering or Heat Transfer) - One laboratory report from the senior level Unit Operations Laboratory Course)These items were all “constructed-response formats” (5-7) in which a student furnishedan “authentic” response to a given assignment or test question. These were selected overmultiple choice “selected response” formats because they better represented realisticbehavior (8).Although the items contained in the portfolio provided a wide range of samples of studentwork, they could not be as neatly mapped to the ABET criteria. There was simply noway to look